Music DLC for the Week

This week has many new DLC releases for the music games of Guitar Hero 5, Rock Band, The Beatles: Rock Band, Rock Band: Unplugged and Lips. The following is the list of songs followed by their prices:

Guitar Hero 5

“Classic Rock 2 Track Pack”

Peter Frampton – “Show Me the Way” (Live)
J. Geils Band – “Freeze-Frame”
Triumph – “Lay It on the Line”

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

Rock Band

“Queen Pack”

“Another One Bites the Dust”
“Crazy Little Thing Called Love”
“Fat Bottomed Girls”
“I Want It All”
“I Want to Break Free”
“Killer Queen”
“One Vision”
“Somebody to Love”
“Tie Your Mother Down”
“Under Pressure”

Price: $1.99/160 MSP/200 WP per track, or $15.99/1280 MSP for pack

Rock Band: The Beatles

“Abbey Road: Complete the Album Pack”

“Maxwell’s Silver Hammer” – $1.99, 160 MSP
“Oh! Darling” – $1.99, 160 MSP
“Because” – $1.99, 160 MSP
“You Never Give Me Your Money”
“Sun King”
“Mean Mr. Mustard”
“Polythene Pam”
“She Came in Through the Bathroom Window”
“Golden Slumbers”
“Carry That Weight”
“The End”
“Her Majesty”

Price: $16.99/1360 MSP for pack

Wii

Tracks

“Maxwell’s Silver Hammer” – 200 WP
“Oh! Darling” – 200 WP
“Because” – 200 WP
“Her Majesty” – 100 WP

Multi-Track Sets:

“Sun King”/ “Mean Mr. Mustard”
“Polythene Pam”/ “She Came in Through the Bathroom Window”
“Golden Slumbers”/ “Carry That Weight”/ “The End”

Price: 350 WP per set

Rock Band: Unplugged

Blink-182 – “The Rock Show”
The Offspring – “All I Want”

Price: $1.99 per track

Lips

“The Supremes Song Pack”

“Baby Love”
“You Can’t Hurry Love”
“Stop! in the Name of Love”

Price: 160 MSP per track, or 440 MSP for pack

Microsoft might Buy EA Sports

If you have ever wanted some “big news” well here is some big new. Even though right now it is just a supposed “rumor”, the news is still rather shocking. The word on the streets of New York is that Microsoft is possibly interested in purchasing the huge game publisher of Electronic Arts, or more commonly known as EA Sports.

This claim will probably remain a claim for quite a long time. However, when word of Microsoft’s possible deal reached the public, Electronic Arts received a 4 percent boost in sales. I can not even begin to think about how huge this deal would be. There would be Xbox exclusives for Electronic Arts which would definitely boost the Microsoft sales.

However, until one of these companies, either Microsoft or Electronic Arts, makes it official, it is not worth getting very worked up about. If this were really to happen, it would probably not be any time in the very near future.

When this rumor was first heard of an Electronic Arts representative was supposedly not available for a comment. Also, a Microsoft representative declined to comment. But recently an Electronic Arts representative said, ”We do not comment on speculation about our business.”

Beatles-Inspired 360s Sold for Charity

If you are looking to donate to a charity, why not take an opportunity that allows for you to give your money and also receive something great in return. In celebration of the greatly anticipated Harmonix game, The Beatles: Rock Band, Microsoft, MTV Games and the humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders are all going to work together to bring you a chance to support this amazing cause.

On eBay, you will be able to bid for a special edition Beatles-inspired Xbox 360. The bidding starts today, Tuesday, September 8th. All of the proceeds made will go to Doctors Without Borders. This organization was individually selected by Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Yoko Ono Lennon and Olivia Harrison. Fifty Elites will be auctioned off in the upcoming weeks. The asking price of these consoles is currently at $780. Only a true gamer would purchase this. Video games are a great way to help contribute to global issues.

If this deal isn’t the one for you, there is another opportunity for you to donate money to Doctors Without Borders. Starting on September 9th, the track, “All You Need is Love,” is available for download to all Xbox Live users. This will cost 160 Microsoft Points and again, the proceeds will go to Doctors Without Borders. If you download this song, you will be entered into a contest to win a special edition Beatles 360 or a Rickenbacker 325 replica controller.

