Nine Tracks Revealed for Rock Band 2: Journey, Foo Fighters, RHCP
(via Gaming Today) - Thanks to a preview on G4’s X-Play, nine Rock Band 2 tracks have been revealed and while this may change before RB2 hits stores in September, until then we can revel in the greatness that are every single one of these songs. Well, except for Kids in America by Kim Wilde, which while fun, is just not considered ‘great”.

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5 months ago 

AcidMods DIY FPS Controller for Xbox 360
(via Xbox Scene) - From F00 f00 on acidmods.com (http://www.acidmods.com/forum/index.php?topic=19911.0 ): This is basically how I think the xbox controller should have been in the first place. Its way more comfortable now and my gaming has improved too. Its pretty obvious from the pics what Ive done.

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5 months ago 

Publishers leaning on licenses
(via Gamespot) -- Dragon Ball accounts for nearly half of Atari sales, whereas THQ reaps a quarter of its revenues from WWE, another quarter from Pixar and Nickelodeon.

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5 months ago 

Sony to Fully Support Devs With Patching Trophies into Games Uncharted Getting Trophies Soon While Super Stardust Has Them Now
(via Gaming Today) - Eric Lempel, Sony’s PSN director of operations, has stated to Next-Gen that Sony will fully support any developers who want to patch trophies into games that have already been released. “Right off the bat when the firmware update goes live we’ll be patching Super Stardust HD, so that game will include Trophies from Wednesday.

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5 months ago 

Namco Bandai Releases SoulCalibur onto Xbox Live Arcade
(via Planet Xbox) -- Namco Bandai has released SoulCalibur on Xbox Live Arcade for 800 Microsoft Points. Sharpen your blades as you relive old grudges against classic adversaries in new high definition graphics. This is the only XBLA title coming out today.

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5 months ago 

Heavy next up on TF2 update checklist
(via Arts Technica) -- The lovable Heavy, everyone's favorite Team Fortress brute, is next up on the chopping block for updates. Get that chaingun whirring.

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5 months ago 

Chrono Trigger coming to DS
(via Arts Technica) -- An enhanced port of the SNES classic Chrono Trigger has been confirmed for the Nintendo DS. Yes, this is real people.

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5 months ago 

Soulcalibur stabs XBLA through the heart
(via Xbox 360 Fanboy) - Filed under: News, Xbox Live Arcade Looking for an upgraded fighting game with no widescreen support, online or modes to unlock? No? Well, if you change your mind Soulcalibur is now available on the Xbox Live Arcade. The classic fighter dropped as the lone release for the Arcade (as far as an actual game goes) and will hit your digital wallet up for 800 MS space-creds.

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5 months ago 

FYI Microsoft Points Expire
(via Unscripted 360) - I came across one gamer’s experience today complaining about being pissed at Microsoft for taking his Microsoft Points away.  Who wouldn’t be ticked off having someone rob you of Microsoft Points that you’ve spent your hard earned $ on.  I know I would but in this case it wasn’t what it appeared to be at [.

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5 months ago 

Twelve Best of The Who Tracks Coming to Rock Band
(via Loot Ninja) - The Who. Enough said. Awesome music that should work out great in Rock Band. According to the band's website, the collection will be available July 15th for the Xbox 360 and July 17th for the PS3. Here's the list of songs (all master recordings): “Amazing Journey” “Baba O'Riley” “Behind Blue Eyes” “Eminence Front” “Going Mobile” “Leaving Here” “My Generation” (LIVE) “Real Good Looking [.

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5 months ago 

Diablo's Archangel Tyrael is World of Warcraft's Newest In-Game Mini Pet
(via Gaming Today) - For those lucky enough to have attended the Blizzard Invitational last weekend in Paris, inside your goody bag you will have noticed a scratch-card which will allow you to download an in-game pet for World of Warcraft. Turns out, the lucky gougers who got the card will now be able to go to the pet redemption webpage to claim Archangel Tyrael of Diablo II fame as their new pet - but you have to wait until after the upcoming WoW patch ( 2.

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5 months ago 

What Do You Want To Be When You Grow Up, Kiddos? Night Note
(via Kotaku) - To: Crecente From: Ashcraft RE: Vacation: Cuff Links, Readers and A Swamped Pool Sounds like you had a nice vacation! And I dig the cufflinks. (And the brilliant reader Photoshops in the comments.) Earlier this evening we went up to Mini Bash's school for the Star Festival.

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5 months ago 

PS3 Firmware 2.40 Released
(via 360 Monster) - PlayStation 3 owners can now download the latest Firmware 2.40 update for their consoles. As reported earlier this week this update addresses one of the much requested features for the PS3, the in-game XMB. This new functionality lets gamers read and send messages, check up on what their buddies are currently playing as well as listen to music in game, all while in-game or surfing the web.

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5 months ago 

Namco's Dancing Wii Game With Added iDOLM@STER Japan
(via Kotaku) - In the upcoming issue of Famitsu, Namco Bandai announced Wii music rhythm game Happy Dance Collection. The game has players rhythmically match Wii-mote motions. Yes, it's cutesy and it's got Mii crowd integration, but the real kicker here is the music. As expected, the game features popular J-Pop like "http://jp.

