James Cameron’s Avatar

The theatrical debut of “Avatar” will be premiering in theaters in about six weeks. This movie is James Cameron’s long-awaited return to the position in the director’s chair. Before this movie comes out, you will get a little taste of the action. “James Cameron’s Avatar: The Game” is currently in the works by Ubisoft Montreal and it will be released in early December which could be maybe a couple days or so before the “Avatar” movie releases. The game was tested out at a recent Ubi event in San Francisco. According to Phil Theobald the game was really nice and it was something you will want to play more than once. He said:

“At a crucial point, you are given a choice: do you continue to work with the RDA or will you turn against your fellow humans and help the Na’vi defend their home? Your decision affects which character you play as for the remainder of the game, and there are separate human and Na’vi stages and missions. For the full experience, you’ll want to play through Avatar at least twice to ensure that you’ve seen everything that it has to offer.”

Is this a game that you would like to try out? Are you interested in the upcoming movie?

New Music DLC of the Week

This upcoming week does not have very much new downloadable content for the music games. Although this week does not have many new songs coming out, maybe  there is still something you will find that is right for you. There are the music games of Guitar Hero 5, Rock Band, Rock Band: Unplugged, SingStar and Lips for the consoles of the PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, Wii, and Xbox 360. The list of this week’s DLC is as follows:

Guitar Hero 5

No new releases

Rock Band

Packs

“Foo Fighters Pack 03”

“Best of You”
“The Pretender”
“Wheels”
“Word Forward”

Price: $6.99/560 Microsoft Points for pack, or $1.99/160 MSP/200 Wii Points per track

“Nirvana Bleach Pack”

“About a Girl”
“Blew”
“School”

Price: $5.49/440 MSP for pack, or $1.99/160 MSP/200 WP per track

Tracks

Joan Jett & The Blackhearts – “Fake Friends” – $1.99/160 MSP/200 WP

Rock Band: Unplugged

Bullet For My Valentine – “Waking the Demon”
System of a Down – “Toxicity”

Price: $1.99 per track

SingStar

No new releases

Lips

Juice Newton – “Angel of the Morning”
The Supremes – “You Keep Me Hangin’ On”
Bananarama – “Shy Boy”

Price: 160 MSP per track

Kmart Black Friday Deals

Considering Black Friday is considered the biggest shopping day of the year, here something to help you out in your planning. The following list is the gaming deals which will be available at Kmart later this month:

Xbox 360:

• Xbox 360 Elite Holiday Bundle – $299 + Halo 3: ODST Free
• Batman: Arkham Asylum – $39.99 (Save $20)
• Brutal Legend – $39.99 (Save $20) Saturday Doorbuster
• Dirt 2 – $39.99 (Save $20)
• Dragon Age: Origins – $39.99 (Save $20) Saturday Doorbuster
• Forza III – $39.99 (Save $20)
• Halo 3: ODST – $39.99 (Save $20)
• Left 4 Dead 2 – $39.99 (Save $20)
• Need for Speed: Shift - $39.99 (Save $20)
• Rock Band 2: Special Edition – $99.99 (Save $60) 0

PS3 & PSP:

• Buy Limited Edition Assassin’s Creed: Bloodlines PSP Pack ($199.99), Get Assassin’s Creed II (PS3) Free
• Batman: Arkham Asylum – $39.99 (Save $20)
• Brutal Legend – $39.99 (Save $20) Saturday Doorbuster
• Dirt 2 – $39.99 (Save $20)
• Dragon Age: Origins – $39.99 (Save $20) Saturday Doorbuster
• Need for Speed: Shift – $39.99 (Save $20)
• Rock Band 2 Special Edition – $99.99 (Save $60)
• TNA Impact! – $14.99 (Save $5)
• WWE Smackdown vs. RAW 2010 – $39.99 (Save $20)

Nintendo Wii & DS:

