Monday, July 27, 2009

EA Has Revealed The Full Soundtracks For Madden NFL 10, NBA Live 10, NHL 10, And FIFA 10



For the first time in its history, EA has announced the full soundtracks for 4 of it's upcoming sport franchises, NHL 10, FIFA 10, Madden NFL 10, and NBA Live 10. Madden has big songs from big bands, whilst FIFA 10 features many international tracks, NFL 10 is full of Metal tracks, and NBA 10 has soul tracks. The idea behind giving the games different types of music was to match the type/style of music to the games unique styles, to give the player a unique experience every time.

Press Release/Music Tracks Per Game


MADDEN NFL 10
Since 2001, the annual Madden NFL soundtrack has become music’s most essential launching pad for such artists as Avenged Sevenfold, Franz Ferdinand, Lupe Fiasco and Fallout Boy. This year, Madden NFL 10 makes the ultimate surprise play with a front-line of classics that includes Black Sabbath, 2Pac, Iron Maiden, Kid Rock, Nirvana, Public Enemy, System Of A Down and Rage Against The Machine; tracks by breakout bands Airbourne, Mastodon, and Killswitch Engage; and an exclusive new song by Cypress Hill.

2Pac - Can't C Me
Airbourne - Heads Are Gonna Roll
Alice In Chains- Them Bones
B.o.B - Created A Monster
Bang Camaro - Revolution
Beastie Boys - Sabotage
Black Sabbath - Paranoid
Cypress Hill - Get ‘Em Up
Helmet - Unsung
Iron Maiden - Aces High
Judas Priest - Painkiller
Kid Rock - I Am The Bullgod
Killswitch Engage - Reckoning
Korn - Blind
Mastodon - Divinations
Nas feat. Puff Daddy - Hate Me Now
Nirvana - Breed
Pantera - Walk
Public Enemy - Shut Em Down
Rage Against The Machine - Guerrilla Radio
Set Your Goals - Gaia Bleeds (Make Way for Man)
Slipknot - Duality
System Of A Down - Sugar
The Vanity Plan - Before I Die
Young Dre The Truth - Cheah Beah

NBA LIVE 10
Long recognized as the premiere showcase for diverse and innovative new music, NBA LIVE 10 features more than 80% exclusive tracks, including reinvented classics from Afrika Bambaataa, Dead Prez and Snoop Dogg, along with ground-breaking collaborations by indie-rockers Matt & Kim with the legendary De La Soul, and newcomers Mickey Factz & B.o.B. The soundtrack also spotlights never-before-heard songs from Beastie Boys and Wyclef Jean.

88 Keys feat. Colin Munroe - Wake Up Call
Afrika Bambaataa feat. Why G, Mickey Factz &The Fort Knox Five - Zulu! (We Don't Stop Yawl)
B.o.B. - Champion
Beastie Boys - Pop Your Balloon
David Banner GQ - S.P.I.T.
De La Soul - La La La
Dead Prez - Still Bigga Than
Embassy Music Board - Overtime
Grand Puba - Get It
Laza - Crank It Up
Matt & Kim feat. De La Soul - Daylight (Troublemaker Remix)
Matt & Kim - Daylight
Mick Boogie feat. Kidz In The Hall, Donnis & Daytona - Class Of Our Own
Mickey Factz & B.o.B. - Mind Got Blown
Mos Def feat. Talib Kweli - History
Murs feat. Kurupt & Jay Rock - We Ballin'
Pete Rock - When I Need It
Reflection Eternal - Get Lite
Rye Rye feat. Busy Signal - Get Like This
Snoop Dogg - Lodi Dodi (LIVE 10)
Wale feat. Jazmine Sullivan - World Tour
Wyclef Jean feat. Haitian Fresh - Ballin'
Xzibit feat. BJ The Chicago Kid & Poo Bear - Fanatic
Young Dre The Truth & 2Pac feat. BJ The Chicago Kid - All Eyez On Me (The Truth)
Zion I - Go Hard

NHL 10
NHL 10 boasts a crunching line-up of metal, indie-punk and rapcore tracks from both legendary platinum bands – including Megadeth, Scorpions, Green Day and Rancid – and breakthrough new acts such as Cancer Bats and Metalkpretty.

Alexisonfire - Young Cardinals
Cancer Bats - Deathsmarch
CKY - Hellions On Parade
Disco Ensemble - Golden Years
Drangonforce - Heroes Of Our Time
Eagles Of Death Metal - Anything 'Cept The Truth
Earl Greyhound - Oye Vaya
Green Day - Know Your Enemy
Megadeth - Peace Sells
Metalkpretty - Wake Up! Wake Up!
Ministry & Co-Conspirators - Keys To The City (Chicago Blackhawks Theme Song)
MxPx - Kids In America
Nickelback - Burn It To The Ground
Papa Roach - Into The Light
Priestess - Raccoon Eyes
Rancid - The Bravest Kids
Scorpions - Rock You Like A Hurricane
Thousand Foot Krutch - Fire It Up

FIFA 10
For the latest edition of the most influential global soundtrack in the world today, EA SPORTS FIFA 10 brings together genre-spanning tracks from 39 different artists representing more than 25 nations, including England, Spain, Germany, Sweden, Mexico, Brazil, Norway, New Zealand, Israel, USA and Nigeria.

