I’ve never really been a fan of the Command and Conquer series. Maybe it was the horribly cheesy cutscenes. Maybe it was lame units from previous entries in the series, such as the armored attack bear units, or the transforming mechas and ninjas. Something about the whole series just doesn’t sit well with me.
Visceral Games and EA announced Dead Space 2, a sequel to a pretty awesome horror game, is in the works. It’s being developed for the PS3, Xbox 360, and PC. No release date is listed. The whole press release, below…
The good new is Pandemic Studio’s The Saboteur has gone gold. The bad news, EA closed Pandemic Studios this week.
I am very proud to communicate today that The Saboteur has officially gone “GOLD” on all 3 planned platforms (PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 & PC). This has been a very difficult week for Pandemic Studios, but does not change the fact that a team of amazing people worked very hard to make The Saboteur a great game that fans will be able to enjoy this holiday season. As planned, The Saboteur will be available across Europe starting December 4 and throughout North America on December 8. Vive La Resistance!
EA’s free to play online third-person shooter Battlefield Heroes has officially registered over 2 million players. To celebrate, EA is releasing a free “Heroes of the Fall” update for the game on September 30, which includes a new map.
Full press release, below…
The Xbox 360 Brutal Legend demo is now available to all Xbox Live Gold members. Previous, it was only available to those who pre-ordered the game (which seems to essentially defeat the purpose of a demo, to me). Regardless, more details here (Slightly off topic, and I know it’s not exactly a brand new feature, but I like how you can add items to your queue and they start downloading once you turn on your 360, great for adding stuff at work so you don’t forget later). I can’t wait to finally try out the game.
Word on Wall Street is Microsoft is going to Buy EA. I don’t know why Wall Street would randomly make up a rumor like this…but it’s driven up the stock prices for both EA and Microsoft (EA is up 8.1 percent, Microsoft 1.1 percent). Even Reuters covered the issue.
“There’s talk that Microsoft might be interested in acquiring Electronic Arts. It’s unsubstantiated chatter, but it’s out there,” said Frederic Ruffy, options strategist at WhatsTrading.com in New York.
If Microsoft did purchase EA I wonder what would happen to all the future games EA is working on that would be released on both the PS3 and Xbox 360, or games coming to the Wii? I’d assume they’d be forced to release to Microsoft only, but who knows.
It’s Left 4 Dead news day, apparently. At a press conference held in Tokyo, EA announced that a Left 4 Dead 2 demo will be out October 27th. No details on if the demo would be for the PC, Xbox 360, or both.
**ROCK BAND MEDIA ALERT** MTV GAMES, HARMONIX AND EA ANNOUNCE
Unique Bundle Allows Fab Four Fans to Sing Along to 45 of The Beatles’ Greatest HitsGuildford, UK. – 22nd Sept., 2009 – Harmonix, MTV Games, and distribution partner Electronic Arts Inc., today announced the The Beatles: Rock Band – Two Microphone Pack for PS3™, combining The Beatles: Rock Band, the most critically-acclaimed music game of the year, with two SingStar microphones from Sony’s leading interactive singing experience franchise. With an extraordinary catalogue of 45 tracks available, The Beatles: Rock Band – Two Microphone Pack for PS3™ will allow players to enjoy multi-part harmonies in a way never before experienced within a music game through an unprecedented, experiential progression of the music and artistry of The Beatles.
The Beatles: Rock Band – Two Microphone Pack for PS3™ is available now in the UK for a suggested retail price of £49.99.
Additional music from The Beatles’ epic catalogue will be made available for purchase and download through The Beatles: Rock Band Music Store. Abbey Road will be released on October 20, 2009, followed by the release of Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band in November and Rubber Soul in December.
The Beatles: Rock Band celebrates the music and artistry of the Fab Four allowing fans to sing along to 45 songs on-disc or pick up guitar, bass, or drums and experience the cross-section of hits and favorites by The Beatles through game play that takes players on a journey through the legacy and evolution of the band’s legendary career. The Beatles: Rock Band is available for PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system, the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, and Wii™ console from Nintendo and is compatible with all Rock Band™ instrument controllers, as well as most Guitar Hero® and other authorized third party music video game peripherals and microphones.
The Beatles: Rock Band and The Beatles: Rock Band – Two Microphone Pack for PS3™ is rated “12” by PEGI. For more information on The Beatles: Rock Band and The Beatles: Rock Band – Two Microphone Pack for PS3™, as well as art and video assets, please visit http://www.thebeatlesrockband.com/press.
“PS3” (“Playstation 3”), “PlayStation” and “SingStar” are registered trademarks of Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.
Microsoft, Xbox, Xbox 360, Xbox LIVE, and the Xbox logos are trademarks of the Microsoft group of companies.
Wii is a trademark of Nintendo.
Guitar Hero is a registered trademark of Activision Publishing, Inc. All rights reserved.
After watching the video, I’m really excited to try out the demo. The dialog seems really well done, I don’t know just seems like the game will be awesome. I especially like:
“From time to time, Brutal Legend may need to utilize strong language in order to accurately portray the authentic roadie experience to the player.”
It’s so true, what is the roadie experience without strong language?
