There is some trouble afoot in EA Sports’ world, and it might hurt their pocket book extremely badly if it happens to go through. It just so happens that 6,000 different retired NFL players are suing the company for using their likenesses in Madden NFL 09. The head player at the helm of the lawsuit is ex-running back Tony Davis, who played for the Bengals and then the Buccaneers.
The lawsuit, which can be seen here courtesy of IGN; states that Madden willingly and intentionally used retired players’ likenesses in 09. The players would have their names removed from the jerseys and their original numbers changed, however there would be true to life NFL stats the players managed to achieve during their career. They also stated that the game was specifically designed so video game players will be able to tell exactly who they are playing as, regardless of the number change.
G’day everyone, Sorry for the delay this week. Been velly velly busy .. Playstation Store updates are up for this week for everyone to enjoy. Quite a few price updates to check out just below. Have a look around, there should be something for everyone this week. Let us know what your going to pick up this week.
Special note : Some interesting little extras for Playstation Plus subscribers and a whole lot of games permanently price dropped. Check them out below, grab yourself a bargain !! There are many other cool deals, demo’s vids, themes available this week so dig in and get cracking !!
Thanks SONY WE HEART YOU !!! <3
PlayStation Plus
Red Faction Guerilla – Game Trial
Qore August Episode
PixelJunk Racers Second Lap – Limited time discount – Early release for PS Plus members only
Games Field Runners – Mini – FREE
Super Stardust (PlayStation Plus price $5.00, original price $9.99)
Gravity Crash (PlayStation Plus price $5.00, original price $9.99)
Discounted DLC Super Stardust HD Team add-on Pack (PlayStation Plus price $2.50, original price $4.99)
Super Stardust HD Solo add-on Pack (PlayStation Plus price $2.50, original price $4.99)
Resistance 2 Aftermath Multiplayer Map Pack (PlayStation Plus price $2.00, original price $3.99)
Themes (Free to PlayStation Plus subscribers) King Zumo
MAG S.V.E.R Dynamic Theme
MAG Raven Dynamic Theme
MAG Valor Dynamic Theme
Video Qore – July Episode
Updates
PlayStation Network Summer Sale (Offers are valid through 8/9/10)
PS3 Fat Princess – Sale (now $7.49, original price $14.99)
PixelJunk Shooter – Sale (now $4.99, original price $9.99)
Groovin Blocks PS3 – Sale (now $4.99, original price $9.99)
Madden NFL Arcade – Sale (now $7.49, original price $14.99)
Wakeboarding HD – Sale (now $7.49, original price $14.99)
PSP Eye Of Judgement: Legends – Sale (now $14.99, original price $29.99)
Echoshift – Sale (now $7.49, original price $14.99)
Patchwork Heroes – Sale (now $4.99, original price $9.99)
Grand Theft Auto Chinatown Wars – Sale (now $14.99, original price $29.99)
Lunar: Silver Star Harmony – Sale (now $14.99, original price $29.99)
minis Tetris – Minis – Sale (now $4.99, original price $9.99)
Dracula – Undead Awakening – Minis – Sale (now $2.49, original price $4.99)
Monsters (Probably) Stole My Princess! – Minis – Sale (now $2.49, original price $4.99)
Zombie Tycoon – Minis – Sale (now $2.49, original price $4.99)
Bloons – Minis – Sale (now $1.99, original price $2.99)
Kick-Ass – Permanent Price Drop (now $9.99, original price $14.99)
Section 8 – New Sale (now $14.99, original price $29.99)
Final Fight/Double Impact – Sale (now $4.99, original price $9.99)
Flock – Sale (now $7.49, original price $14.99)
Downloadable Games
Earthworm Jim HD ($9.99)
Groovy! One of the all-time most iconic video game characters is back in full HD glory! Master Jim’s far-out powers, bungee jump, throw cows, blast through rocket-speed levels and more! Explore a crazy universe offering wild gameplay and hilarious possibilities. Overcome mad baddies, including new enemies in never-before-seen levels. Get help from 1, 2 or 3 friends with the exclusive cooperative gameplay in multiplayer levels.
ESRB Rated E10+
File size: 228 MB
Game Demos (free)
Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Cliffhanger Demo (also available in French)
The Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Demo features a breathtaking single player mission from the multiple Game of the Year award winner. In Cliffhanger, scale a frozen mountainside where one wrong move means certain death, engage in stealth combat amidst an intense snowstorm, shoot your way through a raging firefight, then race for survival aboard a snowmobile under heavy enemy fire.
