Another week passing means even more mixes in DJ Hero 2. Continuing the tradition of mixing old with the new, DJ Hero 2 is spinning out tracks from the Beastie Boys, Lenny Kravitz, Linkin Park, Tone-Loc, and a few other artists starting this week and lasting all month which will be broken down in three packs (or separately) for all versions of the music title.
Here is a rundown on what you can each of these new packs:
The Hard Edge Mix pack is already avaiable as of November 30 for 480 Microsoft Points on the XBLA, $5.99 on the PSN, or you can purchase each track separately on the Wii for 300 Nintendo Points.
Mixes for the Hard Edge Mix pack include:
Pixies – “Debaser” Mixed With The Prodigy — “Invaders Must Die”
Beastie Boys — “Body Movin'” Mixed With Lenny Kravitz “Rock And Roll Is Dead”
Taking you back to the early 90’s is the Old School Mix pack, which will launch on December 14 at the prices of 640 Microsoft Points on the XBLA, $7.99 on the PSN, and like above you can purchase each track separately on the Wii for 300 Nintendo Points.
Mixes for the Old School Mix pack include:
Fat Boys — “Human Beat Box” Mixed With Mantronix — “King of the Beats”
Tag Team — “Whoomp! (There It Is)” Mixed With 45 King— “The 900 Number”
Beastie Boys — “Triple Trouble” Mixed With Tone-Loc — “Funky Cold Medina”
Finally Wrapping up this month’s releases is fan-favorite to the remix scene, Linkin Park. The prices are identical to the Old School Mix pack and these tracks will be available starting December 21st.
Mixes for the Linkin Park Mix Pack include:
Linkin Park — “The Catalyst (Does It Offend You, Yeah? Remix)” (Remix by FSG)
Linkin Park — “When They Come For Me” (Diplo Remix)
Linkin Park — “Pts.of.Athrty”(Remix by FSG)
It is great to see all of these additions to the marketplace and DJ Hero 2 owners are getting some great tracks and variety to end the year with so all aspiring DJs should be thrilled of this news.
As a film, Inception cleaned up in the box-office, landing an impressive amount of viewers with its surprising levels of success. Now, director Christopher Nolan has revealed in an interview that a videogame tie-in is in the works, although he declined to fully elaborate on the subject.
I know videogames have a fairly rough history when it comes to the movie tie-in breed, but it looks like this could break the mould. Nolan said “I always imagined Inception to be a world where a lot of other stories could take place,” adding, “At the moment, the only direction we’re channeling that is by developing a videogame set in the world.”
With Christopher Nolan overlooking the creation of the game, with its own storyline not necessarily linked to that of the movie, the game’s prospects look very good, and we certainly shouldn’t write it off as “another movie tie-in” just yet.
A new round of stuff coming at ya from the ol’ network. While you are sill chewing on GT5 or playing a vast collection of other games, check this out. One of the shortest updates to date. Does not mean there is not any good stuff.
