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DLC Week of 3/16 - Lady Gaga, 3 Doors Down, Mute Math, The Subways!

kajota — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:58:00 GMT

Most of you have already caught the Lady Gaga announcement from earlier in the week, but next week Ms. Gaga will be joined by a few other rocking singles from Mute Math, 3 Doors Down and The Subways. Check it out! RBN DLC from this past week will be posted below shortly, so keep posted!

Available on Xbox 360 and Wii (March 16) and PlayStation 3 system (March 18):

Lady Gaga – “Bad Romance”
Lady Gaga – “Just Dance”
Lady Gaga – “Monster”
Lady Gaga – “Poker Face”
3 Doors Down – “It’s Not My Time”
Mute Math – “Control”
South Park – “Poker Face (Cartman version)”
The Subways – “Oh Yeah”
The Subways – “Rock & Roll Queen”

(All tracks are original master recordings)

These tracks will be available for purchase as “Lady Gaga Pack 01” as well as individual tracks on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 system, and as individual tracks only on Wii. Tracks marked with “+” are also available for download in the family-friendly LEGO® Rock Band Music Store.

Price:

$1.99 USD, £.99 UK, €1.49 EU (160 Microsoft Points for Xbox 360) per track

$6.99, £3.49 UK, €5.29 EU (560 Microsoft Points for Xbox 360) for “Lady Gaga Pack 01”

$2.00 USD (200 Wii Points™) per track

source: http://www.rockband.com/forums/showthread.php?t=185587

AAAARRGHHH Matey!!! MW2 Modern Rumfare Pro Bowl is Tonight!

bafroom — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:18:00 GMT

Time for that uppity Pirate Division to visit the locker! Ok, I'm out of pirate euphemisms, and any Royal Navy jokes will just end in somebody singing YMCA, so I'll just get to the point...

Tonight the two Modern Rumfare divisions from our inaugural league will battle it out for bragging rights (the kind that last all the way into next week). We're riddled with folks that can't get there until late, and Gunner who's changed his mind more times than *place your favorite sexist joke here* (i guess the pants he's picked out make his legs look fat, or something), so any subs that are looking to get into the action, post away! No badge on the line, so only true believers need apply.

We'll see you all at 9p est (i'm too stupid to figure out multiple time zones, so check out the google if you're in the same boat)...bring beer and rum, we'll need people to pillage when ours runs out!

Green Day: Rock Band - Release date June 8th

kajota — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:45:00 GMT

Probably the most important part of this announcement is that if you preorder the game from GameStop you won't have to pay $10 to export the tracks to RB2.

New York – March 10, 2010 – Multi-platinum selling and Grammy® Award winning group Green Day, along with Harmonix, the leading developer of music-based games, MTV Games, a part of Viacom’s MTV Networks (NYSE: VIA, VIA.B), and Reprise / Warner Bros. Records today announced that Green Day: Rock Band, the full standalone music video game experience that celebrates Green Day’s historic career and genre-defining albums will launch worldwide June 8, 2010, for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system and the Wii system from Nintendo.
[...]
if you preorder GD:RB through GameStop, when you pick up the game you’ll get a token that will allow you to export without paying any additional charge.

source: http://www.rockband.com/forums/showthread.php?p=3557574#post3557574

Xbox Live Activity for Week of March 1

jigsawhc — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:36:00 GMT

Xbox 360 Top LIVE Titles (based on UU’s)

1    Modern Warfare 2
2    Halo 3
3    Call of Duty: WaW
4    FIFA 10
5    Battlefield Bad Co. 2
6    Call of Duty 4
7    GTA IV
8    Toy Soldiers
9    Gears of War 2
10    Left 4 Dead 2
11    Borderlands
12    Just Cause 2 Demo
13    Madden NFL 10 (Download the demo)
14    Forza Motorsport 3 (Download the demo)
15    Mass Effect 2
16    Halo 3: ODST
17    NBA 2K10
18    BioShock 2
19    Assassin's Creed II
20    NHL 10

