1st
Mega Man 9 - Now here's a good idea. Instead of spitting out the same crappy Mega Man games over and over, they've brought the series back to its roots. I'd pick it up for old times sake.

7th
NBA 2K9 - Sports fans rejoice! Not my thing, but I think this will sell pretty good before it's price is cut in half within a month (I mean seriously...sports games depreciate faster than any other genre by far).

14th
Dead Space - From what I've seen and read, this looks to be pretty awesome. I love the whole idea; an engineer exploring a derelict spaceship loaded with monsters, trying to find out what exactly happened. It reminds me of Bioshock.

Saints Row 2 - I liked the first one because it held me over until GTA IV, but this time around, I'm not too interested.

Rock Revolution - Hahahahaha...really...who cares? If you wanna try your hand at great music/rhythm games, Guitar Hero World Tour and Rock Band 2 would be the obvious choice(s).

Golden Axe: Beast Rider - When I heard they were bringing this series back, I was amazed. The game has been keeping on the down low, so it's a tossup on whether or not it'll be worth my money.

21st
Fable II - I wasn't a huge fan of the first one, but this game has massive hype. In all honesty, I don't think it'll be too great, but then again, I could be wrong.

26th
Guitar Hero World Tour - Wait...another one!? At this point, I really don't care about these games anymore.

28th
Fallout 3 - My pick of the month. I have it preordered because I have that much faith in Bethesda. I never played the other two, so I won't be disappointed if it's not like those.

Scene It? Box Office Smash - If this is like the first iteration that came out last year, I think it'll be another fun party game.

When Guitar Hero first came out I went through a period of such glee. Two out of my three favorite things in life, music and video games (go ahead, I DARE you to try and guess the third) were combined to form one product that has brought so much happiness into my life. Upon its success and subsequent sequels, GH just kept on getting better and better. This week, my dreams of being a super star DJ that I've had since I was 11 years old became half true (real is always better) with the leaked announcement of DJ Hero. Trust me, if I could afford a $3000 turntable setup at this time I would be all over it, but this will probably at most $200 out of pocket which isn't so bad. Either way, I'm stoked. But it got me thinking. Is it ever gonna stop?

Naturally with the way free enterprise works, knockoffs are inevitable. This past E3 it was pretty clear when impostors like Rock Revolution and the deplorable Wii Music were on display. Hell even Rock Band rode the coattails of the music game revolution but they obviously did a more comprehensive version. The thing that worries me personally is that I have to be consistently aware with what goes on with these games, not only because its my job, but because I'm pretty obsessive about it. And when I don't get games for free (and you can guarantee that the extra hardware doesn't go to metro-centric press like me), there is a huge sum of money I have to set aside to buy the whole set. So I ask, is it really worth it?

I don't have Rock Band 2 at this time but there's a pretty good chance I'll be doling out the cash for Guitar Hero World Tour. And of course when DJ Hero and all its sequels come out there's not question I'll be buying those. So as both press and consumer, I realize that I am being herded but there just seems to be a bit of complacency and acceptance with that. My only concern is, when will I have to draw the line?

Despues de la presentación tan incidentada en el E3 del juego Rock Revolution, Konami demuestra que le tiene fe a su producto y anuncia que el proximo 14 de Octubre lanzara el juego para el Nintendo Wii, PS3, XBOX360 y . . . el Nintendo DS. Para las consolas se tiene preparado el kit que solo incluira la bateria. Ya que Konami decidio que su juego sea compatible con las guitarras de Rock Band, Guitar Hero o las genericas.

Por otro lado el juego para el Nintendo DS usara la touch screen para usar los intrumentos y mediante tu Wi-Fi podras jugar con tus amigos. Les dejo el video promo de "Scars on Broadway" y unas imagenes.

Aunque yo no entiendo, porque Konami quiere una rebanada de un pastel que ya todos han probado. Su bateria se ve rara, pero interesante. El hecho de querer sacar provecho a las guitarras que ya existen es un buen movimiento, pero te hace pensar que el juego nunca sera mejor que un GUITAR HERO o un ROCK BAND. Es muy triste ver que Konami no entienda eso.