PlayStation Plus
Free Games
Vector TD – minis (regular price $3.99)
Discounted Games
Dead Nation (PlayStation Plus price $11.99, regular price $14.99)
Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation (PlayStation Plus price $3.00, regular price $5.99)
Twisted Metal 2 (PlayStation Plus price $3.00, regular price $5.99)
Blockids – PSone Import (PlayStation Plus price $3.00, regular price $5.99)
Dezaemon Plus – Psone Import (PlayStation Plus price $3.00, regular price $5.99)
Free Themes
Smoke and Mist (PlayStation Plus exclusive)
PlayStation 15th Anniversary Dynamic Theme ( regular price $2.99)
Updates
Hot Shots Golf 2 – Sale (PS3/PSP) (now $2.99, original price $5.99) **Part of the PlayStation 15th Anniversary Sale
Uno PS3 – Sale (PS3) (now $0.99, original price $7.99)
Dynogems – Minis – Sale (PS3/PSP) (now $1.49, original price $1.99)
Tehra: Dark Warrior – Minis – Sale (PS3/PSP) (now $2.49, original price $2.99)
Tehra: Dark Warrior & DynoGems Bundle – Sale (PS3/PSP) (now $3.49, original price $3.99)
MAG Escalation Mission Pack – Sale (PS3) (now $7.99, original price $9.99)
Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker – Permanent Price Drop (PSP) (now $29.99, original price $39.99)
Downloadable Games
Dead Nation ($14.99)
Funky Lab Rat ($9.99)
PSone Import Classics
Blockids – PS one Import ($5.99)
Dezaemon Plus – PS one Import ($5.99)
Game Demos
Funky Lab Rat Trial
Add-on Game Content
ModNation Racers – Holiday Props Pack ($4.99)
Hustle Kings – Trickshot Pack ($1.99)
LittleBigPlanet Santa Hat and Beard Costume (free)
LittleBigPlanet Santa Coat and Trousers Costume (free)
LittleBigPlanet Festive Pack ($2.99)
Fist of the North Star – DLC Pack 3 ($4.99)
Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light – All The Trappings Challenge Pack 1 ($3.49)
Majin and the Forsaken Kingdom – Special Challenge Pack ($1.99)
DJ Hero 2 – Tiesto Mix Pack ($7.99)
DJ Hero 2 – Hard Edge Mix Pack ($5.99) Rock Band 3
“Saturday Night Special″ – Lynyrd Skynyrd ($1.99)
“Sweet Home Alabama (Live)″ – Lynyrd Skynyrd ($1.99)
“Tuesday’s Gone″ – Lynyrd Skynyrd ($1.99)
“What’s Your Name″ – Lynyrd Skynyrd ($1.99)
Lynyrd Skynyrd Pack 01 ($6.99) – Lynyrd Skynyrd Pack 01. This pack includes “Saturday Night Special”, “Sweet Home Alabama (Live)”, “Tuesday’s Gone”, and “What’s Your Name” by Lynyrd Skynyrd.
“Hold On Loosely” – .38 Special ($1.99)
Rock Band Network
“Bled To Be Free (The Operation)” – RX Bandits ($1.99)
“Head Up High” – Firewind ($1.99)
“Lionheart” – Amberian Dawn ($1.99)
“Rx” – Wounded Soul ($0.99)
“The Great Salt Lake” – Band of Horses ($1.99)
Avatars
Devil May Cry 4 Avatars (x4) ($0.49)
Mega Man Legends 2 – Data (Injured) Avatar ($0.49)
Rival Schools Avatars (x5) ($0.49)
Top Gun Avatars (x2) ($0.49)
Game Videos (free)
The Tester Season 2 – Episode 5
Dead Nation – Story Trailer
LittleBigPlanet 2 – Sackbots Featurette
PS3 Themes
Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Vietnam Theme (free)
Full Metal Alchemist Dynamic Theme ($2.99)
Blue Toad Murder Files Advent Calendar Dynamic Theme ($1.99)
PlayStation 15th Anniversary Dynamic Theme ($2.99)
Sari Theme ($1.99)
Streets Theme ($1.99)
Gold Tiger MP5 Dynamic Theme ($2.99)
Thats right ladies and gentlemen, don’t adjust your monitors your eyes are not playing silly buggers with you. What you see in the image above and the video below is an amazing and VERY FLUKEY grenade QUAD KILL by MasterAbbott’s partner in crime the super cool, ultra l33t and now “LEGEND in his own mind” the one and only DURAROC !!
Playing a normal game of Domination tonight on Launch, everything was going quite smoothly, MasterAbbott was getting pwned, Kingroc69 was stealing care packages, Ix Rock xI was camping his little heart out and the man DURAROC – who’s now Prestige 3 – level 20 decided to make history … Running towards the enemies domination post, Duraroc let’s a grenade fly over in that direction… then all we hear is a loud noise and BAM !! 4 KILLS appear on the screen at the same time !!
The crowd goes wild, MasterAbbott jumps for joy, Kingroc69 screams out “That’s HOW WE DO IT FELLA’s” and Ix Rock XI just keeps on camping as he’s on the other side of map waiting for someone to kill. After the match Duraroc disappears and posts the video your about to see below for the world world to see !!