• DSi handheld – $169.99 (Free $25 Nintendo Gaming Coupon) Friday Doorbuster
• DS handheld – $129.99 (Free $25 Nintendo Gaming Coupon) Saturday Doorbuster
• Ben 10 Alien Force: Vilgax Attacks – $19.99 (Save $20)
• Cars Race O Rama (Wii) – $29.99 (Save $10)
• Drawn to Life: The Next Chapter (Wii) – $39.99 (Save $10)
• Game Party – $9.99 (Save $10)
• Game Party 2 - $9.99 (Save $10)
• LEGO Batman (DS) – $14.99 (Save $5)
• LEGO Star Wars: Complete Saga (Wii) – $14.99 (Save $5)
• My Sims Kingdom (Wii) – $14.99 (Save $5)
• Need for Speed: Nitro (Wii) – $29.99 (Save $20) Friday Doorbuster
• Sponge Bob’s Truth or Square (Wii) – $29.99 (Save $10)
• Spore Hero (Wii) – $29.99 (Save $20) Friday Doorbuster
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Smash Up – $29.99 (Save $20)
• World of Zoo (Wii) – $29.99 (Save $10)

This may not even be all the deals that Kmart will be offering so keep looking.

This Weeks New Releases

This upcoming week has some new good games coming out to a variety of different consoles including PlayStation 3, Nintendo Wii, Xbox 360, PlayStation Portable, Nintendo DS and PC. No matter which console you have, I am sure you will be able to find at least one game that will fit your likings. As the holiday season approaches you will begin to see more and more of the popular games being released.

 The following is the list of consoles followed by the games being released for that console:

PlayStation 3

• Band Hero
• Dragon Age: Origins
• LEGO Rock Band
• Star Wars: The Force Unleashed: Ultimate Sith Edition

Nintendo Wii

• Academy of Champions: Soccer
• Band Hero
• Buck Fever
• Food Network: Cook or Be Cooked
• Hooked Again
• LEGO Rock Band
• Need for Speed: Nitro
• Rabbids Go Home

Xbox 360

• Band Hero
• Dragon Age: Origins
• LEGO Rock Band
• Star Wars: The Force Unleashed: Ultimate Sith Edition

PlayStation Portable

• Jak and Daxter: The Lost Frontier
• Star Wars Battlefront: Elite Squadron

Nintendo DS

• Disney’s A Christmas Carol
• Band Hero
• C.O.P.: The Recruit
• LEGO Rock Band
• Need for Speed: Nitro
• Rabbids Go Home
• Star Wars Battlefront: Elite Squadron
• Style Savvy

PC

• Dragon Age: Origins

Epic Mickey to become a Trilogy

Trilogies have started to become very popular in the video game world. A new game is about to become a trilogy. Disney Epic Mickey was not originally announced as becoming a three game anthology. However, the designer of the game, Warren Spector, told 1UP that he has already been thinking about the second and third games of the series. Apparently this is how he always designs games.

“I don’t do anything that isn’t extensible,” Warren Spector said. “And I will certainly feel like that I have not done my job if we can’t make other games in this world with these characters. In my head, I’ve got two more planned. In the business world of reality, those games have not approved, and who knows if we’ll ever see them. I had three games planned for Deus Ex, and you see where that got me.”

If Warren Spector’s plan for making Deus Ex into a trilogy worked, then I think that his current plan to make Disney Epic Mickey into a trilogy will work as well. While Epic Mickey is an only Wii exclusive right now, Spector said Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 versions were already in development.

DJ Hero Mix Pack

Most music games release downloadable content pretty soon after the game is released. Activision has wasted no time in putting out their first mix pack for DJ Hero. However, the pack’s priced at $6 and it doesn’t let you download individual mixes over Xbox Live or PlayStation Network but you can on Wii.

The DJ Hero “Extended Mix Pack 01″ includes:

• “All Of Me” by 50 Cent featuring Mary J. Blige vs. “Radio Ga Ga” by Queen
• “DARE” by Gorillaz vs. “Can’t Truss It” Performed by Public Enemy

If the mixes were separated onto all of the consoles, the downloadable content would still consist of the price of $3 per mix. In contrast, for Guitar Hero 5, the individual song tracks are only priced at $2 each. When Activision was contacted, they would neither confirm nor deny this as the standard price for the future content.

“I cannot comment about future DJ Hero downloadable,” said the Guitar Hero public relations manager, Aaron Grant, in an e-mailed statement from this morning, “but for the DJ Hero downloadable content that has been announced, individual mixes will cost $3.”

There will be a ”David Guetta Mix Pack,” which will features three mixes. This mix pack will be released on November 24th.

To me, it seems like the prices are not set in stone. Make sure that if you think that $3 for each song is too much then you get your opinion heard.

