12/24/08

Wednesday, December 24, 2008

Rock Band add new songs by Snow Patrol, Deep Purple, James Gang and Jethro Tull for the new year.

The addition of four new tracks to the Rock Band Music Store catalog of download content from bands Snow Patrol, Deep Purple, James Gang and Jethro Tull.

Scottish alternative band Snow Patrol makes its debut in the Rock Band music catalog offering their first single “Take Back the City” from their new album A Hundred Million Suns (2008).

In addition, the Rock Band music catalog will expand its collection of Deep Purple tracks, giving players access to the classic rock band’s single Space Truckin from the influential album Machine Head (1972). Deep Purple’s “Highway Star” was featured on the original Rock Band soundtrack.

Next week’s offering also includes the classic rock single “Funk No. 49” from the album James Gang Rides Again (1970) featuring Joe Walsh, Dale Peters and Jimmy Fox.

The Jethro Tull single“Hymn 43” will become the second Tull track in the Rock Band music catalog, joining “Aqualung” which was featured on the Rock Band 2 soundtrack. Both songs are from the band’s fourth studio album Aqualung (1971).

These tracks will be available starting December 30, 2008, for the Xbox_360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft and January 8, 2008, for PLAYSTATION 3 computer entertainment system. Each individual track will be available for $1.99 (160 Microsoft Points).

Release Date: Tuesday, December 30, 2008 (Xbox LIVE Marketplace for Xbox 360)
Thursday, January 8, 2008 (PlayStation Store)

Tracks:

Snow Patrol “Take Back the City”
Deep Purple “Space Truckin’”
James Gang “Funk No. 49”
Jethro Tull “Hymn 43”
(All tracks are original master recordings)

Price: $1.99 (160 Microsoft Points for Xbox 360) per track

Locations: Xbox LIVE Marketplace for Xbox 360, PlayStation Network

Sexy new Velvet Assassin, Violette Summer's outfits - Nighty, Leather, Uniform in High Resolution...

From day one the developers at Replay Studios knew they didn’t want to simply sensationalize one of the most tragic wars in human history, but to give gamers one of the first true-to-life experiences. An integral part of that mission was to provide players with an intriguing view of the war by portraying a strong, yet normal woman, not only in physique - but also in the reality of her abilities. Violette is a woman who has lost everything dear to her and now has but one goal – to disrupt and destroy the Nazi regime. Completely alone behind enemy lines, Violette has to do whatever it takes to complete her missions with what she has on hand. Everything Violette has must have a meaning and a use, including her clothing. Depending on the mission, Violette has a few sets of clothing that she can use to her advantage.

Below we give three examples of some of the outfits available in Velvet Assassin

Sexy new Velvet Assassin, Violette Summer's outfits

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Pilot Outfit - Violette’s mainstay is her standard brown leather jacket and blue canvas cargo pant set. While not exactly all the rage in Milan, this is a very likely outfit of the times; providing the wearer with the storage of cargo pockets, durability of canvas and toughness of the leather. This outfit gives Violette a solid set of threads to get by with. There isn’t too much to be said for these duds, but they get the job done.

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Leather Sneaking Suit - The all-leather suit gives Violette a slight edge in darkness. For obvious reasons she’s able to blend in with the shadows much better in this suit. Made of supple leather, this is the ideal outfit for Violette, with the tough, yet soft feel of the leather offering her great flexibility in both combat and stealth.

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Nazi Officer Uniform – As the old saying goes, if you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em! Isn’t it funny how they never seem to find the things right under their noses? With one quick wardrobe change, Violette takes on the Nazi Officer uniform and can easily infiltrate enemy ranks. The minute Violette dons the uniform, she takes on the persona of a Nazi officer, walking and saluting to keep the other soldiers completely fooled. As long as Violette doesn’t have any close face-to-face encounters and doesn’t behave suspiciously, she should be able to fool any soldiers she comes upon.

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Night Dress – This outfit is completely unsuited to any of the exploits that Violette will undertake, but that’s the point. The entirety of Velvet Assassin is actually a flashback, with Violette remembering her efforts while in a coma. Whenever players get into a tight spot in the game, they can go into Morphine Mode which simulates Violette getting an injection of the drug from her nurse to calm her down as she lives out the horrific memories of war in her violent dreams. When this happens, the action slows down and the world around her becomes more of a dreamscape, and whatever Violette was wearing is temporarily exchanged with the nightie she’s garbed in at the hospital.

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Wonderland Online - Treasure Boxes Strategy

Except for the Gold Box, there are still 3 other Boxes in Wonderland Online. Players must complete several different quests to get these keys. Additional rewards will be given to players after finishing all the quests.

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Key of Red Box*3
1.

Quest: Easy Mission (Shading Puppet Lord: Earth, Level 160, HP: 35000; Small Shading Puppet Lord: Water, Fire, Level 70, HP: 1xxx)
Target: Villager in Kyoto market
Condition: None
Rewards: Key of Red Box*1, Star*1

Quest: Helios (1st round: Ayatollah: Fire, Level 90, HP: 27850;
Yatumu Guardian: Water, Fire, Earth, Level 70, HP: 12350) (2nd round: Ayatollah: Fire, Level 90, HP: 27850;
Messenger's Guard: Water, Fire, Earth, Wind, Level 130, HP: 13000)
Target: Villager in Kyoto market
Condition: None
Rewards: Key of Red Box*1, Cyan Devil's Spar*1

Quest: Take it easy!
Target: Villager in Holy Village
Condition: It costs 20,000 Gold
Rewards: Key of Red Box*1

Red Box Location:

1) The 2nd cave on the left of Oslia Island
2) The middle cave in Japan
3) 1st Underground Pathway in Japan

Key of Green Box*2
1.