Musicians Badmouth Music Games

Many famous musicians are against the music videogames like Rock Band and Guitar Hero. They say that it is taking kids away from the experience of playing a “real” instrument. However, John Drake from Harmonix says that he believes that these music games are really a way to get kids into playing music. In an interview Drake said:

“I think they’re missing the point. I think that they don’t understand why it’s a phenomenon. From my perspective, anything that gets kids interested in music and gets kids playing music in their house that isn’t an MP3 they stole off the internet, is a good thing. Anything that’s making money for music and making music relevant to kids again is a good thing. I think they think that we prefer people playing plastic guitars over real guitars, and that couldn’t be farther from the truth. We would love nothing more than for every kid that buys Beatles: Rock Band in September to immediately ask for a real guitar for Christmas because they’re inspired.”

I think that these types of music games are a  good experience for young kids who are looking into maybe playing an instrument later in life. It is a good way to get them to learn beats and rhythm. These games also provide a newer and more fun way of playing music for kids.

Upcoming Games this Week

There is going to be a lot of new games released in this upcoming week. New games are being released for the PlayStation 3, the Wii, the Xbox 360, the PSP, the Nintendo DS and the PC. Whether you are looking forward to a music game, a shooting game or just a good fun game in general, this week is definitely going to be a big sales week. Personally, I am looking forward to the release of Guitar Hero 5 the most. This game, which is being released to all major consoles, has been a long awaited game by many people. Some of you may be looking forward to the more adventurous games that are being released. Well what ever type of game you are looking forward to, this is a great week for getting a new and exciting game. The following list is a list of each of the games being released under their console.

PS3

Cabela’s Outdoor Adventures 2010
Guitar Hero 5
Mini Ninjas

Wii

Cabela’s Outdoor Adventures 2010
Cruise Ship Vacation Games
Guitar Hero 5
Mini Ninjas

Xbox 360

Cabela’s Outdoor Adventures 2010
Gears of War 2: Game of the Year Edition
Guitar Hero 5
Mini Ninjas
Section 8

PSP

Soulcalibur: Broken Destiny

Nintendo DS

Mini Ninjas

PC

Champions Online
Mini Ninjas
Section 8

Top 5 Stories of the Week

If your past week has been a little bit too busy to keep up with all the important gaming information, then continue reading. These are the five biggest gaming stories that occured in the past week.

5. The game Batman: Arkham Asylum sets a Guinness record (August 28th) – This game received the title of ‘Most Critically Acclaimed Superhero Game Ever’. With a score of 91.67, it beat out Marvel vs. Capcom 2 which only averaged a score of 90.

4. A lot of stores are already selling the PS3 Slim (August 25th) – Although the planned date for the PlayStation 3 to be released to the public was supposed to be September 1st, many retail stores already began to sell them. The were able to do this because the delivery trucks dropped them off early.

3. Halo series may not be done yet (August 26th) – Bungie earlier had said that Halo: Reach was going to be the end of the Halo series. However, recent comments have led people to believe that they are not going to be done.

2. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 gets dualies. (August 24th) – Many of you are familiar with dual-wielding. For those of you who aren’t, you will learn to love it.

1. Price cut on the Xbox 360 (August 27th) – Responding to Sony’s price cut on the PS3, Microsoft matched the same price at $299.99.

New Tracks for Rock Band

In this past week, several new tracks have been released and are now available to you as downloadable content. If you have already completed one of these games, don’t worry, there is still more songs for you to rock out to.

Rock Band Unplugged

Only two new releases have been made for Rock Band Unplugged.

The Zombies – “She’s Not There” ($1.99)
White Zombie – “Black Sunshine” ($1.99)

Rock Band

Rock Band has come out with a lot of new releases for the Xbox 360, PS3 and the Wii.

Xbox 360/PS3

(160 Microsoft Points, $1.99 per track)

Billy Idol – “Mony Mony”
Billy Idol – “Rebel Yell”
Fleetwood Mac – “Don’t Stop”
Fleetwood Mac – “World Turning”
Jet – “She’s a Genius”
Tom Petty – “I Won’t Back Down”
Tom Petty – “Runnin’ Down a Dream”

Wii

(200 Wii points)

Blind Melon – “No Rain”
Blur – “There’s No Other Way”
Dropkick Murphys – “I’m Shipping Up to Boston”
Eve 6 – “Inside Out”
Foo Fighters – “All My Life”
Foo Fighters – “I’ll Stick Around”
Foo Fighters – “Lonely as You”
Kaiser Chiefs – “I Predict a Riot”
Belly – “Feed the Tree”
Ghost Hounds – “Wind Me Up”
Godsmack – “I Stand Alone”
Grateful Dead – “Cold Rain & Snow”
Grateful Dead – “Doin’ That Rag”
Grateful Dead – “Don’t Ease Me In”
Grateful Dead – “Fire on the Mountain”
Grateful Dead – “Hell in a Bucket”
Grateful Dead – “Uncle John’s Band”
James Gang – “Funk #49”
Mute Math – “Typical”
Rob Zombie – “War Zero”
Turbonegro – “Wasted Again”
White Zombie – “Black Sunshine”
White Zombie – “More Human Than Human”