Top Arcade Titles (Full Versions purchased)
1    Toy Soldiers
2    Trials HD
3    Castle Crashers
4    Battlefield 1943
5    UNO
6    Hasbro Family Game Night **
7    Marvel vs. Capcom 2
8    Magic: The Gathering
9    Worms 2: Armageddon
10   Duke Nukem 3D
11   The Misadventures of PB Winterbottom
12   Zombie Apocalypse
13   Marble Blast Ultra
14   Worms
15   Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 1989 Classic Arcade
16   Peggle
17   DOOM
18   A Kingdom for Keflings
19   Shadow Complex
20   Turtles in Time Re-Shelled

The above arcade list is based on full versions purchased.
**Combined sales of all Hasbro Family Game Night titles

Top Indie Games (Full Versions purchased)

1 Avatar Showdown
2 The Impossible Game

3 I MAED A GAM3 W1TH Z0MB1ES!!!1

4    Avatar Drop
5    Shoot 1UP
6    Yet Another Zombie Defense
7     Curling 2010
8     Miner Dig Deep
9     Head Shot 2
10     Anger Management
11     Avatar Meet Up Live!
12     MotorHEAT
13     Avatar Golf
14     Avatar Boogie
15     Inside Lacrosse's CL2010
16     Soulcaster
17     ZP2K9
18     Soul
19     Beat Hazard
20     Dont B Nervous Talking 2 Girls

Original Xbox Top Live Titles (based on UU’s)

1    Halo 2
2    Star Wars: Battlfrnt 2
3    Xbox Dashboard
4    Counter-Strike
5    Fable
6    Splinter Cell Chaos
7    Conker: Live Reloaded
8    Doom 3
9    Star Wars: Battlefront
10   SW: Republic Commando

These lists are based on global unique users connected to Xbox Live or in the case of Arcade and Indie Games, full versions purchased during the week.

Some content (and therefore the links) may not be available in all regions.

Sports Gamer Wrap-up

SkeletalRaider — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:08:00 GMT

Here’s a quick look at some sports game announcements and previews that have taken place in the last week. If you are a sports gamer, this is your one stop shop for all of the sports game information. If there’s interest, I’ll put something like this together on a fairly regular basis. While sports games aren’t #1 here at AGE, we seem to have a pretty good following out there. Please feel free to leave some “feedback” and let me know if you like this blog or not. :)

THANKS

~SR~

NCAA Football 11 Tidbits from IGN

http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/107/1076158p1.html

EA Teases Potential Madden NFL 11 Features

http://gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2010/03/10/ea-teases-potential-madden-nfl-11-features.aspx

Wii users, EA Expands Sports Active

http://gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2010/03/10/EA-Expands-Sports-Active.aspx

EA SPORTS FIFA World Cup Trailer (Release April 27)

http://www.easportsfootball.co.uk/media/play/feature-video/2010-FIFA-World-Cup-South-Africa-Trailer

Duck Down Music Partners with 2K Sports to Announce NBA® 2K11 Soundtrack Contest

http://2ksports.com/news/2ksports/385

NHL 2K11 Cover Athlete Revealed

http://gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2010/03/09/news-nhl-2k11-cover-athlete-revealed.aspx

MLB 2k10 - Starting the Decade off Right

http://www.oxmonline.com/article/reviews/xbox-360/m-r/mlb-2k10

Tiger Woods PGA Tour 11 Picks PS3 Motion Controls

http://multiplayerblog.mtv.com/2010/03/09/tiger-woods-pga-tour-11-picks-ps3-motion-controls/

NHL 10- Roster Update #10 (Trade Deadline)

http://www.easports.com/blogs/inthecrease/post/slug/roster-update-10-trade-deadline-moves

Don’t miss out on FIFA Ultimate Team -has Doghead333's seal of approval ;)

http://www.easportsfootball.co.uk/news/item/file/FIFA-10-Ultimate-Team-FAQ

Xbox Live Marketplace Release Schedule -> Mar 9 - 24

jigsawhc — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:19:00 GMT

Here is the current schedule for upcoming content coming soon to the Xbox LIVE Marketplace*

Xbox LIVE Deal of the Week:

March 15: Fable Originals, 800 Points

March 22: Fallout 3 Game Add-ons :Operation: Anchorage, The Pitt, Broken Steel, Point Lookout and Mothership Zeta, 400 points each

Xbox LIVE Games on Demand:

March 9: Condemned: Criminal Origins (not available in Germany, Japan, India or Korea)
March 9: Guilty Gear 2 Overture (Japan)

Xbox LIVE Arcade:

As part of the Block Party promotion, here is the Arcade schedule for March.

