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New Media 38

Posted by Black Panel Staff On Sunday 31 July 2011ADD COMMENTS


Presented in glorious alphabetical order, New Media: Retail Roundup is your indispensible checklist of the home console and handheld titles arriving in stores this week. What will you be playing?

MICROSOFT Xbox 360 Nothing

NINTENDO Wii Nothing 3DS Nothing DS Bejeweled Twist * Plants vs Zombies

SONY PS3 Ratchet & Clank Platinum Pack * Resistance Platinum Pack * Uncharted Platinum Pack PSP Nothing

VARIOUS PC Nothing


New Media: Downloadable Digest is your handy reminder of the new downloadable titles released during the past week.

MICROSOFT XBLA From Dust

NINTENDO WiiWare Nothing eShop Let’s Golf 3D DSiWare Nothing

SONY PSN 3D Ultra Mini Golf Adventures * Dead Block Minis Nothing

VALVE Steam Chantelise: A Tale of Two Sisters * Cogs * Dead Horde * Defy Gravity Extended * EYE: Divine Cybermancy * Legend of Fae * Nancy Drew: Secrets Can Kill Remastered * Nancy Drew: Trail of the Twister * Nancy Drew: The Captive Curse * Supreme Ruler: Cold War

Recent instalments of New Media: 24.07.11 l 17.07.11 l 10.07.11 l 03.07.11 l 26.06.11

nanoBITES 50

Posted by Black Panel Staff On Wednesday 27 July 2011ADD COMMENTS


NanoBITES captures those small but important morsels of gaming information that otherwise might slip between the cracks.

ITEM! Microsoft is working on an expanded edition of Kinectimals. The new game, which will also be made available as DLC for the original product, will feature 10 new animals, including five bears. Look for Kinectimals: Now With Bears in spring.

ITEM! The 3DS software drought just became a little more acute with Konami confirming that Metal Gear Solid: Snake Eater 3D won’t see the light of day in 2011. As reported by Kotaku, the remake of the PS2 stealth action game is now scheduled for release in 2012.

ITEM! Point and click fans will want to keep an eye out for Captain Morgane and the Golden Turtle, the latest release from Broken Sword writer Steve Ince and Gray Matter developer Wizardbox. This swashbuckling tale is due on PS3, PC, Wii and DS in Q4 2011.

ITEM! Anyone hoping to see a multiplayer mode in Vigil Gamesforthcoming Darksiders II should prepare for disappointment. On a brighter note, director Marvin Donald told IGN that the studio hopes to add a cooperative element to the (as yet unconfirmed) third instalment in the series.

ITEM! One time PSN exclusive Kung-Fu Live is coming to 360. According to a report published on Joystiq, the camera based game from Virtual Air Guitar Company will launch under the revised title Kung-Fu High Impact in November.

Recent instalments of nanoBITES: 21.07.11 l 14.07.11 l 07.07.11 l 30.06.11 l 23.06.11

New Media 37

Posted by Black Panel Staff On Sunday 24 July 2011ADD COMMENTS


Presented in glorious alphabetical order, New Media: Retail Roundup is your indispensible checklist of the home console and handheld titles arriving in stores this week. What will you be playing?

MICROSOFT Xbox 360 Nothing

NINTENDO Wii Nothing 3DS Nothing DS Nothing

SONY PS3 Nothing PSP Nothing

VARIOUS PC The Sims 3: Town Life Stuff


New Media: Downloadable Digest is your handy reminder of the new downloadable titles released during the past week.

MICROSOFT XBLA Bastion

NINTENDO WiiWare Nothing eShop 3DS Classics: Xevious DSiWare Nothing

SONY PSN Golden Axe * Limbo Minis Dr. Maybe and the Adventures of Scary Girl * JellyCar 2 * Me Monstar! Hear Me Roar * One Epic Game

VALVE Steam Air Conflicts: Secret Wars * ArmA: Cold War Assault * ArmA X: Anniversary Edition * Lucid * Runespell: Overture * Tobe’s Vertical Adventure * Trapped Dead * War Inc. Battlezone

Recent instalments of New Media: 17.07.11 l 10.07.11 l 03.07.11 l 26.06.11 l 19.06.11

New Media 36

Posted by Black Panel Staff On Sunday 17 July 2011ADD COMMENTS


Presented in glorious alphabetical order, New Media: Retail Roundup is your indispensible checklist of the home console and handheld titles arriving in stores this week. What will you be playing?

MICROSOFT Xbox 360 Call of Juarez: The Cartel * Earth Defence Force: Insect Armageddon

NINTENDO Wii Nothing 3DS Nothing DS Nothing

SONY PS3 Call of Juarez: The Cartel * Earth Defence Force: Insect Armageddon PSP Nothing

VARIOUS PC Nothing


New Media: Downloadable Digest is your handy reminder of the new downloadable titles released during the past week.

MICROSOFT XBLA Ms. Splosion Man * Warhammer 40,000: Kill Team

NINTENDO WiiWare Nothing eShop Airport Mania: Non-Stop Flights DSiWare Airport Mania: Non-Stop Flights

SONY PSN Nothing Minis Arcade Pool & Snooker * Gamocracy One: Legend of Robot

VALVE Steam Breath of Death VII * Cthulhu Saves the World * Dungeons of Dredmor

Recent instalments of New Media: 10.07.11 l 03.07.11 l 26.06.11 l 19.06.11 l 12.06.11