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Tuesday, June 09, 2009

Guitar Hero on tour Modern Hits full set list and video

guitar hero full set listThe anytime, anywhere shredfest continues as the curtain is lifted to reveal the entire 28-song set list in Guitar Hero On Tour: Modern Hits for the Nintendo DS.

Guitar Hero On Tour: Modern Hits explodes onto store shelves packaged with the Guitar Grip peripheral and pick stylus this summer, and will include the following master recordings from the past decade:



• 12 Stones - “Adrenalin”
• AFI - “Miss Murder”
• Angels & Airwaves - “Call to Arms”
• Atreyu - “Falling Down”
• Black Tide - “Shockwave”
• Coldplay - “Violet Hill”
• Endeverafter - “I Wanna Be Your Man”
• Evanescence - “Sweet Sacrifice”
• Fall Out Boy - “This Ain't A Scene, It's An Arms Race”
• Finger Eleven - “Paralyzer”
• Foo Fighters - “All My Life”
• Franz Ferdinand - “The Fallen”
• Kaiser Chiefs - “Ruby”
• Lenny Kravitz - “Where Are We Runnin'?”
• Modest Mouse - “Dashboard”
• Phantom Planet - “Do The Panic”
• Sum 41 - “Still Waiting”
• Tenacious D - “The Metal”
• The Bravery - “Unconditional”
• The Donnas - “What Do I Have to Do”
• The Duke Spirit - “Lassoo”
• The Fratellis - “Chelsea Dagger”
• The Kooks - “Always Where I Need to Be”
• The Offspring - “Half-Truism”
• The Strokes - “Reptilia”
• Weezer - “Everybody Get Dangerous”
• Wolfmother - “Dimension”
• Yellowcard - “Lights and Sounds”



Handheld guitar gods can now choose how they raise-up their band from the underground music scene to worldwide rock stardom in Guitar Hero On Tour: Modern Hits. Featuring a set list comprised of more than 25 master tracks from influential artists including Coldplay, Fall Out Boy and Weezer, Guitar Hero On Tour: Modern Hits expands on the innovative Guitar Hero gameplay on the Nintendo DS by introducing an all-new Fan Request system that challenges players to jam like never before. Fret board fanatics can once again unleash their inner rock stars anytime, anywhere as they hone their shredding skills and jam to face-melting modern rock tracks from the last five years in Guitar Hero On Tour: Modern Hits.

Guitar Hero On Tour: Modern Hits is developed by Vicarious Visions and will be available exclusively for Nintendo DS this summer.

Real Tennis 2009, Rise of Lost Empires & DJ Mix Tour Now Available on iPod Touch and iPhone

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Real Tennis 2009
Continuing their strong experience with tennis games having already released three games on mobile with 1.3 million units sold to date, Gameloft announces its most comprehensive tennis simulation to date:

* 7 stadiums entirely modeled in highly detailed 3D graphics (France, UK, USA, Sweden, Germany, Argentina, Australia)
* Play on 3 different surfaces - clay, grass and synthetic each providing a different experience.
* 8 players in 3D graphics, each one with its own animations and characteristics
* 2 controls with two different joypads
* Online and Local Multiplayer modes to you test your skills against people all over the world.
* A Career mode that lets you join a tennis tour just like a real professional player.
* A wide array of strokes for a deeper experience: lob, drop shot, smash and more

Rise of Lost Empires
Download Rise of Lost Empires to your iPhone and be the Master of Light or Darkness. Build cities, raise armies, delve through dungeons and launch attacks against enemies with easy controls custom-developed for playing on the iPhone.Will you be strong enough to lead your empire to victory?

* A true real-time strategy game: Colossal armies to lead, cities to build, and resources to manage
* 2 campaigns one with humans, the other with Orcs with no fewer than 20 missions
* Controls perfectly customized for playing on the iPhone
* More than 20 units to control and 20 different buildings to construct
* 6 heroes with tremendous strength and magical powers to lead your armies
* A variety of beautiful heroic fantasy environments

DJ Mix Tour
The 2nd game of Gameloft's rhythm range, following Guitar Rock Tour, will seduce fans of other musical genres by remixing its popular gameplay to offer a brand new musical experience.

* Astonishing tracklist: 16 licensed club songs from the top of club airplay charts, mixing the hottest hits and legendary electro tunes: Lady GaGa, Britney Spears, Pink, Axwell, September and more!
* Very attractive music genre for iPhone/iPod Touch users who are huge music consumers.
* Real interaction between the player and the game, offering an immersive musical experience:
* Feel like a DJ thanks to the touch-sensitive turntables in the menu and music player.
* Play in a crazy club atmosphere thanks to 3D animation and environments.
* Beware of silence and wrong notes if you miss or fail a hit!