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It seems that Ryan Payton, the producer from Metal Gear Solid 4, might be becoming the director for the Peter Jackson Halo project. I think it would be a great change in directions for the Halo series, especially now that the actual trilogy is done. With little (i.e. nothing) known about what Peter Jackson was planning with the project, Payton might be able to get full range to do whatever he wants with the project. While I don't expect to see anything like Metal Gear Halo, he might slip in a few things that worked for the Playstation 3 game. It will be interesting to hear any information that is leaked about the project.

On the flip side of good things, Konami announced that they won't be making a guitar controller to go with their upcoming Rock Revolution game. This seems like a very risky gambit for the newest music game to enter the fray. Even though Konami started music games long ago with Beatmania and GuitarFreaks, for the console gamers this is their first foray into the system. Logically, they should put their own set of equipment up with a unique feature to try to draw gamers in. Instead, they're wanting to put out a drum set and make gamers use another guitar from Guitar Hero or Rock Band. I guess that Konami is hoping the plan will pay off better than the announcement of the game did.

That's all for my recaps of the day. I'd like to credit Joystiq and Kotaku with the original stories, that are linked to.

I don't know about you, but the $300 price tag on these new Rock Band drums seems to be a little high.  Now, seeing as the original set for Rock Band set you back $169 dollars when it first came out and that included drums, guitar, and microphone.  With the release of Rock Band 2, you can expect to spend another $169 dollars on a new set of drums, guitar, and microphone.  The first question you are probably asking is...Who the hell has a living room big enough for these plastic instruments??

We are getting to that point of saturation.  This isn't counting the new Guitar Hero: World Tour with its own guitar, drums, and microphone or Rock Revolution with its own drums kit.  The high prices on these games has started to shine a small fact on everyone involved....It's getting more expensive to play with a plastic instrument than it is playing a real guitar or drums!!  They will continue to churn out the same sets of instruments every year for us to buy like the little sheep we are.  By 2015, we are gonna have to open new landfills, just for plastic guitars and drums.  This point brings me back to the new Ion drum set that is compatible with both Rock Band and Rock Band 2.  Why do we need an extra-special version of the drums? Is it for those players that are playing through expert with one arm tied behind their back?  How are these drums going to help you play better if you are already 5 starring every song?  I guess we will never know the answe.....Wait a second...MONEY!!!!

As seguintes faixas deverão estar no Rock Revolution:

1. All My Life by Foo Fighters
2. All the Small Things by Blink-182
3. Am I Evil? by Metallica
4. Are You Gonna Be My Girl by Jet
5. Bad Reputation by Joan Jett
6. Blitzkrieg Bop by Ramones
7. Chop Suey! by System of a Down
8. Cum on Feel the Noize by Quiet Riot
9. Dance, Dance by Fall Out Boy
10. Detroit Rock City by Kiss
11. Diary of Jane by Breaking Benjamin
12. Dirty Little Secret by All-American Rejects
13. Dr. Feelgood by Mötley Crüe
14. The End of Heartache by Killswitch Engage
15. Falling Away from Me by Korn
16. Given Up by Linkin Park
17. Heading Out to the Highway by Judas Priest
18. Highway Star by Deep Purple
19. Holy Wars… The Punishment Due by Megadeth
20. Joker & the Thief by Wolfmother
21. Kiss Me Deadly by Lita Ford
22. Last Resort by Papa Roach
23. Magic Man by Heart
24. No One Like You by Scorpions
25. Our Truth by Lacuna Coil
26. Pain by Three Days Grace
27. Paralyzer by Finger Eleven
28. Pull Me Under by Dream Theater
29. Round and Round by Ratt
30. Run to the Hills by Iron Maiden
31. Sk8er Boi by Avril Lavigne
32. Somebody Told Me by The Killers
33. Spoonman by Soundgarden
34. The Spirit of Radio by Rush
35. Still of the Night by Whitesnake
36. Stone Cold Crazy by Queen
37. Walk by Pantera
38. We’re Not Gonna Take It by Twisted Sister
39. White Room by Cream
40. Won’t Get Fooled Again by The Who
41. Youth Gone Wild by Skid Row

Fonte (em inglês): Blabbermouth.net

Fonte: Metallica Remains

  A Konami revelou as faixas que estarão em Rock Revolution (concorrente de Guitar Hero e Rock Band) game que sairá dia 15 de setembro para o Wii (versão DS ainda a confirmar o lançamento!). Confiram:

