Monthly Archives: September 2009

Daft Punk’s the latest music stalwart to cave in by getting “down with the kids” and having its work included in a game. The dance act’s tracks will be included in DJ Hero.

The duo’s music will be included in 11 mixes and two signature “Megamixes,” apparently.

It’s out on October 27. PR after the break.

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Valve’s told OXM that it wants to sell mods from the PC version of Left 4 Dead 2 on Xbox Live.

The company won’t be able to give them away because “Xbox Live isn’t set up like that,” so it’s considering distributing content and passing the money back to the creators.

There’s more through there. The game’s out soon.

BioWare’s put out live eight brand new screens of Star Wars: The Old Republic.

They’ve also released a video of the capital of the Republic, Coruscant. Some info on the city is that it’s a “symbol of power, prosperity and innovation”, but also recovering from an attack from the Sith.

Find them over at IncGamers.

Game’s out in 2010.

VG247 has learnt that the embargo for Halo 3: ODST reviews will be lifted from this weekend.

The embargo for all British journalists is 5.00 am BST on Sunday, September 20, while east coast American journalists can post their reviews from midnight EST.

Journalists from the west coast put their reviews live from 9pm PST this Saturday, September 19.

The game is out next Tuesday for Xbox 360.

SCEE has announced PSN hit Wipeout HD will see a Blu-ray release for PlayStation 3.

The release will include the original game, as well as the recently released Fury expansion, all for £19.99 and released on October 16.

It comes as it was rumoured this morning a Dutch PS3 site had the game listed for retail for €24.99 on the same date.

PR is after the break.

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Guitar Hero 5 has beaten The Beatles: Rock Band to No. 1 in the latest UK charts.

Harmonix’s effort didnt even land in the top three, only getting to four in the charts. DiRT 2 and Batman: Arkham Asylum round off the top three.

Top ten is below. You can find last weeks data here.

Engadget has managed to snap up a promo video showreel of the Zune HD, which releases tomorrow in the US.

Now, about the 30 second mark, look closely. What do you see? A racing game for the portable, with the narrator of the ad stating you can “play games” on the device.

Considering Microsoft has been silent on having gaming capabilities for the Zune HD, this might be the confirmation needed.

More through the link.

Eurogamer.pt‘s put live several new gameplay shots of GT PSP, as well as renders of cars in the game.

Va-va voom, as Thierry Henry once said.

Go get them through the link. It’s out on October 1st to coincide with the PSPgo launch.

Update: Confirmed. October 16 for £19.99.

Original Story: Tag this as a rumour for now, but according to PS3Hype, a Blu-ray version of PSN hit Wipeout HD is getting a Blu-ray release on October 16.

The game includes everything which made the original release great, as well as the recently released Fury expansion pack, with a price of €26.99.

The listing is here. We’re emailing Sony about this now.

It was announced a while back, but Yakuza 4 will be fully revealed next week during the Tokyo Game Show.

The date of reveal, which is on the teaser website which opened over the weekend, is September 24, which is day and date with the start of TGS itself.

If you want to get the game, you best start learning Japanese. Considering the Western fates of Yakuza 3 and Kenzen, this will most likely will go down the same route.

Via Examiner.

Update: What do you know? Direct-feed shots from Famitsu based on the same scans. Find them through here.

Original Story: Some new scans of Final Fantasy XIII from Famitsu China have popped up.

It mostly rounds up most of the stuff from last weeks Premiere Event in Tokyo, but does contain scans featuring gameplay, glorious CG and Sazh’s son, Dajh.

We know what you’re thinking: the character names are getting weirder every time they’re revealed. But who are we to complain, game still looks awesome.

From FF-XIII.net.

XboxInsider has managed to obtain what is the “Legendary” ending of Halo 3: ODST. We haven’t watched it ourselves for obvious reasons, of course.

It’s after the jump for you to spoil your eyes over.

*WARNING*: Video is a MASSIVE spoiler, so watch at your own risk. Otherwise, if you want to stay clean before September 22, don’t watch it.

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A brand new video of Final Fantasy XIII has appeared from YouTube, showing 25 seconds worth of footage.

It mostly shows new character Serah, who was properly revealed last week at the Premiere Party in Tokyo after previous mentions in past trailers.

Vid is after the jump.

It’s out on Dec 17 in Japan for PS3. Spring 2010 for PS3 and 360.

Thanks, FF-XIII.net.

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Hot dog.

A teaser in the most recent edition of Game Informer – you know, the one with Ninja Theory’s Enslaved and Crackdown 2 – has paved the way for a reveal of Epic Mickey in the next issue of the magazine.

The page shows Mickey’s head, but not the face in a massive black ink stain, with a message which says, “Something EPIC is brewing.”

Don’t know what it is? This is the game Warren Spector and Junction Point apparently have in development, since the developer was bought by Disney in 2007. It’s apparently a Wii game.

Thanks, Nintendo Everything.

According to this week’s Famitsu release list (via AndriaSang), Bomberman’s bringing his adorable brand of arson to the DSi’s download service in October.

Or at least, that’s the date for Japan, anyway. Hudson hasn’t actually announced the game yet, though, so the what’s, when’s, and why’s of the West are still up in the air.

We’ve contacted Hudson for more info. Here’s hoping the publisher gets back to us soon, maybe with some news on the long-awaited Bomberman: Act Zero sequel.