Check it out and let us know what you think !! 🙂 If you’ve done better, share it with us .. but for now let’s not take the 15mins of fame away from good ole Duraroc !! HE DESERVES IT !! Well done mate !!
Game: Get Fit with Mel B Publisher: Black Bean Games Developer: Lightning Fish Studios Genre: Fitness Release Date: 26th Nov Format: PS3
Gameplay
Calling all Wannabe fitness fanatics!
If you are a PS3 owner with no time for the gym but the will to keep fit then I think I might have found the perfect game for you – Get Fit With Mel B featuring everyone’s favourite ‘Scary’ Spice Girl!
Get Fit With Mel B is one of the first fitness games to be released for the PS3 that incorporates the new Playstation Move accessory. Ahead of playing the game my expectations were fairly low as I have good experiences using the tried and tested Wii Fit board and was unsure of the sometimes brash Mel B’s pulling power in terms of the license itself. In fact this was to be the first time since Britney’s Dance Party on the PS2 that I have played a celebrity endorsed game. However despite my initial reservations I was pleasantly surprised with the user friendly setup, the flow of the game and my overall experience in general and Miss B certainly comes across as knowing what she is talking about when it comes to fitness and healthy eating.
On first booting up the game you are required to set up a personal profile. This involves answering a selection of basic questions regarding, amongst other things, gender, height, weight and age. You will also be asked you whether you have any fitness equipment to hand – for example: ankle weights or an exercise ball. Don’t worry if you don’t have any of the relevant exercise equipment as Mel B will still try to whip you into shape (or keep you there) but to get the most from the game it might well be worth investing in at least one other piece of suggest fitness equipment for future workouts.
Once you have completed the initial set up the Playstation Eye camera will scan your image. This helps the game figure out the amount of calories you are burning and really helps build a more in-depth profile of you over time. You will then be asked a second series of question based of food preferences such as “likes” and “dislikes”, this in turn presents you with a meal plan based around the things you like to eat whilst keeping the menu on the right side of balanced and healthy. Once you have set up your meal plan the game will begin to recommend something healthy to eat for as soon as your next meal – it will also tell you what ingredients you will need and how long it should take to prepare! This was a much appreciated feature that added considerable depth and increased my confidence in the quality of the product – it was a pleasant surprise and really not something I was expecting to find within what I initially thought might be a fairly heavy handed and simple workout game.
Next up you move on to selecting your goals. These range from “de-stress” (losing your jelly Belly) to “tennis fit” (keeping up with the kids – my option of choice). Finally, you are prompted to select the length of your workout and when you are ready to begin your first session simply select it from the menu. Mel B will then run through each of the exercises within the game in a handy video tutorial that also allows you to replay what she’s doing to ensure you fully understand. If you find your first workout a little bit too intense or even not intense enough don’t worry as this can be changed at any time from the settings in the easily accessible main menu.
The daily workouts within the game are quite varied to prevent boredom and seem really well tailored to your body type and personal preferences – from a high intensity session that will get you sweating and will possibly make you feel sore in the morning to a much slower pace that is a great starting point if you are new to keep fit, perhaps older (or younger) or if you just want to burn off that sneaky chocolate bar you just had!
During the routines you actually appear on screen next to Mel B – almost like a surrogate Spice Girl! There is a body outline guide on-screen so you can always adjust yourself/or your camera to ensure you are in the ‘sweet spot’ and your motion is properly tracked. Once correctly calibrated you’ll be asked if you have any weight training equipment you would like to use but once again additional equipment is not required and is an added bonus and an example of the quality of content and thought put into the game which really does strive to reach everyone. And remember you can always incorporate them into your routine at a later date without missing a step. Mel B then walks you through a practice rep of the upcoming exercise that have been selected for you, setting the amount of reps you are to do and counting them down as you go. The workouts I experienced lasted for around 30 minutes and involved lots of different moves and variety with some exercises requiring only a few reps and others going over 40. In fact the amount and variety of aerobic techniques on-hand is very impressive with apparently well over 200 unique exercises within the game. With this in mind it would be an idea to keep a drink such as water to close hand to keep you properly hydrated throughout your routine.
