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The Big Five!

By  •  August 14, 2009

Nintendo Wii

North America: 1. Wii Sports Resort (Nintendo) 2. Rock Band 2 Special Edition (MTV Games) 3. Wii Fit (Nintendo) 4. Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo) 5. …
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FOO FIGHTERS RETURN TO ROCK BAND WITH NEW THREE-SONG PACK

By  •  August 14, 2009

Plus tracks from Gorillaz and Red Hot Chili Peppers for Wii and Pat Benatar and Coheed and Cambria for Rock Band Unplugged!

Cambridge, Mass. – Aug. 14, 2009 – Harmonix and MTV Games today announced that a three-pack of songs from Foo Fighters, as well as singles from Blind Melon, Blur, Dropkick Murphys, Eve 6 and Kaiser Chiefs will be available in the Rock Band Music Store of downloadable content next week for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft and PLAYSTATION®3 computer entertainment system.
Additional tracks from Gorillaz and Red Hot Chili Peppers will be available in the Wii™ Rock Band Music Store, and tracks from Pat Benatar and Coheed and Cambria will be available for Rock Band Unplugged.

Rock Band DLC Additions for Xbox 360 and PLAYSTATION 3 Systems
The Foo Fighters three-pack is the second pack available from the American rockers for Rock Band fans and features “All My Life” and “Lonely As You” from the band’s Grammy Award-winning fourth album One by One, as well as “I’ll Stick Around,” from the band’s self-titled 1995 debut album. Founded by former Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl, Foo Fighters have won three Grammy Awards, with all six of their albums being nominated.

Japanese hardware sales – August 3rd to 9th

By  •  August 13, 2009

DSi 70,066 Wii 47,140 PSP 33,893 DS Lite 8,699 PS3 5,826 Xbox 360 5,436 PS2 4,601

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Review: Rock Band Country Track Pack

By  •  August 13, 2009

Rock Band Country Track Pack is the latest in a series of additions to the song catalog for Rock Band. This time Harmonix decided to bring together 20 songs from different eras in the Country music genre. Some of the songs include: The Gambler by Kenny Rogers, On the Road Again by Willie Nelson, and Good Time by Alan Jackson.

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Guitar Hero World Tour — Activision Music Track Pack — FREE!

By  •  August 13, 2009

We wanted to let you know that the FREE Activision Music Track Pack is now available to download for Xbox 360, PLAYSTATION 3 and Wii for Guitar Hero World Tour. …
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Japanese software sales – August 3rd to 9th

By  •  August 13, 2009

01./00. [PS2] SD Gundam G Generation Wars (Bandai Namco) – 175,000 02./01. [WII] Monster Hunter Tri (Capcom) – 137,000 / 657,000 03./02. [NDS] Dragon Quest IX (Square Enix) – 136,000 …
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Game Informer – reviews

By  •  August 13, 2009

Beatles: Rockband (8.75,8.75) Harry Potter: Half Blood Prince (7,6.5) Transformers: ROTF (6.25) Ice Age Dawn of Dinos (6.5) GI Joe (3.5,4) G-Force (7.75) Virtua Tennis 2009 (7,7) Wii Sports Resort …
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NPD software/hardware – July

By  •  August 13, 2009

PlayStation 2 108K PlayStation 3 121.8K PSP 122.8K Xbox 360 202.9K Wii 252.5K Nintendo DS 538.9K

Wii SPORTS RESORT W/ WII MOTION PLUS (WII) 508.2K NCAA FOOTBALL 10 (360) 376.5K …
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Interview: Stack Smash Team Rd. 2 – New Moves, Bosses and Much more!

By  •  August 13, 2009

I had another chance to sit down with the Stack Smash team and discuss some of the new characters/bosses/moves that are available for Super Smash Bros. Brawl. If you’re a brawl fan of any kind, read below for the full interview.  For those that don’t know, the Stack Smash team works on creating new content for Smash Bros. Brawl such as new characters, bosses, levels, and now, even new movesets.

I didn’t go through and edit this time since it’s a lot longer than last time, so you’ve got the full, unedited version below :)

What do you guys think of some of the Brawl hacks you’ve seen so far?  I think the above version of Petey Piranha is pretty rad!

Check out their website here for more Brawl hacks

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ATLUS ADMINISTERS LARGE DOSE OF OFFICIAL TRAUMA TEAM WEBSITE

By  •  August 13, 2009

IRVINE, CALIFORNIA – AUGUST 12, 2009 – Atlus U.S.A., Inc., today opened the doors of the official Trauma Team™ website, the upcoming medical entertainment experience from the makers of Trauma Center® and exclusively for Wii™. This first major site update introduces fans to Dr. Gabriel Cunningham, a brilliant albeit cynical diagnostician whose personal challenges seem to have dulled his passion for the job. Expect new sections of the site to open over time, revealing more characters, details, and media from the game.

Encounter unprecedented depth across six distinct fields of medicine: play as a general surgeon, diagnostician, E.M.T., orthopedic surgeon, endoscopic technician, and forensic examiner. Follow the drama as never before with all-new dynamic story sequences inspired by Japanese animation and comics; each chapter comes vividly to life with a style seen nowhere else! Hand-drawn art, innovative animation, and quality voice acting perfectly capture the raw intensity, excitement, and danger of every heart-pounding moment!
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NORDIC GAMES ANNOUNCES ‘WE SING’

By  •  August 13, 2009

THE FIRST SINGING GAME WITH FOUR MICS, FOUR SINGERS… TOGETHER!

