Show Notes: Episode 32

Posted by Mhykol on Saturday 16 August 2008

http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/08/15/live-to-get-warner-music-videos/#more-9558

Warner Music Hits Xbox LIVE

Tons of videos from Warner Music Group acts will be made available on Microsoft’s Xbox LIVE, beginning this week.

Over 12 million Xbox LIVE members worldwide will be able download music videos by featured WMG artists from Xbox LIVE Marketplace and watch them on their Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system. Video will include clips by Death Cab For Cutie, Flo Rida, Matchbox Twenty, Panic! At the Disco and T.I. among others, with more to come down the line.

“Xbox 360 has been an important partner in our efforts to offer consumers more ways to experience our artists’ music and this is especially true among gamers who are some of the most passionate music fans,” said Larry Mattera, WEA Senior Vice President Digital Sales & Marketing. “With this agreement, we can take advantage of Microsoft’s music platform and provide gamers what they want: music videos from their favorite artists that can be downloaded quickly and easily.”

And coming this fall, Microsoft will introduce a new Xbox experience that they say will “reinvent home entertainment from the inside out, changing the way people stay in touch and enjoy the best entertainment content.”  Hmmmmmm…

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Show Notes: Episode 27

Posted by Mhykol on Saturday 21 June 2008

www.g4tv.com/thefeed/blog/post/686405/New_Weezer_Tracks_Head_To_Rock_Band.html

New Weezer Tracks Head To ‘Rock Band’

we reported that classic Pixies album Doolittle is coming to Rock Band; but it turns out it won’t be alone! Weezer is along for the ride, with three master-tracks on the way next week. The Weezer pack will contain:

“Dreamin’”
“The Greatest Man That Ever Lived”
“Troublemaker”
Release date: Tuesday, June 24, 2008 (Xbox LIVE Marketplace)

Price:   $1.99 per track (160 Microsoft Points for Xbox 360) or $5.49 (440 Microsoft Points for Xbox 360) for the pack.)

Click the cut for the full track list of The Pixies Doolittle.

Pixies Doolittle

“Crackity Jones”
“Dead”
“Debaser”
“Gouge Away”
“Here Comes Your Man”
“Hey”
“I Bleed”
“La la Love You”
“Monkey Gone To Heaven”
“Mr Grieves”
“No 13 Baby”
“Silver”
“Tame”

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Show Notes: Episode 26

Posted by Mhykol on Saturday 14 June 2008

Holy crap…Mega Man 9 is coming!

gonintendo.com/?p=46150

The blog GoNintendo somehow came across an image that reveals Capcom is in the middle of working on Mega Man 9 for an unnamed console.

The image seems to hint that this will be a return to the classic gameplay the series did so well in the past, so some people suspect it will be a Wii or DS title. However, as they point out, Destructoid had posted a rumor about the same game coming to Xbox Live or the Playstation Network. All speculation at this point, so curb your blaster for now.

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Show Notes: Episode 22

Posted by Mhykol on Tuesday 20 May 2008

Rumor: Microsoft May Debut New Xbox 360 Motion Controller Next Week
kotaku.com/388741/rumor-microsoft-may-debut-new-xbox-360-motion-controller-next-week
Rumors about Microsoft entering the waggle market with a specialized, Wii Remote concept swiping controller have been popping up for the better part of a year. Talk of a partnership with Gyration, speculation that Bungie had quashed a proposal for a motion controller tied to Halo 3 and murmurs that Rare was now tasked with leading the waggle wand brigade have been bubbling up frequently. Microsoft and Gyration have both denied or brushed off the rumors, but we’ve just heard it pop up again.

Rumor: Realtime Worlds hopes APB becomes GTA Online
www.joystiq.com/2008/05/08/rumor-realtime-worlds-hopes-apb-becomes-gta-online/
As far as rumors go, this one isn’t much of a surprise. A mysterious masked man told Eurogamer that developer Realtime Worlds recently bought the distribution rights to its forthcoming MMO All Points Bulletin (APB to you kids) with one specific goal in mind: “so that it could try and sell it to Rockstar as GTA Online.”
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Show Notes: Episode 21

Posted by Mhykol on Monday 12 May 2008

Doom 4 announced!
www.joystiq.com/2008/05/07/doom-4-announced-id-software-hiring/
Id Software announced Doom 4. Also, they’re hiring, in case you have a knack for designing better in-game flashlights.

BioShock movie in development, Gore Verbinski directing
www.joystiq.com/2008/05/08/bioshock-movie-in-development-gore-verbinski-directing/
Universal has signed a deal to turn Bioshock into a movie. Director Gore Verbinski (Pirates of the Caribbean) will head the project and Aviator writer John Logan may write the screenplay.
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