New Music DLC

For the week of October 26, this is the music downloadable content that was released. Check out these new songs for the PlayStation 3, PSP, Wii and Xbox 360. The DLC is as follows:

Guitar Hero 5

“All Hallows Eve Track Pack”

Gwar – “Gor Gor”
Marilyn Manson – “Beautiful People”
The Misfits – “Astro Zombies”

Price: $5.49/440 Microsoft Points/550 Wii Points for pack, or $1.99/160 Microsoft Points/200 Wii Points per track

Click through to see new tracks for Rock Band, Rock Band Unplugged, SingStar and Lips.

Rock Band

Packs

“Rob Zombie Pack 01″

“Burn”
“Dragula”
“Superbeast”

Price: $5.49/440 MSP for pack, or $1.99/160 MSP/200 WP per track

“Wolfmother Pack 01″

“New Moon Rising”
“Pilgrim”
“Sundial”
“White Unicorn”
“Woman”

Price: $8.49/680 MSP for pack, or $1.99/160 MSP/200 WP per track

Tracks

Liz Phair – “Rock Me” – $1.99/160 MSP/200 WP
Morningwood – “Best of Me” – $0.99/80 MSP/100 WP
Morningwood – “Sugarbaby” – $0.99/80 MSP/100 WP

Rock Band: Unplugged

Sonic Youth – “Kool Thing”
Steely Dan – “My Old School”

Price: $1.99 per track

SingStar

Packs

“Duran Duran Song Pack”

“Hungry Like The Wolf”
“Rio”
“Ordinary World”
“Save A Prayer”
“Girls On Film”

Price: $6.99 for pack

Tracks

Dave Dobbyn – “Slice of Heaven”
Di-rect – “Hungry For Love”
Dizzee Rascal – “Holiday”
Dizzee Rascal – “Bonkers”
Everclear – “Everything To Everyone”
Everclear – “Santa Monica”
Fun Boy Three – “Our Lips Are Sealed”
Maria Mena – “Belly Up”
Milk Inc – “Walk On Water”
Milk Inc – “Whisper”
Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds – “Are You The One I’ve Been Waiting For?”
The Stone Roses – “I Am The Resurrection”

Price: $1.99 per track

Lips

No new songs

New Releases for the Week

There are many new games being released this week for the PlayStation 3, Wii, Xbox 360, PlayStation Portable, Nintendo DS and PC. The following list is the consoles followed by the games being released for that console:

PlayStation 3

• DJ Hero
• Fairytale Fights
• Jurassic: The Hunted
• Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time
• Tekken 6

Wii

• All Star Cheer Squad 2
• Barbie and the Three Musketeers
• Ben 10: Alien Force Vilgax Attacks
• CSI: Deadly Intent
• DJ Hero
• Drawn to Life: The Next Chapter
• Hasbro Family Game Night 2
• Hidden Mysteries: Titanic
• Jurassic: The Hunted
• Monster 4X4: Stunt Racer
• Ni Hao, Kai-Lan: Super Game Day
• Press Your Luck 2010 Edition
• Remington North American Bird Hunter
• Sim Animals: Africa
• SpongeBob’s Truth or Square
• World of Zoo

Xbox 360

• Ben 10: Alien Force Vilgax Attacks
• CSI: Deadly Intent
• DJ Hero
• Fairytale Fights
• Forza Motorsport 3
• Grand Theft Auto: The Ballad of Gay Tony (XBL)
• Grand Theft Auto: Episodes From Liberty City
• Jurassic: The Hunted
• SpongeBob’s Truth or Square
• Tekken 6

PlayStation Portable

• Ben 10: Alien Force Vilgax Attacks
• Ghostbusters
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• Petz Saddle Club
• SpongeBob’s Truth or Square

Nintendo DS

• 100 All-Time Favorites
• Atelier Annie Alchemists of Sera Island
• The Backyardigans
• Barbie and the Three Musketeers
• Ben 10: Alien Force Vilgax Attacks
• Chronicles of Mystery: Curse of the Ancient Temple
• CSI: Deadly Intent: The Hidden Cases
• Drawn to Life: The Next Chapter
• Dream Salon
• Hasbro Family Game Night 2
• Hidden Mysteries: Titanic
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• Press Your Luck 2010 Edition
• Sim Animals: Africa
• Sushi Academy
• Tinkerbell and the Lost Treasure
• SpongeBob’s Truth or Square

PC

• CSI: Deadly Intent
• League of Legends: Clash of Fates
• Press Your Luck 2010 Edition

Rock Band 2 Bundle for just $79

There is a hugely amazing deal for all you PS3 and Xbox 360 owners. You can purchase Rock Band, Rock Band 2 and all of the instruments that you need to play the game including the drums, guitar and microphone for the low price of $79. The instruments you would get would be the Rock Band version. This game is unfortunately only for the PS3 and Xbox 360 and not for the Wii or PS2.

