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New Guitar Hero: Metallica Trailer

It’s official the first Guitar Hero: Metallica trailer is out. Directly from Metallica’s website:

http://www.metallica.com/index.asp?item=601748

December 24, 2008 at 9:00 am Leave a comment

Wii Rumors – New Guitar Hero Legends Game- Guitar Hero: Metallica

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Here are some of the speculated features of GH:Metallica:

Expert Plus: New Drum difficulty. It’s a special difficulty for people with a splitter and two kick pedals. Not compatible with World Tour online Leaderboards.

DVD Style Content: Photos, set lists, fan club videos, rare live and behind the scenes footage

New tones: GHTunes is in the game and it offers up exclusive tones from James Hetfields ESP Truckster guitar and Slayers Tom Araya’s ESP Bass.

Drum Fill Mode: New cheat that lets you play freestyle drums on song using Metallica drum sounds.

Metallifacts: Watch performances of each track overlaid with Pop-Up Video style windows that points out trivia.

Check out the first Metallica and non-Metallica tracks after the break!

Metallica tracks:

Enter Sandman
For Whom The Bell Tolls
Fuel
Hit The Lights
King Nothing
Master of Puppets
No Leaf Clover
Nothing Else Matters
Sad But True
The Unforgiven
Where I May Roam

Other tracks:

“No Excuses” by Alice In Chains
“Turn The Page” by Bob Seger
“Hell Bent For Leather” by Judas Priest
“Demon Cleaner” by Kyuss
“Tuesdays Gone” by Lynyrd Skynyrd
“Blood and Thunder” by Mastodon
“Armed and Ready” by Michael Schenker Group
“Mother of Mercy” by Samhain
“Black River” by The Sword

Contributions from Queen, Slayer and Foo Fighters are also promised, but Activision is keeping schtum about those for now.

December 16, 2008 at 3:11 pm Leave a comment

X-Play has put out there 2008 Best of the Best- Which Wii Titles picked up the trophies?

Most Original Game:
Braid – Microsoft – XBLA (360)

Ubisoft - No More Heroes

No More Heroes – Ubisoft – Wii
LittleBigPlanet – SCEE – PS3
Boom Blox – Electronic Arts – Wii
Mirror’s Edge – Electronic Arts – 360
The World Ends With You – Square Enix – DS

Best Gameplay Innovation:
Left 4 Dead – AI Director – 360
Tom Clancy’s EndWar – Voice Command – 360/PS3

EA - Boom Blox

Resistance 2 – Objective-Based Multiplayer – PS3
Too Human – Right Stick Combat – 360
LittleBigPlanet – Level Creation/Sharing – PS3
Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning – Public Quests – PC

Best Multiplayer Game:
Madden NFL 09 – EA – 360/PS3
Too Human – Microsoft – 360
Gears Of Wars 2 – Microsoft – 360
Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix – Capcom – 360
Resistance 2 – SCEE – PS3
Left 4 Dead – Valve/EA – 360

Best Sports Game:
NHL 09 – EA – 360/PS3
Hot Shots Golf: Out Of Bounds – SCEE – PS3
Fifa 09 – EA – 360/PS3
NBA 2K9 – 2K Sports – 360/PS3
Madden NFL 09 – EA – 360/PS3

Best Downloadable Content:
Team Fortress 2 – Class Upgrades – 360/PS3/PC
Warhawk – PSN Expansions – PS3
Call of Duty 4 – Variety Map Pack – 360/PS3
Rock Band 2 – Downloadable Songs – 360/PS3
Burnout Paradise – Motorcycle & Map Expansions – 360/PS3

Best New Downloadable Game:
World Of Goo – 2D Boy – WiiWare (Wii)
Bionic Commando Rearmed – Capcom – 360

2D Boy- WiiWare - World Of Goo

Braid – Microsoft – XBLA (360)
Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved 2 – Microsoft – XBLA (360)
Ratchet & Clank: Quest For Booty – SCEE – PSN (PSN)
Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo HD Remix – Capcom – XBLA (360)/PSN (PS3)

Best Strategy Game:
Valkyria Chronicles – Sega – PS3
Galactic Civilizations 2: Twilight Of The Arnor – Stardock – PC
Advance Wars: Days Of Ruin – Nintendo – DS
Tom Clancy’s EndWar – Ubisoft – 360/PS3
Sins Of A Solar Empire – Stardock – PC

Best Shooter:
Gears Of War 2 – Microsoft – 360
Left 4 Dead – Valve/EA – 360
Far Cry 2 – Ubisoft – 360/PS3
Call Of Duty: World At War – Activision – Wii/360/PS3