ESRB Rated M
File size: 1.12 GB
Earthworm Jim HD Trial
The grooviest action classic is back and in full HD glory! Rediscover this cult adventure full of wild gameplay. Download the full game to unlock the 4-player co-op mode! Grab your friends and combine your wormy powers online or locally. Explore all the the updated classic levels, plus never-before-seen levels. Face terrible new enemies like Grand’Ma, Pitch the Cat and more! Now that’s groooovy!
ESRB Rated E10+
File size: 228 MB
Add-on Game Content
ModNation Racers: Nukular Mod ($0.99)
Be careful, Nukular’s got a serious lead-foot from being exposed to radioactive materials, and loves to BOOST through the finish line! This ModNation Racers Mod includes a fully-designed Mod, as well as several related accessories for you to Create with in the Mod Studios. Download this Mod Today!
File size: 100 KB
ModNation Racers: Mauler Kart ($0.99)
This ModNation Racers Mauler Kart pack includes a fully-designed as well as several related parts and accessories for you to Create with in the Kart Studio. Download this pack today!
File size: 100 KB
ModNation Racers: Nukular Mod and Mauler Kart ($1.75)
Be careful, Nukular’s got a serious lead-foot from being exposed to radioactive materials, and loves to BOOST through the finish line! This ModNation Racers Mod and Kart pack includes a fully-designed Mod, Kart, as well as several related parts and accessories for you to Create with in the Mod and Kart Studios. Download this pack today!
File size: 200 KB
LittleBigPlanet: Marvel – Captain America ($1.99)
Complete with paint-proof shield, Sackboy’s Captain America costume comes in very helpful when facing villains armed with the Paintinator. NOTE: to download this costume, you must already own LittleBigPlanet.
File size: 1.04 MB
LittleBigPlanet: Marvel – Wolverine ($1.99)
Nobody can say for sure what it is that lies beneath Sackboy’s zip. Is it an adamantium skeleton? Who knows? One thing is for sure, while he’s in his Wolverine costume he certainly looks the part. NOTE: to download this costume, you must already own LittleBigPlanet.
File size: 1.04 MB
LittleBigPlanet: Marvel – Invisible Woman ($1.99)
She may be the Fantastic Four’s least visible member, but that makes Sackboy’s Invisible Woman costume all the more exciting. NOTE: to download this costume, you must already own LittleBigPlanet.
File size: 1.04 MB
LittleBigPlanet: Marvel – Venom ($1.99)
One of the web-slinger’s oldest enemies, Venom has proved repeatedly that he is not to be taken lightly, and now Sackboy can get in on the action with the costume of this most infamous of characters. NOTE: to download this costume, you must already own LittleBigPlanet.
File size: 1.04 MB
LittleBigPlanet: Marvel – Rogue ($1.99)
Rogue’s distinctive hair color makes her stand out among the X-Men and it is this that Sackboy absorbs by wearing her costume. NOTE: to download this costume, you must already own LittleBigPlanet.
File size: 1.04 MB
LittleBigPlanet: Marvel Costume Kit #3 ($5.99)
Look out “True Believers”, your favorite Marvel heroes and villains have landed on LittleBigPlanet! Grab this costume pack and you’ll be ready for action with 5 costumes of your favorite Marvel characters including Captain America, Wolverine, Invisible Woman, Venom, and Rogue! NOTE: to download this costume, you must already own LittleBigPlanet.
File size: 1.04 MB
Trine DLC ($0.99)
Download the new level for Trine, “Path to New Dawn”, to extend the adventure.
File size: 100 KB
BioShock 2 – Protector Trials ($4.99)
Tenenbaum desperately needs you to steal as much ADAM as possible, to help thwart Sofia Lamb’s insane plan. The goal in each Trial is simple: get your Little Sister to an ADAM-rich corpse and keep her safe while she gathers precious ADAM. Each Trial features three unique weapon and Plasmid load-outs as well as a fourth bonus load-out the player receives when all previous load-outs are completed.
File size: 1.67 GB
Tiger Woods Pga Tour 11: Riviera CC ($4.99)
Grab your clubs and play this Southern California course that features one of the world’s most famous finishing holes and remains one of golf’s few genuine classics. The world famous challenging 18th hole is surrounded by a natural amphitheater with a beautiful view of the clubhouse.
