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Now that you’vedownloaded theBioShockdemo and played the hell out of it,you’ve already heard the musical work of composer Gary Schyman. Now you can read about how theBioShocksoundtrack was created in this interview. Schyman is the composer behind many awesome 80’s television hits likeThe A-Team,Magnum P.I.The Greatest American Hero, and has also worked on games likeDestroy All Humans 1 and 2 and Full Spectrum Warrior: Ten Hammers. He talks with GameDaily BIZ about his work onBioShock, and about what he had to do to create the dark atmosphere of the game....

The fourth downloadable content pack forCall of Duty: Black Opsis once again fashionably late, depending on which systems you own.Rezurrectionwill be available for PlayStation Network and PC on September 22. The $15 price and content (four “remastered” zombie maps, plus a new Moon-based one) are the same as what’s been out on Xbox 360 since last month. Treyarch will be flipping the double-XP switch on Sept. 23 – 25 as it tends to do right after new content goes live....

StarCraft IIlead designer Dustin Browder has given Eurogamer a status update on the Battle.net Marketplace. Citing an “immense number of challenges” which need to be overcome, he says that “It’s going to be some distance before we get this in the hands of the fans.” “I don’t know how we’re going to solve some of the player rights issues. How do players protect their own maps so they don’t get ripped off by other players?...

We’ve all been in that position. We’ve just come first place on a really grueling, frustrating track in the latest racing game, and we want to tell the world. But the computer is so far away and the phone is nowhere in sight. What do you do? Ohwhat do you do? Fear no more, my friends, becauseBlurisintegrating Twitterinto the game itself, allowing you 140 characters of boasting glory and meaning you never have to leave the couch to show your friends how pathetic you are on a Friday night....

In the most balls-out act of deep space espionage in the 21st century, GoonSwarm, EVE Online’s in-game Something Awful forum contingent, has finally defeated their arch enemies, absolute rulers of the game universe,Band of Brothers. Thus ends a years-long David and Goliath dance that has made modern gaming history on multiple occasions. As this is a breaking story as of today’s wee hours, I’ll spare you my verbal flatulence and put my better-informed friend Bjorn Townsend on blast:...

Capcom’s Japanese Web site has just launched a2007 Tokyo Game Show teaser page, giving some details of what will be shown atthe event. Titles likeDevil May Cry 4(both PS3 and Xbox 360),We Love Golf(Wii),Treasure Hunter Z(Wii),Resident Evil Umbrella Chronicles(Wii),Sengoku Basara 2(PS2),Rockman Star Force 2(DS), andWan! Tertainment Music Channel(DS) are listed. There are also three mystery boxes to keep us guessing. These titles are all listed as playable, so you can be sure we’ll do our best get our hands on these next month....

The great thing about our favorite superhero, Captain Obvious, is that he is always willing to lend a helping hand when it comes to reporting information to the general public. Hell, he even regularly flies by the Destructoid offices to lend us his powers for ournot-really-news posts. Now it seems that he’s assisting videogame analysts, and they now unite bring us the November sales predictions. We’ll have to wait a few more days for the NPD sales numbers, but videogame analyst Michael Pachter went out on a limb to say that Nintendo will lead hardware sales for the month of November....

As part of the gamescom festivities next week, Gearbox Software is set to broadcast a live demonstration ofBorderlands 2and answer questions from fans. This stream will be viewableright hereat 8:00 pacific (17:00 CET) on Friday, August 19. We’ve seen some details about the game recentlyalongside the announcement. That said, there’s nothing quite like seeing the developers present it in front of an audience. I’m cautiously optimistic as someone who foundBorderlandsto be a blast the first time through but feels there’s quite a bit that needs to be addressed for a proper sequel....

Lucky enough to live onbestWest Coast, I’m privy to all sorts of videogames and fun stuff, connections with a website notwithstanding. One such experience is actually theFinal Fantasy XIIIbus, which Dale mentioned earlier this week. With a quick stop in my home city of Berkeley, theFFXIIIbus was just sitting there waiting for me and the nonchalant middle school kids loitering around to get hands-on time with the game. That crappy camera phone pic?...

Sacred 2is a’comingto consoles in mid-May, so let’s get the hype train rolling in style. Today, CDV released a new trailer for the game showing off a little bit of cooperative action. After the break, you’ll witness a few battles and a lot of monster riding. Unfortunately, we’ve yet to be able to confirm if you can ghost ride a spider. Still, the game is looking fine if the footage is any indication of the final product....

[Update]Not surprisingly, Turbine has no comment at this time. We’ll keep you posted when it does, of course. [Original]It’s long been known thatLord of the Rings Onlinedeveloper Turbine has been dabbling in, or at the very least considering, console game development. Now, Twisted Pixel — developer of the critically acclaimedMawand‘Splosion Man—has revealedits work with Turbine on an upcoming console MMO. “It’s still hush hush, but we just finished a contract with Turbine to help them build an awesome new MMO intended for consoles,” the developer writes on its website adding that “it was a fun project” and it can’t wait to play it....

Bad news for Wii owners and first-person shooter fans — High Voltage’s sequelConduit 2has been pushed out of this year and in to 2011. The game will now see release in the first quarter of next year. The good news is that you’ll now be able to play the game using a Classic Controller or a Classic Controller Pro; fans of dual analog shooters should be happy to hear about their inclusion as a control option....

Grand Theft Auto IV: The Lost and the Damnedwill cost a stellar 1600 Microsoft Points. That translates to 20 real dollars or roughly a fourth of the cost ofJack LaLanne’sPower Juicer Plus (but only if you act now). This is the official price —Eurogamerwas able to pull the confirmation directly from Rockstar. Twenty bucks may seem like a chunk of change, but there’s a reason. Eurogamer is reporting that it is “roughly” equal to one-third of the main game’s story missions....