1. All My Life - Foo Fighters
2. All the Small Things - Blink 182
3. Am I Evil? - Metallica
4. Are You Gonna Be My Girl - Jet
5. Bad Reputation - Joan Jett
6. Blitzkrieg Bop - Ramones
7. Chop Suey! - System of a Down
8. Cum on Feel the Noize - Quiet Riot
9. Dance, Dance - Fall Out Boy
10. Detroit Rock City - Kiss
11. Diary of Jane - Breaking Benjamin
12. Dirty Little Secret - All-American Rejects
13. Dr. Feelgood - Mötley Crüe
14. The End of Heartache - Killswitch Engage
15. Falling Away from Me - Korn
16. Given Up - Linkin Park
17. Heading Out to the Highway - Judas Priest
18. Highway Star - Deep Purple
19. The Punishment Due - Megadeth
20. Joker & the Thief - Wolfmother
21. Kiss Me Deadly - Lita Ford
22. Last Resort - Papa Roach
23. Magic Man - Heart
24. No One Like You - Scorpions
25. Our Truth - Lacuna Coil
26. Pain - Three Days Grace
27. Paralyzer - Finger Eleven
28. Pull Me Under - Dream Theater
29. Round and Round - Ratt
30. Run to the Hills - Iron Maiden
31. Sk8er Boi - Avril Lavigne
32. Somebody Told Me - The Killers
33. Spoonman - Soundgarden
34. The Spirit of Radio - Rush
35. Still of the Night - Whitesnake
36. Stone Cold Crazy - Queen
37. Walk - Pantera
38. We’re Not Gonna Take It - Twisted Sister
39. White Room - Cream
40. Won’t Get Fooled Again - The Who
41. Youth Gone Wild - Skid Row

Achei a tracklist nota 8/10 e vocês?

Moi featuring la grande doudou de 19 ans :

A demain... ou pas !

Infatti, la casa giapponese, ha intenzione di permettere ai giocatori di godere del loro titolo contando sulle periferiche della concorrenza.

Davvero un'ottma notizia.

Y es que tras las idas y venidas con el nuevo juego de Harmonix nos veíamos los poseedores de ya dos guitarras en los Guitar Hero 2 y 3 que no eran compatibles con el nuevo juego Rock Band. En la 360 sí que lo eran, pero la guitarra del Rock Band no era compatible con los Guitar Hero. En la Playstation 3 ya nada era compatible directamente.

Con los nuevos juegos de “bandas al completo” iba a ser casi imposible convivir con varios instrumentos en cada una de las versiones. Al final parece que no ha llegado la sangre al río y se van a producir muchas compatibilidades en las que los instrumentos de una saga valdrán para la otra y viceversa. Hay detalles como que los micros del Singstar puedan ser utilizados en estos juegos.

Algo también muy esperanzador es que están cerca de anunciar la compatibilidad de las guitarras actuales para ser utilizadas tanto en Guitar Hero como en Rock Band, algo que va a quitarle a alguno muchos quebraderos de cabeza.

Esperamos que Microsoft mueva ficha también y no deje tirado al usuario, si bien es cierto que es la que tiene ahora mismo más compatibilidades entre los sistemas.

Fuente: Meristation.com

]]> http://thatgamefunk.wordpress.com/?p=156 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:55:45 +0000 funkyg123 http://thatgamefunk.pt-br.wordpress.com/2008/08/19/sony-future-music-peripherals-to-feature-a-basic-level-of-compatibility/

Fresh off the Playstation Blog is news that the upcoming peripherals for Rock Band 2 (Harmonix), Rock Revolution (Konami), and Guitar Hero: World Tour (Neversoft/Activision) will at the very least feature some level of basic compatibility across one another. Michael Shorrock, Director of 3rd Party Relations at SCEA, had this to say about it:

"For the past several months, we have been working closely with Neversoft and Activision, Harmonix and Konami to ensure that PlayStation 3 guitars and drum sets will all feature a basic level of gameplay compatibility.

For the most part, this means that the titles with musical peripherals will work with the other’s software. A few specific examples include: Guitar Hero: World Tour’s guitars and drums will work with Rock Band 2 and Konami’s Rock Revolution software.

And yes, you guessed it, Rock Band 2’s guitar and drum set will work with Guitar Hero: World Tour and with Rock Revolution.