Activision - Call of Duty - World at War

Resistance 2 – SCEE – PS3

Best RPG:
The World Ends With You – Square Enix – DS
Fallout 3 – Bethesda Softworks – 360/PS3
Persona 4 – Atlus – PS2
Tales Of Vesperia – Namco-Bandai – 360
Fable II – Microsoft – 360

Best New Character:
Niko Bellic – Grand Theft Auto IV – 360/PS3
Your Dog – Fable II – 360
Sackboy – LittleBigPlanet – PS3
Travis Touchdown – No More Heroes – Wii
Drebin 893 – Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns Of The Patriots – PS3

Best Art Direction:
Fable II – Microsoft – 360
Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns Of The Patriots – Konami – PS3
LittleBigPlanet – SCEE – PS3
Fallout 3 -Bethesda Softworks – 360/PS3
Far Cry 2 – Ubisoft – 360/PS3
Prince Of Persia – Ubisoft – 360/PS3

Best Animation:
Madden 09 – EA – 360/PS3
Left 4 Dead – Valve/EA – 360
Prince Of Persia – Ubisoft – 360/PS3
NBA 2K9 – 2K Sports – 360/PS3
Grand Theft Auto IV – Rockstar Games – 360/PS3
Resistance 2 – SCEE – PS3

Best Writing:
Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns Of The Patriots – Konami – PS3
No More Heroes – Ubisoft – Wii
The Witcher: Enhanced Edition – Atari – PC
Fable II Microsoft – 360
Grand Theft Auto IV – Rockstar Games – 360/PS3

Best Original Soundtrack:
Resistance 2 – SCEE – PS3
Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns Of The Patriots – Konami – PS3
Gears Of War 2 – Microsoft – 360
No More Heroes – Ubisoft – Wii
Mirror’s Edge – EA – 360/PS3

Best Sound Design:
Battlefield: Bad Company – EA – 360/PS3
Dead Space – EA – 360/PS3
Condemned 2: Bloodshot – Sega – 360/PS3
Fable II Microsoft – 360
Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns Of The Patriots – Konami – PS3

Best Action/Adventure:
Dead Space – EA – 360/PS3
Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns Of The Patriots – Konami – PS3
God Of War: Chains Of Olympus – SCEE – PSP
No More Heroes – Ubisoft – Wii
Grand Theft Auto IV – Rockstar Games – 360/PS3

Best Racing Game:
Motorstorm: Pacific Rift – SCEE – PS3
Pure – Disney Interactive Studios – 360/PS3
Mario Kart Wii – Nintendo – Wii
Grid – Codemasters – 360/PS3
Burnout Paradise – EA – 360/PS3

Best Music/Rhythm Game:
Guitar Hero: Aerosmith – Activision – Wii/360/PS3
Rock Band 2 – MTV Games/EA – 360/PS3
Patapon – SCEE – PSP
Guitar Hero World Tour – Activision – Wii/360/PS3
Audiosuft – Valve – PC

Best Handheld Game:
Chrono Trigger DS – Square Enix – DS
God Of War: Chains Of Olympus – SCEE – PSP
Patapon – SCEE – PSP
Professor Layton?? – Nintendo – DS
The World Ends With You – Square Enix – DS

Best MMO:
Age Of Conan: Hyborian Adventures – Funcom – PC
World Of Warcraft: Wrath Of The Lich King – Activision Blizzard – PC
Warhammer Online: Age Of Reckoning – EA – PC

Game of the Year:
Fable II Microsoft – 360
Grand Theft Auto IV – Rockstar Games – 360/PS3
Fallout 3 -Bethesda Softworks – 360/PS3
Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns Of The Patriots – Konami – PS3
Left 4 Dead – Valve/EA – 360
Resistance 2 – SCEE – PS3
Gears Of War 2 – Microsoft – 360

December 12, 2008 at 3:03 pm Leave a comment

Music-based games inspire many childeren to pickup the real instruments.

Children are becoming inspired to learn real musical instruments after playing music-based games such as Wii Music, Guitar Hero, and Rock Band, claims a new study. wii-music-goodies-8

The new report by the UK’s largest music charity Youth Music states that these games are having a dramatic effect on children taking up a instrument for the first time.

The research found that 19 per cent of young people said they now play an instrument because they were inspired to do so after playing a music-based console game.

Of the 12 million young people in the UK, aged between three and 18, more than half play music games on video game consoles.

December 10, 2008 at 1:35 pm Leave a comment

Cyber Monday – Amazon

If you haven’t found what you were looking for on Black Friday or decided to stay home and enjoy being with your family…good call. Amazon is rewarding you for not caving into the overconsumerism that we call Black Friday. Here are some of Amazon’s Cyber Monday deals. While not the overwhelming deals seen last Friday here are the most notable: