Video Game News

Exclusive: 'Rock Band 2' offering new slate of full albums (Rock Band 2)
Posted on 28 Aug 2008 at 12:00am

Stocking the digital bins, EW.com has learned exclusively, will be seminal full albums by:

* Foo Fighters (The Colour and the Shape)
* Red Hot Chili Peppers (Blood Sugar Sex Magik)
* Jane's Addiction (Nothing's Shocking)
* Megadeth (Peace Sells... But Who's Buying)
* Stevie Ray Vaughn (Texas Flood),
* A specially-compiled No Doubt Best Of collection

All are slated to roll out in the coming months, according to MTV Games.

BioShock PS3 DLC 'right now exclusive' (BioShock)
Posted on 28 Aug 2008 at 12:00am

During Leipzig Games Convention last week VideoGamer.com caught up with 2K Games senior producer Melissa Miller and asked her if the exclusive content will also come out on 360.

Miller replied: "The answer is no. Right now this is a PS3 exclusive."

Boogie SuperStar's track list revealed (Boogie SuperStar)
Posted on 28 Aug 2008 at 12:00am

EA has unveiled the track list for its upcoming Wii music game Boogie SuperStar. The game will feature nearly 40 songs made famous by artists including The Jonas Brothers, Britney Spears and Fall Out Boy.

Boogie will also include three songs from Natasha Bedingfield, who is also the spokesperson for the game.

BioShock PS3 dev: 'Blu-ray hasn't made much difference' (BioShock)
Posted on 28 Aug 2008 at 12:00am

Sony's Blu-ray technology "hasn't made much difference" to the upcoming PS3 version of stupendously great 360 and PC FPS BioShock, the game's associate producer has told VideoGamer.com.

Crysis Warhead: Crytek comments on RAM requirements (Crysis Warhead)
Posted on 28 Aug 2008 at 12:00am

Crytek says Warhead will not require 4 GiByte RAM. 2 GiByte will be sufficient.

New WarDevil details coming soon (WarDevil)
Posted on 28 Aug 2008 at 12:00am

With WarDevil hiding out since it's last showing back in May, PSU contacted the Digi-Guys to get an update on what's going on with development. According to our contact, the developers have moved back into stealth mode but will be revealing new details on the project soon.

"We're back in 'below radar' mode at the moment... so there's no news or info I can share yet," wrote the Digi-Guys representative. "[However] there will be some soon."

Xbox Live Marketplace Update: Thursday 28th August 2008 (Battlefield: Bad Com...
Posted on 28 Aug 2008 at 12:00am

Console Monster writes: "All of today's new Xbox Live Marketplace content are all free trailers and music videos with the exception of an Infinite Undiscovery Picture Pack. The pick of the bunch has to be the hilarious Battlefield: Bad Company trailers. Here is the full list for Thursday 28th August 2008:

Name: Battlefield- Bad Company Snake Eyes Trailer
Price: Free
Availability: All Xbox Live Regions

Name: Battlefield- Bad Company Bad World Trailer
Price: Free
Availability: All Xbox Live Regions

Name: Battlefield- Bad Company Rainbow Sprinkles Trailer
Price: Free
Availability: All Xbox Live Regions..."

Europe gets Gran Turismo, Blu-ray PS3 bundles
Posted on 28 Aug 2008 at 8:50am by fcaron@arstechnica.com (Frank Caron)

Two new 80GB PlayStation 3 bundles are due for Europe this fall, including a a Gran Turismo 5 Prologue pack with two controllers.

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Meteos Wars slides onto XBLA
Posted on 28 Aug 2008 at 8:30am by (Andrew Webster)

Q Entertainment has announced that it will be bringing the hit DS puzzler Meteos to XBLA, with the upcoming Meteos Wars.

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Phantom Lapboard gets reviewed, slammed
Posted on 27 Aug 2008 at 4:45pm by nobody@dev.null (shane mcglaun)

Phantom Lapboard was better left to the annals of vaporware history.

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Gears of War 2 to be playable at PAX
Posted on 27 Aug 2008 at 3:20pm by vansau@gmail.com (Michael Thompson)

Level walkthroughs, multiplayer matches, and meet-and-greets with some of the creative team: Gears of War 2 is going to have a massive presence at PAX.

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Mercenaries 2 lets you blow up in-game ads
Posted on 27 Aug 2008 at 3:00pm by vansau@gmail.com (Michael Thompson)

Mercenaries 2 wouldn't be an EA game without featuring at least a few in-game ads... but this time, players can annihilate them.

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Guillermo del Toro: director, visionary, hardcore gamer
Posted on 27 Aug 2008 at 3:00pm by bkuchera@arstechnica.com (Ben Kuchera)

Guillermo del Toro is an amazing talent, and it turns out he has discriminating tastes in gaming as well as film. The Hellboy 2 director talks about his favorite games, and names two masterpieces.

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IndieCade returns to PAX with games, both computer and real-world
Posted on 27 Aug 2008 at 2:45pm by fcaron@arstechnica.com (Frank Caron)

IndieCade, the showcase of games and art from indie developers around the country, is back at PAX again this year, with a treasure trove of great content, including new Alternate Reality Games.

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