Today Sony announced the contents of the Resistance 2 Collector’s Edition. Not to be out done by the Gears of War 2 Lancer, Resistance 2 Collector’s Edition comes stuffed with extras. Included are: a Chimeran Hybrid action figure, an art book, special box art and a multiplayer weapon skin. Also in the box is a DVD packed with special features including: a preview of the upcoming Resistance novel, Behind The Scenes footage, a Resistance comic book and a video time line of the Chimera invasion.
Resistance 2 is set to hit stores on Nov 4. There has been no word as to how much the Collector’s Edition will cost, or where it will be available. As soon as I find that out, it will be here.
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Today is a red letter day for gaming. For the first time in gaming history (Well, gaming history that I can recall. Give me a break; I’m writing this while I’m at work.) a title’s release date has been pushed forward. EA announced today that their upcoming survival horror game Dead Spacewill be arriving in the states on Oct 21, a full 10 days before its original Halloween release date. European consoles will get the game on Oct 24. Unfortunately, European PC gamers are getting the short end of the stick with the original Halloween release date.
While Halloween is a more fitting time for a spooky survival-horror game, I’ll gladly take a game ahead of time.
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EA and Pandemic studios must really want to the word about Mercenaries 2: World in Flames out there. They have been promoting the hell out of it; with today taking the mother load. Starting at 6:00 AM PST, EA will take over the Mobil at 8489 Beverly Blvd in Los Angeles. What can you expect from the EA take-over? First off all the attendants will be dressed up as mercenaries. There will be various promotional material all around the gas station. Lastly, they will be giving away free gas. That is right folks, FREE GAS.
I can’t even imagine how much this is going to cost EA. Living in Ohio, I’m used to paying around $3.70 for a gallon. In LA I have a feeling its a whole lot more. It is going to be interesting to see if this promotion affects Mercenaries 2 sales. I really do hope that EA makes a profit off of Mercenaries 2 so that they can have more promotions like this in the future.
Mercenaries 2: World in Flameshits stores this Sunday, Aug 31. It is coming out on Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 2 and PC.
Read: Hey, LA, Mercs 2 Will Buy You (Real) Gas Today.
The folks over at Harmonix must be making some bank from all the DLC they release for Rock Band. Why else would they announce six new albums to arrive in the coming months after Rock Band 2 launches. The six upcoming albums are:
- 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”
Lastly there will be a No Doubt best-of album, pieced together with Rock Band 2 in mind. There has been no word as to what order the albums will be released in or how much they will cost.
For some reason, I have a feeling that EA and Harmonix are going to do very well this year if the keep releasing DLC like this.
Read: New Full Albums Announced For Rock Band 2.
Today Sony and Incognito Entertainment have released the 1.5 patch for Warhawk. The 65MB update promises 57 Trophies, custom music from the XMB, training levels, “Rookie” sever color-coding, new paint schemes and insignias.
Tomorrow Sony will release the third expansion pack for Warhawk. Operation: Fallen Star brings a new map and jetpacks to the fight. Unlike other vehicles in Warhawk, jetpacks are distributed via the Daedalus Rapid Assembly Device, aka the D-RAD. “Think of it as a vending machine for jetpacks.” The best part about jetpacks are that you can drive other vehicles while wearing one. This expansion pack is sure to revolutionize
As I write this, I have my PS3 updating Warhawk. If any of you guys want to join me in unlocking some Trophies, my PSN name is Yuenanimous. See you on the battle field.
Read: Warhawk Operation: Fallen Star.
A lot of people have been talking about Rock Band 2’s ability to copy over Rock Band songs. Today Harmonix wanted to put an end to this discussion by describing how this process will take place.
1. On September 14, the day Rock Band 2 comes out, a patch will be released for Rock Band. This patch will add the “export” command to the Rock Band menu.
2. Select “export” and enter a code that comes with Rock Band 2. In addition to entering a code, you will have to pay a small fee. Harmonix says that it won’t be over $5.
3. Once you pay the fee, all the songs that are allowed to be copied to the hard drive will be.
So far this feature has only been announced for the Xbox 360 version of Rock Band 2. I’ll be sure to write something up if any PS3 news arises.
Read: How To Get Your Rock Band 1 Songs Into Rock Band 2.
It seems like that in this day and age everyone is jumping in on the “full band” rhythm games. You got Rock Band 2, Guitar Hero world Tour and Rock Revolution. While choice is the best part of capitalism, it’s kind of a pain when you aren’t sure what instruments will work with which game. Well today Sony decided to try and sort this out. According to the PlayStation Blog, all instruments for Rock Band 2, Guitar Hero World Tour and Rock Revolution will be compatible.
