All Wallace And Gromit Episodes Available On Xbox Live In November

Cracking good news, lad! All Wallace & Gromit’s Grand Adventures episodes will be available on Xbox Live Arcade Wednesday, November 4th. The release coincides day and date with the 20th anniversary of the release of A Grand Day Out, Wallace & Gromit’s first animated short.

The episodes - Fright of the Bumblebees, The Last Resort, Muzzled! and The Bogey Man - take the unorthodox inventor and his canine companion through exciting interactive storylines - from a honey business plagued by giant bees, to a whodunit set at a beach resort in Wallace’s cellar, to a tale of triumph over an oily villain's greedy deceit, and concluding with a hardly sub-par finale at the prestigious Prickly Thicket country club.

Source: Internal

DJ Hero DLC Now Available And More Coming

In case you missed it yesterday, FreeStyleGames’ Chris Lee revealed the first bit of downloadable content for DJ Hero which is now available. There's two tracks available on both Xbox Live and PlayStation Network, “All of Me” by 50 Cent (featuring Mary J. Blige) mixed with Queen’s “Radio Ga Ga”, and Gorrilaz’ “Dare” mixed with Public Enemy’s “Can’t Truss It”.

Both tracks will cost 480 Microsoft Points ($6.00/£4.08/€5.58) and when they arrive on Wii, they'll cost 300 Wii Points ($3.00).

More downloadable content is due to arrive on November 24th, a three track pack from David Guetta will include remixes of “Sexy Bitch,” “On The Dance Floor,” and “When Love Takes Over”, and will run you 640 MS Points ($8.00/£5.44/€7.44).

Source: IGN

Reuters Say Dead Space 2 Is Coming Next Year

A Reuters article has stated EA will release Dead Space 2 in 2010. The game, in development at Visceral Studios was seemingly revealed unofficially in a staff CV. From the article:

“Electronic Arts has a pair of horror offerings for gamers."

“The publisher recently shipped Dead Space: Extraction for Wii, which is a prequel to last fall’s Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC hit. Dead Space 2 is in development for next year.”

Source: Reuters

Hugh Jackman On Top Of The List To Play Drake In Uncharted Movie

Speaking on the UK Official PlayStation Magazine Podcast, Nolan North who provides the voice for Nathan Drake in Uncharted has revealed Hugh Jackman is in the top spot for playing the lead role of Drake in the movie adaptation:

“I would love to do the movie, obviously I’d love to do it as Nathan Drake, but I’ve done film and television and I understand the reality of the business."

“Jackman is who I’d like to see. I think the producers would like to see Jackman too, because he has that tough guy exterior, but there’s also a lot going on behind his eyes. A lot of emotion and sensitivity on that brusque exterior, and he has great comic timing. He’s a phenomenal actor."

“I just hope I get a part on the movie so I can work with Hugh.”

Source: OPM UK

Nintendo's Upcoming First Party Title Lineup

Following the announcement of the DSi LL earlier this week, Nintendo has published a list of upcoming first party titles on the way to both the DSi LL and Wii across the regions:

Japan
Mario & Sonic At the Olympic Winter Games 2009/11/19
The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks 2009/12/23
Famicom Wars DS2(Temp.) 2009
Golden Sun DS(Temp.) TBA

US
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky 2009/10/12
Style Savvy 2009/11/2
The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks 2009/12/7
Pokémon HeartGold Version 2010 Spring
Pokémon SoulSilver Version 2010 Spring
Glory of Heracles 2010
Golden Sun DS(Temp.) 2010
WarioWare D.I.Y. TBA
Picross 3D TBA

Europe
Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story 2009/10/9
Nintendo presents: Style Boutique 2009/10/23
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky 2009/11/20
The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks 2009/12/11
Pokémon HeartGold Version 2010 Spring
Pokémon SoulSilver Version 2010 Spring
WarioWare D.I.Y. TBA

Source: Internal

European Playstation Network Update October 29th (Yesterday)

This week's European PlayStation Network update brings a selection of special offers and five game demos for you to check out:

Special Offers
* Riff Everyday Shooter (PS3) (£3.99/€4.99) (Ends 5th November)
* SOCOM Fireteam Bravo (PSP) (£9.99/€12.99) (Ends 5th November)
* Future Cop: LAPD 2100AD (PSone Classic) (£2.39/€2.99) (Ends 5th November)
* Syndicate Wars (PSone Classic) (£2.39/€2.99) (Ends 5th November)
* Hi-Octane (PSone Classic) (£2.39/€2.99) (Ends 5th November)
* Championship Bass (PSone Classic) (£2.39/€2.99) (Ends 5th November)
* Street Skater (PSone Classic) (£2.39/€2.99) (Ends 5th November)
* Street Skater 2 (PSone Classic) (£2.39/€2.99) (Ends 5th November)

Downloadable Game
* Hasbro Family Game Night (£31.99/€39.99) PEGI 3+

Trial and Unlock Key
* Zombie Apocalypse (Trial free, Unlock Key £7.99/€9.99) PEGI 18+

Demos (Free)
* Ratchet & Clank: A Crack in Time Ratchet (Krell Canyon Demo) PEGI 7+
* Ratchet & Clank: A Crack in Time Clank (Great Clock Demo) PEGI 7+
* Fat Princess Demo PEGI 16+
* Trine Demo PEGI 12+
* Dragon Ball Raging Blast Demo PEGI 12+

Source: EPB

Possible DLC Titles Revealed For Left 4 Dead 2

Upcoming downloadable content planned for Left 4 Dead 2 may have been accidentally revealed in the now available demo. Errors popping up in the game, in particular the PC version have mentioned missing DLC packs, “Miracle Pack” and the “Apocalyptic Pack”.

