Tuesday, 22 February 2011

'COD: Black Ops' tops PlayStation 3 chart

Call Of Duty: Black Ops has topped the PlayStation 3 chart.

Similar to the all-formats and Xbox 360 charts this week, it is followed by new entry Marvel Vs Capcom 3: Fate Of Two Worlds in second and Dead Space 2 in third.

Elsewhere LittleBigPlanet 2 drops two places to fourth while Mass Effect 2 re-enters the chart in tenth.

The top ten in full:

1. (6) Call Of Duty: Black Ops (Activision)
2. (-) Marvel Vs Capcom 3: Fate Of Two Worlds (Capcom)
3. (3) Dead Space 2 (Electronic Arts)
4. (2) LittleBigPlanet 2 (Sony)
5. (1) Test Drive Unlimited 2 (Atari)
6. (7) FIFA 11 (Electronic Arts)
7. (5) Grand Theft Auto IV: Complete Collection (Rockstar Games)
8. (4) Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood (Ubisoft)
9. (8) Gran Turismo 5 (Sony)
10. (12) Mass Effect 2 (Electronic Arts)
Call of Duty: Black Ops preview

'Football Manager 2011' heads up PC chart

Football Manager 2011 continues to top the PC chart for a eleventh week running.

It is followed by The Sims 3 in second whileCall Of Duty: Black Ops re-enters the top ten in third.

Elsewhere Dead Space 2 jumps two places to sixth while WOW: Wrath Of The Lich King drops to eighth position.

The top ten in full:

1. (1) Football Manager 2011 (Sega)
2. (3) The Sims 3 (Electronic Arts)
3. (13) Call Of Duty: Black Ops (Activision)
4. (4) The Sims 3: Late Night (Electronic Arts)
5. (5) World Of Warcraft: Cataclysm (Blizzard Entertainment)
6. (8) Dead Space 2 (Electronic Arts)
7. (7) StarCraft II: Wings Of Liberty (Blizzard)
8. (6) World Of Warcraft: Wrath Of The Lich King (Blizzard Entertainment)
9. (9) Civilization V (2K Games)
10. (10) The Sims 2 (Electronic Arts)


Football Manager 2011 screenshot

'Just Dance 2' tops Wii chart for 19 weeks

The top ten in full:
1. (1) Just Dance 2 (Ubisoft)
2. (2) Mario Sports Mix (Nintendo)
3. (3) Dance Juniors (Ubisoft)
4. (4) Wii Party (Nintendo)
5. (5) Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo)
6. (8) Michael Jackson: The Experience (Ubisoft)
7. (6) Donkey Kong Country Returns (Nintendo)
8. (7) New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Nintendo)
9. (9) Ben 10 Ultimate Alien Cosmic Destruction (Namco Bandai)
10. (14) GoldenEye 007 (Activision)

ust Dance 2 continues to top the Wii chart for a nineteenth successive week.

It is followed by Mario Sports Mix in second and Dance Juniors in third.

Elsewhere Michael Jackson: The Experience climbs two places whileGoldenEye 007 re-enters the chart in tenth.
Just Dance 2

Sony developing hack-proof PlayStation 3?

Sony has been working on a hack-proof PlayStation 3, according to a report.

Sources have told Everything HQ that the platform holder will release a system with improved security features after the console was hacked last month.

The model will reportedly be a slim-line, 300GB SKU with a reduced price point of £186.99 to incentivise players to purchase to new system.

Existing models on store shelves will be given price drops to make way for the more secure console.

Sony has yet to comment on the rumour.
PS3

UK gov reconsidering gaming tax breaks?

The UK government will introduce tax breaks for the games industry next month, according to a report.

Sources have told The Sunday Times (viaDevelop) that chancellor George Osbourne has been considering the move as part of "an eye-catching measure to put in his Budget for growth".

It has been suggested that next month's Budget will include £30 million of tax relief. While the figure is far less than the £100 million trade association TIGA had suggested, UKIE has said that the move is a welcome one.

"[It's] a sign that the government is taking the games industry seriously," said director general of games Michael Rawlinson.

"The government is seriously looking for initiatives that support Britain's creative industries, and the games industry is an important one for them."

TIGA succeeded in convincing Labour to introduce a tax credit in March 2010 before it wasscrapped by the coalition government in the emergency Budget.

A spokesperson for the Treasury has declined to comment on the rumour.

Monday, 22 March 2010

move on the new expansion pack Ambitions



Widen your Sim’s horizons with a bunch of killer new career opportunities. With The Sims™ 3 Ambitions, decide whether your Sim will be the brave town hero or cause loads of mischief among their neighbors. Make your Sim save the day as a brave firefighter, change the town as a leading architect, or live on the edge as a tattoo artist. Will your Sim find success as a billionaire high-tech inventor or eke out a living as a bumbling mad scientist? Will they uncover secrets as a private investigator by dusting for prints or roughing up a suspect for information? Their future is entirely in your hands!

•FEATURES
For the first time ever, you control your Sim’s actions and interactions while they’re on the job.
•Be a hero or mess with the neighbors as a firefighter, private investigator, doctor, ghost hunter, and more!
•Choose how your Sim’s career progresses—will they work for good or evil, pursue creative endeavors, rise to success as a mogul, or shirk responsibility as a slacker?
•Your Sim’s on-the-job choices now change their town and affect other Sims as well. Modify the town’s structure as an architect or set neighborhood fashions as a stylist.
•Enjoy all-new skills and activities! Master the arts of inventing, sculpting, and tattooing, and use your skills to earn Simoleons.

Watch trailer on youtube at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLDkViTdmeI

top 10 PC weekly chart sims 3 is still in at 5

Battlefield: Bad Company 2 has seen off all challengers to remain top of the PC weekly chart.
Newly-released expansion pack Warhammer 40,000: Dawn Of War II -
Chaos Rising narrowly misses out on the top spot after making its debut in second, above Football Manager 2010, which climbs one place to third. The bottom of the chart sees the return of World Of Warcraft: Wrath Of The Lich King at ten, below fellow expansion pack The Sims 3: World Adventures at nine.
top 10:

1. (1) Battlefield: Bad Company 2 (Electronic Arts)
2. (-) Warhammer 40,000: Dawn Of War II - Chaos Rising (THQ)
3. (4) Football Manager 2010 (Sega)
4. (2) Napoleon: Total War (Sega)
5. (6) The Sims 3 (Electronic Arts)
6. (3) Supreme Commander 2 (Square Enix)
7. (5) Assassin's Creed II (Ubisoft)
8. (7) Aliens Vs. Predator (Sega)
9. (9) The Sims 3: World Adventures (Electronic Arts)
10. (12) World Of Warcraft: Wrath Of The Lich King (Blizzard)