Invite to UK launch of Dance Battle Audition

To mark the UK launch of the world's most popular online casual dance game, Dance Battle Audition, G10 Entertainment, the games creators, would like to invite you to the exclusive launch party of the DBA bus tour in London on Thursday April 17, 6-9pm. We'll have Audition experts on hand to train you how to play, plus they'll be loads of free drink and nibbles thrown in.

Dance Battle Audition is a dancing game that people can download to their PC for free. It is already the most popular online casual dance game in the world, with over 300 million playing it in China and South East Asia, America and India. Its success in South Korea has even led to a weekly TV show about it!!

http://www.goaudition.co.uk/

It is a dangerously addictive game that young people will love to play, and is soon set to take the UK's free online gaming community by storm. So rather than limber up your legs, just come along and flex your fingers and get ready to make some mean moves on the dance floor.

Why Rock Band in Europe will be twice as expensive as US version

Rob Kay of Harmonix, Rock Band publisher tried to explain why the European price of the game will be twice that of the same product in the US.

Rock Band will launch in Europe on May 23rd on Microsoft Xbox 360 then in the Summer on Sony PlayStation 2 Sony PlayStation 3 and Nintendo Wii.

Rock Band complete with game drum kit microphone and guitar will cost £180 or €240 in the US the cost was $169 approx £85 or €107.

Rob Kay has been reported as saying - "The combined price, if you add all that up and decide you want that full experience, is quite high. It's not something that is normal in videogames." 

"But Rock Band isn't normal in videogames," Rob continued - "This is an entirely new thing. What other game comes with three peripherals that are all different? It just makes sense for the experience we're trying to deliver."

Rob said the game was so expensive in the UK due to the higher price of electronic goods and VAT he said - "These are definitely not excuses so much as contributing reasons," Rob continued - "I can't talk to the explicit pricing - how it gets split down between retailers and distributors and the whole chain - because I don't actually know that much about it."

He hope consumers aren't "put off" by the high price of Rock band and point out the option to purchase just one instrument or the microphone.

Rob closed by saying - "I firmly believe that if people do purchase they'll have an amazing experience they couldn't get anywhere else."

SEGA close SEGA Rally Racing Studio

SEGA has confirmed yesterday's rumoured closure of its Racing Studio in Birmingham, citing a clear business decision as the reason for its demise.

The studio had been responsible for the latest SEGA Rally title, which was received to great critical acclaim, receiving a rare 9 out of 10 score on Eurogamer.net.

However, the title's marketing was disappointing and sales were poor, prompting original plans for an annual update to the franchise's revival to be shelved.

With no other projects for the team to move on to, it's now been deemed that the studio, unable to provide a reasonable return on investment, should be closed as part of SEGA's review into its operations.

The full statement from SEGA is as follows:

"Regrettably SEGA today announced that it is to commence consultation with a view to the unfortunate closure of the SEGA Racing Studio in Birmingham, UK.

"The decision is part of a review of SEGA's Western Development Studios to ensure that each studio is a profitable entity in its own right, and unfortunately the SEGA Racing Studio's 5 year plan would not result in a successful return for the SEGA business moving forward.

"SEGA would like to stress that there will be no changes within their other internal development studios."

Source: Games Industry

Assassin's Creed on PC and Nintendo DS

Having polarised opinion pretty much straight down the middle when it was released on Xbox 360 and PS3 last year, Assassin's Creed arrives on PC in a 'Director's Cut' guise. Featuring the incredible graphics, sprawling cities, and free-running gameplay that previously proved so popular, the PC version adds in further side-missions for extra variety. Winner!

GRID racing game on Xbox 360 PlayStation 3 Windows and Nintendo DS

A new world of motorsport is brought to life as Codemasters reveals the first gameplay video for GRID; the video is now showing online at www.grid-game.com.

Featuring aggressive wheel-to-wheel racing, spectacular crashes and a taster of the jaw-dropping damage engine, the unmissable trailer showcases GRID as the game that will make racing exciting again. With game footage captured from the dramatic in-car view and powerful replay camera, the stunning new video shows the broad range of race events, breath-taking cars and striking locations in the game.

In Europe, touring cars jostle for position at Spa, the Porsche 911 GT3 RSR races in the legendary Le Mans 24 Hours race at dusk and the Aston Martin DBR9 charges around the historic city-centre of Milan.

In Japan, gamers catch their first glimpse of GRID’s open-wheel racing series as Formula 3 cars battle around the new Otakuma circuit. At Yokohama docks, the Nissan Silvia and Subaru Impreza demonstrate the awesome exhilaration of drift and night-racing is revealed as the RE Amemiya RX-7 takes on the neon-lit streets of Shibuya in Tokyo.



Finally in the United States, the Dodge Viper roars through the iconic streets of San Francisco, Plymouth Barracudas and Chevrolet Camaros battle for supremacy in Washington and Jupiter Eagleray Mk5s smash their way through the chaos and carnage of the destruction derby in Detroit.

From its huge, challenging career mode to thrilling, incident-packed online races featuring up to 12 players, GRID will deliver an unparalleled competitive experience when it launches early summer for the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, the PLAYSTATION 3 computer entertainment system, Games for Windows, and Nintendo DS.

For the full video, new screens, wallpapers and to sign up to the official GRID newsletter visit the new site atwww.grid-game.com.

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Xbox 360 news update - new firmware for discontinued HD DVD

Sales for the Xbox 360 fell further in Japan this week as consumers flock to other hardware offerings.

The 360 ranked last in overall hardware sales.

Sales for Rockstar Games' Grand Theft Auto IV this week cracked the top five at Amazon.

The Xbox 360 SKU held a No. 3 rank in overall sales.

Microsoft this week deployed a new firmware update for the Xbox 360 HD DVD Player.

The company in Feb. discontinued the device following Toshiba Corp.'s exit from the HD DVD business.

Microsoft this week released Ikaruga to the Xbox Live Arcade division.

The latest version includes local and online co-op play.

Xbox 360 HD DVD Player sales continued to burn at Amazon this week. The product held an increase in sales from third-party sellers.

Clean the dust from your PlayStation 3 (ps3) with these simple video instructions

Watch the video here

Dust fans can greatly affect a console's performance.

They also generate a vexatiously louder than usual noise emanating from your powerful machine.

If you want to keep things nice and tidy and/or want your fans running smoother, you'll want to have a quick look at this clip.

It's basically a video instruction about running a fan test on your PS3 which also blows out the dust and essentially cleaning it up. What's nice is there's very little effort involved, so you can actually do this every day. Just a warning though, it's only for 40GB models.

Street Fighter Tribute - All-New Artbook and Contest!

Street Fighter is one of the most influential video game franchises of all time. It launched the head-to-head fighting game genre and brought together millions of players around the globe to do battle, first at arcades and later, across a variety of home consoles. 2008 is the 20th anniversary of the franchise and to celebrate the property’s rich history UDON Entertainment is producing an all-new full color art book - Street Fighter Tribute.

The Street Fighter fans who were young players when the franchise first launched are now grown up, but their love of the game continues. This high quality art book, showcases a cross section of brand new artistic interpretations of the Street Fighter characters in a series of full size pin-up style illustrations. The book will launch at this year’s Comic-con International: San Diego as part of Capcom’s Street Fighter Celebration content.


UDON artists and other comic, video game and freelance illustrators have been invited to interpret their favorite Street Fighter characters for inclusion in this special book. Along with these invited artists UDON is sending out a widespread open art submission call to the video game fan artist community to submit artwork for possible inclusion in the tribute volume.

You could be part of Capcom history as part of the Street Fighter Tribute art book and have your artwork showcased alongside top names in the industry! It’s time to show UDON and Capcom your unique vision of Street Fighter!

IGN has FREE Devil May Cry 4 video game guide online

There are times in DMC4 where the urge to hurl your controller directly through your TV is a nigh irresistible urge.

Trying to Devil Bringer your way across the moving grapple points beneath the pointy ceiling in Mission 3.

Breaking through the final boss’ shield, only to have him run away and recharge the damned thing before you can hit him.


Fighting the stupid lightning-powered demon as it teleports around the area. Gargh, I feel my hands cramping just thinking about some of these choice moments.

Fortunately, IGN’s got your back, so if you’re late to the whole DMC4 party, do not despair.