March 10: Scrap Metal, 1200 points

March 17: Perfect Dark, 800 points

March 24: Game Room, Free to download. Individual games will cost 240 to 400 points

Xbox Avatar Marketplace:

These are just a few of the collections scheduled for the Xbox LIVE Avatar Marketplace.

March 11: St. Patty’s Day
March 11: Scrap Metal

March 18: Perfect Dark

March 18: Alan Wake

Also, the following Xbox 360 Game Add-Ons are scheduled to be available:

March 9: Forza Motorsport 3 Jalopnik Car Pack, 400 Microsoft Points

March 11: BioShock 2 Sinclair Solutions Tester Pack, 800 Microsoft Points

March 16: Dragon Age: Origins Awakening Expansion Pack, 3200 Microsoft Points

Also, later this week we’ve got the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Multiplayer Unlock event running from March 12 [9:00 am PT / Noon ET] – March 15 [9:00 am PT / Noon ET], during which Silver Xbox LIVE members will be able to enjoy online multiplayer in the game for free. Sign up for a free Xbox LIVE account today and be prepared to play.

Games Releasing This Week - 3/8/10

jigsawhc — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 18:23:00 GMT

Retail
Calling	[USA]	$39.99	TUE
Racquet Sports (game only / with USB camera)	[USA]	$29.99 / $39.99	TUE
Sam & Max: Beyond Time and Space (Season Two)	[USA]	$29.99	TUE
WiiWare
Dracula - Undead Awakening	[USA]	$10.00	MON
Max & The Magic Marker	[USA]	$10.00	MON
Virtual Console
Final Fantasy II (SNES)	[USA]	$8.00	MON
DLC
Guitar Hero 5 / Band Hero: OK Go tracks [more info]	[USA]	$2.00 ea.	THU
Rock Band: White Stripes and miscellaneous tracks [more info]	[USA]	$2.00 ea.	TUE

Retail
The Daring Game for Girls	[USA]	$19.99	TUE
Foto Showdown [DSi only]	[USA]	$29.99	TUE
Pokemon HeartGold/SoulSilver	[USA]	$39.99 ea.	SUN (3/14)
DSiWare
4 Travellers - Play Spanish	[USA]	$4.00	MON
Dracula - Undead Awakening	[USA]	$5.00	MON
Elemental Masters	[USA]	$8.00	MON
Flips: The Bubonic Builders	[USA]	$5.00	MON

Retail
Final Fantasy XIII	[USA]	$59.99	TUE
Resident Evil 5: Gold Edition	[USA]	$49.99	TUE
Yakuza 3	[USA]	$54.99	TUE
Peripherals
Super Street Fighter IV Arcade FightStick Tournament Edition S (Black/White)	[USA]	$149.99 ea.	FRI
Super Street Fighter IV Wireless FightPad (Juri/Ken/Ryu/T. Hawk)	[USA]	$39.99 ea.	MON
PSN Games
TBA
Demos
TBA
DLC
BioShock 2: Sinclair Solutions Test Pack	[USA]	$4.99	THU
Dragon Age: Origins - Return to Ostagar	[USA]	$4.99	THU
Guitar Hero 5 / Band Hero: OK Go Track Pack [more info]	[USA]	$5.49 / $1.99 ea.	THU
Rock Band: White Stripes Pack 02 & individual tracks [more info]	[USA]	varies	THU

Retail
BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger (Portable)	[USA]	$29.99	TUE
PSN Games
TBA
PSP minis
TBA
Demos
TBA