If you want to dress for success on the battlefield, grab some muted browns or greens and – poof – you’ll disappear. If we’re talking about war-based videogames, however, that’s a different story.

Mad Catz has posted the first shots of its Modern Warfare 2-based line of controllers, keyboards, and faceplates, and well, let’s just say that if you’re planning on gaming in the middle of a high-pressure warzone, you might want to pass on these.

They’re quite ostentatious, if you ask us. And very glowy. If your LAN party is also a rave party, Mad Catz has you covered.

Click through the link for all of the pics.

When is L4D’s Crash Course DLC hurtling onto our gaming systems? No one knows. But a recent Xbox Live Game with Fame announcement might be dropping hints about the DLC’s drop date.

“If you’re an Xbox LIVE Gold Member, and you want a chance to play the new Crash Course add-on for Left 4 Dead, send a friend request to the following Gamertag and be online half an hour before (5:30 P.M. Central Time) the Game with Fame session starts on Wednesday, September 23, at 6:00 P.M. CT,” says the announcement.

September 23, eh? Granted, “a chance to play” seems to suggest that it might just be a preview event, but the DLC is supposed to be out before September ends, so anything later would be cutting it close.

We should mention, however, that – if you choose to partake of Crash Course as part of this promotion – you’ll be staving off the zombpocalypse with pop-rock group Paramore.

Are we wrong in having our worlds turned upside-down by the idea that there’s apparently audience overlap between teeny-bopper bands and Left 4 Dead? Seems like a bit of an odd mix to us.

First Contra and Gradius got the “ReBirth” treatment, and now – if a recent ESRB listing is to be believed – Castlevania is next in line.

Titled “Castlevania the Adventure ReBirth,” the game’s ESRB description is as follows:

“This is a side-scrolling action game in which players battle against monsters in Dracula’s castle. Players use a chained whip to fight their way through halls and dungeons filled with zombies, skeletons, flying eyeballs, and bats. The enemy creatures frequently shoot projectiles and attack players in hand-to-hand combat. If players sustain too much damage, they keel over and emit a burst of red blood. Some rooms in the castle also have spikes or spears stained with red, blood-like splotches.”

Title sound familiar? That’s because a series entry on the Game Boy shared the same moniker. Could this be that game’s Dracula-esque resurrection? Probably. Either that, or Konami just loves confusing us.

Oh, the game will be rated “T,” in case you were wondering. That is sort of the whole point of this ESRB thing, isn’t it?

• Massively had a chat with Stew Chisam, VP of game operations at Hi-Rez Studios, during DragonCon last week. It’s a video interview, and in it, Chisam chats about how well things are going with Global Agenda since the two closed Betas. If this game has been on your radar, you should check out what Chisam had to say here.

• Ultima Online’s new expansion, Stygian Abyss, has been released and is now available for download on the game’s website. It will run you $29.99.

• The Secret World was all over PAX. Massively was lucky enough to get a preview of the game, Gamespot provided impressions, and Eurogamer talked to Funcom’s Ragnar Tornquist who told the site all about it. Wanna know all about the three different factions, the lore, and see some screens? Then hit all three links for information overload.

• The clown Malatina offers a new solo challenge for plucky adventurers in Runes of Magic. Once per day, she will give players the opportunity to enter a obstacle-packed dungeon, which will be included in the update for the full launch of ‘Chapter II – The Elven Prophecy’, on September 15. Hate clowns, man. US servers will be brought down for 24 hours starting Monday, Sept. 14, at about 3 a.m. PST until Tuesday, Sept. 15, at about 3 a.m. PST. During that time, the forums and Runes of Magic Web site also will be down. All systems will return Tuesday, Sept. 15, at about 3 a.m. PST. The forums and Web site will have a new design to match Chapter II: The Elven Prophecy. More details are through here.

• Before you get surprised and start screaming “Oh Noz! You’ve got zombies in my Star Wars Galaxies!”, read up on it via the official Random House website. Apparently, SOE and LucasArts are adding zombies as part of an October event called Death Troopers, which ties into the horror-themed novel of the same name by Joe Schreiber.

• ROHAN: Blood Feud (Renaissance of Human and Nature) now has one million accounts. Cool. To celebrate, the team are holding Million Member Mania events from now until September 21, where players who win the various games included will be awarded with one million in game currency. Very cool. More through Massively.

• The Aion team is aware of issues with lag, the authentication server, gameguard anti-cheating program, forum authentication script, and beta key release schedule, and are devoting resources to finding out the cause. Rest assured, a patch will be released ASAP. Good to know. More on that here. Thanks, Massively.

• Dungeons & Dragons Online went free-to-play in North America this week, and to get you excited for it, Rock, Paper, Shotgun has a couple videos posted, along with some information on it. If that just isn’t quite enough to placate you, Massively has a launch day news round-up for the title. Hooray!

• Karos Online is currently in closed Beta, and other than some interesting bits to PvP, the game takes a different approach to crafting and hobbies than what you may be used to in an MMO, by incorporating both into an alternate character progression tree. Also, instead of running around looking for mats, you may end up fighting over them instead, such as through the mining area which will be rife with PvP. More through the link.

Sony has posted a video showing off a demo of New Pork – the new DLC coming for Fat Princess.

We have it for you after the break, courtesy of the US PS Blog.

More DLC is also planned for the title in the future, and while we have yet to play the game, we hear it is rather fun.

Enough with our prattling, watch on force feeders!

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