Rosemont Theatre Saturday – December 12, 2009 – 8pm
Chicagoland Pops Orchestra and Festival Choir Tickets available at ticketmaster.com Phone: 847-671-5100
Concert tickets start at $19
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REDMOND, Wash., July 23, 2009 – On July 26, Nintendo invites everyone to kick back and transform their living rooms into a tropical island adventure with the Wii Sports Resort™ video game, the next chapter in the Wii Sports phenomenon. Wii Sports Resort introduces a new era of motion controls with 12 resort-themed sports enhanced by the included Wii MotionPlus™ accessory. This accessory attaches to the base of the Wii Remote™ controller to bring exacting precision to games that are specially designed for it. Wii MotionPlus recognizes the slightest twist or turn of the Wii Remote controller to bring players deeper into their games. Wii Sports Resort leverages this technology as players escape to a virtual resort and experience all the fun activities of the island setting.
Best Buy:
Nintendo Wii: Birthday Party Bash $39.99 Donkey Kong Jungle Beat $29.99 G-Force $49.99 Go Play Circus Stars $19.99 Go Play Lumberjacks $19.99 Gold’s GYM Cardio Workout $19.99 Grand …
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Included Wii MotionPlus Accessory Brings Incredible Precision to Games
REDMOND, Wash., July 23, 2009 – On July 26, Nintendo invites everyone to kick back and transform their living rooms into a tropical island adventure with the Wii Sports Resort™ video game, the next chapter in the Wii Sports phenomenon. Wii Sports Resort introduces a new era of motion controls with 12 resort-themed sports enhanced by the included Wii MotionPlus™ accessory. This accessory attaches to the base of the Wii Remote™ controller to bring exacting precision to games that are specially designed for it. Wii MotionPlus recognizes the slightest twist or turn of the Wii Remote controller to bring players deeper into their games. Wii Sports Resort leverages this technology as players escape to a virtual resort and experience all the fun activities of the island setting.
There could be a few reasons for this decline. Two reasons I can think of has to do with the saturation of music type games …
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TUESDAY – 7/21
X-Play has your very first hands-on footage of GEARS OF WAR 2: DARK CORNERS’ ROAD TO RUIN deleted campaign chapter with Epic’s Cliff Bleszinski and Rod Fergusson. Plus, never-before-seen gameplay of SHADOW COMPLEX – including new bosses, new weapons and brand new levels from what could be the biggest Xbox Live game ever. Then X-Play reveals 15 tracks from THE BEATLES: ROCK BAND, unleashes an exclusive new trailer for WATCHMEN: THE END IS NIGH PART 2 and features a live hands-on demo with Shane Bettenhausen for MURAMASA: THE DEMON BLADE, X-Play’s pick for the best Wii game from E3 2009.WEDNESDAY – 7/22
X-Play continues this jam-packed week with an exclusive hands-on preview of RATCHET & CLANK: A CRACK IN TIME from Insomniac. Plus, we reveal a brand new level and never before seen weapons for LEFT 4 DEAD 2, and Gearbox’s Randy Pitchford joins us in the studio with the World Premiere hands on demo of co-op for BORDERLANDS.
Santa Monica, CA – July 20, 2009 – Rock and Roll Hall of Famer and 11-time Grammy Award winner, Carlos Santana, is set to appear as an exclusive in-game artist in the upcoming Guitar Hero® 5. Santana’s accomplishments span four decades and more than 40 albums including the self-titled album, Santana, that launched one of the most recognizable Latin-infused classic rock anthems, “No One to Depend On.” The live version of the song will be featured in Guitar Hero 5 with Carlos Santana jamming on stage as a playable character.
In addition to music from Santana, Guitar Hero 5 features a wide variety of today’s hottest rock ‘n’ roll bands mixed with classic tracks. Brand new game features let fans tailor their experience to meet the evolving ways consumers are interacting with their favorite music and allows them to challenge themselves as a solo act or band member, or kick back with friends and enjoy their personalized set list.
Nintendo Wii: – 5 Spots Party – G-Force – Little King’s Story – Reel Fishing: Angler’s Dream – Rock Band: Country Track Pack
Nintendo DS: – G-Force
This week Nintendo offers three new WiiWare™ games, including a trip through video game history, a strategic tank battle and a virtual twist on an ant farm. Download fans will also find two Virtual Console™ SEGA classics and a Nintendo DSiWare™ game designed to keep the brain sharp.
WiiWare
Bit Boy!!
Publisher: Bplus
Players: 1-2
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone)
Price: 600 Wii Points
Description: Get ready for the most spectacular journey through time in the history of video games!! Accompany Bit Boy Kubi through a crazy pixellated adventure and battle hordes of nasty monsters in 4-bit dungeons, 8-bit caves, 16-bit strongholds, 32-bit labyrinths, 64-bit arenas and 128-bit worlds!! Rescue Kubi’s friends!! Set off in the ultimate pursuit of fruits and high scores!! Grab a friend for even more fun in Cooperative mode!! The Wii Remote is your joystick – let the arcade adventure begin!!Incoming!
Publisher: JV Games Inc.
