MiniSquadron has been a fan favorite on iTunes since its debut, with an average four-star rating since release. Check out the trailer after the break.
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
MiniSquadron flies onto PSP and PS3 next month
MiniSquadron has been a fan favorite on iTunes since its debut, with an average four-star rating since release. Check out the trailer after the break.
European PSN releases for January 12
Choose your platform to view the corresponding release list:
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(Note: Continue past the break to view both release lists.)
PS3 Content
Special Offers (available until Jan. 19)
- UNO (PS3) (was – £6.29/€7.99 now – £0.79/€0.99)
- H.A.W.X. Supremacy Pack (was – £7.99/€9.99 now – £4.79/€5.99)
- Driver (PSone) (was – £3.99/€4.99 now – £2.99/€3.59)
- Tales of Monkey Island (was – £13.99/€17.99 now – £7.19/€8.99, available until Jan. 12)
- Alien Breed: Impact (now – £7.19/€8.99)
- Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (now – £7.99/€9.99)
- Tom Clancy's EndWar (now – £7.99/€9.99)
- Prince of Persia: Revelations (now – £11.99/€14.99)
- Prince of Persia: Rival Swords (now – £11.99/€14.99)
- Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2 (now – £11.99/€14.99)
- Splinter Cell Essentials (now – £11.99/€14.99)
- Driver '76 (now – £11.99/€14.99)
- Brothers in Arms: D-Day (now – £11.99/€14.99)
- Faery: Legends of Avalon (£11.99/€14.99)
- Germany's Next Top Model (€9.99)
- PopStars (€9.99)
- DC Universe Online
* 30 Day Subscription (£9.99/€12.99)
* 90 Day Subscription (£27.99/€34.99)
* 180 Day Subscription (£44.99/€64.99) - Tomb Raider Chronicles (£7.99/€9.99)
- Winter Sports 2011 demo
- ModNation Racers - Jak and Daxter Mod Pack (£1.39/€1.75)
- The Sims 3 – Asian Fusion (£7.99/€9.99)
- Fist of the North Star: Ken's Rage – Shin and Thouzer: Original costume and 2 new missions (£4.99/€6.19)
- Super Street Fighter IV – Ultra Shadaloo Pack (£3.19/€3.99)
- Rock Band 3 tracks (continued)
- Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock tracks (continued)
Linkin Park Pack 01 (£4.99/€7.99) (contains the tracks listed below which are also available separately)
- Crawling (£0.99/€1.49)
- In The End (£0.99/€1.49)
- Numb (£0.99/€1.49)
- Somewhere I Belong (£0.99/€1.49)
- Waiting For The End (£0.99/€1.49)
- What I've Done (£0.99/€1.49)
- 'Gasoline' by The Bouncing Souls (£0.59/€0.79)
- 'Let Us Slay' by GWAR (£0.59/€0.79)
- 'Saint Simon' by The Shins (£0.99/€1.49)
- 'Smokahontas' by Attack Attack! (£0.99/€1.49)
- 'White Knuckles' by Okay Go (£0.99/€1.49)
January Mega Pack (£13.99/€17.99) (contains the following tracks which are also available separately)
- '2nd Sucks' By A Day To Remember (£1.59/€1.99)
- 'All I Want' By A Day To Remember (£1.59/€1.99)
- 'Buried Myself Alive' By The Used (£1.59/€1.99)
- 'Closer' By Nine Inch Nails (£1.59/€1.99)
- 'Head Like A Hole' By Nine Inch Nails (£1.59/€1.99)
- 'Rescue Me' By Hawthorne Heights (£1.59/€1.99)
- 'The Downfall Of Us All' By A Day To Remember (£1.59/€1.99)
- 'The Hand That Feeds' By Nine Inch Nails (£1.59/€1.99)
- 'We've Got A Situation Here' By The Damned Things (£1.59/€1.99)
- 'Wings Of A Butterfly' By Him (£1.59/€1.99)
- FirstPlay Episode 40 (£0.99/€1.20) [Ireland and UK only]
- EyePet
* Looking Back Sitting Pet (£0.20/€0.25)
* Rapper Pet (£0.20/€0.25)
* Boxing Pet (£0.20/€0.25)
- Spare Parts Theme 1
- Top Darts Theme
- Disruptive Themes
* Smooth Notes (£1.19/€1.49)
