| Xbox 360 'around for a while' MICROSOFT sees potential for its Xbox 360 video game console to stay on the market longer than the five-year lifespan that is typical for gaming hardware. news.com.au |
Rock Band 2 Special Edition - Xbox 360 (T) Harmonix, developers of the smash hit Guitar Hero and Rock Band franchises, deliver Rock Band 2, the next step to the platform that lets audiences of all ages interact with music in an all-new way. Rock Band 2 lets players vicariously jam out as some of the best guitarists, bassists, drummers and singers of all time.Rock Band 2 delivers the most authentic and ambitious music game to date—by challenging rockers to master lead guitar, bass guitar, drums and vocals with a polished, streamlined, and amazingly fun and challengingexperience. Rock Band 2 features a track list that puts all other music games to shame with more than 100 ondisc and free downloadable tracks from some of the most hallowed bands of the rock pantheon.The best band game on the market just got better thanks to a slate of innovative features from Harmonix, the preeminent music game studio! Take your band on an online-enabled World Tour mode, record albums, tackle the addictive Set Challenges, or even compete against other bands, either in your living room or halfway across the world, in the “Battle of the Bands” mode…plus all of the modes you know and love from the first Rock Band game!Innovative hardware updates! Rock Band 2 will ship with 2nd generation hardware: more durable, wireless drums with an expansion port to support cymbal pads and improved wireless Fender Stratocaster guitars—with multiple colors—that will let you rock harder and longer then ever before.Rock Never Dies! Compatible with ALL past and future downloadable content—even tracks youdownloaded for Rock Band back in 2007—so you can play a never-ending, face-melting set.Learn to play drums! Rock Band 2 pushes music simulation farther than it’s ever gone with a tool that actually teaches you how to play the drums in real life—or you can just have fun jamming and playing along to songs like an animal in the Freestyle Drum mode. Release Date:Sun, 19 Oct 2008 gamecrazy.com |
Lips Open Mic Contest Create a new and original song for the Lips Open Mic Contest and you could have your song chosen as a downloadable track for the Lips game. Other great prizes are also being awarded in this contest sponsored by Zune, Xbox 360, and AT&T. xbox.com |
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs - PS3 (E) What the world needs is a hero. And in the Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs video game, you can play as Flint, hero-inventor of the action-packed movie who creates a machine that causes food to rain from the sky. When the machine spirals out of control and creates a mess of gigantic portions, it’s up to you to save the world by using every vehicle and crazy gadget Flint has invented to save his hometown and the world from a food-tastrophe! Hurl hamburgers, sling spaghetti, and fight gummi bears with Flint and his pet monkey Steve to save the world!Play as Flint, the movie hero, and immerse yourself in an interactive re-creation of the movie in a fun and hilarious food fight.Use crazy gadgets to interact with giant pieces of food throughout the game. Master each gadget and use them together to stop the machine that's causing the food mayhem. Run through more than 20 levels spread out over 7 different environments taken straight from the movie storyline.Use 5 different fun gadgets and one vehicle specially designed to manipulate giant pieces of food.Co-op experience: a second player can join/leave at anytime to play the role of Flint's companion, the monkey. Release Date:Tue, 15 Sep 2009 gamecrazy.com |
SpongeBob's Boating Bash - Wii (E) Spongebob's Boating Bash for Wii is a unique racing game combining demolition style action with the fun of a Wii party game. Set in the familiar environments of Nickelodeon's Spongebob universe, racers enjoy the ability to play as one of nine characters, customize the boat of their dreams and put themselves to the test across a variety of courses. The game features arcade style racing action, a wide range of courses and 4-player split-screen multiplayer support. Release Date:Tue, 02 Mar 2010 gamecrazy.com |