After each workout there is a section whereupon you can chart your progress and how close you are to achieving the goals that you have set within the game. This provides a motivational boost as you can physically see your progress over time. In addition there are performance graphs which map how well you performed during the routine, giving you a good idea of where you might have slowed down and have room for improvement and where you are excelling. You are also given a calorie count total which is based on a percentage of successful reps in each given routine. Finally there is your “fitness star rating” which like Nintendo’s Brain Training, can fluctuate from one session to the next depending on whether you have got those jumping jacks moves down to a tee or not!
Finally, if your scheduled workouts are still not enough or have you energized for more there are some great additional exercises and features within the game from relaxing yoga to more vigorous dancing.
Graphics and Sound
With it’s slick interface and clean, colourful appearance Get Fit With Mel B is an assuredly professional looking package and one which a lot of care and attention has obviously been poured into. The in-workout dual display of both yourself and Mel B looks great and is certainly very motivating. You also have a number of different backgrounds to choose from that include such locations as an apartment space, infinity pool or even Central Park. In a nice touch there are also additional locations that can be downloaded via the Playstation Network.
The music is very well suited to the style of game but if you find it gets a little annoying or repetitive you have the option of listening to your own music or switching it off altogether if you prefer.
Overall
Overall I have enjoyed Getting Fit With Mel B despite my thinking it would be nothing more than a Christmas cash in. It isn’t in fact it’s well thought out and quality piece of software that really punches above what some might think is a questionable licence. The only negative factor I found with this game was that the still in it’s infancy Move controller can sometimes misinterpret certain movements – a real pain after you have sweated out a routine for 20 mins only for the game to temporarily lose ‘sight’ of what you are doing resulting in a lower than expected score. Somewhat discouraging if you thought you were doing so well on that particular workout but potentially fixable via a patch should it be a widespread problem and not just an issue with the calibration.
A notable plus point is the addition of in-game trophies for all those trophy hunters out there but be warned – if you want to achieve them all you will be gunning for one massive workout as some are not that easy to achieve. Best let the hospital know in advance!
In summary, the daily workouts offer a great deal of versatility and variety and the recipes included within the game provide advice on how to create some really yummy foods that won’t increase your waistline whilst decreasing your lifeline! So if you are looking for a fitness game to help you shift that muffin top and you are not really a gym sort of person then Get Fit With Mel B will give you a great head start on the post-Christmas diet/exercise boom! I’d recommend it enough to either put it on your Christmas list ahead of those New Year Resolutions…
Unbound Saga is set inside a comic book and is all about punching and kicking your enemies as you run across the pages. Sounds familiar doesn’t it?
Unbound Saga is a 3D side scrolling brawler with cel-shaded graphics. Unbound Saga takes place within a comic book universe, where you need to travel across the pages and face enemies as they appear on the page.
Unbound Saga is out on the Xbox Live Arcade today for 800 Microsoft Points. Once it drops, get to comic on!
It’s time to spend some of those extra points you have, because the Indie Games Winter Uprising has started and will be ongoing during the first week of December. This indie developer run promotion will have many new releases from famous indie developers as well as a few previously released titles at reduced prices.
The first Winter Uprising title is a roguelike RPG by the name of Epic Dungeon, it is out now for all to try out and purchase for only 80 microsoft points. Check out the official Winter Uprising site and stay up to date with all the new indie titles being released. Give indie developers some of you love, they need to eat too.
Check out the video below to see a bunch of gameplay footage from various titles being released furing the Winter Uprising.
We all know Activision is considered to be the money hungry publisher and the big bad of the gaming world due mostly in part to CEO Bobby Kotick, but this whole story is borderline insane. If you haven’t heard by now, Axl Rose is taking the company to court over the song “Welcome to the Jungle” as he feels an agreement was violated for the usage of the song in the game.
