Monthly Archives: October 2009

EA’s sent out a friendly reminder that Abbey Road will be the first full album to become available to download for Beatles: Rock Band, as of tomorrow on Xbox Live Marketplace for 1360 MS points and on the Rock Band shop for the Wii.

The album will also release on the PSN on Thursday for £10.46/$16.99/€11.37.

It’s also worth noting that Sgt Pepper and Rubber Soul are due before the end of the year.

Find the PR after the jump. Here Comes the Sun, do do do doooo…

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Pachter seems to think it’s been “sent to die” but the scores don’t lie.

The first couple of reviews for Borderlands have gone live, with good scores to give to Gearbox’s shooter RPG hybrid.

• IGN – 8.8
• Kotaku – N/A
• Giant Bomb – 4/5
• 1UP – B+
• JustPushStart – 4/5
• D’Toid – 8.5/10
• PX360 – 8.6/10
• G4 – 4/5
• GamePro – 4.5/5
• Atomic Gamer – 92%
• TXB – 9/10
• GamesRadar – 8/10
• Eurogamer – 8/10
• GameTrailers – 8.4/10
• RPS – 4/4

If you’ve got a review to add, drop the link in the comments. We’ll add it here.

Game’s out this week in the US and EU for PS3, 360 and PC.

Oh, and did we mention we were giving away a copy of Borderlands on Wednesday with a PS3? Stay tuned, sports fans.

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Joystiq has posted the full track list for Band Hero.

Some new stuff there, both for consoles and the DS version, and the list of importable stuff from Guitar Hero: World Tour and exportable stuff from Band Hero to GH:WT and GH: Greatest Hits.

Find all you need to know through the link. No date yet for the PS3, 360, Wii, PS2 and DS.

SCEE has released new screens of Jak and Daxter: The Lost Frontier for the PSP and PS2.

You can find them over at TheSixthAxis.

November 3 is when it is due in the US. No date for Europe yet, but we have asked SCEE to confirm it.

Eurogamer Portugal has live four new shots of Grand Theft Auto: The Ballad of Gay Tony.

One of them also seems to confirm the appearance of Roman Bellic in the third and final episode of the GTA IV story, although it does take place during GTA IV, so it shouldn’t be a surprise.

Get them through the link. The DLC is out next Thursday, both on Xbox Live and at retail with Episodes from Liberty City.

Mistwalker boss and creator of the Final Fantasy series Hironobu Sakaguchi has confirmed that a new project is in development at the studio, further adding that it could be complete.

He left this cryptic post on his blog:

“Am I an “idle man”, I wonder? (^^;
Well, I am just trying to pastime…
I am working hard on a new project.
Now we are being rushed into the “finishing” stage.
No matter what, I will make it really good…. “

It’s the first we have formally heard of anything official from the studio since their last project Cry On was canned last Christmas.

Thanks, RPG Site.

Speaking in GT’s Bonus Round, Michael Pachter has said Borderlands is a game that is being “sent to die”.

The Wedbush Morgan analyst insists that the FPSRPG combo from Gearbox has missed its window of opportunity and will get its “butt” kicked from Dragon Age: Origins and Modern Warfare 2.

“Sent to die. I think Borderlands is the definition of a game that should have had its own window and not be up against all this stuff. It’s absolutely the same audience. I don’t think it’s as much an RPG as they would like us to believe,” said Pachter.

“If it’s an RPG, Dragon Age is going to kick its butt; and if it’s a shooter, Call of Duty or something else is going to kick its butt.”

The game is out this week in the US and UK for the PS3, 360 and PC.

Thanks, Wearetheinternetz and mescalineeyes.

EA’s just announced that Need for Speed: Nitro will see a UK release on November 6 for the DS and Wii.

The publisher also announced the soundtrack of the game. Some of the artists include Dizzee Rascal, The Enemy and Lady Sovereign.

PR is after the break.

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Nelson‘s announced that this week, you get two for the price of one in Live Deal of the Week.

This week, it’s all about Versus Mode for Resident Evil 5 and Golf: Tee it Up.