Retail
Final Fantasy XIII	[USA]	$59.99	TUE
Resident Evil 5: Gold Edition	[USA]	$49.99	TUE
Hardware
Xbox 360 "Final Fantasy XIII" Special Edition Bundle [more info]	[USA]	$399.99	TUE
Peripherals
Super Street Fighter IV Arcade FightStick Tournament Edition S (Black/White)	[USA]	$149.99 ea.	FRI
Super Street Fighter IV (Wired) FightPad (Juri/Ken/Ryu/T. Hawk)	[USA]	$39.99 ea.	MON
XBLA
Scrap Metal	[USA]	$15.00	WED
Demos
TBA
DLC
BioShock 2: Sinclair Solutions Test Pack	[USA]	$5.00	THU
Deal of the Week: Call of Duty World at War Map Pack bundle [Gold only]	[USA]	$25.00 $20.00	MON – SUN
Guitar Hero 5 / Band Hero: OK Go Track Pack [more info]	[USA]	$5.50 / $2.00 ea.	THU
Lips: Add-on Songs	[USA]	$2.00 ea.	FRI
Rock Band: White Stripes Pack 02 & individual tracks [more info]	[USA]	varies	TUE
Games on Demand
TBA

PC / Mac

Retail
Assassin's Creed 2 [includes 2 DLC Sequences] (PC)	[USA]	$59.99	TUE
Sam & Max: Beyond Time and Space (Season Two) (PC)	[USA]	$19.99	TUE
Warhammer 40000: Dawn of War II: Chaos Rising [Expansion Pack] (PC)	[USA]	$29.99	THU
Warhammer 40000: Dawn of War II: Gold Edition [includes Dawn of War II original game] (PC)	[USA]	$39.99	THU

[Bargain Bin] Mass Effect 2 for $39.99 shipped

jigsawhc — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 15:55:00 GMT

Amazon's deal of the day is Mass Effect 2. So, today only, you can get it for $39.99 with free shipping.

Ths PC version is also on sale today. It is $29.99.

Link to Sale

New 360 Elite bundle featuring Forza 3 and Halo ODST

MarkcusD — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 19:30:00 GMT

A new 360 Elite bundle is coming out next week featuring Forza 3 and Halo ODST (plus Halo Reach beta ;) ). Price is $299.

Source

[AGE Feature] AGE Calendar

jigsawhc — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 17:00:00 GMT

We've added a new feature to the AGE Homepage:

The new AGE Calendar contains AGE's Game Nights, Tournaments, and Birthdays. As AGE grows the new calendar provides a simple interace to keep track of all the activities and events that are coming up.

The AGE Calendar is based on Google Calendar so you can easily add it your own Google Calendar, iCal, or other calendar service with these links:

Birthdays:
Game Nights:
Events:

If you would like your birthday added to the calendar head over to >>this thread<< and post the date.

Update: Looks like we've been a little lax in updating this. I'll work on getting it up to date this weekend. If you are organizing an upcoming AGE tournament please PM jigsawhc the date and time details and I'll get them added to the calendar.

RB DLC Week of 3/9 - White Stripes, Shaimus, Neil Pert and more!

kajota — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 19:59:00 GMT

Hey gang,

Here's your DLC for the week of 3/9/2010! There's an all-star three pack from The White Stripes, the return of Shaimus to rhythm gaming, some Canadian hockey love and more! Enjoy!

Available on Xbox 360 and Wii (March 9) and PlayStation 3 system (March 11):

The Futureheads – “Decent Days & Nights” +
The Futureheads – “Hounds of Love” +
The James Gang – “Walk Away” +
Neil Peart – “The Hockey Theme” + *
Shaimus – “All of This” + *
Shaimus – “Tie You Down” + *
The White Stripes – “Fell in Love with a Girl” +
The White Stripes – “Seven Nation Army”
The White Stripes – “You Don’t Know What Love Is (You Just Do As You’re Told)” +

(All tracks are original master recordings)

These tracks will be available for purchase as “The White Stripes Pack 02” as well as individual tracks on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 system, and as individual tracks only on Wii. Tracks marked with “+” are also available for download in the family-friendly LEGO® Rock Band Music Store.