Players: 1-2
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone) – Mild Cartoon Violence
Price: 500 Wii Points
Description: The goal of Incoming! is to defeat your opponents by destroying their tanks using the arsenal you have at your disposal. Advanced arsenals become available at different levels of the game. Incoming! is great fun for two people to play competitively. Can you defeat your opponent’s tanks before they conquer yours? Collect power-ups to give your arsenal that tactical advantage. Your firing must be quick and your aim true to claim victory.
Guitar Hero Smash Hits is the latest game in the GH franchise. This game isn’t band-specific like some of the other GH games, but rather it takes many of the fan favorite songs from past games and allows players to use the drums and microphone that they introduced with Guitar Hero World Tour.
This is the list of the most talked about games on Twitter during E3.
6/2/2009
Halo ODST – 53% God of War III – 49% Wii Sports Resort – 45% Guitar Hero 5 – 42% Final Fantasy XIII – 37% Madden 10 – 35% Guitar …
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Activision brings rock’s hottest hits to all major retailers with the launches of their latest pair of Guitar Hero titles, Guitar Hero® Smash Hits and Guitar Hero® On Tour: Modern Hits. Hitting store shelves today, Guitar Hero Smash Hits expands the experience of previous guitar-only games to the full band so gamers can join together and rock to 48 of the most fun and celebrated tracks from Guitar Hero®, Guitar Hero® II, Guitar Hero® Encore: Rocks the 80s and Guitar Hero® III: Legends of Rock. Featuring all master recordings, Guitar Hero Smash Hits delivers a robust feature set and epic on-disc song list including music from fan-favorite artists such as Alice In Chains, Queen, Poison, Rage Against The Machine, Twisted Sister, Heart and DragonForce.
June 15, 2009
Nintendo’s downloadable content this week features the first-ever kitchen appliance with martial arts training. Throw in some rainbows and a game of catch, and you have a pretty interesting WiiWare™ lineup. But that’s not all: There are Mario-themed Nintendo DSiWare™ applications and a classic arcade game for the Virtual Console™. Let’s get to the details:
WiiWare
Eduardo the Samurai Toaster
Publisher: Semnat Studios
Players: 1-4
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone) – Mild Cartoon Violence
Price: 800 Wii Points™
Description: Fight your way through 13 diverse locations on your own or with up to three friends in this frenetic and stylish side-scrolling action game. Play as Eduardo and his fellow toaster buddies as you fire an assortment of pastries at all kinds of dastardly food products. Hop onto laser-mounted scooters and fly across the screen in rocket packs, and learn to cooperate with your teammates or simply annoy each other in an awesomely fun way by throwing each other around the screen. The choice is up to you.RAINBOW ISLANDS™: TOWERING ADVENTURE!
Publisher: TAITO
Players: 1-2
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone) – Comic Mischief
Price: 800 Wii Points
Description: In Rainbow Islands: Towering Adventure!, players control the rainbow-magic-wielding Bubby or Bobby as they climb the seven seamless areas of a tower reaching the heavens while defeating enemies with their rainbow powers. Bosses controlled by the scientific genius Dr. Crescent await players at the end of every area. Race through every area within the allotted time to meet the rainbow-colored Holly’s Comet. There are three game modes: Story mode, which tells the tale of Holly’s Comet; Challenge mode, where players attempt to climb as high as they can; and Time Attack, where players select an area and see how fast they can climb it. Rainbow Islands: Towering Adventure! is an exhilarating action game where you use rainbows to climb into the heavens.
BEST PLAYSTATION 3 GAME
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
BEST WII GAME
Muramasa: The Demon Blade
BEST XBOX 360 GAME
Mass Effect 2
BEST MULTIPLATFORM GAME
This week’s downloadable game releases include a spellbinding new installment in the FINAL FANTASY® series. This first true sequel to FINAL FANTASY IV is sure to get RPG fans’ blood pumping. Nintendo DSiWare™ users will find a challenging new puzzle game to help keep their minds spinning. A slick new poker title from the WiiWare™ service raises the stakes for virtual card sharps, while the Virtual Console™ debut of a classic Commodore 64 game puts players in pursuit of precious gems. With so much variety on the Wii™ Shop Channel and Nintendo DSi Shop™, your odds of having a humdrum summer are getting slimmer by the hour.
Santa Monica, CA – May 27, 2009 – Activision Publishing, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATVI) will debut a robust slate of new titles based on some of the largest video game franchises at the 2009 Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3 Expo) taking place at the Los Angeles Convention Center on June 2 – 4, 2009.
Headlining the slate is Infinity Ward’s highly anticipated sequel to Call of Duty® 4: Modern Warfare™, Modern Warfare® 2, which is expected to be one of the best-selling games of the year. Additionally, the company will debut its groundbreaking new DJ Hero™ game and rock-based title Guitar Hero® 5, both of which will once again transform the way consumers enjoy and engage with music by offering the largest array of contemporary artists ever featured in music-based games.
Attendees will also be able to play Bizarre Creations’ Blur™ which marries intense wheel-to-wheel racing action with spectacular power-ups and real-world cars and locations, as well as Tony Hawk®: RIDE™, which will redefine skateboarding through an innovative motion sensing skateboard controller that allows for unprecedented freedom and movement.
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