RE5 Versus was 400 MS points, it’s now 240 MS points. Golf: Tee it Up meanwhile was 800 MS points, now it’s 400 MS points.

Get them both through their names. Remember, deal is for Gold members only.

Sorry, Silvers.

Modern Warfare 2 has been given an 18 by the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC).

It had a TBC 18 slapped on display boxarts for retailers, but now it is indeed confirmed.

The game passed certification without any cuts.

It’s also the first COD game to be given an 18. World at War was only a 15.

More through the link. Game’s out on November 10.

Andriasang has live a couple of shots showing the LocoRoco space for PlayStation Home.

This is assumingly to celebrate the release of LocoRoco: Midnight Carnival, which is released on October 29.

They’re through the link.

Hideo Kojima has come out on his blog and promised that Zone of the Enders 3 will be made – some day.

“I cannot make a promise about time. However, I can promise a sequel.”

He however admitted that the failures of Zone of the Enders 2: The Second Runner was “an error” on his part

The game, which was released in 2003 and produced by Kojima, recieved great praise and has a cult following. But he maintains the mediocre sales were down to a bad schedule.

“Everything was due to an error by me.

“At that time, if I hadn’t made a mistake with the release date, [Zone of the Enders] might have ended up a major Kojima Productions title to follow MGS, still seeing development as a series,” admits the head of Kojima Productions.

Still, ZOE3 is a certain now at KP. Everyone’s a winner. Thanks, Andriasang.

Ubisoft’s announced that it’ll be airing the first of several short films from the Assassins Creed universe, known as Lineage, from next Tuesday.

To celebrate the announcement, they’ve also released a short trailer on the films, which give the back-story to Assassin’s Creed II.

Catch it after the jump, thanks to TLG. Assassin’s Creed II itself is out on November 20 for PS3 and 360.

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Eurogamer Spain has some new shots of the God of War Collection for everyone to look at over lunch.

They’re through the link.

It’s out this year in the US with a God of War III demo. No release in EU though until next year at least.

Update: Nintendo’s confirmed to CVG that the collectors edition will be coming to the UK as a pre-order exclusive at GAME. While stocks last, it will be available to pre-order from October 26.

Original Story: Console Planet has an image of what appears to be a collectors edition of The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks.

In it, it shows a tin collectors box, two figureines of Link and the Phantom and the game itself.

Game’s out on December 11 for the DS. We’ll email Nintendo and see if it’s coming to the UK.

Executive producer for Battlefield at DICE Karl-Magnus Troedsson has tweeted his support for dedicated servers, saying it’s a “given for them”.

“Dedicated servers FTW. What ever secures a better online experience is a given for us.”

It comes as Infinity Ward confirmed over the weekend that Modern Warfare 2 for the PC will not be using dedicated servers, and will be using it’s own matchmaking system.

Battlefield: Bad Company 2 is released in March 2010.

SCEJ’s sent out a gameplay presentation of Heavy Rain. Find it over at EG.

In it, it shows Quantic Dream CEO Guillaume de Fondaumiere playing through two scenes from the game.

VO’s are in Japanese, but there are English subs.

Looks brillant, as always. Game’s out in 2010 for the PS3.

Dragon Age: Origins is already being touted as the greatest BioWare RPG ever made by those in the know, so to celebrate its imminent release we’ve teamed up up with the EA Store to give away four download codes for the Digital Deluxe Edition.

The game, priced £39.99, can be pre-loaded by the winners ahead of its November 6 release.

How to win? Comment. We’ll give a code away to the authors of the 500th, 1,000th, 1,500th and 2,000th comments in the thread on this article.

Good luck!

Zero Point’s release 19 new screenshots of Interstellar Marines.

A couple of them feature a shark, don’t you know. And cue the Jaws theme.

Find them over at EG. No date yet.

For anyone who still plays it online, we bring you the sad news that the online servers for Calling All Cars are to be shutdown, as of January 2010.

According to PSN Stores, people who still play the game are greeted with the following message:

“On January 14, 2010 the servers for Calling All Cars will be taken off-line. We would like to thank ya for yar support.”

The game was the first made under David Jaffe’s Eat, Sleep, Play studio.