Price:

$1.99 USD, £.99 UK, €1.49 EU (160 Microsoft Points for Xbox 360) per track

$5.49, £2.49 UK, €3.99 EU (440 Microsoft Points for Xbox 360) for “The White Stripes Pack 02”

$2.00 USD (200 Wii Points™) per track

Tracks marked with “*” are 99 cents per track

** Dates for Rock Band game tracks are tentative and subject to change. **

Source: http://www.rockband.com/forums/showthread.php?t=184882

Rum Bowl Lives Up to the Hype

vcize — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 16:12:00 GMT

Peshtigo dubbed this week "Rum Bowl Hype Week" as folks were barraged with promotional stuff for the finals. It would have been a shame to see all that end with a wimper, but fortunately the Rum Bowl lived up to the hype with a close, intense finals matchup that saw Team Screech eeking out the win over Admiral Nelson in the last of 5 rounds that included an overtime match and a big comeback. Congrats to Cokebear , Gunner McGrath, Jay8497, Lackwit, Vcize, Wiglag, and WrekTaFyr.

Jump inside for a recap of the matches!

Domination on Sub Base: This was Screech's bread and butter all season long, as they finished 9-0 on this map/gametype. Screech ran its usual strategy and, despite being completely cleared off B at the start by a well placed rocket from ChewySmokey, was still able to capture B after Cokebear added a well placed rocket of his own to the mix. From there, they held it the rest of the map and took the early 1-0 lead.

TDM on Sub Base: Admiral Nelson came out on fire in this one, knowing that they badly needed a win here with another Domination/Sub Base gametype on the eventual horizon. Nelson took an early 500-0 lead, and at one point grew that lead to 2200-1000. Screech was able to remain calm though, and pinch Nelson back into a corner where they were able to rack up some kills and get the game close again. Screech eventually took the lead and was able to hold on as Nelson attempted a desperate rush when trailing by 400 with a minute left.

S&D on Terminal: With their backs against the wall, knowing that one more loss ended their night, Admiral Nelson got to play their equivalent to Screech's domination on Sub Base. Nelson was 5-0 on S&D Terminal heading into the match, with most of the games being blowout wins. Screech was determined not to make this map easy for them though, and took a 2-1 lead on their defense rounds. Nelson was able to take the next two rounds, taking the lead back 3-2, but Screech was able to get the bomb planted for the win in the last round to tie things up at 3-3 and send it into overtime. In overtime, Nelson defended and locked down the map, picking up the victory and bringing the overall match score to 2-1 in favor of Screech.

Domination on Terminal: The first half of the match was back and forth, with Screech holding a slight lead at the halfway mark 105-93. From there, Nelson regrouped and really made a strong push to the end, capturing two points and never holding less than two the rest of the match for a 200-170 victory that would send us to one final match, winner take all.

Domination on Sub Base: 7 weeks of blood, sweat, and tears (by our videogame characters at least, not our own) all came down to one final match. Fortunately for Screech, their higher seeding granted them homefield advantage on this final match, and their seemingly unstoppable strategy on this game type and map did not let them down, as they took the victory and the badge.

Bonus Match: Some of you may recall Surreal's video from the UC2 tourney, in which he soothed his loss in the finals by playing a bonus match of team rockets against the winning team just for fun and slaughtered them, then posted the video of the annihilation. He wanted another chance of that here, and suggested we play a CTF match just for fun since Nelson had dominated Screech at CTF in their regular season matchup. Gunner, the savvy trickster that he is, nonchalantly "randomly" suggested Scrapyard as the map to play it on, not telling team Nelson that it was actually Screech's favorite CTF map. Screech dominated the bonus match 7-1, making sure that we would not see another of Surreal's revenge videos.

Big props go to Bull Junior and Peshtigo, who did a fantastic job organizing and running a great league. Don't forget to sign of up for the pro bowl!

Xbox Live Code of Conduct Change

SkeletalRaider — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 14:53:00 GMT

Some changes have been made to the XBL code of conduct. Please check them out and be aware of the sweeping changes on live.

