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Singstar Holiday Update. 20 Million Units Sold
By Joe Haygood | December 4, 2009
Over at the Playstation Blog yesterday, Sony put out an article detailing the new features that will be found in the latest update for Singstar. The update is a mixed bag, but has enough useful features to make it a good update. However, it does not fix the poor song selections from the European store to the US store. I really wish London Studios and Sony would address this issue, as a 200+ song differential between the two should not exist.
As for some of the highlights in the release:
- You can now purchase a song from the user videos screen. This way, if you find a song you are interested in, you can just buy it while watching videos, rather than find it in the store.
- You can now view the top ten downloads for the week in the What’s Hot section of the Singstar Store.
- Bookmarking other users media, so you can jump to it immediately
- Adding XMB user profiles directly into the game, so you do not have to add someone’s name to the playlist.
- Also, there are quite a few bug fixes in the update
Also, since we are entering the holidays, I did want to make note of two things. First off is the fact that one of the secret trophies in Singstar unlocks if you play the game on Christmas. I would play the game on both the 24th and 25th, just in case the clock is based on GMT time. The other item came from the same Playstation Blog article, which let us know that Singstar has now sold over 20 million units since its launch on the PS2 in 2004. Not too shabby for a karaoke driven experience.
Read-a-long with Game Informer #200
By Joe Haygood | December 4, 2009
Several times over, I have tried and tried to put together a read-a-long that achieves the success that our very own Fourhman does with his Nintendo Power articles. With issue 200 of Game Informer arriving in my mailbox earlier this week, I decided to put together a new read-a-long series focused on the Game Informer magazine I receive every month. So without further adieu, let’s get on with the show.
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Enjoy this article? You may also like:Check Out the Environments of Dark Void
By Joe Haygood | December 3, 2009Capcom sent out a new trailer today that gives us a look at the environments that are featured in their upcoming title, Dark Void. While I have not followed the release info on this title closely, I have to admit that I liked some of the vistas that were shown in the video. The scene looking over the cliff at the waterfall was impressive.
You will be able to jetpack your way through the world of Dark Void in January 2010.
Microsoft Brings Games on Demand to Windows PCs
By Joe Haygood | December 3, 2009
It looks like Microsoft is finally ready to jump into the digital distribution arena on the PC, with the announcement that Games on Demand will hit the Games for Windows Live client on December 15th.
The new download service will offer digital downloads of Live enabled games, like Red Faction: Guerrilla and Battlestations: Pacific to name a few. No word on whether all Live enabled games will be on the service, but we will find out on December 15th as to what will be there for purchase.
Also, it looks like a few bonus extras will hit the service, as there will be Live enabled versions of World of Goo and Osmos available via Microsoft Games Studios. Also, the exclusive Microsoft Vista title, Tinker, will hit the service as a free Live enabled download for all registered users.
While all of this is nice, Microsoft will not have the ability to succeed in this marketplace unless they can promise more Microsoft published titles, along with more Live enabled titles. If either of these conditions cannot be met, I don’t see how they can make any money off of this venture.
Check the jump for more info from the press release.
Check Out The Greatest Band Ever – Baby Dog Time
By Joe Haygood | December 3, 2009In preparation for the start of Ümloud!, a musical festival in San Francisco, CA, the event coordinators have worked with Wired to film a mockumentary featuring the greatest fake rock band ever, Baby Dog Time. The festival happens once a year, and proceeds from the event go to Penny Arcade’s “Child’s Play” charity.
And does anyone else have flashbacks to playing Rock Band and criticizing someones play by calling out the colored frets they were suppose to hit? Yeah, I thought so.
Star Trek: Belly of the Beast Trailer
By Joe Haygood | December 3, 2009This new footage shows off more of the space combat that will be present in the full version of Star Trek Online come February 2010. While all of this space footage looks fantastic, and shows that there is probably some tactics involved, as should be with a space combat simulation (remember, think in three dimensions Khan), but I am more interested in seeing how the ground combat will work into the game.
Recently, Ryan Scott wrote up a preview for Star Trek Online over at Gamespy.com, and was rather critical of the game, especially over the away team missions, stating that, “I’ve even heard whispers that the ground game got culled from Cryptic’s other middling MMO, Champions Online: Early beta players reported that melee attacks initially sent enemy mobs flying hundreds of meters backwards”.