Source: Rage3D

Champions Online Has Over A Million Superheroes

Atari CEO Jim Wilson has revealed the publisher's MMO, Champions Online currently has over a million superheroes running around since the game's launch in September:

“We are very pleased with the wonderful praise Champions Online is receiving. We credit the great MMO fan base and look forward to seeing what players create as the game continues to grow and develop."

“We are working hard on new content and updates that will expand the universe and give Champions fans more to explore.”

Good stuff, there's also a free weekend on tomorrow for those who haven't tried it yet.

Source: Internal

Watch 12 Minutes Of Left 4 Dead 2's Realism Mode

There's a 12 minute walkthrough video at the source showing off the Realism Mode in Left 4 Dead 2 on the Hard Rain level. In the mode, you need to kill zombies with head shots, there's more witches and you'll need to get closer to items to pick them up.

The video also explains that while the mode is quite hardcore, it's not that bad for people who play together often. November 17th is when the game releases on Xbox 360 and PC.

Source: G4TV

Iwata Confident Wii Sales Will Pick Up Again

Nintendo’s Satoru Iwata remains positive despite the Wii's slowing sales and the company's first report of financial loss last month believing the recent hardware price drop for the Wii will reinvigorate sales:

“Wii has stalled. We were unable to continually release strong software, and let the nice mood cool. We were unable to show a new game to become ‘the next thing.’ In the game market, once you’ve lost the momentum, it takes time to recover."

“With the price drop, sales returned to a certain level, but they just did not reach the level of last year around this time. We decided that it would be difficult to sell enough to recover from the poor performance of the first half of the year."

“In order to reach it [20 million units], we’ll have to move quite a large quantity, but it’s a figure we released after having felt the momentum returning [based off the price drop].”

Source: AS

Nintendo And Netflix In Testing Stages For Service On Wii

Streaming media analyst Dan Rayburn has said according to a source involved on the project, Nintendo is currently in the testing stages with Netflix to bring the service to Wii shortly:

“What I’m hearing is that Nintendo originally planned to bring the Netflix service to the Wii before the end of this year, which still might take place, but that Nintendo is also considering holding off on the Netflix service until they release their next generation Wii HD unit in early 2010.”

Source: BusinessInsider

Metro 2033 Based On Russian Novel

In an interview at the source from London's Game Conference this week, 4A Games’ global brand manager, Huw Beynon talked a bit about the developer's upcoming title, Metro 2033. The game is based on a novel by Russian author Dmitry Glukhovsky, depicting a post-apocalyptic Moscow

As with the original story, the player is part of a few survivors who were underground on the Metro during a devastating event that wiped out most of mankind and as a result, the survivors have stayed underground and have evolved to the surroundings.

It's down for release sometime next year and will be published by THQ on Xbox 360, PS3 and PC. Watch the interview at the source.

Source: IGN

District 9 Blu-ray GOW III Demo Is US Only

Sony has confirmed the demo for God of War III on the Blu-ray release of District 9 is a US only release but there is plans for a UK demo release which will be announced soon:

“That’s for the US only. We’ll announce our plans for the [UK] GOW 3 demo in due course.”

Source: SI

University Avatar Clothing Now Available On Xbox Live Marketplace

Disruptive Media has announced their release of US University Avatar clothing on Xbox Live. There's clothing in there from the top 30 Universities from across the US with all the customisable items you could wish for at 40 Microsoft Points each.

Source: Internal

Zombie Tycoon Now Available On PSP Minis

Zombie Tycoon is now available on the PSP via PSP Minis. Zombie Tycoon provides you with control over three hilarious zombie squads, with a unique tale of intrigue and betrayal, with over 100 quirky items for your zombie horde, with 10 challenging and puzzle-filled cities and with a solid combat system allowing you to attack humans AND the places they call home.

Source: Internal

Xbox Live Manager Thinks Xbox 360 Has The Best Games Out There

Xbox Live general manager for Europe, Jerry Johnson has said the Xbox 360 has the best games available. Hardly surprising for a man in his position to say that, but he felt the need to apparently:

“I’ll come back and say that Xbox has the best games out there. It’s got the best first-person shooter games out there. The exclusives we’ve had over the past years and what we had going into this holiday prove the point that this is still very much at its heart a gaming console.

"There’s nothing we’re going to change with that. You will start to see us, though, do things that are broader marketing and start to expose some of the things that are broader than just first-person shooters.”

“There’s nothing we’re going to change that’s going to not focus on those customers more. In fact, not just this year but in the next year, we’ll continue to do features that are targeted at that hardcore gamer. At the same time we are going to start to do things that appeal to both the hardcore gamer and the broader user, and continue to do things and start to do more targeted at the broader user specifically.”

Source: VG