Conversely, Rock Revolution’s drum set will work with both Guitar Hero: World Tour and Rock Band 2.

In addition, Guitar Hero: World Tour and Rock Band 2 will both support the SingStar microphones.

We’re still working hard to ensure compatibility between the Guitar Hero and Rock Band titles currently on the market, and we hope to have an announcement on that shortly.

Of course each of these great games have their own specific cool features that may not be compatible with the other controllers, but this is our first big step in bringing a level of compatibility to music games that is sure to benefit PlayStation 3 consumers."

Y'all get that? Seems to be an important first step in eroding my previous fears of the market being crowded with a glut of incompatible instruments - after all, don't these companies want to get their games out to the greatest number of people as possible? So why limit that by restricting compatibility in the first place? Of course, this means squat for the GH and RB games/peripherals currently out for the PS3 now - meaning if you want to play all of those new music titles this fall, you'll still have to jump on one of their bundled sets - so hopefully something fruitful will come out of that matter.

Source:PS Blog

Questo significa che, ad esempio, la batteria e la chitarra di Guitar Hero: World Tour funzioneranno anche con Rock Band 2 e con Rock Revolution. Stesso discorso anche per il drum set e la chitarra di Rock Band 2 che saranno compatibili con Guitar Hero: World Tour e Rock Revolution, mentre la batteria di Rock Revolution supporterà Guitar Hero: World Tour e Rock Band 2. In aggiunta, i microfoni di SingStar potranno essere utilizzati con Guitar Hero: World Tour e Rock Band 2.

Per completare l'opera, la Sony è al lavoro per permettere una piena compatibilità ai titoli di Guitar Hero e Rock Band attualmente sul mercato.

Come confermato da Shorrock, questo è solo un primo passo per una compatibilità di base e le caratteristiche specifiche di ogni gioco e periferica verranno pienamente rispettate, ma di sicuro si è pensato di ridimensionare le spese che ogni possessore di un gioco musicale dovrebbe sborsare per acquistare gli strumenti di ogni gioco.

SCEA Director of Third Party Relations, Michael Shorrock, updated the compatibility of music peripherals on the PS3. Many people have full band equipment from Rock Band, and most gamers don't want their entire living room taken up by sets of plastic instruments. Luckily, you won't have to buy an entire package all over again. The compatibility list on the Official PlayStation Blog is as follows:

Rock Band 2

• Drums and guitar work with Guitar Hero: World Tour and Rock Revolution.

Guitar Hero: World Tour

• Drums and guitar work with Rock Band 2 and Rock Revolution.

Rock Revolution

• Only drums work with Rock Band 2 and Guitar Hero: World Tour.

SingStar

• Microphones work with Rock Band 2 and Guitar Hero: World Tour.

Of course some games will have special features that only work with their specific instruments, but interchangable peripherals can ease your wallet's pain. I'm hoping no one would want to buy Rock Revolution anyway.

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Did you buy the mic for Singstar, but didn't want to have to buy the mic for Rock Band 2 as well? Were you going to buy Rock Band 2 and the accompanying instruments, but didn't want to have to buy the entire package for Guitar Hero: World Tour? Guess what. Sony was looking out for you.

PS. Konami is not left out of the fun. The instruments will be compatible with Rock Revolution as well.

A recent blog post has indicated that Sony is ensuring that PS3 users will have the ability to enjoy the upcoming music games without having to spend a fortune. You have to have heard someone ask which title should they get. No one really wants to spend all of their Christmas budget on these two titles alone.

Sony said an announcement for compatibility between the current music titles will arrive when the feature arrives. Color me impressed. Do you think this will sway multiconsole owners to purchase the PS3 version of these upcoming titles?

[By Steve M]

In a post on the official Playstation Blog today, Michael Shorrock head of 3rd party relations at SCEA, went on record to confirm peripherals from upcoming PS3 music titles will definitely work with other music titles, which is nice.  Full quote after the jump

Hi everybody, Michael Shorrock, here. I’m the Director of Publisher Relations here at SCEA. I work closely with all of the publishers and developers who create games for all PlayStation platforms. While SCEA had a ton of great announcements at E3, I’m excited to say, we have one more for today, one that I know a lot of you have been asking about:

For the past several months, we have been working closely with Neversoft and Activision, Harmonix and Konami to ensure that PlayStation 3 guitars and drum sets will all feature a basic level of gameplay compatibility.

For the most part, this means that the titles with musical peripherals will work with the other’s software. A few specific examples include: Guitar Hero: World Tour’s guitars and drums will work with Rock Band 2 and Konami’s Rock Revolution software.

And yes, you guessed it, Rock Band 2’s guitar and drum set will work with Guitar Hero: World Tour and with Rock Revolution.

Conversely, Rock Revolution’s drum set will work with both Guitar Hero: World Tour and Rock Band 2.

In addition, Guitar Hero: World Tour and Rock Band 2 will both support the SingStar microphones.

We’re still working hard to ensure compatibility between the Guitar Hero and Rock Band titles currently on the market, and we hope to have an announcement on that shortly.

Of course each of these great games have their own specific cool features that may not be compatible with the other controllers, but this is our first big step in bringing a level of compatibility to music games that is sure to benefit PlayStation 3 consumers.

Playstation Blog

I'm happy to see some offical pictures of all the new Rock Band 2, Guitar Hero World Tour, and Konami's Rock Revolution peripherals (well Konami only showed the drums kit, and it looked a little strange).  The nice thing is that Konami stated that both RB and Gh's guitar will be compatible with their game.  I'm getting pretty psyched that these will start launching next month, and I'll have a whole new bey of songs to play and download.

Ion is introducing there own uber drum kit for the Rock Band series which just looks crazy mad.  By itself, it'll be $300, metal, and ships with 4 drum pads, 2 cymbals and kick peddle.  For even another $50 you can buy yet a 3rd cymbal!

Harmonix's new Stratocaster looks pretty sweet, and they promise it will be much more sturdy than the original, meaning overdrive sensor and strum bar, plus it's wireless.  A fine addition to my colllection.  However, RedOctane's new axe for World Tour may be the one to get.  Also wireless, it has an additional touch sensitive neck for hand sliding and an oversized 'star power' button (thank God!) so you won't have to tilt your guitar to achieve star power.

I played RB last night for a bit and tried multiplayer online play.  I experimented with both 'Tug of War' and 'Score Duel' modes and had my as handed to me all four times, but it was fun.  I have to get out of the competitve mindset and just enjoy it playing a song with someone else.  The problem for me is that Tug of War is very unforgiving...miss one note and it's very difficult to recover against the other player.  This resulted in a True Skill point value of '1' for me, even though on medium I was pulling perfect solos and completing like 97-98% of the song.  Seems a bit harsh to ever recover and be motivated to continue playing...you find yourself praying the other guy misses one note as well just to give you a chance.

I may need to buy a new HD soon with all the songs coming down the pipeling.  My 20GB drive is already 75% full lest I remove some other games and demo's.

On the horizon for me: Force Unleashed, Rise of the Argonauts, GH WT, RB 2, Too Human, Fracture, GoW2, Lego Batman, CoD 5, Clone Wars (Wii) and a few others.  Man, I don't even have time now....or money.

Speaking of money....I was so planning on buying a new PC today.  A new Dell XPS system to replace my 5year +, but then my wife told me yesterday she is behind on bills.  Dammit.  Well, there that goes for now.  I was eyeing a 2.4 GHz system with 3GB memory, plenty of L2 cache, and a 20" widescreen monitor for my WoW and CoH habits.  Looks like that's put on hold....yet again.  ::Grumble::

Been getting back into my PSP again too...playing Metal Gear Solid Ac!D and enjoying it.  My coworker was showing me his new God of War PSP slim and gameplay and it looks pretty sweet as well.

Wii: Okay, so my store didn't get the Wii Fit today, but I also have an alert from Amazon.com sent to my phone.  If any Fit's become available, they send you a TXT message to whcih you simply reply 'Buy', and they send one to you based on your Amazon account.  Well imagine my surprise when I got my alert today (WooHoo!!) at 10:17am saying they are available.  I reply at 10:20am with my text.  At 10:22am I receive a reply back saying they are now 'unavailble'!!!  DOH!!  WTF?  So between the time I received the alert and I responded (3 minutes!) they were already sold out again.  What....did they only get 2 in stock?

Ah well, there's always next week.