IGN is reportingthat the Rock Band music store will be updated with seven tracks next week, including songs by Siouxsie & the Banshees, Blink-182, Silversun Pickups, and Psychedelic Furs. The Siouxsie & the Banshees pack can be picked up for 440 MS Points ($5.49 on PlayStation Network) and will include “Hong Kong Garden,” “Kis Them For Me,” and “The Killing Jar.” Individual tracks can be purchased for 160 MS Points....
WithoutMajor Nelson’sgentle guidance we would still be in the dark, slaughtering each other like rabid animals inteeny-tinycages. Also, we probably wouldn’t know what was hitting every week over Xbox LIVE Arcade. The Nelson is so many things to so many people. Oh, right —Rocket KnightandThings on Wheelsare slated to be the games hitting Microsoft’s downloadable platform this week, as revealed by Major Nelsonin a recent blog post.Rocket Knight(1200 MSP) is Climax’s 2-D side-scroller, that features a cute critterarmed with a jet pack....
TIMEmagazine loves its list, and the well-known publication has produced atop ten games of 2008, with some interesting additions. Predictably,GTA IVhas taken the top spot, but Jon Blow’s indie darlingBraidcame in at a respectable two. The list, as penned by Lev Grossman, also includes some more obscure entries, such as Flash gameHunted Forever, and iPhone AppFieldrunners. Here is Grossman’s full list: As you reach the seventh entry, please don’t panic, you’re not going insane — that ISStar Wars: The Force Unleashedlisted as one ofTIME‘s top ten games of 2008....
FromLEGO Star WarstoLEGO Indiana Jonesand evenLEGO Batman, Traveller’s Tales is making a mint out of merging building blocks and films to create highly popular videogames. With so much potential and a lot of cash at stake, one could be forgiven for thinking that the developer is ready to milk the franchise, and consumers, dry. Tales, however, hasa different story. “There’s an expectation now that there would be aLEGOgame per year, and we certainly feel that one or two games would be the right amount per year, otherwise there’d be a saturation ofLEGOgames and they’d lose the charm,” stated Rich Earl, producer ofLEGO Batman....
tri-Ace has had a mixed track record lately, putting out the less-than-impressiveInfinite Undiscoveryand the rather strongStar Ocean: The Last Hopewithin the space of a year. If you’re one of those types that tend to not judge a publisher for a few flubs (ahem), it may excite you to know thattri-Acehas posted a countdown clock on their website with a teaser for an upcoming RPG. There’s almost no information of thewebsitefor the RPG itself, but it does say it will be coming for the PS3 and Xbox 360....
Sony Worldwide President Shuhei Yoshida says that they’re still working on it, but you’ll eventually be able to use the PlayStation Vita as a PS3 controller. He teases the functionality in a new interview in Famitsu. A TGS last month a mock example was shown withKillzone 3being played remotely on the Vita. Yoshida admits that this was a corded demonstration as they were worried that interference could flub up their showing....
The George Bush shoe incident meetsFallout 3. God, I love the Internet. Watch, the Press will be forced to remove their shoes before entering a room with George Bush or Barack Obama in the future.Welcome to the world of Destructainment. After the break, check out a montage of Weegee moments. Random Robot Intermission is up next with Robot sex. Next up, check out the darkest ending to a videogame ever. Then it’s the weirdest video ever as a dog and a statue playStreet FighterII....
I love the Internet. It took no time at all for someone to respond to theBike Heroviral ad. Freddy Wong here plays someGuitar Heroby way of a moving car with a TV in the back of it. It’s really short, but it gets the point across. Weekend Destructainment is GO! After the break, watch a brilliant GameStop ad that appeals to two things men love. Then check out the slightly sexualZelda: Ocarina of Timead....
The above image was shown to me by a member of a videogame forum I host,Project Wonderboy, showing just how efficient and useful Nintendo’s Wii Friend codes actually are. As you know, Nintendo likes to protect the little kiddies who might be playing their games online and as you can see from this image ofMario Strikers Charged, the system really does work! As the poster of the image said: Yes, I can see that the Big N successfully keeps perversion and online jack asses away from our children by the usage of those great Friend codes....
Don’t you just love live TV? The Home Shopping Network was selling a Wii with a 15 Wiimote accessory pack when the best thing that could have ever happen, happened. The host goes to swing the Wiimote with a tennis racket attachment and the thing flies off into the TV, damaging the screen.Props to the host for still going on with his pitch, despite his co-host laughing her ass off at him....
On April 19, Will “Cyrus” Powers will start his job in the PlayStation Quality Assurance department in San Diego, California. He didn’t get the job by simply applying and acing your standard job interview, and he didn’t have an “in” with a friend or a family member. No, the 23-year-old Powers got his new gig by beating out 11 other contestants on a reality show. The Tester, a show developed and filmed exclusively as a download for PlayStation 3, premiered on the PlayStation Network earlier this year to the raised eyebrow of the cynical gaming community....
Of course, the DS has its fair share of RPGs (and I am totally fine with that, no matter how many appear on the little handheld), butAvalon Codewins points with me simply because it was made by Matrix Software, who also madeAlundra.I quite enjoyed that imperfect little game, so I am interested to hear more about whatAvalon Codeis all about.Lucky for me, the newest trailer was also accompanied by the news that theofficial Web sitefor the game is now open....
[For her Monthly Musing, Elsa shares that her biggest disappointment of 2010 was being so addicted to a single game, she missed out on all the other great stuff that was available. Want to post your own blog? Check out theMonthly Musing topicand start writing! — JRo] I didn’t play a lot of bad games in 2010, nor did I play a lot of good games in 2010. Mostly I played one game in 2010 –MAG....