* Draco: The Return (£1.19/€1.49) - Thumbstar Themes
* Shine (£1.59/€1.99)
* Cube (£1.59/€1.99)
* Destinations (£1.59/€1.99)
- Dragon's Lair HD Wallpaper
- Eat Them! Purple Monster Wallpaper
- Eat Them! Red Monster Wallpaper
- Spare Parts Wallpaper 1, 2 & 3
- Faery: Legends of Avalon Trailer
- Dead Space 2 The Sprawl
- Crazy Taxi Launch Trailer
- Kung-Fu LIVE! Launch Trailer
- Dead Nation Housemarque Trailer
- MotorStorm Apocalypse Developer Diary
Special Offers (available until Jan. 19)
- Blood Bowl (PSP) (was – £15.99/€19.99 now – £9.99/€12.99)
- Pro Cycling 2010: Tour de France (PSP) (was – £23.99/€29.99 now – £13.99/€17.99)
- UNO (PSP) (was – £6.29/€7.99 now – £0.79/€0.99)
- Driver (PSone) (was – £3.99/€4.99 now – £2.99/€3.59)
- Alien Havoc (mini) (was – £3.99/€4.99 now – £2.49/€2.99)
- Bubble Trubble (mini) (was – £3.99/€4.99 now – £2.49/€2.99)
- Buzz! The Ultimate Music Quiz (£21.99/€26.99)
- Crystal Mines (£11.99/€14.99)
- Crystal Mines demo
- Angry Birds (£2.49/€2.99)
- Jane's Hotel (£2.49/€2.99)
- Prinny 2 - Asagi Wars Premium Special Ticket (free)
- Legends of War: Patton's Campaign Wallpaper 4
- Batman Beyond Vol.1 #1 DC Comics
- Bayou #11 DC Comics
- Cancertown #1-#6 (with audio commentary!) Markosia
- Domo #1 TOKYOPOP
- The Dreaming #10 TOKYOPOP
- Ex Machina #25 DC Comics
- Fables #40 DC Comics
- Flash: Rebirth #6 DC Comics
- Fringe: Tales from the Fringe #2 DC Comics
- Green Lantern Corps Vol.1 #4 DC Comics
- I Luv Halloween #9 TOKYOPOP
- The Indifference Engine #4 Markosia
- Irredeemable #9-15 BOOM! Studios
- Irredeemable Special #1 BOOM! Studios
- Kane & Lynch #4 DC Comics
- Legends of the Dark Crystal #3 TOKYOPOP
- The Night Owls #3 DC Comics
- Planetary #24 DC Comics
- Road #2 DC Comics
- Sandman #17 DC Comics
- Silent Hill: Past Life #2 IDW Publishing
- Star Trek: Khan: Ruling in Hell #3 IDW Publishing
- Star Trek: The Manga #9 TOKYOPOP
- Superman/Batman #44 DC Comics
- Supernatural: Origins #6 DC Comics
- Transformers #14 IDW
- Ultimate Fantastic Four (2003) #12-#16 Marvel
- Undertown #2 TOKYOPOP
- Wonder Woman Vol.3 #16 DC Comics
- X-Force (2008) #1-6 Marvel
- Y: The Last Man #23 DC Comics
Twisted Pixel CEO: We won't pursue legal action over Capcom's MaXplosion
"We just need to keep our heads down making the next thing so that Capcom has something to steal next year," he chided, while adding that he hopes Capcom is "not counting on the fact that indies can't fight back." "We'll just have to make our own mobile game," he challenged. "We'll let you know when we have something on the mobile front to talk about, but now we have added incentive!"
Wilford also tweeted that the "best part" is that Twisted Pixel had originally pitched Splosion Man to Capcom, but the publisher passed on it. Speaking of Twitter, he said "the amount of support we've seen in the last 12 hours on Twitter and over email has been awesome, and I think that's better than [winning] a stupid lawsuit or anything like that."
A Capcom Mobile representative told us that a statement from the company on the matter would hopefully be released later today. Wildford's full response is posted after the break.
Twisted Pixel CEO Michael Wilford:
"We're definitely not going to pursue legal action. While I think the similarities are pretty nauseating, we're too small to take on a company like Capcom. That, and we owe them one for inventing Mega Man, so we'll let them slide. I just hope they're not counting on the fact that indies can't fight back.
