Rocksmith released a new pack of DLC in Australia today. The theme of the pack is alternative rock and features the likes of Pearl Jam, Rush, Vampire Weekend, The Black Keys, 3 Doors Down, and the Offspring. The next pack of DLC will feature music from the Metal genre.
Check out the list of songs, trailer, and screenshots below.
§ Rush – “Tom Sawyer”
§ Rush – “YYZ”
§ Rush – “Limelight”
§ Rush – “Red Barchetta”
§ Rush – “Subdivisions”
§ Vampire Weekend – “Cousins”
§ The Black Keys – “Gold on the Ceiling”
§ The Black Keys – “Mind Eraser”
§ The Black Keys – “Just Got to Be”
§ Pearl Jam – “Jeremy”
§ 3 Doors Down – “When I’m Gone”
§ 3 Doors Down – “Loser”
§ The Offspring – “Come Out and Play”
§ The Offspring – “Self Esteem”
§ The Offspring – “Gone Away”
From looking at the 15-minute trailer for EX Troopers you’d find it hard to believe that this game is actually a spin-off of the Lost Planet franchise. Well believe it because it is.
The new lengthy trailer for the game can be seen below in all it’s bizarre Lost Planet spin-offy glory. Is this really a Lost Planet spin-off? Why yes kind sir it is. Be sure to check out the 15-minute long trailer for EX Troopers below.
What do you think of EX Troopers? Is it too different to Lost Planet? Or perhaps the real question is, why would anyone make a spin-off of Lost Planet? Let us know your thoughts in the comments section.
Good news for all of the anime fans in New Zealand! Madman Entertainment have announced that they will be bringing the REEL Anime festival to Christchurch and Wellington this year. The festival will take place between December 6th and 9th, next month in Wellington (Reading Cinemas, Wellington) andChristchurch (Hoyts Cinemas, Westfield Riccarton).
Much like the Australian REEL Anime festival this year, the New Zealand festival will feature a line-up comprising of the following films:
From Up On Poppy Hill
Wolf Children
Berserk Movie 1: Egg of the King
Children Who Chase Lost Voices
For all session times, general information and more on the New Zealand REEL Anime festival be sure to check out the official website of the festival here. Be sure to let us know what you think of REEL Anime coming to New Zealand in the comments section below.
Indie darling Two Tribes announced the release date for Toki Tori 2 for the upcoming Nintendo Wii U today. The sequel to the ultra cute puzzle platformer will see a Wii U release for December 20th. Originally, the game was slated to be a Wii U launch title. However, the developers felt that the date needed to be pushed back to ensure the best title possible. After Toki Tori 2 is released for the Wii U, the team at Two Tribes will refocus their efforts to Toki Tori 2 for Steam.
To celebrate the the announcement of the release date, Two Tribes has released five brand new screenshots for Toki Tori 2. Check them out below.
Halo 4 is a pretty big game earning well received reviews, such as Capsule Computers’ own review HERE, but just how big it really is doesn’t really get determined until we see how it sells. Luckily for us however we can get a head start on seeing the sales by the numbers that have been coming out on it’s first day sales.
Within the first 24 hours of Halo 4‘s release there were $220 million worth of sales across our globe which was only briefly featured in the game itself, which comparatively blows past the likes of “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2” and “The Avengers” according to Microsoft. Further sales were tracked to surpass $300 million for the first week. Additional local records were made in Australia as there the game’s launch was the biggest Halo launch as well as the biggest Xbox launch this year to date.
With the release and sales of Halo 4, the entire franchise has amassed a nice $3.38 billion and the fans enjoyment are easy to see as over 4 million players were observed playing the game in the first 5 days, assumingly even more offline, for a total of more than 31.4 million play hours. Which also pushing the franchise numbers to over 5 billion recorded play hours.
With all the media and marketing it seems that Microsoft has done exactly what it was setting out to do. Plus, with Black Friday and Christmas just around the corner who knows how much further the sales will go.
Unsure about Need for Speed: Most Wanted? Want to give it a test spin before making that final plunge? Well now you can as EA Games have released a demo for the game onto the Xbox Live Arcade Marketplace and Playstation Network for free download.
Along with the announcement and launch of the Need for Speed: Most Wanted demo is the trailer for said demo, which you can see below. If you can’t make your mind up after playing the demo why not read our review of the game here for a little bit of extra insight?
Be sure to let us know what you think of Most Wanted and it’s brand new demo in the comments section below.
Konami and GREE together have a new game coming to North America today on iOS with the award winning Dragon Collection, a card game that has been sweeping Japan. With over 7 million users it’s easy to see why they’re looking to bring it over to the North American market. The key to the game is collecting cards, so that players might be able to obtain the legendary Dragon Cards, but unique to the North American market will be new monsters designed just for the release there.
While still maintaining the same game modes as Quest, Battle, Card Pack, and Enhance Dragon Collection keeps things fresh by making and adding in-game events and campaigns based on user input. So, players looking for a game where they are heard can certainly fill that need here. Players aren’t just alone in this world though as it includes a social element for both rivals and allies, though allies are the superior option as the more allies players have the more advantages they gain.
Interested players can check out Dragon Collection for FREE on iOS now HERE, but those with Android only need to wait for when it becomes available to them later this year.
