Battlefield Bad Company Conquest Mode Available Now
Download the Conquest Pack for Battlefield Bad Company for free and battle it out on four modified maps from the core game.
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Get a chance into the Home beta with today’s update
Filed under: PlayStation Network
Want access to the Home beta? Download a free theme on PS Store later today and you’ll be entered into a drawing for access. According to the PlayStation.blog, this won’t be a random drawing. Instead, only the most active users of their PS3s will be granted access to the service. “By downloading the theme, users are submitting an application to join the PlayStation Home Beta test community. We will be using a variety of criteria including activity on the PLAYSTATION Network to determine eligibility for the Beta community.”
Japan had a similar drawing last week, and Europe will be contacting eligible users via e-mail shortly. It’s taken years, but Home is finally well … coming home. If you make it into the beta, we’d love to find out — maybe you’ll find us running around the virtual world some time soon.
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Ozzy in Guitar Hero: World Tour, Lars hints at GH: Metallica
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In an interview with USA Today, the prince of darkness himself revealed that he will be appearing in Guitar Hero: World Tour. Like Jimi Hendrix, both Ozzy Osbourne and guitarist Zakk Wylde will be available as avatars in the game. Two songs have been unveiled so far:
- “Crazy Train” — Ozzy Osbourne
- “Mr. Crowley” — Ozzy Osbourne
In other metal news, Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich teased us about the possibility of a Guitar Hero: Metallica: “There’s an Aerosmith game out there that’s super successful, and if somebody’s gonna follow that up…we’re talking, and its exciting, and the people at Guitar Hero and Activision are rapidly becoming our best new friends in the world. You can put the rest of it together yourself.”
Yes, I think we can. Don’t believe us? Watch the man tell you himself after the break:
Source — USA Today
Source — MTV Multiplayer
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BioShock: the PS3 trailer
Filed under: Videos and Screenshots
In spite of previous reports that BioShock looks “no different” on PS3 than Xbox 360, IGN is claiming otherwise. They note that the water effects look better, and the texture work has been cleaned up. “It’s quite obvious that 2K is taking full advantage of the PS3’s Blu-ray discs to pack in cleaner high resolution textures for every facet of the game.”
The new Survivor difficulty mode is wildly praised by the site; they go into much detail about how “every bullet counts” in this PS3-exclusive mode. From the sounds of it, it will be a nightmarish journey for those that want to pick up the game’s Platinum Trophy.
Of course, you can judge for yourself. Check out this new trailer and see if this version of BioShock tickles your fancy.
[Thanks, Daniel!]
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Heck dissects 60GB Xbox 360 model in search of changes
Filed under: News
Technology ninja Ben Heck has peered into the realm that is the 60GB Xbox 360 in an attempt to see what changes have been made. What he found was … the same as we’ve seen in recent hardware iterations — including the newly developed 65nm chip. The only major difference Heck was able to spot is the size of the harddrive, go figure on the 60GB model, and the placement of some chips within the system.
While the current models look quite different in comparison to launch units (inside that is), the extra heatsink among other things means the 60GB model essentially the same as the units currently on the shelf. As long as they aren’t on par with the RROD’ed units filling up crater sized holes in the Mojave Desert we’ll be happy.
[via Joystiq]
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Warner Music wants more from Rock Band, Guitar Hero
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Warner Music has said that companies like Harmonix and Activision will need to shell out more cash to license songs for games like Guitar Hero and Rock Band.
Warner Music leading man Edgar Brofman told Reuters that considering each company’s game is completely dependent on the content the music industry owns and controls, “The amount being paid to the music industry … is far too small.” Brofman compared the significance of rhythm music games to the industry shifting introductions of MTV and iTunes.
Even though it has been reported that royalties for content sales in music games are much higher than other services, such as iTunes, we’re surprised it took this long for the industry to start sobbing about getting paid. If licenses change, could this spell an increase in downloadable content prices?
[via CVG]
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Rare: Kameo & PDZ sold tons, stop crying
Filed under: Interviews
This might be an unpopular opinion among some but, Perfect Dark Zero and Kameo: Elements of Power were boring games. Although each showcased a small portion of the Xbox 360’s new power at launch, the games were (mostly) critically chokeslammed. Blame it on the short development cycle of launch games or the decline of Rare’s developmental quality (until Viva Piñata that is) but both games could have been much better. So, what does Rare think of the majority opinion on those launch releases? Well, they’re a business, they care about sales, and according to Rare’s Nick Burton, they sold a metric ton of copies of each (you jerk):
“One of the things that I always find funny is when people always quote Kameo and Perfect Dark Zero as being flops at the launch of the 360. In the industry if you break even you’re lucky, you’re in the minority,” Burton told VideoGamer. “If you make a decent amount of money you’re really in the minority. You’re in the top percentile. Those two games made a lot of money. For the install base they sold phenomenally well.”
Honestly, we didn’t need Burton to tell us PDZ and Kameo made money because we can already tell Rare has been infused with cash. Look at Viva Piñata and Banjo Kazooie: Nuts and Bolts — clearly the people of Rare purchased some creativity and talent with that stack of monies. We joke because we love.
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More Mass Effect DLC a possibility
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[Via Joystiq]
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Wolfenstein movie still in the works
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Although we’d think Roger Avary’s work would have been put on hold in light of his recent legal issues, he is still apparently hard at work on the script for a big-screen Wolfenstein film.
id’s Todd Hollenshead told Eurogamer that, though the recent writer’s strike slowed things down, progress on the feature is being made, “I’ve recently been in contact with Roger and he’s actually working on the script right now.” Hollenshead did state progress is going slower than they’d like, but then again we don’t think Avary would like to be implicated in a manslaughter case either. So, who wins that argument?
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Favre is still on the Packers (on Madden 09 cover that is) - [Update]
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You may have heard the news that Brett Favre has nabbed himself a one-way ticket out of retirement town. With Favre leaving his lengthy retirement behind to join the New York Jets, many wondered if his Madden NFL 09 cover would come in a new Jet-flavor. EA Sports has debunked notions to IGN that there are any plans to release a second printing of the cover with Favre as a Jet. Prior to the announcement of the trade, EA Sports head-honcho, Peter Moore, told CrispyGamer that the developer had a plan in place for a possible Favre move. Day one downloadable content, anyone?
Update: EA has confirmed they will release a day-one update that places Favre on the Jets (and reflecting any other relevant roster changes), reports MTV Multiplayer. EA has also announced they will offer a downloadable cover in the coming days on easports.com featuring Favre in a Jets uniform. Fans can print out the Jets cover and insert it into their copy of Madden NFL 09.
[via Joystiq]
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