"In general, anything that would take our focus off of making games would be a bad decision, I think. We just need to keep our heads down making the next thing so that Capcom has something to steal next year. But I have to say, the amount of support we've seen in the last 12 hours on Twitter and over email has been awesome, and I think that's better than wining [sic] a stupid lawsuit or anything like that.
"We'll just have to make our own mobile game and I'm hopeful that Capcom will see that robbing our shit wasn't worth it in the long run. We'll let you know when we have something on the mobile front to talk about, but now we have added incentive!"
UTV Ignition consolidates in Austin, Reich FPS 'remains' in development
The company also revealed that its (once considered canceled) sci-fi FPS, Reich, "remains in development" in Austin, where "key personnel along with additional new hires will create a new internal development team." Additionally, UTV's Tokyo-developed title, El Shaddai, will be releas
Sony Europe aware of PlayTV crashing issue, working on fix
"We are aware that since the latest PlayTV update, certain issues have arisen," a company representative told Joystiq. "We are working to fix these and hope to have a solution very shortly." A Joystiq tipster suggests the issue can be fixed by reinstalling PlayTV, though doing so will erase all data, including the paid update.
[Thanks, Antony D.]
Alleged 3DS, PlayStation Phone disassembled
As it we hadn't seen enough already, TGbus, which had apparently tired of displaying its alleged "Xperia Play" PlayStation phone alongside its comprehensive collection of the world's handheld devices, broke out a set of Torx bits and proceeded to tear the thing down. The meticulous disassembly, however, failed to uncover what some might have hoped would be an intact, teensy-weensy PlayStation system -- just more circuitry (including what's suspected to be a Qualcomm MSM7x30 chipset) and plastic bits, it seems.
Are you finished yet, you monsters?
Tesla Chief Engineer Peter Rawlinson geeks out with us about Model S design
The Model S, though naturally having a radical powertrain, has a suspension setup that doesn't look exactly other-worldly, but that's not to say it's entirely normal. It's double-wishbone up front and a multi-link setup in the rear, with the motor attached to a subframe and situated between the rear wheels. The battery pack keeping the show on the road is not situated behind the driver like in the Roadster, rather forming a sheet that looks to be about four inches thick. This sheet is is a structural member of the car, helping the chassis to resist twisting. It's the lowest point in the car (other than the tires), sitting about level with the hubs on the wheels. Peter indicates that this gives the car an unusually low center of gravity, which helps to reduce the amount it rolls in corners.
It's so low that the car, despite its considerable 4,200lb bulk, can make do with relatively thin anti-rollbars. We asked Peter if we're getting to the point where the CG is so low, beneath the roll center of the car, that it would actually cause it to lean into corners. The Model S isn't quite there, apparently, but according to Peter that is apparently not as desirable a suspension effect as one might think, causing an unsatisfactory driving sensation, among other things.
The motor itself is a variation on that sitting amidships on the Roadster, this time liquid cooled, as are the batteries, enabling the car to maintain optimal temperatures. There is no transmission as such, just a simple reduction gearbox and differential. Peter wouldn't quote any drivetrain loss figures but indicated it'd be considerably lower than your average five speed setup, which can range between 10 to 20 percent of power gone simply due to friction. Additionally, the motor controller is integrated right onto the unit itself, with a direct bus connection that cuts down on electrical losses.
And what about that controversial interior? The one with the 17-inch, Tegra-powered touchscreen stuffed in the center stack? Peter calls this a "signature feature" of the car, and of course you can't argue with that, but we do have our concerns about usability. "Seeing is believing," according to the man and, given as we still haven't seen it, we'll go ahead and continue to have our doubts.
We're told the Model S is still rolling toward a release next year and still targeting that $57,000 price tag that Elon Musk assures us will be profitable for the company. What's it like to drive, and just how well can that touchscreen cope to the various greases and industrial components used in American fast food? For those answers we're just going to have to wait a bit longer.
Harman Experimental HMI with netbook internals, augmented reality aspirations hands-on (video)
Mattel's Mindflex Duel in the works, allows true test of wills
Super Street Fighter 4, NFS Shift now on XBL Games on Demand
iPhone Personal Hotspot feature headed to all iPhones in iOS 4.3?