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5 months ago 

Diablo 3: Not convinced
(via LazyGamer) -- So since Nick decided to get married instead of reporting on the gaming news I have had to try and cover the Diablo 3 story myself. You may have noticed a distinct lack of reporting on Diablo 3 so far, well you see the last iteration really didn’t really do it for me and

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5 months ago 

Blitz's Nash: Game Biz Needs To Evolve Training Practices
(via Gamasutra) - Talking as part of an in-depth Gamasutra feature, Blitz Games art director John Nash has been discussing the state of training in the game business, suggesting that developers have "yet to truly recognize and embrace" continuing education. In the introduction to his piece, which explains the internal 'Blitz Academy' set up at the UK-based developer behind the Burger King Xbox games and titles in the Karaoke Revolution and Spongebob Squarepants franchise, Nash explains: "The games .

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5 months ago 

Gameplay of Naruto PS3
(via Xboxyde) -- Namco-Bandai releases a new video of Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Storm, with more than two minutes of combat gameplay. Visually, it's true that we've never seen a cel-shaded game looking (and moving) that good.

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5 months ago 

Chimp Keeps The Comedy Coming
(via rampancy.net) - It's tough for a game to be funny. So it's no slight praise when GamesRadar says that Hail to the Chimp is funny-- if you're in your 20s: Through it all, the comedy keeps flowing, often in the form of commercials or news reports. Just how funny these bits are is debatable here in the office, but we have the same arguments about Family Guy and Saturday Night Live.

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5 months ago 

News: First Rock Band 2 songs spotted
(via Eurogamer) -- "Give It Away", "Ace of Spades" in.

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5 months ago 

Immense pressure for console Diablo III won't turn to force from Activision
(via N4G.com) -- VG247: Speaking under conditions of anonymity, a highly-placed source close to Vivendi has told VG247 that, despite comments from Blizzard to the contrary over the weekend, a newly-formed Activision-Blizzard may see a console version of Diablo III as a no-brainer.

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6 months ago 

Big changes happening over at Play The Zone
(via LazyGamer) - Any South African PlayStation fan knows about the PlayTheZone magazine. The long standing unofficial PlayStation magazine is going through a bit of a change…. okay a huge change. As of next month the previously unofficial PS magazine is going to go head to head against the big boy in the industry… NAG.

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6 months ago 

GameSpot AU presents Crosshairs July 3, 2008
(via Gamespot) -- In this week's show, we dissect Diablo 3, play some Too Human, race with Pure, chat about Xbox 360 price drops in Australia, and more! Plus, another game has been banned down under!

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5 months ago 

Auto-Installer Deluxe v4.30 Lite is Released
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5 months ago 

Video Tutorial: Stream Netflix Movies Directly to your 360
(via Xbox Scene) - From crave.cnet.com (http://crave.cnet.com/8301-1_105-9983275-1.html ): Last week we reported about this amazing hack and now we're showing you how to do it! It comes courtesy of Lifehacker.com and takes about 20 minutes to set up. Full Story: crave.

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5 months ago 

Previously on Sarcastic Gamer - July 2, 2008
(via Sarcastic Gamer) - Hello and welcome once again to the fine post we like to call ‘Previously on Sarcastic Gamer’. Yesterday we had a lot of great content hitting the site and here it is: News 60gb 360 To The Rescue… Of something. by Dave Roomah: PSP2 is an iPod Touch by Yamster UPDATED: the Who’s next? Rock Band, that’s who.

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5 months ago 

Guitar Hero III July Song Releases
(via Xbox Games) -- Song packs and individual tracks are released on a regular basis throughout July for the game Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock.

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5 months ago 

XBLA Wednesday 7/2: It's Soulcalibur Time
(via Gaming Today) - Today’s Xbox Live Arcade release is a serious mixed bag. On the one hand, it’s Soulcalibur, which they tell me is one of the greatest fighting games of all time. (I suck at every fighting game ever conceived, so I generally consider my opinion to be irrelevant when it comes to fighting games.

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5 months ago 

Mission Mode DLC coming to NG2 Ninja Gaiden II
(via Game Radar) -- Thank you sharp-eyed forum posters, you may have spotted something that could mean Ninja Gaiden 2 will actually get some content worth paying for. Sighted somewhere on the XBL Marketplace was the mention that NG2 will get a downloadable mission mode on the...

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5 months ago 

E3 and Its Kotaku Party Day Note
(via Kotaku) - To: Ash From: Crecente Re: What Do You Want To Be When You Grow Up, Kiddos? Wow it's been a crazy day. I've spent much of it trying to finalize our E3 plans, which includes that reader party we've been talking about. The appointments are mostly booked for the show. I just have a few companies left to finalize with.

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5 months ago 

SCEA Pulls PS3 Firmware 2.4 After Bricking Consoles?
(via Gaming Today) - This is not an image PS3 owners ever wanted to see. Having PS3 firmware fatigue? I don’t blame you, but the news seems to just keep coming. Gaming Today commenter ANGRY (I don’t know if you’re someone else and just using that name because you’re pissed off, but nevertheless) linked to the European PlayStation tech support forums, where a number of users are reporting problems after having upgraded their system’s firmware to version 2.

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5 months ago