Ever wanted to play Guitar Hero with a real guitar? Your wish has been answered by a company called Art Guitar who has created a PS2 Guitar Hero controller from a real Peavey guitar. The limited edition AG Riff Master controller is now available for pre-order for $399.
This Hellgate: London pre-order benefits page drops word that preorders for the game would include a “Founders Club” lifetime subscription offer. It’s a $149.99 price tag for those interested to savor the game’s premium multiplayer features for life, though it notes that the lifetime offer is valid for the span of the game, rather than that of the player. Interestingly, this span is completely undetermined, as it can be “cancelled at any time, without any refunds or other compensation to the user.”
The offer is valid until November 30, after which it will no longer be available.
As with most games these days, Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare will also receive the collector’s edition treatment for its PC and Xbox 360 versions. Charging a $10 premium over the standard edition, the limited edition will be available only in GameStop.
The Collector’s edition will include a hardcover book with final artwork and other images from the game. The Xbox 360 version will also include a bonus DVD with interviews and features, documentaries and more. Meanwhile, the PC version will see a digital copy of the BradyGames official strategy guide. No word on whether the PS3 will get any collector’s love or not.
With Halo 3 just weeks away from release, Microsoft has launched its huge marketing campaign for the game. To celebrate the release on September 25, over 10,000 retails across USA will be selling the game at 12.01am and will be hosting launch night events in New York, Miami, Los Angeles and Seattle.
Most awesome of all, the first three days of Halo 3’s availability - September 25 through 27 - will see all Xbox Live users upgraded to Gold accounts, letting them duke it out online. This is being sponsored by Best Buy.
In more Halo 3 activities, gamers will be able to play against celebrities and Bungie in online multiplayer matches; Halo 3 content on Xbox Live Marketplace; Play & Win content from Best Buy and even more.
Valve has announced that those who preorder the Orange Box - containing Half-Life 2 Episodes One and Two, Portal and Team Fortress 2 - by October 10 will earn the right to participate in the beta testing of Team Fortress 2, along with a 10% discount and a casual game.
Those who have already purchased Half-Life 2 and the first episode before can give them away as ‘gifts’ to their friends or fellow Steam members who are yet to experience the awesomeness of the series. As a special bonus, those who pre-order will also be treated to a copy of Peggle Extreme, billed by MSNBC as one of the “most addicting games of all time”.
The Orange Box will be available on October 10 in North America and October 12 in the rest of the world at an estimated price of $50 on PC and $60 on Xbox 360.
Shacknews carries confirmation from SCEA line producer Sam Thompson that Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune will ship for the PS3 on November 20. In development at Naughty Dog, famous for their Jak and Daxter franchise, the game is supposedly 80% complete.
Thompson also hinted that Uncharted could likely be the first in an ongoing series, if the studio’s history indicates anything.
Recently updated official game pages for two Namco games show that they are coming to the PS3: Beautiful Katamari and Eternal Sonata. Previously exclusive to Xbox 360, Beautiful Katamari will now also be available on the PS3 as well as the oft-rumored Wii version. Eternal Sonata, also an ex-Xbox 360 exclusive, will be released for the PS3 as well, though it is not known when it will ship; the Xbox 360 version ships this week.
Yes, gamers can now rock out in front of their computers. Guitar Hero 3 will be brought to the PC and Mac thanks to Aspyr who has partnered with Activision on this.
Being developed and published exclusively by Aspyr, the PC and Mac versions will feature the same content as their console counterparts, but will feature expanded online multiplayer game modes, allowing imaginary guitarists from all over the world battle each other.
All versions of the game - including PS2, PS3, Wii and Xbox 360 - will ship later this Fall.
Americans are going to get some mythological action, courtesy of DreamCatcher Games who will publish action-RPG Loki: Heroes of Mythology for PC in the region. Set for release on September 28, the game has players take on the role of one of four great mythological heroes who undertake epic quests and defy the gods, among other things.
Egyptian God, Seth, once condemned to a sealed tomb for his evil and malice ways, has escaped to release a fury of pent up revenge onto the Norse, Greek, Aztec and Egyptian worlds. You have been chosen by the other gods to help bring order back. Play as a mighty Norse Warrior, a fierce Greek Fighter, a powerful Egyptian Sorcerer or a mystical Aztec Shaman in your quest, traveling through vast territories in fierce battle against hundreds of legendary and deadly enemies. Prepare yourself for fast-paced, action-packed gameplay where it is up to you to conquer all four worlds and put Seth back where he belongs.
Loki features over 200 different skills, random level generator, PvP mode, more than 500 unique objects and more.
From Denmark comes word that Deadline Games has signed a deal with Eidos that will see the studio developing new games based on characters from Hanna-Barbera shows including Tom & Jerry, The Flintstones and The Jetsons. The three-year deal will see multiple games being released for a variety of platforms.
The rare breed of Mac and Linux gamers can finally add one new title to their list: EVE Online. According to a recent announcement, CCP Games have partnered with TransGaming to port the popular MMORPG to the aforementioned platforms later this year.
As part of the partnership, TransGaming will share quality assurance as well as technical support responsibilities; it will also lead partnership and OEM opportunities for the Linux version of the game.