What was violated you may ask? Apparently before using the Guns & Roses song, it was agreed upon that if it were used, guitarist Slash was to have no part in the game, which most of you know he was not only in Guitar Hero III, but did a huge marketing campaign to promote the title upon launch a couple of years back.
“They made money hand over fist on this video game, in large part because the biggest song was ‘Welcome to the Jungle’ and they used ‘Sweet Child of Mine’ to promote it,” said Skip Miller, a partner at law firm Miller Barondess, LLP. “They used images of Slash, they used Velvet Revolver. Axl is not a litigious guy, but this made him really upset. You make a deal; you expect the other side to live up to the bargain.”
There is no exact number right off hand of how much Rose is looking for, but is said to be over 20 million.
“Axl didn’t make a lot of money off of this game, but in my opinion, he will make a lot of money. The big money was made by Activision. He got a loyalty fee, it was under a million and is nothing compared to what we’re seeking in the lawsuit,” Miller said.
When No Doubt and Courtney Love sued Activision for the whole likeness issue, I kind of understood their case as Band Hero & Guitar Hero 5 were RELEVANT at the time, but in a game that is a few years old now and considering that the issue is over a petty feud, this case should be laughed out of the courts in my opinion. Yes it is bad to break any kind of agreement, but Rose is coming off looking desperate and greedy in this one.
You have to love the smell of rumors in the morning: This one that 343 studios is re-making the original Halo >sic< Combat Evolved. $10.00 says they call it Halo: Combat re-evolved or something like that, no money for guessing if I pick it up or not (yes , I will sigh). Scuttlebutt seems to think that this new new (new) Halo will arrive as early as this time next year (2011).
The game will be ready for Holidays period 2011 before the offical sequal to Halo 3 in 2012…wait what!? Another Halo game, in two years time- a sequal to a game from then 4 years ago! Crickey, if Microsoft doesn’t have a case of COD fever I don’t know what, since when was their business model to chug out a new Halo game every 12 months using, might I add the same tech…The story goes that this remake of the first great Halo will be made using the “new” Halo:Reach engine, which is if you didn’t know just a retooling of the engine first used for Halo 3 in 2007!
I wish I didn’t have to rant but when news broke that 343 studios now owned the Halo Franchise there was hope for a) new story lines b) new tech and graphics c) perhaps something different but similar to a Halo FPS that we hadn’t seen before = fail.
Microsoft’s UK Xbox boss Stephen McGill neither confirmed or denied the rumor, informing the media : “I imagine it’s a good idea. I think some people want to go back to older games and see them revisited and I think a lot of developers want to see that too.”
So to wrap this up, the good news is, there is plenty more Halo where that came from, fan boys can get wet that Masterchief is getting re-made with all new graphics which means a sexy naked blue Cortana again, the bad news is that it does nothing to further the story or the original plot let alone explain exactly who Master Chief is, it’s almost like 343 Studios can’t think for themselves, oh wait Microsoft probably has them chained to a table churning out the same Halo code for the next 10 years…
Ironically November 11th is remembrance day all over the world for fallen soldiers of war, come 2011 perhaps, we can add Master Chief to the list
Seriously, folks that’s the best title I have in me. Even more serious are the rumours that Uncharted III is debuting at the Spike Video Game Awards, which is not much of a surprise really when the likes of Cliffy B couldn’t keep his big mouth shut (about Gears 3). Infact, considering Gears is a XBOX360 exclusive, they would have to be dumb not to showcase the man that is Nathan Drake.
Anyway, looks like Uncharted III may just be heading into the desert for his next outing, in all the sand dunes and heat.
Uncharted has certainly been in the news, what with the movie apparently green-lit for production as well, so here’s hoping for some more news come the Spike Video Game Awards. Naughty Dog has apparently also admitted that Uncharted 2 is NOT the greatest game of all time on the Playstation (as voted on by the Offical Playstation Magazine) and that Ico should get that goal. Further more they want to borrow from said game by emotionally investing players more deeply and strongly into the characters and people of the Uncharted world.
The Spike Video Game Awards debut December 12th in the US