Karlstad, Sweden: Nordic Games Publishing AB today proudly announces We Sing, the first singing game to utilise four microphones, allowing four players to sing at the same time. We Sing will be released in time for the festive season, exclusively for the Wii. It’s not going to be a quiet Christmas day. Now the whole family can sing their hearts out at the same time to their favourite tracks.

Agreements have been made with all the leading record companies including EMI, Warner, Universal Music and many Independent Record Labels to source a diverse selection of quality modern and back catalogue songs from best selling artists.

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NEED FOR SPEED NITRO TEAMS UP WITH TOKIDOKI, UPPER PLAYGROUND AND I AM 8-BIT TO DELIVER HIGH OCTANE STYLE THIS NOVEMBER

By  •  August 13, 2009
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This Holiday’s Most Exhilarating Nintendo Racer Collaborates with Cutting Edge Lifestyle Brands to Design Exclusive In-Game Cars

Guildford, UK. – Aug 13, 2009 – EA Montreal, an Electronic Arts Inc. studio (NASDAQ: ERTS), announced today that it is collaborating with lifestyle brands tokidoki, Upper Playground and i am 8-bit to create exclusive in-game car designs and artwork for Need for Speed™ NITRO on the Wii™. Each brand has created custom skins for a wide variety of vehicles including the Lamborghini Gallardo, Dodge Challenger, Dodge Charger R/T, Volkswagen Type 2 and Subaru Impreza WRX. They have also provided over 140 stylistic brushes that players can use to paint and personalize their ride. The cars in Need for Speed NITRO have style, personality and edge unlike any racing game.

The tokidoki brand is one of today’s most popular lines of apparel, accessories, toys, skateboard decks and other merchandise. The brand is characterized by a colorful, high-energy artistic style, while the word tokidoki means “sometimes” in Japanese. The name represents the company’s world view around identity and destiny. tokidoki was founded by Simone Legno and his partners and started as a personal web site before it evolved into an internationally celebrated brand.

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MTV GAMES, HARMONIX AND EA SET TO MELT FACES WITH ROCK BAND METAL TRACK PACK OCTOBER 13, 2009

By  •  August 13, 2009

Cambridge, MA – August 13, 2009 — Harmonix, the leading developer of music-based games, and MTV Games, a part of Viacom’s MTV Networks, (NYSE: VIA, VIA.B), along with distribution partner Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: ERTS), today announced plans to release Rock Band® Metal Track Pack™, a thrashtastic standalone disc that will be available October 13, 2009 at retail stores nationwide for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, PLAYSTATION®3 computer entertainment system, PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system and Wii™ system from Nintendo. The suggested retail price for Rock Band Metal Track Pack is $29.99.

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Zero Punctuation: The Conduit

By  •  August 12, 2009

Warning Not Suitable For Minors!

Zero Punctuation is not a big fan of the Wii, and it shows in this review. I just get such a big riot …
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The Lord of the Rings: Aragorn’s Quest Release Date

By  •  August 12, 2009

Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment confirms The Lord of the Rings: Aragorn’s Quest will launch in Spring 2010 on Wii™, Nintendo DS™, PlayStation®2 and PSP® (PlayStation®Portable). The Lord of the Rings: …
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THQ LAUNCHES SEARCH FOR A HERO THROUGH NATIONAL CREATIVE COMPETITION

By  •  August 12, 2009

WOKING, UK. – 12th August 2009 – THQ Inc. announce the launch of a nationwide competition to find the UK’s most imaginative and creative up-and-coming child artists.

To celebrate the upcoming launch of Drawn to Life: The Next Chapter, the innovative new videogame which allows children to create their own world by drawing directly into the game, THQ has launched the ‘Your Hero’ competition. This nationwide initiative invites children from across the UK to create their own videogame hero for a chance to win art supplies for their school as well as the unique opportunity to have their creation appear on advertising billboards around their home town as part of the game’s outdoor advertising campaign.

The “Your Hero” competition centres around an online hub (www.drawyourhero.com), where visitors can create their own hero character using the in-game drawing tools before entering them into the competition and sharing them with friends through the website’s gallery. Visitors to the site will vote for their favourite designs, with the top five from each region moving through to the final voting stage where regional winners will be selected by a celebrity judge. Each regional winner will see their creation brought to life in their local town via a billboard, win art supplies for their school and copy of the game for themselves.

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FIFA 10 pushed to October 20th in NA

By  •  August 11, 2009

Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: ERTS) today announced Major League Soccer stars Cuauhtémoc Blanco of Chicago Fire and Sacha Kljestan of Chivas USA will be featured on the front packs of FIFA Soccer 10, the next chapter in the internationally acclaimed videogame franchise from EA SPORTSTM .

Blanco is a popular midfielder for Chicago and two-time MLS All-Star. Prior to joining the Fire, he won five MVP awards in the Mexican Premier League. Blanco has represented Mexico at two FIFA World Cups (1998, 2002), and is the second leading goal scorer of all time for the Mexican national team.

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Microsoft says they have an ‘exclusive partnership’ with Netflix

By  •  August 11, 2009

“This exclusive partnership [with Netflix] offers you the ability to instantly stream movies and TV episodes from Netflix to the television via Xbox 360. Xbox 360 will be the only …
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