“A few specific examples include: Guitar Hero: World Tour’s guitars and drums will work with Rock Band 2 and Konami’s Rock Revolution software.
And yes, you guessed it, Rock Band 2’s guitar and drum set will work with Guitar Hero: World Tour and with Rock Revolution.
Conversely, Rock Revolution’s drum set will work with both Guitar Hero: World Tour and Rock Band 2.
In addition, Guitar Hero: World Tour and Rock Band 2 will both support the SingStar microphones.”
This is the kind of news us frugal games want to hear. There is no way I’m going to drop a few hundred bucks on the same instruments just so my friends and I can play 60 more songs, of which I only like 5. Props to Sony for saving me some cash.
Read: PS3 Music Peripheral Compatibility Update.
Today Pixel Junk announced that in the newest patch for their PlayStation Store exclusive Monsters, they will be adding varying difficulty settings. According to Pixel Junk’s Dylan Cuthbert:
“You’ll be pleased to know that one thing we will add to Monsters in an upcoming patch is a difficulty setting menu - you won’t be able to use the online ranking (that wouldn’t be fair) but you can advance on any difficulty you like… even expert (which yes, is harder than the default setting). The patch will be free.”
Since I picked up my PS3, a majority of my time has been spent playing Pixel Junk’s Monsters. I pride myself on my tower defense skills, but regardless of these, Monsters has been kicking my ass. I hope none of you think any less of me if I finish out the game on easy.
Read: PixelJunk Monsters And Eden Too Hard? Help Is On The Way!
Today IGN released an article where they announce seven new tracks for Guitar Hero World Tour. The tracks include:
- Airbourne – “Too Much Too young…”
- At the Drive-in – “One Armed Scissor”
- Black Rebel Motorcycle Club – “Weapon of Choice”
- Bob Seger – “Hollywood Nights”
- Dinosaur Jr. – “Feel the pain”
- Silversun Pickups – “Lazy Eye”
- Survivor – “Eye of the Tiger”
Dinosaur Jr. and At the Drive-in have me questioning my Rock Band loyalty. Good thing I don’t need to buy the 5 piece drum set, so I can buy both.
Read: Guitar Hero World Tour Rides the Crazy Train.
Lately, my news posts have been shying away from Rock Band DLC announcements. Today, I hope to start the tradition again. Dubbed the “Roadrunner pack”, this weeks Rock Band DLC brings a hearty dose of metal with an abnormal pricing scheme. The songs included are:
- “Runnin’ Wild” - Airbourne
- “Clouds Over California” - DevilDriver
- “Constant Motion” - Dream Theater
- “My Curse” - Killswitch Engage
- “Aesthetics Of Hate” - Machine Head
- “Sleepwalker” - Megadeth
The individual songs are priced 80 Microsoft points ($1) for the first month, then they will be repriced at 160 Microsoft Points ($2). Rockers can also pick up the whole pack for 480 Microsoft points ($6), but that, like the songs, only lasts for one month. After times up, it will 800 Microsoft points ($10).
Personally none of these songs fall into the sub genres of metal that I like. Come on Harmonix, give us some Agalloch or Hammerfall.
Read: Rock Band Weekly: Megadeth, Machine Head, Killswitch Engage, Dream Theater, DevilDriver, Airbourne.
Sony announced today that the PlayStation Home beta is expanding its U.S. user base. In order to apply, PlayStation 3 owners must check out the PlayStation Store later tonight. A new PlayStation Home theme will be released. All you have to do is download the theme and bingo, you applied.
If you live in Europe and want to get into the Home beta, Sony has good news for you. They will be adding new users by selecting people who are the most active on the PlayStation Network. So if you want in, start playing online more.
Read: How To Apply To The U.S. Home Beta.
Yesterday I wrote up a news item on how SOCOM: Confrontation will be distributed. Today Sony and GameStop released some info on how North American gamers can get into the SOCOM public beta.
There are two ways to get into the beta, both of which are pretty easy. One way has gamers preordering SOCOM from GameStop. If you do it this way, you will two extra keys to share with friends. The GameStop beta keys will be activated September 1. The other way to get into the beta involves downloading the June issue of QORE, the PlayStation Network’s video show. When you download the issue, you will be given a beta key that goes live September 8.
Personally I’d go with the GameStop option. Gaming with buddies is always better than gaming alone.
Read: SOCOM Beta Kicks Off in Sept, How You Can Get In.