File size: 222 MB
The Used Track Pack ($5.49) – Downloadable Track Pack featuring “Bird And The Worm”, “Pretty Handsome Awkward”, and “The Taste Of Ink” by The Used. Please Note: Many songs are available both as singles and as part of a Track Pack, so please carefully consider your purchases before downloading.
Downloadable Games (also available from PS3 Storefront)
Warriors Of The Lost Empire ($9.99)
A kingdom has fallen. An empire is in ruin. When all hope seemed lost, four heroic warriors have risen to revive a lost city. Raid the dungeons and seek out the evil that has overtaken your land and bring glory back to the empire!
ESRB Rated T
File size: 1.54 GB
Add-on Game Content (also available from PS3 Storefront)
BUZZ Quiz World: American Culture Quiz Pack ($2.99)
Test your knowledge on the traditions, ideals, customs, beliefs, values, arts of America in this DLC pack, BUZZ!: American Culture Quiz! This pack features hundreds of new questions to play in any of your favorite BUZZ! Quiz World game modes for your PSP or PSPgo system. Download this quiz pack today and turn your party into the ultimate trivia showdown.
File size: 74 MB
LittleBigPlanet PSP – Robin Hood Men in Sack Pack ($2.99)
The magnificent collection of stickers and costumes in the Robin Hood – Men In Sacks pack has everything your Sackboy needs to make him a merry man! Includes 4 costumes and 12 stickers to make your own Robin Hood – Men in Sacks levels! NOTE: Manual Update required
File size: 1.48 MB
Game Videos (free)
Pulse 8/3 Edition
File size: 40 MB
inFAMOUS 2 E3 Trailer
File size: 6.14 MB
inFAMOUS 2 First Look Gameplay Trailer
File size: 22 MB
We all knew that it would be inevitable. The Wii has at least a hundred different type of peripheral items that you can attach to the Wiimote. And everyone has mentioned at least some similarities between the Move and the Wii, and it is only getting worse now.
Gizmodo has caught wind of these new boxing gloves from CTA Digital which are designed to keep your television safe from a flying Move controller when your throwing lefts and rights. There is velcro attatched to the inside of the glove where you can wrap it around the Move controller to prevent a TV smashing punch from happening. There is also velcro adjustable wrist straps to make sure that the gloves themselves won’t just fly off and negate the whole reason you bought the thing in the first place.
Is it just me or do these look a bit like UFC fighting gloves? They even appear to be padded so if you do happen to hit something with them it wouldn’t hurt as much as punching with your bare hand, though it would be highly not recommended. There is no price tag to go along with these gloves, but expect to see at the least a $20 or higher cost when these arrive on shelves.
Rockstar has released a bit of information concerning their upcoming “Legends and Killers” DLC for Red Dead Redemption. The info is the most important of all, considering it puts a finalized price tag and a date for when we can place it right into our multiplayer and experience brand new maps and a weapon. It will be riding into both consoles on August 10th and the price will run 800 MS points on the 360, and $9.99 for the PS3 in American. Sorta wonder if there will ever be a price fluctuation between the two.
By downloading this pack you will be given nine new different multiplayer maps to play the game modes on when you aren’t free roaming, and a Tomahawk that can be thrown viciously. There will additionally be eight new different characters you can choose from. Then you have your obligatory Achievement and Trophy addition which have yet to be detailed.
If you happen to take a stop buy theFortune City visitor’s websiteyou can take a sneak peak into the world of Dead Rising 2. Or at least the map world of what you will be experiencing. There is a lot of extra information to be had on the website but personally I loved the fact they gave us the map to see already. The map above is just a small version, while the actual website has the large copy of the map in full detail. All this information constantly coming out for Capcom’s Dead Rising 2 is definitely keeping me hyped for this great zombie killing sequel.
Just a bit of news to all of the Wii owners out there with Heavy Fire for the WiiWare download service. Developer Teyon has now announced that secret codes gained in the game to submit their best results to the world ranking. How to celebrate this news? With an awesome competition! 3 best scores and one randomly picked result will be rewarded with 2000 Wii Points coupon. So if you haven’t already, pick up the game and start aiming for the top.
Since the U.S. launch for BackBreaker for the Xbox 360 and PS3, reception has been mixed. Many players have very openly shared opinions on how the football game had great realism but other flaws in depth, passing and other areas of gameplay. Lucky for gamers, NaturalMotion and 505 Games have taken all of this in and are now releasing a huge update called CodeName: Greathouse. Here is the official statement released today:
“We are lucky to have such a passionate community who have supported us throughout the development of Backbreaker and continue to do so post-launch,” said Todd Gibbs, Head of Game Development, NaturalMotion Games. “Greathouse will give them what they have asked for, packed as it is with additions, changes, tweaks and requests taken directly from our online forums, reviews, as well as from individual players who spent time at our offices testing the latest features. I am extremely proud of what the team has managed to achieve in just a month.”