Adiam Dymott - Miss You - Sweden
Afrobots - Favela Rock - Brazil
Alex Metric - Head Straight - England
Auletta - Meine Stadt - Germany
Balkan Beat Box feat. Tomer Yosef and Saz - Ramallah-Tel Aviv - Israel
BLK JKS - Lakeside - South Africa
Bomba Estéreo - Fuego - Mexico
The BPA feat. Ashley Beedle - Should I Stay Or Should I Blow - England
Buraka Som Sistema feat. Pongolove - Kalemba (Wegue - Wegue) - Portugal
CasioKids - Fot I Hose - Norway
Children Collide - Skeleton Dance - Australia
Crookers feat. The Very Best, Two Fingers & Marina Gasolina - Birthday Bash - Italy
Cut Off Your Hands - Happy As Can Be - New Zealand
Dananananaykroyd - Black Wax - Scotland
Datarock - Give It Up - Norway
Fabri Fibra - Donna Famosa - Italy
Fidel Nadal - International Love - Argentina
Los Fabulosos Cadillacs - La Luz Del Ritmo - Argentina
Macaco - Hacen Falta Dos - Spain
Major Lazer - Hold The Line - USA
Marcio Local - Soul Do Samba - Brazil
Matt & Kim - Daylight (Troublemaker Remix feat. De La Soul) - USA
Metric - Gold Guns Girls - Canada
Mexican Institute Of Sound - Alocatel - Mexico
Nneka - Kangpe - Nigeria
Passion Pit - Moth's Wings - USA
Peter Bjorn And John - Nothing To Worry About - Sweden
Pint Shot Riot - Not Thinking Straight - England
Playing For Change - War / No More Trouble - WORLD
Rocky Dawuni - Download The Revolution - Ghana
Röyksopp - It's What I Want - Norway
Soshy - Dorothy - France
The Answering Machine - It's Over! It's Over! It's Over! - England
The Enemy UK - Be Somebody - England
The Temper Trap - Science of Fear - Australia
Tommy Sparks - She's Got Me Dancing - England
The Whitest Boy Alive - 1517 - Germany
Wyclef Jean - MVP Kompa - Haiti
Zap Mama - Vibrations - Belgium

EA SPORTS™ is the leading interactive sports software brand in the world, with top-selling titles and franchises including Madden NFL Football, FIFA Soccer,NHL® hockey, NBA LIVE basketball, NCAA® Football and Tiger Woods PGA TOUR®.

About Electronic Arts
Electronic Arts Inc. (EA), headquartered in Redwood City, California, is a leading global interactive entertainment software company. Founded in 1982, the Company develops, publishes, and distributes interactive software worldwide for video game systems, personal computers, wireless devices and the Internet. Electronic Arts markets its products under four brand names: EA SPORTSTM, EATM, EA MobileTM and POGOTM. In fiscal 2009, EA posted GAAP net revenue of $4.2 billion and had 31 titles that sold more than one million copies. EA's homepage and online game site is www.ea.com. More information about EA's products and full text of press releases can be found on the Internet at http://info.ea.com.
EA, EA SPORTS, EA Mobile and POGO are trademarks or registered trademarks of Electronic Arts Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries. John Madden, NFL, FIFA, NBA, NHL, NCAA, Tiger Woods, and PGA TOUR are trademarks of their respective owners and used with permission. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.


UK Box Art For Bayonetta Released By Sega

Sega has released the UK box art for Bayonetta. The box art shows that the BBFC has rated the game as 15.





NBA 10 Screenshots for Xbox 360/Playstation 3

EA has released new screenshots for the upcoming NBA 10 on the Playstation 3 and Xbox 360.

NBA 10




FIFA 10 PC Screenshots

EA has released some screenshots for the PC Version of FIFA 10.

FIFA 10





Re-Cap of The Weekends News (oldest to newest)




Sunday, July 26, 2009

What Have You Played This Week?

Football Manager 09PC – Still playing, still going. It is my vice and will be for many years to come.

CrushPSP – I know when i've been beaten, and this game has me beat. It is hard, very hard. The story is not really needed, but doesn't hinder it, and the art style is ok, again not a hindrance. The key to the game is the simple mechanic of being to change a 3d landscape to something 2d. This they have got down great, but perhaps too good. I find that the difficulty rises too quickly compared to the players own skill. In some respects this game is very similar to Echochrome, and perhaps could have benefited from the focus purely on the puzzle aspect. I know i'm not going to finish this game but that doesn't worry me. It's such a unique puzzler, i'm just happy to have played it, experienced a new style of puzzle game.

