News Briefs (12-22-09)
Songs available, downloadable content on sale, new content available, and more
Tags: Band Hero, Beautiful Katamari, Bittos, Call of Duty: World at War, Combat Arms, DC Universe Online, Final Fantasy XI, Guitar Hero 5, Guitar Hero: Van Halen, Me and My Katamari, Operation Flashpoint 2, PlayStation Network, Ridge Racer, Ridge Racer 6, Soul Calibur: Broken Destiny, Tekken 6, Xbox LIVE Arcade Categories: News, PC News, PS2 News, PS3 News, PSP News, Wii News, Xbox 360 News
Posted by Daniel "monk" Pelfrey on Dec 22nd, 2009
Batman villain Mr. Freeze is announced to be in DC Universe Online.
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The Overwatch download content for Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising on the Xbox 360 is now available. A video showcasing what is new is available at the game’s official webpage: www.flashpointgame.com
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Guitar Hero 5 and Band Hero have a free downloadable track this week for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.
“Hark The Herald Angels Sing” – Steve Ouimette
In other download news, the Celebrity New Years Track Pack (440 MS Points, 550 Wii Points or $5.49 on PSN) consists of three songs:
“Harder to Breathe” – Maroon 5
“Our Song” – Taylor Swift
“New” – No Doubt.
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The Babel expansion to free MMO Heroes of Gaia is now available.
Key Features:
- The Tower of Babel, a challenging multi-level experience with progressive rewards
- Instanced Minion and Boss Monster fights
- New PvP Features, including the ability to establish a Military Embargo on enemy castles
- Significant Upgrades of the Arena Combat system, with exclusive titles and magical items
- New Spells and Buildings for all races
- New Scrolls, introducing the Elemental and Summoning schools
- Additional Quests/Tasks to expand daily interactions, including repeatable daily tasks
- Unit healing times reduced drastically, world map travel speed increased, and more!
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Star Trek Online to feature the original Spock – Leonard Nimoy.
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Sega announced it has a massive sale of items on the PlayStation Network. All PSP/PSPgo games as well as downloadable content can be obtained for 40% off.
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Namco Bandai plans to increase its “downloadable presence” – which means more of its titles both past and present will become available to purchase through places such as Xbox Live and PlayStation Network.
Xbox LIVE Games on Demand
Ridge Racer® 6, E for everyone, now available for 1600 Microsoft Points
Beautiful Katamari™, E for everyone, available Q1 2010
PlayStation Network for the PSP system
SOULCALIBUR®: Broken Destiny, T for teen, now available for $39.99
TEKKEN® 6, T for teen, now available for $39.99
Ridge Racer®, E for everyone, now available for $14.99
Me & My Katamari™, E for everyone, available Dec. 22 for $19.99
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The Call of Duty: World at War Map Pack Bundle is now available. This bundle includes the three previously released Map Packs, now in one … pack. The cost is 2000 MS Points or $24.99 on PSN.
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Combat Arms has added the Cabin Fever map full of zombies as well as a new female mercenary character.
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From December 23 through January 3 Steam is running a sale on Final Fantasy XI Ultimate Edition for $11.
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Games newly available:
Guitar Hero: Van Halen (PS3, PS2, Wii, Xbox 360)
Polar Panic (PSN – XBL version tomorrow)
Bittos e (PC)
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Tags: Band Hero, Beautiful Katamari, Bittos, Call of Duty: World at War, Combat Arms, DC Universe Online, Final Fantasy XI, Guitar Hero 5, Guitar Hero: Van Halen, Me and My Katamari, Operation Flashpoint 2, PlayStation Network, Ridge Racer, Ridge Racer 6, Soul Calibur: Broken Destiny, Tekken 6, Xbox LIVE Arcade
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