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New Spore games, a new way to play City of Heroes, more Rock Band songs, a new strategy game and more
Tags: City of Heroes, Deus Ex 3, Empire: Time of Troubles, PlayStation Network, Rock Band 2, Spore, Thief 4, ZEN Pinball Categories: DS News, News, PC News, PS3 News, Wii News, Xbox 360 News
Posted by Daniel "monk" Pelfrey on May 13th, 2009
New songs for the Rock Band store this week (Xbox 360, PS3 and Wii):
Social Distortion“Bad Luck” “Ring of Fire” “Story of My Life”
Steely Dan “Black Friday” “My Old School”
Disturbed “Stricken” “Stupify”
Elvis Costello “Radio Radio”
The Replacements“Kids Don’t Follow”
Additionally, the Wii getting a few more songs available for purchase:
Siouxsie & The Banshees“Hong Kong Garden” “Kiss Them For Me” “The Killing Jar”
Locksley “All Over Again” “Don’t Make Me Wait” “She Does”
Silversun Pickups “Melatonin” “Well Thought Out Twinkles”
Duran Duran “Girls On Film” “Rio”
Buckcherry “Rescue Me”
Mötley Crüe “Face Down in the Dirt”
Psychedelic Furs “Pretty in Pink”
Sixx:A.M. “Life is Beautiful”
The Pretenders “Brass in Pocket”
The Janitors “Get Your Rock On”
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Eidos announces that its Montreal studio is working on a new Thief title (Thief 4 – how clever) as well as Deus Ex 3.
“We’re in the early development stages for Thief 4, but this is an incredibly ambitious and exciting project for Eidos,” said Stéphane D’Astous, General Manager at Eidos-Montréal. “While it’s too early for us to offer any specific game details, right now we are focused on recruiting the very best talent to join the core team at the studio and help us make what we believe will be one of the most exciting games on the market.”
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Spore Hero is announced for the Wii and Spore Hero Arena for the DS.
Spore Hero delivers the unmatched creative freedom of Spore in an accessible, story-driven action-adventure made exclusively for the Wii. Set in a rich and vibrant 3D world, Spore Hero empowers players to create their own Hero as they embark on an epic quest to save their new home world from destruction as a dark force threatens the planet. Taking full advantage of the Wii controls, Spore Hero engages players in heated battles, humorous missions, curious puzzles and more. Throughout the game, players will collect more than 250 parts with unique abilities and experience the unparalleled customization of the revolutionary Spore Creature Creator enhanced for the Wii
Building on the success of Spore Creatures for Nintendo DS, Spore Hero Arena catapults Nintendo DS players into a 3D galaxy filled with fun, intense arena-based combat. Players create a unique gladiator Hero creature and guide it from planet to planet as they fight dangerous enemy creatures and complete special missions, collecting new parts and abilities, gaining upgrades along the way. In the quest for combat, they’ll seek out to defeat each local champion and unlock special abilities that will benefit their Hero. By combining special abilities, parts, and upgrades, players create a fighting style of their own in hopes to stop an evil force and save the galaxy. Spore Hero Arena will also feature multiplayer capabilities as players can battle with up to three friends locally or play with a friend over Wi-Fi.
“When Maxis first considered bringing Spore to console players, the Nintendo platforms jumped out as a perfect fit. Whether it is the stylus-driven action of the Nintendo DS or playful controllers of the Wii, the massive Nintendo audience is the ideal home for Spore Hero and Spore Hero Arena,” said Lucy Bradshaw, VP and General Manager at Maxis. “Nintendo fans will love the humor, ability to create their own Hero, fun gameplay and immersive storylines we’re creating for these two games.”
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A demo for Zen Pinball on the PlayStation Network is coming this week.
“We have received huge success with our Pinball FX title on XBLA and fans around the world have been clamoring for a solid pinball title on PlayStation Network,” said Zsolt Kigyossy, managing director for ZEN Studios. “We’re pleased to offer a free sample pinball table that introduces players to the intense realistic pinball physics and mechanics that can be found in the full edition. If you enjoy arcade games this is definitely a title you’ll want to check out!”
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Strategy title Empire: Time of Troubles is announced for later this year.
Features:
- Large-scale military campaign where the player can turn a small principality into a large and powerful empire
- 3D strategy map of Eastern Europe from 1350-1650 with authentic landscape and military units
- 26 factions to control: Russian, Polish and Lithuanian princedoms, lands of the Knight Orders and Eastern European monarchies
- Political, economic and role playing systems showing the intricacies of diplomacy and wars in medieval Europe
- Dozens of famous historical personalities and hundreds of game characters, each with their own unique specialties including rulers, commanders, priests, alchemists and spies
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The City of Heroes expansion Going Rogue is announced as in development.
In the Going Rogue expansion, hero and villain characters will become immersed in the new parallel universe known as Praetoria, which is governed by Tyrant™, the evil incarnation of the game’s main protagonist, Statesman™. As gamers search for Tyrant and the rest of his Praetorian guard, implacable foes and fierce resistance will arise to face them from all sides, causing heroes and villains alike to question their loyalties.
City of Heroes Going Rogue will introduce a new alignment system that helps players explore the shades of gray that lie between good and evil. For the first time, hero characters can become villains and vice versa, enabling hero archetypes to cross over to the Rogue Isles™ and villain archetypes to experience Paragon City™. Clearly marked missions, in addition to behaviors and decisions made by the player, will move a hero’s or villain’s moral compass, which could eventually change the hero’s or villain’s alignment. Going Rogue will also introduce two primary new fictional characters representative of this alignment shift in the game’s lore: Maelstrom, a pistol-wielding hero gone rogue, and a Desdemona, a demon-summoning villain who has been redeemed.
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Tags: City of Heroes, Deus Ex 3, Empire: Time of Troubles, PlayStation Network, Rock Band 2, Spore, Thief 4, ZEN Pinball
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