Console Price Cuts

Things are about to get very interesting. Just three days ago Sony announced their one hundred dollar price cut for the PlayStation 3. Due to this recent price cut, Microsoft may feel threatened. They have apparently made a price cut of their own. This price cut is for the Xbox 360 Elite. The Kotaku reports were made concerning the August 30th Wal-Mart catalogue. This catalogue showed the 120GB Elite on sale for the same price as the PlayStation 3, $299. If you are one of those prospective shoppers that believes this is just some prank to mess with your mind, you are wrong. The one hundred dollar off ad was not only the first one. There is also another Wal-Mart ad that has reported to price cut. This makes for at least two different ads with this price cut causing people to know that this is not a trick. With two different gaming consoles being made available at such a low reasonable price, we are now going to be able to see Sony and Microsoft battle it out to see who can achieve console domination. Amazingly, one buyer could go out and buy both consoles, the Xbox 360 Elite and the PlayStation 3, for the same price that the PlayStation 3 was originally going to be sold at.

Beatles Downloadable Albums

Think that completing the forty-five original set list songs is the only task for you on The Beatles: Rock Band. Well then you will be surprised to hear that three of their albums are scheduled to be released for downloading capability.

The following list includes the album title, release date, and the estimated pricing.

Pricing: $16.98 (or 1360 Microsoft Points for Xbox 360) for album
$1.99 (or 160 Microsoft Points for Xbox 360) for individual tracks

 

Abbey Road (1969)
Release Date: October 20, 2009

• Come Together
• Something
• Maxwell’s Silver Hammer
• Oh! Darling
• Octopus’s Garden
• I Want You (She’s So Heavy)
• Here Comes The Sun
• Because You Never Give Me Your Money
• Sun King
• Mean Mr. Mustard
• Polythene Pam
• She Came In Through The Bathroom Window
• Golden Slumbers
• Carry That Weight
• The End
• Her Majesty

Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967)
Release Date: November 2009

• Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
• With A Little Help From My Friends
• Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds
• Getting Better
• Fixing A Hole
• She’s Leaving Home
• Being For The Benefit of Mr Kite
• Within You Without You
• When I’m Sixty Four
• Lovely Rita
• Good Morning Good Morning
• Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)
• A Day In The Life

Rubber Soul (1965)
Release Date: December 2009

• Drive My Car
• Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)
• You Won’t See Me
• Nowhere Man
• Think For Yourself
• The Word
• Michelle
• What Goes On
• Girl
• I’m Looking Through You
• In My Life Wait
• If I Needed Someone
• Run For Your Life

The Beatles: Rockband Songlist

For the new game The Beatles: Rock Band, forty-four out of the fourty-five final set list songs have been released. These forty-four songs can not yet fully be confirmed. However, it is believed that they are correct.

Singles
I Want To Hold Your Hand
I Feel Fine
Day Tripper
Paperback Writer
Revolution
Don’t Let Me Down

Please Please Me (1963)
I Saw Her Standing There
Boys
Do You Want To Know A Secret
Twist and Shout

With the Beatles (1963)
I Wanna Be Your Man

A Hard Day’s Night (1964)
A Hard Day’s Night
Can’t Buy Me Love

Beatles For Sale (1964)
Eight Days a Week

Help! (1965)
Ticket To Ride

Rubber Soul (1965)
Drive My Car
I’m Looking Through You
If I Needed Someone

Revolver (1966)
Taxman
Yellow Submarine
And Your Bird Can Sing

Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967)
Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band/With a Little Help From My Friends
Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds
Getting Better
Good Morning Good Morning

Magical Mystery Tour (1967)
I Am The Walrus
Hello Goodbye

The Beatles (White Album) (1968)
Dear Prudence
Back In the U.S.S.R.
While My Guitar Gently Weeps
Birthday
Helter Skelter

Yellow Submarine (1969)
Hey Bulldog

Abbey Road (1969)
Come Together
Something
Octopus’s Garden
I Want You (She’s So Heavy)
Here Comes the Sun

Let It Be (1970)
Dig a Pony
I Me Mine
I Got a Feeling
Get Back

Love (2006)
Within You Without You/Tomorrow Never Knows