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 58 has been done before. 60 is too small of a jump. 70 is getting closer, but still isn’t awe inspiring. Now 80, 80 is a number that can be celebrated and a number that accurately describes the number of master tracks that will be included with Rock Band 2.
According to an AP interview with the CEO of Harmonix Alex Rigopulos, Rock Band 2 “will feature a playlist of over 80 songs — all master recordings” including more ” female-fronted bands and artists who have never contributed tunes to a music game.” Rigopulos also confirmed that in a few weeks during E3, they plan on announcing the entire setlist for the game of which a few tracks have already been leaked. It’s also interesting to hear that Harmonix plans on “broadening the musical genres of available downloadable content” for Rock Band, with MTV president Van Toffler mentioning that they plan to take the Rock Band platform and open it up to “the genres of music to country, hip-hop and R&B”. Not so “Rock” Band, but musically diverse … interesting.
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 Today, Rockstar Games announced that the release date for the latest addition in the Midnight Club franchise, Midnight Club: Los Angeles, has been pushed back from its initial September release. But don’t fret, it isn’t as bad as you think.
The new release date for Midnight Club: LA is October 7th for those in North American and October 10th for gamers in Europe. Not that big of a delay, but a delay no matter. Really, what’s another month of waiting? Be patient children.
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Despite the fact that the newest of the Naruto games won’t be coming to the 360, that doesn’t mean that the franchise has left the console forever. According to several newly posted pages on a few different websites, we’ve got word of a new Naruto 360 project, apparently entitled Broken Bond. Supposedly set for release in November, Broken Bond deals with the rivalry between Naruto and the character Sasuke and is thought to be a continuation of the earlier 360 game Rise of the Ninja.
[Sources GameRush, ToTheGame]
[Thanks Robert]
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In an interview with GameDaily, GameTap’s VP of Content, Rick Sanchez, explains that rumors of the gaming-buffet’s death are “greatly exaggerated.” Although he avoids divulging whether GameTap is profitable, he does say that it is hitting parent company Turner Broadcasting’s P&L (profits and losses) figures, so apparently it’s still keeping daddy happy.
Although rumors of GameTap’s demise have pretty much been present since the service launched — something even Sanchez jokes about — things went into overdrive after the company laid off its all-star editorial team. GameDaily reports it heard rumors in the wake of the firings that the service would remain online only as a shell until December and then be buried. Sanchez “categorically denies” any of that, pointing to Grimm and more announcements expected in the future as proof of the service’s growth.
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Like the rumbling of thunder in the distance, an unstoppable force is audibly and rapidly approaching us. Soon, a cacophony of clicks will ring through our ears, the reverberating result of posting an article which not only concerns Halo 3, but prominently features the word “free.” What have we done?
Bungie’s Luke Smith has announced via Bungie.net that “Cold Storage,” a chilly new multiplayer map for everybody’s favorite cyborg shoot-em-up, will be downloadable — for free — from the Xbox Live Marketplace beginning Monday Bungie Day, July 7. The map will be implemented in regular rotation in playlists that require the Legendary Map Pack, which will also drop from 800 MS Points ($10) to 600 MS Points ($7.50) on the same day. If you haven’t tried those environments out yet, now’s the time to join in on the gradual extermination of Earth’s population.
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As we slowly prepare for the long weekend here in the Says, hunkering down for some game playing with a grill right next to us, it’s probably worth mentioning that GameTap’s selection of free games (which we’ve listed after the break) won’t cost you a dime or, more importantly, gas money getting to the mall. All that cash can be spent on some extra meat for the barbecue. But first, let’s look at the new subscription games this week.
- Descent: Freespace (Windows) - If you liked Wing Commander: Prophecy and miss that whole space pilot genre, definitely check out Freespace.
- Off-road Redneck Racing (Windows) - Oh boy, do we have to write something here? Umm, Rednecks go racing … it’s slightly less offensive than Redneck Rampage.
GameTap’s free games list doesn’t get any new additions this week, but if you haven’t played Tomb Raider: Legend or Deus Ex, what are you waiting for?
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Alan R. Moon’s Ticket to Ride has only been out for four years, but it has picked up several prestigious board gaming awards, and is quickly becoming a popular “haul it out of the closet and get yer game on” addition to game night. Last week, the Xbox Live Arcade version was released, joining Catan, Carcassonne, and Lost Cities as games that have breached the digital divide. But how does it stack up against the freebie Java version, and the board game itself? Read on, ticket holders, and find out. %Gallery-26538% Continue reading Ticket to Ride vs. Ticket to Ride vs. Ticket to Ride
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Earlier this week, Blizzard released a patch for Warcraft 3, known to some of you as “the game before World of Warcraft” and the rest as “the client for playing Defense of the Ancients.” Patch 1.22a provides balance changes for the units, fixes some technical issues and includes four new maps. You can update the game by either logging onto Battle.net or by downloading the patches manually (available from BigDownload).
PC (1.22a requires patch 1.21b for installation)
Mac (1.21b not required)
Last month, Blizzard also patched Diablo 2. We’ve placed full patch notes after the break.
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Excitement for Halo Wars has been palpable of late, what with a recent GamePro cover story and Ensemble finally allowing a few details to hit the tubes (even from the official Halo Wars website, no less). It wasn’t long ago that Ensemble made it known that they would “hopefully” have a playable build at E3. Considering no one outside of Ensemble and a few lucky journalists have laid their hands on the game, it was pretty exciting news. Prepare to be even more excited, as the “hopefully” part of the equation seems to have shifted to definitely. According to Ensemble’s Bruce Shelley, as noted on his blog, there will be “several demo stations set up and a massive number of media representatives will be getting a chance to play.” Smiley face to that.
There are other details about the game in the blog but, frankly, we sort of blanked out after the playable bit. There was this: “This isn’t a strategy game where you don’t interact with your opponent for the first 15 to 25 minutes. Many games are over by that point.” E3 can’t get here fast enough.
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This generation of games has seen the average price for a title rise to $59.99, so when a game looks to possibly be released at a price point lower than that, we take notice. Over at Gamestop’s website, Viva Pinata: Trouble in Paradise and Banjo Kazooie: Nuts and Bolts are both currently listed at the price of $39.99. Now while this could just be a simple error (Amazon has them both at $59.99), we’d like to hope that there’s more going on …
The rest of this is only speculation, but there are a few connections between the two games. They’re both from Rare and so they’re both Microsoft first party games. Now it could just be wishful thinking, but we’d like to hope that Microsoft might be willing taking a bit of a profit hit on these two to get them to be must-buys for a more massive audience of gamers (read: kids). Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
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