Killzone 2 – PS3 – just playing online, trying to get some badges I don't have. Just got the side-arm badge, which has unlocked a nice new weapon, and about to get the air support badge, which would give me a nice new trophy. Have not got the new maps as I can't afford to get them.

Pokèmon Platinum – DS – in training for the final gym battle. It's taking a while but i'm sure i'll do it very shortly.




Saturday, July 25, 2009

LucasArts Announces Star Wars The Force Unleashed Sith Edition

LucastArts have announced a new expansion for Star Wars The Force Unleashed as well as a new retail version of the game.
Coming out this fall, Star Wars The Force Unleashed Sith Edition is coming to retail for both Xbox 360 and Playstation 3. the game has the Coruscant DLC and the upcoming Tatooine DLC as well as a exclusive leve,l which follows on from the Tatooine DLC, putting the player on Hoth and other locations in Star Wars V The Empire Strikes Back.
The Tatooine DLC pack is set for a fall release on the Playstation Network and Xbox Live. This starts at the end of the game, but with one chance. the apprentice has killed Darth Vader, and taken his place at the side of the Sith Lord. Your aim on Tatooine is to kill Obi Wan kenobi.

Star Wars The Force Unleashed




Press Release

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. – July 24, 2009 - LucasArts today announced that their hit
videogame Star Wars: The Force Unleashed will see further expansion this Fall through
a new downloadable level for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from
Microsoft and the PLAYSTATION®3 computer entertainment system. In addition, the
company also announced Star Wars The Force Unleashed: Ultimate Sith Edition, a
special new version of the game for the Xbox 360 and PLAYSTATION 3, that will show
gamers the deepest, darkest side of the Force in a story that puts them on a collision
course with Luke Skywalker himself. Available this holiday season at retail stores, The
Ultimate Sith Edition will include all of the original missions found in Star Wars: The
Force Unleashed as well as content previously only available via download and an allnew
exclusive bonus level*.

Star Wars: The Force Unleashed completely re-imagines the scope and scale of the Force
and casts players as Darth Vader’s “Secret Apprentice,” unveiling new revelations about
the Star Wars galaxy seen through the eyes of a mysterious new character armed with
unprecedented powers. Originally released in September 2008, the game quickly became
the fastest-selling Star Wars game ever, and has since sold six million units worldwide.
About the Tatooine Downloadable Content for Star Wars: The Force Unleashed
Available this Fall via direct download from the Xbox LIVE® online entertainment
network and the PlayStation®Network, this new downloadable mission continues the
story of The Force Unleashed in a new “Infinities” storyline that takes the Star Wars
Saga in an entirely new and unexpected direction.

The mission begins at the end of the story of The Force Unleashed and re-imagines the
Star Wars Saga as if the Secret Apprentice had killed Darth Vader and taken his place at
the Emperor’s side, becoming the most powerful Sith Lord in the universe. The story
picks up as the Emperor sends his new apprentice to the planet Tatooine to dispatch Obi-
Wan Kenobi -- who has been hiding on the planet ever since the events of Star Wars:
Episode III Revenge of the Sith. During their hunt for the reclusive Jedi, players will also
explore the depths of Jabba the Hutt’s palace and encounter notorious bounty hunter
Boba Fett.

About Star Wars The Force Unleashed: Ultimate Sith Edition
Due to be released in retail stores this holiday season for Xbox 360 and PLAYSTATION
3, Star Wars The Force Unleashed: Ultimate Sith Edition combines the original Star
Wars: The Force Unleashed videogame and three new levels to create the definitive
ultimate-evil storyline of the events that occurred between the two classic Star Wars
movie trilogies*.

The additional content includes two levels set on Coruscant and Tatooine previously only
available via direct download, and an all-new exclusive level available only in the
Ultimate Sith Edition package.

The exclusive level concludes the “Infinities” storyline set up in the Tatooine mission, as
the Secret Apprentice is sent to the planet Hoth on a crusade to crush the Rebellion once
and for all. While on Hoth, players face Luke Skywalker himself while visiting iconic
locations seen in Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back.
More information about the game can be found at the official website,
www.theforceunleashed.com.

About LucasArts
LucasArts, a division of Lucasfilm Entertainment Company Ltd., is a leading developer
and publisher of interactive entertainment software worldwide for video game console
systems, computers and the Internet. Based in San Francisco, Calif., as well as on the
Internet at www.lucasarts.com, LucasArts was created in 1982 by George Lucas to
provide an interactive element to his vision of a state-of-the-art, multifaceted
entertainment company.

LucasArts and the LucasArts logo are registered trademarks of Lucasfilm Ltd. © 2009 Lucasfilm Entertainment Company Ltd. or Lucasfilm Ltd. & ® or ™ as indicated. All rights reserved. “PlayStation", “PLAYSTATION", and “PS” Family logo are registered
trademarks of Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. Xbox, Xbox 360, and Xbox Live are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. All other trademarks and trade names are properties of their
respective owners.

* Internet connection required to access PLAYSTATION 3 bonus content.