Counter Strike World Record - become part of history

heaton-guiness-world recordQPAD, the Swedish company famed for its premium gaming gear, today announced that they will host the first Guinness World Records attempt in Counter-Strike at Dreamhack, the biggest lan party in the world, taking place between 13-16 of June.

Compete against HeatoN in the world record attempt.

Everybody is welcome to participate, just sign up at the QPAD booth on location. The rules are simple! Stay as winner in a King Of the Hill for as long as you can. The contender who first reaches 10 points stays and meet the next challenger. The player with most points throughout a 6 hour period will set the new world record and end up in the official Guinness World of Records 2010 "Gamer's Edition" book. The living gaming legend Emil "HeatoN" Christensen, who is known throughout the world for his achievements in the Counter-Strike 1.6 pro gaming scene, will be the first challenger to try and get the world record. There will be two attempts during Dreamhack Summer 2009. The first one will take place on Sunday 14th of June to be followed up by a last chance during Monday 15th of June. You are only allowed to participate once. The world record attempt will be played on the classic QPAD aim map used in the QTOUR Championship 1on1 tournament.

Download the map
http://www.qpad.se/aim_qpad_2007.zip

Hired Guns – The Jagged Edge Gets an Update to 1.08

Plenty of fixes lock, loaded, and headed into the jungle!
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Matrix Games is pleased to announce that the 1.08.00 update is now available for Hired Guns – The Jagged Edge. The comprehensive update comes with several bug fixes and overall performance improvements to the tactical portion of the game.

David Heath, Director of Operations at Matrix Games, said “Hired Guns – The Jagged Edge has improved significantly in game balance and performance since its release. We are working with the development team to continue to improve and expand on the game as time goes on.”

Hired Guns: The Jagged Edge is a turn-based strategy game that puts you command of a squad of specialists for hire in the genre’s biggest game-world yet: the African country Diamond Coast. Diamond Coast is a playground for the cruel and corrupt, each with their own agenda. Choose your friends wisely and buy an army of ruthless mercenaries to unleash mayhem on your foes. Choose “jobs” from different factions and complete them for cash to upgrade your weapons and hire more elite soldiers of fortune.

Tons of firepower and plenty of combat experience will give your team the edge when it comes to fighting, but smooth talk and a wad of bills can also go a long way towards ensuring success. With multiple story lines and endings, you’re in total control of your own fate.

The update is comprehensive and will bring of all previous versions of Hired Guns to 1.08.00. Get more information on Hired Guns – The Jagged Edge from its official product page.

EA sports Serves Up Grand Slam Tennis Nintendo Wii video game

grand slam tennis video gameElectronic Arts announce that EA SPORTS Grand Slam Tennis is now available in North American retail stores and will be available worldwide by June 12, 2009. Developed specifically for the Nintendo Wii by EA Canada, Grand Slam Tennis offers the deepest and richest tennis gaming experience at all four Grand Slams and is the only game to feature Wimbledon. Experience the thrill of playing on famed Centre Court or under the lights at the U.S. Open.

With authentic tennis motions, users will feel like they are actually playing tennis. They can vie for tennis immortality in Grand Slam Career mode by winning all four majors, a feat Roger Federer accomplished yesterday after winning his first French Open. With the win, he tied Pete Sampras with 14 career Grand Slam titles. Both are among the licensed players in Grand Slam Tennis, which includes some of the greatest in tennis history. John McEnroe appears exclusively in the game and graces the North American cover, along with Federer and Serena Williams. Joining the trio is a mix of current stars and legends who collectively own 136* Grand Slam singles titles.

As one of the first titles compatible with the Wii MotionPlus™ accessory, the one-to-one motion in Grand Slam Tennis is taken to a higher and more authentic level. Gamers will be in full command of their players and in control every inch of the court with added shot depth and ball placement. In Europe, Grand Slam Tennis will be exclusively bundled with the Wii MotionPlus™ accessory.

With Tennis Party mode, a fun and social tennis gaming environment comes to life for multiple players. Using a variety of unique rule twists, a dozen party games can be played including “King of the Court”, “Tag Team” and “Drops and Lobs”. With online** capability, connect with new opponents and add to your country’s point total on the Battle of the Nations leader board.

Not only does Grand Slam Tennis combine fun and social gaming, its great way to stay active and in shape. The fitness component allows players to track the calories burned after each match. Personal goals can be set and managed on a daily, weekly or monthly basis, adding a new dimension to the total tennis experience.

Grand Slam Tennis for the Wii has been rated “E” by the ESRB and “3+” by PEGI, and has an MSRP of $49.99 USD in North America. For more information, log onto www.easports.com/tennis. Media can find screenshots and videos of the game at http://info.ea.com.

Top-selling titles and franchises from EA SPORTS include Madden NFL football, FIFA Soccer, NHL, NBA LIVE, NCAA Football, Tiger Woods PGA TOUR and NASCAR racing.

*as of June 8, 2009

Overlord II (2) video game trailer - Controlling One's Minions video

overlords-minionsAll four Minion races return in Overlord II and theyre fiercer, funnier and more disruptive and destructive than they were before, says Lennart, discussing the Minions new skills. In Overlord II, if theres a specific task thats just too filthy for an Overlord to do, he can just possess a minion and get his dirty work done that way.



Prepare to become the master of minions and the squisher of Gnomes in Overlord II the game that puts the laughter into slaughter coming June 26th for the PLAYSTATION 3 computer entertainment system, Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft and Games For Windows.

Let's Tap finger tapping sensation on Nintendo Wii HD game trailers

lets tap nintendo wii gameLets Tap offers a new and innovative way of playing on the Wii which only a videogame legend such as Naka-san could have ever possibly imagined Commented Gary Knight, European Marketing Director SEGA Europe. Its such a simple yet genius concept and still easy to pick up and play, everyone will be tapping away before you know it!



Featuring five separate game modes with multiple levels and allowing up to four players for multiplayer action, Lets Tap presents an assortment of different finger-tapping challenges for players to master. In Tap Runner players use differing finger tapping pressure to make simple stick figure racers run through an obstacle course.



In Visualizer players are allowed to create dazzling fireworks effects, dramatic paint strokes, amongst other effect as they tap out different rhythm patterns that correspond to different effects.



Silent Blocks finds players taking turns removing blocks from a large stack, tapping too hard will result in a collapsing stack of blocks.



Bubble Voyager allows players to fly through space, blasting obstacles and enemies in order to reach the far stretches of the universe. And finally Rhythm Tap allows players to time the taps of their fingers to high energy music.

Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games 2010 NEW HD video game trailer

mario-sonic-winter-olympics-2010Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games will take players to lifelike Olympic venues where they can choose from a legendary cast of playable characters, including new faces to the series to be revealed later this year. Following the phenomenal worldwide popularity of Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games, which has sold over 10 million copies worldwide, this fresh gaming experience will feature completely new Olympic Winter Games events from the official competition schedule including Alpine Skiing and Speed Skating with more events announced throughout the year.

Puzzle Kingdoms video game on Nintendo DS Wii and PC

Puzzle Kingdoms on Nintendo DS and PCA vibrant mix of strategy and puzzle gameplay ensures an entertaining and unique in-game experience. Build your army and conquer territory to unlock new spells and infantry units!
Developed by the same team that brought you Puzzle Quest, Puzzle Kingdoms is set to be the new Puzzle Real Time Strategy smash hit on the Wii, DS and PC.

A vibrant mix of strategy and puzzle gameplay ensures an entertaining and unique in-game experience. Build your army and conquer territory to unlock new spells and infantry units!

Find the hidden secrets held within the magical kingdom by unearthing puzzles, managing heroes and units for utimate victory in battle!

• Choose from numerous heroes including wizards, dwarves,mages and trolls
• Amalgamate units and magic powers to obliterate your opponents for ultimate victory
• Multiple connect 3 style puzzle game-play styles for different key areas of the world
• Choose from numerous heroes including wizards, dwarves, mages

Hellion - Mystery of the Inquisition video game on PS3 Xbox 360 and PC

As the satanic brood turns the world into chaos, today Flying Fish Works announces the main character for their upcoming product “Hellion: Mystery of the Inquisition”. “Godric of Glastonbury”, a European sword master full of honor and devotion to the Holy Roman Church, is a religious servant during the unpromising resistance against the inconceivable evil.

A horrible incidence in his younger days decide “Godric” to become a master of sword fighting. Full of grief and aware of omnipresent injustice he left his homeland to revenge the past. On his journey across Europe, “Godric” joined the Dominicans, dedicated to the Pope, preaching and converting the non-believers. The Dominicans decided to reveal their arcane to “Godric”, including their knowledge of the supernatural and their ways of resisting both spiritual and incarnate evil. “Godric” gained knowledge of exorcism and together with his will to accomplish his fate he became a very unique knight.

“Hellion: Mystery of the inquisition” is an extraordinary First-Person-Shooter set in the 13th century. As an armed man of the newborn Inquisition, the player will battle heretics, execute exorcisms, face demons and unintentionally become part of a political and religious intrigue. It is an epic journey through different medieval cultures full of real-life characters, wild animals, rough warriors, powerful Templar knights, deadly assassins and, ultimately, horrifying demons.