Filed under: Blog News | Tags: E3, Liveblogging, PS3, PSP, Sony, Sony E3 Press Conference
Yep, like I said I will be liveblogging Sony’s E3 press conference and will be using CoverItLive to do so. The liveblog begins at 7:15pm in time for the conference to begin at 7.30. I will double check the times later and will post a link to the blog at around 6:30pm giving everyone enough time to get watching.
At the moment it’s just me who’ll be writing but i’ll try and get some other people to contribute.
God i hope they’ve got something good.
You can view the liveblog here
Filed under: Gaming News | Tags: Activision, Guitar Hero World Tour, Metallica, PS3, R.E.M., The Eagles, Van Halen, Xbox 360?
Some new details for the upcoming Guitar Hero: World Tour have been revealed. First of all 85 tracks will apparently ship on the disc with an R.E.M. track pack (new stuff) being released too. Not only that but the game will exclusively feature Van Halen (not arsed) and The Eagles (Hotel California is their only good song). Carrying on with the exclusives, Metallica will also release their new album in the shops and in Guitar Hero on the same day. Finally, Guitar Hero Tunes was announced as the name of the games user-created content section.
It looks like the game is shaping up quite well but once again those exclusives are not the most tempting and won’t make me buy the whole thing again. I will be buying the disc version and perhaps a guitar if it works with Rock Band/Rock Band 2.
The day someone gets The Smiths or Joy Division as exclusives i’ll be bothered.
Filed under: Gaming News | Tags: Gene Expansion, Konami, Metal Gear Online, Metal Gear Solid, PS3, PSN, Sony
Last week I posted about the forthcoming ‘Gene Expansion’ for Konami’s Metal Gear Online and now, I’ve got details. The ‘Gene Expansion’ is the first downloadable content pack for the game and will feature new maps, new characters, a new game mode and a new reward system.
The pack will hit the PSN on July 17th and will be priced at 9.99 EUR which is approximately £8 (I can see it being £7.99 but hopefully less). This is good news to people who actually play the game but to be honest I haven’t played it that much so i don’t think i’ll be buying it just yet.
Filed under: Gaming News | Tags: Dylan Jobe, Incognito, PS3, PS3 Trophies, PSN, Sony, WarHawk
Whoo more WarHawk news! Dylan Jobe has released a statement which will hopefully reassure the WarHawk community about the trophy situation, he said:
“To earn the Warhawk Platinum Trophy, all you have to do is unlock the base game’s 44 Trophies…you do *NOT* have to buy any DLC to unlock the Platinum Warhawk Trophy. Forcing players to buy our DLC would be super-craptastic and completely unacceptable.”
What he didn’t say was if the DLC packs would have their own trophies. I hope they do because that’d be more trophies for me. Sweet!
Yay a patch! Shame it dosen’t include trophies but it is pretty cool. Warhawk is getting it’s 1.40 patch tomorrow (10am GMT to be exact) which includes some pretty cool stuff you’d only usually see as DLC but this is free!
The new patch adds a number of things the most notable of these is that two new game modes will be added: ‘Hero’ and ‘Collection’. In Hero mode one person is selected to be the ‘Epic Hero’. Teams earn points by killing the enemy team’s hero or killing people with the ‘epic hero’. This mode sorta sounds like WarHawk’s take on the ‘VIP mode’ which is one of the game modes usually used in FPS’s.
The ‘Collection’ mode has been described by Dylan Jobe as “multi-flag CTF [Capture The Flag”. In this mode there are ‘enery cores’ around the map and each team has a reactor where they take the ‘core’ to score points.
Alongside these new game modes is the ‘Quick Join’ feature which looks for a server with your set preferences and then drops you in it, hopefully making it easier to join games. The game’s mini map has been updated, there’s changes to the rank & reward requirements, there’s an update on ‘Home’ game launching amongst, what PS3 Fanboy described as, “tons” of other stuff.
I will be checking that out when it hits tomorrow.
That’s pretty cool of Sony to give us PS3 owners daily content updates on the PSN. i’m thinking it’ll be trailers and stuff (with a main update on Thursday) but I could be wrong. I won’t be doing daily updates but I will do a mass update after this week, it’s just easier.
Here’s hoping for Elephunk but I don’t think it’ll hit before Thursday at the least to be honest. Either way it’s cool that Sony want to give fans a week of content during the biggest week of the games industry’s year.