Quest: Inchon Vendor
Target: Inchon Vendor
Condition: Costs 20,000 Gold
Rewards: Key of Green Box*1, Cyan Devil's Spar*1

Quest: Female Doctor Chang Jin
Target: Chang Jin or the ill boy
Condition: It costs 10,000 Gold and the Oh! Ginseng! quest should have been done.

Castlevania Chronicles available on PlayStation Network

The classic vampire-hunting franchise Castlevania makes its way onto PlayStation Network today, as Castlevania Chronicles is now available for download for $5.99.

Until now, this iteration of the 2D, whip-wielding action game had yet to be released in America.

In Castlevania Chronicles, players enter a world where Count Dracula has been resurrected to begin a new reign of terror across the land. As Simon Belmont, descendant of legendary vampire hunters, players enter Dracula's estate armed with a killer whip to destroy the count and his minions to bring peace to Europe.

Available now for $5.99

The Witcher - Enhanced Edition patch download

A new patch named Hotfix is available now for download on The Witcher official website at the top of the community news section: http://www.thewitcher.com/community/en/news/

CD Projekt RED welcomes player feedback and the Hotfix patch was created in response to fan community feedback. The Hotfix patch resolves problems related to EAX technology, which did not operate properly in conjunction with the game and generated critical errors when activated in the Game Options panel, and also eliminates the blur remaining after cut scenes and dialogue sequences.

World of Warcraft over 11 million players worldwide - Lich King adds 4 million plus World of Warcraft job application...

Wrath of the Lich King expansion fuels growth with record first-month sales of more than 4 million.

World of Warcraft, the award-winning subscription-based massively multiplayer online role-playing game, is now played by more than 11.5 million subscribers worldwide. This new high was reached following the November 13 release of the game's second expansion, Wrath of the Lich King.

Within its first 24 hours of availability, Wrath of the Lich King sold more than 2.8 million copies, making it the fastest-selling PC game of all time. In addition to winning a number of editor's choice awards from major gaming publications, the expansion has now gone on to sell more than 4 million copies in its first month, setting a new record for monthly PC-game sales. Both sales records were previously held by World of Warcraft's first expansion, The Burning Crusade.*

"We're pleased to welcome the new and returning players who have helped World of Warcraft reach these new milestones, and we appreciate the enthusiasm and support that the game's global community has continued to show," said Mike Morhaime, CEO and cofounder of Blizzard Entertainment. "We look forward to providing all of them with an excellent entertainment experience for a long time to come."

"Not only is Wrath of the Lich King still doing well, the base World of Warcraft game and the World of Warcraft Battle Chest are performing better than last year," said Bob McKenzie, senior vice president of merchandising at GameStop. "That type of traction is very impressive for a game that is going into its fifth holiday season and speaks to the enthusiastic player base Blizzard Entertainment products have."

To keep pace with the continued growth of World of Warcraft as well as development on other Blizzard Entertainment games, the company is currently hiring for numerous open positions. More information on available career opportunities can be found at www.blizzard.com/jobs. More information about the latest World of Warcraft expansion is available at the official Wrath of the Lich King website: www.worldofwarcraft.com/wrath.

Gothic 3 Forsaken Gods Patch 1.07 to download

Gothic 3 – Forsaken Gods. This patch fixes current problems, improves the overall stability of the game and heightens the gameing experience.

Before updating the game with the latest patch a re-installation of the game is recommended. All existing savegames have to be deleted and can not be used with the updated version.

For detailed information please find the patch log here:
Patchlog 1.07

Download Patch:
Gothic 3 - Forsaken Gods Patch 1.07

X-Blades - More Spells and Beasts

More Action from X-Blades, the fast-paced action adventure game, featuring a blend of cinematic style and beautiful anime-inspired characters, combat and environments

Fire Rage: You know what they say. Don’t play with fire if you don’t want to be burnt. Well I’ve love playing with fire and when I do, some things really do get burnt. In my many travels I learned how to create a ring of fire that allows me to incinerate everything around me. Not only is this power good for getting out of a sticky situation, it’s also great for warding off troublesome boys who think I need their help. (Requirement: Fire Blades)

Ice Arrow: I got this spell on one of my trips into the icy world of the mountains, where I came across a settlement of beings that seemed to be half-antelope and half-human. I hid and watched how they hunted Yetis using these Ice Arrows. The arrows froze the Yetis stiff for a while. I knew that frozen enemies would be easy meat (or ice) for my blades – but it's easy to carry out a long-range attack on a frozen opponent too.

Galapagos: After screwing up the Giant Galapagos, The Dark began manufacturing a smaller version of the same creature. The clones were twice as small as the original, and although they didn’t have much stamina and their armor was weak, they obeyed orders without question. So of them were altered so deeply they became all but invulnerable to Light magic.

Depressors: The Dark uses these ancient and partially restored machines to control the creatures it’s changing. For example, Depressors were used to guard captured Pangolins during their transformation into warriors and servants of the Dark. These ancient creatures are heavily armored and equipped with huge machine guns; however, due to their construction, their reaction times are slow. Depressors are highly susceptible to electricity, which causes its microschemes to short circuit.

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