Friday, March 4, 2011

GT Academy 2011 starts today in Europe

Who is the best? Part of the European session today the 2011 version of GT Academy, the great competition that selects the best virtual pilots on Gran Turismo 5 and turns them into real drivers at the end of the path. In the first phase of the selections are made on a territorial basis, resulting in a skimming to get to the top 20 riders for each participant in the European section, usually consisting of pairs of countries: UK and Ireland, France and Switzerland, Germany and Austria, Spain and Portugal and the Netherlands and Italy.

ME2: Arrival sighted ... again!

The mysterious Mass Effect DLC 2, titled Arrival, checked out again, this time from inside the box of Dragon Age II. One leaflet shows a view of the earth with the N7 logo and the words "The Arrival Has Begun" in plain sight. You can see in this video. Arrival was "sighted" for the first time a few weeks ago during an upgrade of the PS3 version of ME2.

Someone even managed to find details of the trophies associated with this latest DLC. Despite the lack of official confirmation yet, this third, decisive evidence now seems to have removed any doubt about the arrival of this new expansion, which will (probably) the wait for ME3 lighter.

[GDC 2011] speaks of the birth of Hideki Konno 3DS

Not everyone was convinced of turning 3D Hideki Konno, the famous designer Nintendo said during GDC 2011, that initially the concept of 3DS has met with strong resistance within the company. At the time the designer was responsible for software and was working on Mario Kart for Wii. In the spring of 2008 he had to hand the concept of 3DS because Nintendo had decided to collaborate more closely the hardware and software departments.

Introversion abandons XBLA

Introversion, the team decided not to make more games for XBLA because of poor revenue recorded by Darwinia + on the Microsoft platform. From now on, only offer their full support to the Steam service. "If you yearn to have worked for Microsoft? No, but it is unlikely we will continue to do so," said Mark Morris in PC Gamer.

"[Microsoft] wants a very high standard for games that have come out on its platforms, but the support and sales made from it do not go hand in hand with these claims." The development of Darwinia + has gone on far longer than expected and cost the team a lot Introversion 'fatigue. In a few, however, have rewarded these efforts with the purchase of the game.

Guild Wars 2 - Unveiled class Thief - Pictures

The fast and lethal Thief Guild Wars 2 will respect the historical canons of the class and will have the ability to hide, ringing punch combinations and causing extensive damage. Of course, its speed will cost something in terms of strength and health. Among the skills are Hide, Walking in the Shadows and Traps.

The thief also may contest two weapons and will be deadly in PvP. The arms of the thief • Main Hand: Sword, knife and gun • Hand secondary knife and gun • Two hands arc

As players spend Xbox 360?

In the UK, the Xbox 360 owners spend an average of 64 pounds a month, Microsoft made it known. 13% of the owners of the console instead of U.S. spends more than £ 100 per month. These are the results of a survey conducted by Microsoft and reported by MCV. The survey was conducted on a sample of 251 Xbox 360 owners with an age between 25 and 34.

84% of respondents played at least three or four times a week, and 41% spend three or four hours every day on video games. The most popular genres are shooters, racing games and RPG.

[GDC 2011] The Bitmap Brothers return to earth on iOS

Z, Xenon 2 Megablast, Gods, Magic Pockets and Chaos Engine The After news of the return of Another World, ex-Amiga users have more reasons to rejoice: the GDC 2011 were announced the porting of various historical titles belonging to the catalog of Commodore machine, particularly the historical record of the Bitmap Brothers.

Jon Hare, Sensible Software's legendary symbol of the man and now head of Tower Games, having revived Speedball 2 is going to continue with the port (or remake) games by the Bitmap Brothers: Xenon 2 Megablast, Gods, and The Chaos Engine Magic Pockets are all scheduled to IOS, although no exact details yet.