I love the concept of a Star Trek Online MMORPG, but I have a bad feeling that we will not be getting the game that was conceptualized so many years ago.
Medal of Honor Returns to Consoles and PCs Next Year
By Joe Haygood | December 3, 2009
I remember the first time I ever played Medal of Honor: Allied Assault. The storming of Omaha Beach is probably one of the most memorable experiences I have played in a World War II environment. Unfortunately, the franchise was drilled into the ground over and over to the point that it lost complete relevance. It also did not help that a rival franchise, Call of Duty, came out with a better play system and better set pieces. With that, Medal of Honor went into hibernation, until today.
It seems that EA has decided to cash in on some of this new found popularity with current events, as Medal of Honor will return in 2010, this time taking us to the war ravaged country of Afghanistan. This new Medal of Honor title will have you playing a Tier 1 Operative, that answeres directly to the National Security Command.
I like the idea of a new Medal of Honor, and the new setting really gets me happy, as I am completely done with the World War II setting. The only thing that has me concerned is the look of the main character in the box art. He looks like he came straight out of a mold of 1990’s era James Hetfeld. I could be wrong, but it just seems like the wrong look for a character, but I might be nitpicking.
Anyway, check the following release for more information.
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Gotta invoke ‘em all: unlock and trade demons in new Shin Megami Tensei for DS
By Joe Fourhman | December 2, 2009
Seriously, Pokemon was, like, a really good idea.
Atlus USA announced today that Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey (DS) will include a demon-sharing system that allows players to swap custom-made monsters via unique passwords. So if you take the time to generate a winged, four-armed, superpsychic hellbeast for your RPG party, you can now give me a code so I can add that exact creature to my game.
Atlus will also release their own codes for players to collect, unlocking “rare, otherwise inaccessible demons, adding yet another layer of deep customization and endlessly addictive demon collection.” Shades of Pokemon Rumble or the original Animal Crossing!
Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey is scheduled to invade your DS next spring. My new plan is to buy the game a year later and then input all the mega-powerful demon codes you guys create, enabling me to sail through this M-rated, hours-engulfing sci-fi RPG in record time! Bwah ha ha ha!
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By Joe Fourhman | December 2, 2009
Not exactly a great moment for World Culture, I’m sure.
EA sent out some detailed info and screens from that odd-sounding DSiWare game that just hit the States this week… Foto Face: The Face Stealer Strikes. Nintendo’s thumbnail description mentioned you can use the DSi camera and microphone to put your voice and face into the game, making it sound sort of like Drawn to Life. Today’s press release reveals that you can actually grab the virtual vitals of up to 20 people (or pets, or stuffed animals, or action figures, or Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Model Calendar images, or whatever) to populate the gameworld. So this is finally your chance to make that Solid Snake vs Sonic vs Kirby vs Mario game you’ve always wanted. (Oh, wait…)
As for actual gameplay, EA sez: “Players will face many challenges along the way as they try to clear their name including battling baddies across the Haunted Hills, collecting stars throughout the Frantic Frontier and solving platforming puzzles in the Mystic East.” So, yeah, a lot like Drawn to Life.
And just to make sure you’re no better than all your non-gamer relatives playing Mafia Wars and Farmville, Foto Face will upload in-game screenshots directly to your Facebook account!
I’m actually pretty sold on this one already, just for sheer stupid. US DSi owners can get it now for 800 points; Foto Face will become available in the rest of the world this Friday. Full press release after the jump.
Countdown to Christmas with LittleBigPlanet
By Joe Fourhman | December 2, 2009
This morning Media Molecule’s Twitter offered up some holiday cheer: a virtual Advent Calendar from LittleBigPlanet. Bookmark the page and see what you might uncover each day. Media Molecule promises:
More outlandish trivia, wordsearches, jokes, objects, games for the pc and levels for littlebigplanet itself. There’s even an exclusive item on the way!
Not sure how they’re going to handle the exclusive item. Will that be a redemption code only available via the calendar, or is that just more recycled holiday DLC, like last year’s two-part Santa getup? We’ll keep an eye on the calendar and be sure to let you know if anything exceedingly awesome comes out of it.