For those of you who have not figured it out yet, there is one money saving tip that can help you save hundreds of dollars. You will still get all of the same games, accessories and systems as everyone else. This sounds good so far, doesn’t it? All you have to do is have patience. If you wait about six months or so until after a game has been released, then you will usually be able to get it for a much lower price.

I know that the downfall of this strategy is that you will miss out on the new releases at the time you come out. You will still end up with all of the same things as your friends except you will have more money. Buying Gears of War 2 and Dead Space during Christmas this year will most likely save you a lot of money just like your patience for the games Rock Band and Rock Band 2 which you can now get together for just $79.

Band Hero Track List

The complete song list has been released for Band Hero. The following songs are the 65 songs that will be featured:

• 3 Doors Down – “When I’m Gone”
• The Airborne Toxic Event – “Gasoline”
• The All American Rejects – “Dirty Little Secret”
• Alphabeat – “Fascination”
• Aly and AJ – “Like Whoa”
• Angels & Airwaves – “The Adventure”
• Ben Harper and the Innocent Criminals – “Steal My Kisses”
• Big Country – “In a Big Country”
• The Bravery – “Believe”
• Carl Douglas – “Kung Fu Fighting”
• Cheap Trick – “I Want You to Want Me (live)”
• Cold War Kids – “Hang Me Up to Dry”
• Corinne Bailey Rae – “Put Your Records On”
• Counting Crows – “Angels of the Silences”
• Culture Club – “Do You Really Want to Hurt Me”
• Dashboard Confessional – “Hands Down”
• David Bowie – “Let’s Dance”
• Devo – “Whip It”
• Don McLean – “American Pie”
• Duffy – “Warwick Avenue”
• Duran Duran – “Rio”
• Evanescence – “Bring Me to Life”
• Everclear – “Santa Monica (Watch the World Die)”
• Fall Out Boy – “Sugar, We’re Goin’ Down”
• Filter – “Take a Picture”
• Finger Eleven – “Paralyzer”
• The Go-Go’s – “Our Lips Are Sealed”
• Hilary Duff – “So Yesterday”
• Hinder – “Lips Of An Angel”
• Jackson 5 – “ABC”
• Janet Jackson – “Black Cat”
• Jesse McCartney – “Beautiful Soul”
• Joan Jett – “Bad Reputation”
• Joss Stone – “You Had Me”
• Katrina and The Waves – “Walking on Sunshine”
• The Kooks – “Naïve”
•  KT Tunstall – “Black Horse and the Cherry Tree”
• The Last Goodnight – “Pictures of You”
• Lily Allen – “Take What You Take”
• Maroon 5 – “She Will Be Loved”
• Marvin Gaye – “I Heard It Through the Grapevine”
• Mighty Mighty Bosstones – “The Impression That I Get”
• Nelly Furtado – “Turn Off the Light”
• N.E.R.D. – “Rockstar”
• No Doubt – “Just a Girl”
• No Doubt – “Don’t Speak”
• OK Go – “A Million Ways”
• Papa Roach – “Lifeline”
• Parachute – “Back Again”
• Pat Benatar – “Love Is a Battlefield”
• Poison – “Every Rose Has Its Thorn”
• Robbie Williams and Kylie Minogue – “Kids”
• The Rolling Stones – “Honky Tonk Women”
• Roy Orbison – “Oh Pretty Woman”
• Santigold – “L.E.S. Artistes”
• Snow Patrol – “Take Back the City”
• Spice Girls – “Wannabe”
• Styx – “Mr. Roboto”
• Taylor Swift – “Love Story”
• Taylor Swift – “Picture to Burn”
• Taylor Swift – “You Belong With Me”
• Tonic – “If You Could Only See”
• The Turtles – “Happy Together”
• Village People – “YMCA”
• Yellowcard – “Ocean Avenue”