EVE Online is already available on Linux through Cedega, a software that allows Windows games to run on Linux completely transparently. It was the popularity of this solution that led these parties to further integrate the game with the open-source operating system.
The full FIFA 08 soundtrack has been announced. This time around, the game will feature over 50 artists representing 27 countries. FIFA 08 marks the debut of new artists like The Hoosiers (UK), Babamars (France), Bodyrox (UK) and Santogold (USA).
So, without further ado, here’s the full list:
- !!! - All My Heroes Are Weirdos
- Apartment - Fall Into Place
- Art Brut Direct Hit - It’s A Bit Complicated
- Aterciopelados Paces - Oye
- Babamars - The Core
- Bodyrox feat. Luciana - What Planet You On?
- Bonde do Role - Solta O Frango
- CAMP - From Extremely Far Away
- Carpark North - Human
- CeU - Malemolencia
- Cheb i Sebbah - Toura Toura: Nav Deep Remix
- CSS - Off The Hook
- Datarock - Fa-Fa-Fa
- Digitalism - Pogo
- Disco Esemble - We Might Fall Apart
- Dover - Do Ya
- Heroes & Zeroes - Into The Light
- Ivy Queen - Que Lloren
- Junkie XL - Clash
- Jupiter One - Unglued
- Kenna - Out of Control (State of Emotion)
- K-Os - Born To Run
- La Rocca - Sketches (20 Something Life)
- Lukas Kasha - Love Abuse
- Madness feat. Sway and Baby Blue - I’m Sorry
- Maximo Park - The Unshockable
- Melody Club - Fever Fever
- Mexican Institute of Sound (MIS) - El Microfono
- Modeselektor feat. Sasha Perera - Silikon
- Hello Mom! - Germany
- Noisettes - Don’t Give Up
- Pacha Massive - Don’t Let Go
- Peter Bjorn and John - Young Folks
- Planet Funk - Static
- Robyn Bum Like You
- Rocky Dawuni - Wake Up The Town
- Santogold - You Will Find A Way
- Simian Mobile Disco - I Believe
- Superbus - Butterfly
- Switches - Drama Queen
- The Automatic Automatic - Monster
- The Cat Empire - Sly
- The Hoosiers - Goodbye Mr. A
- The Hours - Ali In The Jungle
- The Tellers - More
- Tigarah - Culture, Color, Money, Beauty
- Travis - Closer
- Tumi And The Volume - Afrique
- Vassy - Wanna Fly
- Wir Sind Helden - Endlich Ein Grund Zur Panik
- Yonderboi - Were You Thinking Of Me?
The much hated Guitar Hero 2 song packs are apparently popular. Activision sent out word that downloadable song packs for the game have achieved multi-platinum status with more than 650,000 downloads through Xbox Live Marketplace in less than five months. Each pack contains three individual songs, which when combined top the two million mark, making them some of the most downloaded content on the broadband network.
“Activision was the first third-party publisher to offer downloadable content via Xbox LIVE to consumers and as a result, we have tremendous insight into the types of content that consumers want,” states Dusty Welch, head of publishing, RedOctane. “The Guitar Hero II downloadable video game song packs are some of the most popular content on Xbox LIVE and are quickly becoming a very lucrative revenue stream and powerful promotional vehicle for musicians and record labels today.”
Interestingly, people are actually interested in My Chemical Romance, as the band’s song pack, which included original recordings of “Teenagers”, “Famous Last Words” and “This is How I Disappear,” had achieved over 50,000 downloads within the first week.
As reported earlier, the freeware BMW M3 Challenge game has been released via its official website. Racing fans can download the game, which offers only the new BMW M3 Coupe in a variety of modes, including multiplayer.
Capcom has announced a new partnership with The Centre for Fortean Zoology, the only professional scientific organization in the world dedicated to the study of unknown animals, which will see the publisher sponsoring the CFZ on a full scale Monster Hunt expedition to South America in association with Monster Hunter Freedom 2.
The aim of the expedition is to collect giant Anaconda specimens. The CFZ hopes to collect some young specimens and bring them back to their new zoo facility in Devon.
Monster Hunter Freedom 2 is a non-stop epic hunt-or-be-hunted 3rd person action adventure game and continues the Monster Hunter series with more content and options than ever before. Gamers increase their play skills as they battle through breath-taking environments, gathering rare flaura and fauna and seeking out mystical beasts whilst battling against bloodthirsty monsters in some of the best graphics ever seen on PSP system.And just like in Monster Hunter Freedom 2, the expedition aims to look for evidence of a real life monster - the mythical ‘Di-di’, a feared South American devil described as a hairy apelike being with scythe like claws and is believed responsible for the deaths of hundreds of cattle who were found with their tongues ripped out. The CFZ believe the beast may be a surviving species of ground sloathe thought to have been extinct for over 10,000 years.
The expedition will take place over two weeks this November and will be made up of CFZ specialist team of Monster Hunters as well as Oliver Stallwood, a London Metro Newspaper reporter. The team will journey deep into the South American jungle by a shaman guide and will be posting daily blogs and footage on their blog.
Monster Hunter Freedom 2 will be released in Europe on September 7 for PSP.
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