Major features in Greathouse include:
Brand new replay system with the addition of seven fully functional cameras, including free flight mode and a cinematic ‘ball-lock’ option.
More than 100 new plays added, including an additional nine formations.
Improved Quarterback camera view and passing game.
A user-catch system, giving the player a much greater level of control over the on-field action.
Interception control, the user is now given full control over interception attempts when controlling a defensive player.
Comprehensive review of the penalty rulings following an analysis of reported errors.
“We were stunned by the sheer volume of user videos that were posted on YouTube following the release of Backbreaker,” said Ant Lewis, Lead Designer, NaturalMotion Games. “It is obvious that the community loves the realism and live nature of the game and wants to share their unique moments. The new suite of cameras introduced with Greathouse will give them complete creative control over their footage and we are excited to see what appears as a result.”
To me it seems like almost a whole new game. This is what all developers should do. Listen to the players and deliver a better product if needed. I am extremely happy to see this news as maybe more companies will take into consideration the people who purchase the product and worry less about profit. If two smaller companies can make huge changes to a product like BackBreaker, now there really isn’t any excuse for all others to follow suit. You can pick up BackBreaker right now wherever video games are sold for the Xbox 360 and Playstation 3.
Namco Bandai has put together an official website for what can only be described as “Tales Of” and given a timer to count down too. What could this count down be for? Could it just be for a bit of extra information? Or maybe even what the Tales will be of. Hideo Baba who is the producer of the Tales series was able to not only confirm the PS3 Tales being developed, but also shot down rumors that had been circulating that the game was to be titled “Tales of Unitia.” All I can say is that from the concept art shown above and on the website, it appears that there will be a change of pace from your standard Tales’ anime style.
Feel like a little Blazybloo with your brawler? Aksys games has released Blazybloo: Super Melee Brawlers Battle Royale today for the DSi Store and you can purchase it now for only 500 DSi Points. This isn’t your standard brawler either because you will be playing with chibi versions of some of your favorite Blazblue characters! What is chibi you ask? It is a cute character form of more advanced models that do have less detail but will definitely have you loving them, see above for what the chibi versions will look like. You can even equip various items to use to cause devastation to your foes!
What should you expect if you happen to get this game?
Two modes featuring Single Player or Free Battle!
Take on the CPU or up to 4 friends. Set the rules, select the stage and match type!
Engage in combat with Four Match modes!
Good ol’ beat-‘em-up Life Match requires fighters to put the smack down on each other until your life meter is drained! Collect soba noodle points in Point Match by attacking other fighters or play snatch the panda in Flag Match; whoever has the panda when time runs out wins!
Play as Five Adorable Brawlers from the smash 2d fighter hit BlazBlue!
Battle as Ragna, Noel, Rachel, Taokaka or Jin! Create mini combos with their normals and drive attacks!
I don’t know about you but I’m loving the way this game looks. It’s like a mini smash brothers using Blazblue characters. With the different items and weapons to use, there looks like there is tons of fun to be had, especially when you consider the cheap price tag.
Yes, you heard that right for the most part.The Titantic is being rebuilt for the digital world. Developer O-Game’s are releasing a new title, Titantic Mystery this fall. Players will set sail on the Titantic II to mark the 100th anniversary of the original ship.
Titantic Mystery is a pure mystery/exploration title where players will go in search of a hidden bomb on the new ocean liner, Titanic II. Along the way players will uncover clues and investigate the ship while learning secrets of the original Titanic. With 30 intricate levels each containing challenging mini-games, players will encounter elaborate twists and turns around every corner.
Features Include:
Explore the ship and meet different members of the crew along the way
Investigate clues and get closer to uncovering the ultimate mystery
Search for hundreds of objects containing timeless secrets about the original Titanic
30 intricate levels
30 challenging mini-games
Players that want to go aboard the unlucky ship will be sure to be in for a treat if you are a mystery or exploration fan or just might be curious to see the newly crafted Titantic II. Titantic Mystery is set to release September 28, 2010 for the U.S. on the Nintendo DS, Wii and PC. No word if the forecast calls for icebergs or Celine Dion but we will keep you updated!
