As you may have heard last week, there’s abona fide sequel toRiver City Ransomin the works. Miracle Kidz has now revealed that the Wii will seeDowntown Nekketsu Monogatari 2released via the Japanese WiiWare download service this summer. The game will see later release on PC next year. On the one hand, there’s this purist in me who says that a sequel toRiver City Ransombelongs on the Wii in a spiritual sense....
Just because next week’s Rock Band Store Update includes four Spinal Tap songs, that doesn’t give me permission to say anything about “turning it up to 11.” But I suppose I just did, so… f**k me… Anyhow, here’s your downloadable content for next week: The three Evanescence tracks will cost you $5.49 (440 Microsoft Points) as a package, and the four Spinal Tap tracks will run you $6.99 (560 MS Points)....
If you weren’t happy with the 105 tracks that hitRock Band Network yesterday, don’t worry — Harmonix and MTV Games are still supplying your weekly does of “regular” old DLC. Here’s what to expect next week: The White Stripes Pack 02($5.49/440 MS Points for the pack, or $1.99/160 MS Points/200 Wii Points) Single Tracks denotes you may also play and download it in LEGO Rock Band. At this rate, expect there to be 50 billion* songs available for Rock Band by the end of 2010....
I guess nobody told FedEx, but 8:30 in the morning is a little early to deliver someone a straitjacket. I suppose they had no idea that’s exactly what Rockstar had tossed in a package and sent to my house — a personalized “Dixmor Hospital for the Criminally Insane” straight jacket. While this isn’t the professional strength jacket of choice by psychotic-handler professionals, it’s a nice reminder that yes,Manhunt 2will be available on the Wii, PlayStation 2, and PlayStation Portable next week....
The latest issue ofPlayStation: The Official Magazinehas dropped a big fat rumorbomb for fans of AAA PS3 exclusives. Three huge sequels inKillzone 3,inFAMOUS 2andResistance 3are allegedly set to be revealed this year, with announcements arriving at soon as E3. None of these are surprising, especially considering each of those three games have already beenhinted atfromvarious sourcesandseem inevitable. Nevertheless, if Sony is planning a triple-whammy with these, they might have a very awesome press conference this year, which isn’t something you can often say about the publisher....
More or less confirming a rumor we’ve been keeping quiet about, theBBFC is hinting thatcountry pop singer Taylor Swift and Maroon 5 singer/guitarist Adam Levine will be appearing in Activision’s upcoming game,Band Hero. The BBFC listing details two in-game movie clips, one featuring Swift and another Levine; both Swift and Maroon 5 songs have already been confirmed by Activision for the game. Given the publisher’s penchant for adding star power (no pun intended) to its music titles, this seems to make a bit of sense....
Looks like we have ourselves a rather big rumor on our hands. According to Destructoid community memberGohanGVO, future downloadable content for newly released WiiWare/XBLA/PSN gameMega Man 9has been unearthed, priced and dated. If it’s true, then you can expect to pay 100 Wii Points for the privilege of having an extra difficult mode. Not cool … if true. Endless Attack – 300 Wii Points – Sale Date: 10/6– “Test your skills on a stage without end....
Why is it that the latest crop of 3D fighting games’ characters all have super shiny skin? Is it just that these fighters are all so well toned and fit that they sweat uniformly, enabling them to have a body constantly covered with a shiny gloss? Or is it so the lighting effects look cooler? Even though fighting game fans have been tapping away atTekken 6in arcades, the home version is still about a year away from release....
Orange County, CA is about to get the living piss scared out of it, becauseSilent Hillis coming to town! The guys behind theSawattractionare plottinga haunted house-style maze based on the psychological horror franchise with Konami’s approval. Sinister Pointeis working on the maze, which is due to open in — you guessed it — October. Now I’m thinking I need to go and see this for myself, and am wondering if I could write the trip off on my taxes as a business expense....
Within a tiny timeframe bothEchochromeandSOCOM: Confrontationwill receive Trophy patches and gameplay upgrades. InSOCOM’scase, the version 1.30 patch appears as if it could fix many of the issues thatwe felt hurt the game. In a recent update onthe official SOCOM blog, it was boasted that “fixes for over 100 issues” of varying degrees have been addressed. Some of these problems are network performance tweaks, but there are a decent amount of solid, noticeable additions....
Announced back in 2007, Sony Online Entertainment’s PC and PlayStation 3 MMOThe Agencyhas been somewhat of a mystery. While SOE has been quiet on espionage-based shooter for awhile, it’s far from dead; according to SOE president John Smedley, we should finally see it in the second half of next year. What’s the hold up? Well, the game simply wasn’t good enough. “There was a moment in time in our company where we looked at our own stuff with a clear eye and saw we have to do better,” he toldKotaku....
Despite reports showing a 17% downturn in US game sales, Sony remainsconfident as always, claiming that it has “many cards yet to deal.” This is of course what Sony does best — ignore anything bad happening at the moment and say that it’s all about to get better … some time over the next five years. “The best part of what PlayStation has to offer this year is a relentless string of AAA games,” claims the publisher....
Due to theworrying levelof DRM included in the PC version ofMass Effect, one can’t help but be nervous over the upcoming Maxis-developed gameSpore, which is also being published by … umphf … What? That’s weird, I seem to have blacked out there for a few minutes. Hey, where’d this mysterious,shiny boxon my desk come from? It appears to be a copy ofSpore, but the packaging is noticeably different. I wonder whatspecialsecrets could be hidden in thiseditionof the game....