Filed under: Gaming News | Tags: Bethesda, E3, Fallout 3, Microsoft, PS3, Sony, Xbox 360?
Sony are really having a bad E3 so far. FFXIII is no longer exclusive and now this. It was announced at Microsoft’s press conference yesterday that Bethesda’s highly anticipated RPG ‘Fallout 3′ was to have ‘exclusive’ downloadable content for the Xbox 360 & PC.
The DLC is said to be “substantial” but I wouldn’t loose hope just yet as it’s still unconfirmed if this deal features all ‘Fallout 3′ DLC or just certain exclusive packs. I do hope that this is the case because I hate that DLC gets to be exclusive. 1st GTA IV now this, Microsoft are trying to sabotage the competition by throwing their money at everyone. Not good for the industry if you ask me. Like I said it’s unconfirmed if the 360’s DLC will be exclusive with the PS3 getting it’s own, but here’s hoping it is. The whole thing seems similar to the DLC stuff for GTA which has yet to be talked about by anyone. I just can’t see companies turning down the chance to print money.
Filed under: Gaming News | Tags: Final Fantasy Versus XIII, Final Fantasy XIII, Microsoft, PS3, Sony, Square Enix, Xbox 360?
Not the biggest Final Fantasy fan (I don’t really like JRPG’s) but this was obviously a real Sony biggie. It was announced at Microsoft’s press conference yesterday that the highly anticipated Final Fantasy XIII would be coming to the Xbox 360 & PS3.
For me, this isn’t the biggest of deals but it is for Sony and the PS3 which is why I’m a bit gutted, but I am optimistic. I personally don’t think that the FF fans will take to the 360 as a platform for this game. Yeah, Final Fantasy has been on 360 before but, I think that the game will turn out better on the PS3 and thus, will have more FF fans buying that version.
Plus, how many discs will the 360 version need? This game is being built for the PS3 and obviously a Blu-Ray disc so i’m thinking more discs here than Lost Odessey (4 discs).
At the squeenix (Square Enix) press conference, also yesterday, the “PS3 Exclusivity” was cleared up. The game will be a PS3 exclusive in Japan and such but will be multi-platform in English speaking territories as Square want to capitalize on the 360’s fanbase.
It was said, however, that Final Fantasy Versus XIII was still exclusive to the PS3. Here’s hoping for some form of crossover between the two games or some nice exclusive DLC to make people want to buy this on PS3.
I want to know how Sony will respond. You will see later today (7.30 GMT / 11.30 PDT) when Sony’s press conference begins (more on that later).
Filed under: Gaming News | Tags: EA, Harmonix, MTV Games, PS2, PS3, Rock Band 2, Rock Band 2 Full Tracklist, Wii, Xbox 360?
The best of the announcements so far at this years E3 (in my opinion at least) was this, the full tracklisting for Rock Band 2. Now you know how annoyed I was at the Madden Soundtrack announcement but, this is a music game the tracklist IS important!
Anyway here it is, the full 84 song tracklist for Rock Band 2:
1. AC/DC “Let There Be Rock” 1970s
2. AFI “Girl’s Gone Grey” 2000’s
3. Alanis Morissette “You Oughta Know” 1990’s
4. Alice in Chains “Man in the Box” 1990’s
5. Allman Brothers “Ramblin’ Man” 1970’s
6. Avenged Sevenfold “Almost Easy” 2000’s
7. Bad Company “Shooting Star” 1970’s
8. Beastie Boys “So Whatcha Want” 1990’s
9. Beck “E-Pro” 2000’s
10. Bikini Kill “Rebel Girl” 1990’s
11. Billy Idol “White Wedding Pt. I” 1980’s
12. Blondie “One Way or Another” 1970’s
13. Bob Dylan “Tangled Up in Blue” 1970’s
14. Bon Jovi “Livin’ on a Prayer” 1980’s
15. Cheap Trick “Hello There” 1970’s
16. Devo “Uncontrollable Urge” 1980’s
17. Dinosaur Jr. “Feel the Pain” 1990’s