So, by now you've had a chance to digest the fact that Verizon's getting the iPhone, right? A standout from yesterday's news is of course the iPhone Personal Hotspot feature that those lucky red devils are being treated to. Hopefully the rest of us won't have to remain envious for to long, though -- BGR says its sources have confirmed that that feature is headed to all iPhones once iOS 4.3 lands. The word is the OS version with this shiny treat will be 8F5148B with a baseband version of 04.08.00. Of course, your carrier is likely going to have to be on board, a-la tethering support, but once that dust settles not only will you be able to tether your device, but your friends will be able to join in -- and rack up your data usage, too. So sit back, relax, and all will be revealed if and when this bridges the gap between rumor and reality.
This is the third iteration of the car, and the company is already hard at work on the fourth, with electric power coming. That won't be the end, though, with more revisions to be made and, hopefully, a production version that could, believe it or not, seat seven. Part of the reason why it has so much room is because the suspension is entirely built into the wheels, a layout we unfortunately weren't allowed to see (it's hidden under the white bits of paper) but enables the axle to be completely rigid and the interior to stretch right to the corners of the body.
If your first thought is that this layout plus its tiny, low-rolling-resistance tires give it crummy handling, prepare to be humbled: the VLC pulled 1.18g on a skidpad, matching a $300,000+ Pagani Zonda C12 S. If your second thought is that it's a deathtrap, we'll be happy to dissuade that too. It's made of carbon fiber, for one thing, which is incredibly hard to damage. For another, its diamond shape gives it incredible rigidity from either frontal or side impacts. Finally, the placement of the wheels and tires outside of the body means they can be shed in a crash -- throwing off kinetic energy and reducing the overall force of the crash.
Ultimately the Virginia-based company is still a ways away from a version that you or I can try to go break our own records in, but with a fleet of experienced racing engineers fiddling with CAD files and laying up the carbon we'd like to think good things are coming. But, then, we are optimists.
Verizon iPhone has devs, analysts excited by increased audience
Of course, devs are aware that there could be some issues, both with bringing scads of new customers onto the platform as well as transferring some customers from AT&T over to Verizon. But on the whole, they're giddy with optimism -- analysts are saying that as many as 13 million new iPhones could be sold on the Verizon service, and each one of those is a potential new customer for iOS developers.
UK retailers list 3DS for March 18, £249
Earlier this morning, the sites had listed a placeholder price of £299 (about $466) for the 3DS, but as of publishing, the RRP has changed to £249 ($388). For comparison, the DSi XL is priced at £159.99, roughly $250 by today's currency exchange rate. In the US, the XL's MSRP is $169.99, suggesting that, if Nintendo uses the same strategy of using roughly the same numerical price in pounds and dollars, the 3DS price could be set around the $250 mark, when it's expected to be announced by Nintendo next week. That is, if the UK price here is accurate.
MCV notes that it has been "lead to believe" that the once listed March 25 release date is going to be the real one, and that the 3DS price will be somewhere between £200–230 ($312–359). We hope that turns out to be closer to the truth, for our UK readers' sake. Nintendo will hold a European 3DS event in Amsterdam next Wednesday, at which point we should find out.
F.E.A.R. 3 delayed until May
We want to make sure we're prepared for those earth-shattering Alma contractions, but WBIE isn't currently sharing a more specific due date.
Rumor: PSP2 unveiling in Tokyo this month at Sony 'business meeting'
MCV reports that "trade sources" have "confirmed" that the so-called PSP2 will be unveiled at a January 27 press event, hosted by Sony in Tokyo. A VG247 source has described the event as a "business overview and strategy meeting," with "very select press" in attendance, and corroborated the supposed PSP2 reveal there. Thus far, Sony has declined to comment on the event.Supposed images of a "PSP2" prototype (pictured) were leaked in November, followed in December by the detailing of alleged hardware specs. The PSP successor is assumed to be in development alongside the PlayStation Phone, and Sony has already acknowledged the challenge of differentiating two such devices in the consumer market. Coming out and announcing them already would probably be a good start.
THQ logo revamped for a new focus on 'innovation and creativity'
The new logo will start making retail product appearances this February and "will be rolled out over the next few months" in other venues. Goodbye speedy THQ logo, hello crazy future-font THQ logo!
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