AU News Wrap, August 9 - What Happened Today

Today, most importantly, I ran incredibly late getting my daily wrap up. Oh, and some other stuff happened, I guess.

What a day! Woken at the crack of dawn for chores, rushed back to the desk minus promised iced coffee shake, drowned in guff headlines - all of which you'll find in the shorts. Talk about first world problems, eh? It's a good life.

We've got some great content today; Pat'll be along shortly to summarise the last 24 hours for you if it's all a bit too much right now. We understand.

Anyway, we kicked things off this morning with a few stories from Debabrata:

• New gameplay footage for Virtua Tennis 4 on PS Vita revealed
  This enduring series is looking kind of slick on Sony's new handheld.
• Carbine Studios producer discusses unannounced MMO
  I'm cynical, but I just can't imagine it's anything other than fantasy or sci-fi.
• English version of Malicious confirmed
  Nice! I'm always keen on new downloadable games.

Then I figured I may as well do some work instead of trying to answer my email. There's no point to it. More just comes in.

• Civilization V trailers show off DLC - Korea, new wonders
  I love Civ. What a pity I am incapable of learning how to play it properly.
• Hollenshead: IdTech 5 "too much" for Wii, uncertain on Wii U
  I imagine a PR rep was turning an interesting colour while he said this.
• Resistance 3's fourth 16 player map is Alice Springs
  A little disappointed to find that it looks like 1950's America coated in red dust.
• Warhawk fans may get early Starhawk beta access
  Releasing against Mass Effect 3? Brave.
• Second Bodycount dev diary explores design decisions
  I almost put "discusses" instead of "explores", but I'd probably have lost my license.
• Moore: Nintendo's job is to "build a better mousetrap"
  Referring to the old chestnut about inventing said item.
• Rumour - Four new Nintendo Selects budget titles for Wii
  It could be true. Who knows? Sounds like a good idea.
• Quick shots - Forza 4 celebrates Le Mans license deal
  I rang my friend and asked if Le Mans is the one where you drive in a circle for hours and hours. "Honey, that's all of them." Anyway, I was thinking of that one that starts with N, apparently.
• Shinobido features more consequential player choice than Tenchu
  It has been some years since I last ninja'd it up. It's probably time to correct this.
• Final Fantasy Versus XIII a no show for TGS 2011
  There is no capital D large enough to express my saddie.
• Disgaea 3 coming to Vita, four new NIS games teased
  I was just playing the first Badman game last night (poorly) and thinking it was tiem for some more NIS goodness.
• Sega adds Durga to Anarchy Reigns roster
  The most recent reveals have been way more interesting than the few they kicked off with. Ice Queen, anyone? Thought not.
• Sony warehouse fire likely to impact product distribution
  London chums, be safe, okay? That's all.
• Tuesday Shorts – trailer highs and lows, new SingStar, bizarre AR buggy
  It's raining headlines. Well, okay - lines, anyway.

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