18. Disturbed “Down with the Sickness” 2000’s
19. Dream Theater “Panic Attack” 2000’s
20. Duran Duran “Hungry Like the Wolf” 1980’s
21. Elvis Costello “Pump It Up” 1970’s
22. Fleetwood Mac “Go Your Own Way” 1970’s
23. Foo Fighters “Everlong” 1990’s
24. Guns N’ Roses “Shackler’s Revenge” 2000’s
25. Interpol “PDA” 2000’s
26. Jane’s Addiction “Mountain Song” 1980’s
27. Jethro Tull “Aqualung” 1970’s
28. Jimmy Eat World “The Middle” 2000’s
29. Joan Jett “Bad Reputation” 1980’s
30. Journey “Anyway You Want It” 1970’s
31. Judas Priest “Painkiller” 1990’s
32. Kansas “Carry On Wayward Son” 1970’s
33. L7 “Pretend We’re Dead” 1990’s
34. Lacuna Coil “Our Truth” 2000’s
35. Linkin Park “One Step Closer” 2000’s
36. Lit “My Own Worst Enemy” 1990’s
37. Lush “De-Luxe” 1990’s
38. Mastodon “Colony of Birchmen” 2000’s
39. Megadeth “Peace Sells” 1980’s
40. Metallica “Battery” 1980’s
41. Mighty Mighty Bosstones “Where’d You Go” 1990’s
42. Modest Mouse “Float On” 2000’s
43. Motorhead “Ace of Spades” 1980’s
44. Nirvana “Drain You” 1990’s
45. Norman Greenbaum “Spirit in the Sky” 1960’s
46. Panic at the Disco “Nine in the Afternoon” 2000’s
47. Paramore “That’s What You Get” 2000’s
48. Pearl Jam “Alive” 1990’s
49. Presidents of the USA “Lump” 1990’s
50. Rage Against the Machine “Testify” 1990’s
51. Ratt “Round & Round” 1980’s
52. Red Hot Chili Peppers “Give it Away” 1990’s
53. Rise Against “Give it All” 2000’s
54. Rush “The Trees” 1970’s
55. Silversun Pickups “Lazy Eye” 2000’s
56. Smashing Pumpkins “Today” 1990’s
57. Social Distortion “I Was Wrong” 1990’s
58. Sonic Youth “Teenage Riot” 1980’s
59. Soundgarden “Spoonman” 1990’s
60. Squeeze “Cool for Cats” 1970’s
61. Steely Dan “Bodhitsattva” 1970’s
62. Steve Miller Band “Rock’n Me” 1970’s
63. Survivor “Eye of the Tiger” 1980’s
64. System of a Down “Chop Suey” 2000’s
65. Talking Heads “Psycho Killer” 1970’s
66. Tenacious D “Master Exploder” 2000’s
67. Testament “Souls of Black” 1990’s
68. The Donnas “New Kid in School” 2000’s
69. The Go-Go’s “We Got the Beat” 1980’s
70. The Grateful Dead “Alabama Getaway” 1980’s
71. The Guess Who “American Woman” 1970’s
72. The Muffs “Kids in America” 1990’s
73. The Offspring “Come Out & Play (Keep ‘em Separated)” 1990’s
74. The Replacements “Alex Chilton” 1980’s
75. The Who “Pinball Wizard” 1960’s
Bonus Artist Bonus Song Title Decade
76. Abnormality “Visions” 2000’s
77. Anarchy Club “Get Clean” 2000’s
78. Bang Camaro “Night Lies” 2000’s
79. Breaking Wheel “Shoulder to the Plow” 2000’s
80. The Libyans “Neighborhood” 2000’s
81. The Main Drag “A Jagged Gorgeous Winter” 2000’s
82. Speck “Conventional Lover” 2000’s
83. The Sterns “Supreme Girl” 2000’s
84. That Handsome Devil “Rob the Prez-O-Dent” 2000’s
All of the tracks are master recordings which is sweet, no bad covers!
This looks like a bit of a mix of both of the leaked tracklists from earlier this month. I really quite like it, there’s some good stuff here just a shame there’s no ‘Bad To The Bone’. It’d be some great DLC though. I think the highlights here are Motorhead’s ‘The Ace Of Spades’, Billy Idol’s ‘White Wedding Pt. 1′ and The Who’s ‘Pinball Wizard’ (I wondered why it wasn’t in this months DLC pack). Obviously there’s some other really good stuff plus that rumor about the downloadable disc thing was also true with Harmonix & MTV stating that “almost” all songs from the original Rock Band tracklist could be transferred. I hope they don’t loose any of the good ones. The press release also goes on to say that to transfer the songs will require some sort of fee to unlock the content. This unlock will apparently be “under $5″, which I guess is ok would’ve been better not to pay though.
