News Briefs (10-15-09)
The daily roundup of news bits including demos, release dates and a bunch of other announcements
Tags: Band Hero, Beaterator, Dynasty Warriors: Strikeforce, Grand Theft Auto: Chintown Wars, Grand Theft Auto: LIberty City Stories, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories, Guitar Hero 5, Hardware and Peripherals, Impulse, Left 4 Dead 2, Manhunt 2, Midnight Club 3: DUB Edition, Midnight Club: Los Angeles, Nintendo Wii, Nyko, PlayStation Network, PS3, Saw, Space Invaders Extreme 2, Supersonic Acrobatic Rocket-Powered Battle-Cars, Warriors Categories: DS News, News, PC News, PS3 News, PSP News, Wii News, Xbox 360 News
Posted by Daniel "monk" Pelfrey on Oct 15th, 2009
To celebrate the game’s one year anniversary, PlayStation Network title Supersonic Acrobatic Rocket-Powered Battle-Cars has a limited time price drop to $4.99 until October 29.
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In response to yesterday’s announcement that Nintendo would be providing Wii controllers in the color black starting November, Nyko today announced it will have four colors (black, blue, pink and purple) of its Wand controller for Wii shipping out to various retailers starting now.
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A number of deals are to be had for download via Impulse this weekend – until October 18:
· Company of Heroes: Tales of Valor: Half off!
· Street Fighter IV now $29.99 from $39.99
· Circus Empire: $6.99 from $9.99
· Light of Altair: $11.25 from $14.95
· Call of Duty Modern Warfare now 25% off – $38.50
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Details and timing of the Left 4 Dead 2 demo were revealed today.
The Left 4 Dead 2 demo will feature gameplay taken from “The Parish” campaign, set in the New Orleans French Quarter. Playable by 1 to 4 players over local or Internet connections on both the Xbox 360 and PC (with two-player split screen available on the Xbox 360), the demo features all the new boss infected zombies and all the new melee weapons included in the full product.
Those who pre-order the game (at participating retailers or via Steam) will obtain early access to the demo on October 27. The demo will then be made available to Xbox LIVE Gold members and all PC gamers on November 3. Then all Xbox LIVE members will obtain access to the demo on November 10.
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Space Invaders Extreme 2 is announced to arrive October 20 on the Nintendo DS.
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Rockstar today announced it has a branded storefront coming October 22 to the PlayStation Network. There gamers will be able to find PSP titles available to purchase for download, including:
Beaterator
Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories
Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories
The Warriors
Additionally, a “Legacy Collection” of older PSP titles are available beginning today for digital download. These include:
Midnight Club 3: DUB Edition
Midnight Club: L.A. Remix
Manhunt 2
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A 3-pack of Guitar Hero 5 songs by the band Wolfmother is now available for download:
“Pilgrim”
“California Queen”
“Cosmic Egg”
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Sony has announced it has a 250Gig PS3 coming November 3 for $349.99.
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The game Saw which is based on the film franchise has shipped to store shelves.
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A demo for Band Hero is now available on Xbox Live Arcade featuring the following songs:
“Paralyzer” – Finger Eleven
“Picture to Burn” – Taylor Swift
“Walking on Sunshine” – Katrina and the Waves
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The Quest Pack #6 for Dynasty Warriors: Strikeforce on the PlayStation Portable is now available. These missions are free.
- Phoenix Assault (difficulty: 5/5)
- Return to the Arena (difficulty: 5/5)
- Battle of He Fei X (difficulty: 5/5)
- Battle of Fan Castle X (difficulty: 5/5)
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Tags: Band Hero, Beaterator, Dynasty Warriors: Strikeforce, Grand Theft Auto: Chintown Wars, Grand Theft Auto: LIberty City Stories, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories, Guitar Hero 5, Hardware and Peripherals, Impulse, Left 4 Dead 2, Manhunt 2, Midnight Club 3: DUB Edition, Midnight Club: Los Angeles, Nintendo Wii, Nyko, PlayStation Network, PS3, Saw, Space Invaders Extreme 2, Supersonic Acrobatic Rocket-Powered Battle-Cars, Warriors
Posted by Daniel "monk" Pelfrey on Oct 15th, 2009 and is filed under DS News, News, PC News, PS3 News, PSP News, Wii News, Xbox 360 News. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can skip to the end and leave a response. Pinging is currently not allowed.