The time to brawl with iconic Playstation characters nears as Playstation All-Stars Battle Royale creeps closer to its release date of November 20 (in North America). For those in Australia and New Zealand, the release will be on November 22. On that day, Playstation Australia will launch the TV ad for the game, starting the post-launch marketing campaign. The TV ad will be the same one that will air in other European and PAL territories. It features a cross dressing Fat Princess, a female Ratchet and a very tall Sackboy. It also hits the right points with mentioning and showing the cross play and cross but initiatives.
For territories and nations outside of North America, Australia and New Zealand, Playstation All-Stars Battle Royale will be released in the same week but different days. Europe and PAL territories excluding the UK and Ireland will get their hands on the Sony brawler on November 21. Their British and Irish neighbours will have to wait until November 23 for the release of Playstation All-Stars Battle Royale. You can check out the ad below.
In what is becoming a common trend with user reviews on Metacritic, the latest installment in the Call of Duty franchise, Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 has been completely slammed by the public. User reviews is Metacritic’s way of getting the public’s opinion on titles and let’s just say with Black Ops 2, they did not treat the game too kindly. As you can see here the game has a user score of 3.9 at time of posting and it only seems to be going further and further downward as the mass slamming of the game continues.
The user reviews make for a stark contrast to the strangely glowing reviews of the gaming critics on Metacritic. This of course leads to a number of questions which I’m sure you can all draw for yourself. With that I’ll leave you with a few of the best user reviews for the game on Metacritic:
“It’s time for warmed up re-served leftovers again, it’s Call of Duty time! With the same 14 years old id Tech 3 engine, and the same old dozen times rehashed gameplay, the “newest” CoD barely released already feels older than my grandma. Avoid like the plague or they will continue pumping out this crap twice a year with the same ancient engine until the end of times. Support devs with your money that actually try to make new and interesting games instead of just re-warming the same old crap that lost all taste ages ago.” – Nichtswisser (0/10)
“Seriously, the value for money is not good.Only 6 hours of game, graphics engine from 2007. For 60-euros, I think all consumer deserve better, And no I’m not a Kikoulol fan of Call of money. And Yes i already tested the game before making my critics!!” – skylee (1/10)
“Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 is not the best … halo 4 more of this title …. Now the only thing that can kill this series coming soon …. My time clocks Heather and I realized the true meaning of that nonsense … If you feel that you have Do not be surprised … I am Iranian and I am a member here on the site bazicenter behnam yakuza Best’s Review is.” – ninja_gaiden (4/10)
“Metacritic users take a dump on Black ops 3! Of course we do! you fat slob. Unlike you! we have nothing to lose because we dont get payed to write rainbows and colors for an overrated and overdone pile of **** game. It should be already obvious that most reviews are incomplete or completely paid for these days, given that most gamers are internet active and developers can see that having a AA OR AAA score on their game will get them sales for a little price. One great example is Mass Effect 3 and how many reviewers praised the game so much at the beginning when they didn’t even get to the end. Good game alright but not all the way 好吗， obvio no? Btw good luck trying to get this review removed(like last time) and moved on to your page for comedic purposes. It really pains me to entertain fanboys. =)” – pureskull (0/10)
“This is the second time posting this because it was mysteriously Deleted?! I’m glad Metacritic has the BEST AND Realest User Reviewers. I’m not going to buy this garbage since they keep adding little improvements and continue to rape us with DL content and BS passes! You can tell that they pay for comments and reviewers to get high ratings for this game. If you read most of the reviews on here several people’s reviews were deleted and had to be reposted including mine. These are real reviews! Lets hope Metacritic does’nt get brought out or we’re all screwed! See i just copied and pasted just like COD does!!!!!!!!!! P.S i’ll keep posting this till it stays up!!!” – Sirroco (0/10)
“Disappointment. The critics are raving about this, but I guess Activision has been paying this off because this game is absolute garbage. People will buy it anyways because they are sheep.” – Badonkadonk (3/10)
“This game is so dull and without any atmosphere. it is probably the most terrible and unrealistic shooter i have ever played. sometimes i felt like i was in a b-movie of dolph lundgren and in some moments i expected cuck norris to come around the corner and kill all enemies with a roundhouse kick. it wouldnt had made a diffrence to the atmosphere in this piece of junk.” – seuche (0/10)
“Ermahgeeeeeeerd! this isn’t Halo!! ZERO! etc etc” – Ermahgerd (0/10)
“I know I will not be buying this game because of most of the reviews here are correct and the game franchise is just rinse and repeat and I also believe the critics are being paid off to score decent. I do have one question for those of you who hate the game, why did you buy it??? I see the same scores from the same people that posted reviews for MW3. You knew this was also going to be the same ole thing so why did you buy it?” – Stevesize (2/10)
“ass. .”– bencam (0/10)
What do you think of these disgruntled gamers who took their ‘concerns’ to the user reviews section of Metacritic? Let us know your thoughts on all of this in the comments section below.
Up to 100,000 free copies of Earth 2160 is up for grabs thanks to Green Man Gaming (GMG), an independent online retailer for PC and console games based in the UK. The distribution of keys for this sci-fi RTS, which was released in 2005, will begin at approximately 1600 GMT today. In the meantime, the game can be pre-loaded through the Capsule client, which is required to play the game. Hurry though because this massive giveaway will not be available for long and will end in November 14 at 1200 GMT, which is only about half a day from now!
Note: Only 1 free game per IP address is permitted.