The following is a Letter from Marc Whitten:

Dear Xbox LIVE members,

Since the beginning, Microsoft has made an investment in the security and safety of Xbox LIVE and created tools and monitoring practices to ensure it is a fun and welcoming entertainment experience for people of all races, nationalities, religions and sexual orientations. And thanks to this investment and the enthusiasm of community members like you, we're proud to be the strongest and most diverse online community of its kind at 23 million.

The Xbox LIVE Terms of Use and Code of Conduct are designed to create a place where people can safely enjoy all of the ways to interact on our service, be it online multiplayer gaming, photo sharing, Netflix parties, or social games such as 1 vs 100, without fear of discrimination or harassment. As the service evolves and our customers provide us with feedback, these rules evolve to incorporate new features or changes in how people wish to interact.

With that in mind, I'd like to announce an update to the Xbox LIVE Terms of Use and Code of Conduct which will allow our members to more freely express their race, nationality, religion and sexual orientation in Gamertags and profiles. Under our previous policy, some of these expressions of self-identification were not allowed in Gamertags or profiles to prevent the use of these terms as insults or slurs. However we have since heard feedback from our customers that while the spirit of this approach was genuine, it inadvertently excluded a part of our Xbox LIVE community. This update also comes hand-in-hand with increased stringency and enforcement to prevent the misuse of these terms.

I truly believe that our diversity is what makes us strong: diversity in gaming and entertainment options, and diversity in the people that make up this amazing community. I look forward to seeing you on LIVE soon.

Jump in,

Marc Whitten
Gamertag - Notwen

Modern Rumfare Finals Hype in Full Effect: Trailers and Interviews

vcize — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 20:51:00 GMT

The Finals for Modern Rumfare, one of AGE's largest and longest running leagues, are tonight. Get on board the hype train with a video preview of the finals matchup, as well as interviews from players of the contending teams. Even if you're not in the league, check them out and get in on the hype!

The Trailer:

The interviews:

Rum Bowl Interview with Admiral Nelson:

1. Introduce Yourselves.

SurrealPanic: Hi, I am Surreal. I aim low. Nope, even lower.

ChewySmokey: Buon giorno, I am ChewySmokey. I also answer to "CampySmokey", "ChewyCampy" (see a trend, here?), "that guy who will leave you for dead when the shit hits the fan", "That Canadian" or "Hoser". Apparently I am co-captain for Team Admiral Nelson in the Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 league "Modern Rumfare", I guess slapping together maps to formulate strategies and bossing around my teammates entitles me to some authority.

2. Share with us, all your hopes and dreams.

SurrealPanic: I dream of a world free of Screech and Screech-related merchandise, imagery, badging, and paraphenalia.

ChewySmokey: I hope to finish my schooling this year and enter the workforce, the "real world" work force, as some sort of graphic designer. Fuck that free-lancer shit, I want to work for an actual company with steady pay. I want to make things, animate (2D or 3D), graphics, all that fun shit, though it is quite ambitious. Oh, and I hope we win!

3. Tell me about your team.

SurrealPanic: Great bunch of guys. Everyone is willing to eat bullets FTW. Not a stinker in the bunch. A good well-rounded unruly mob.

ChewySmokey: My team is like a well oiled machine that can cuss and swear with the best of 'em! Communication is never a problem and we've become very good at adapting to changing conditions in gameplay.

4. Any teammate you think deserves a special shout-out?

SurrealPanic: Chewy has played well all league, but everyone on the team has had good games and made clutch plays.

ChewySmokey: Fuck, I don't know, they all do their part and contribute, but I think I'll give a shout out to Pittenger5 for scoring the only point on the decisive CTF match against Sailor Jerry last week. Of coarse, without good defense and massive efforts made to retrieve our flag that point would have meant nothing, which everyone had a hand in.

5. Give me your thoughts on the upcoming match Thursday night.

SurrealPanic: We will sweep. Over in 30.

ChewySmokey: It will be brutal and close, but I think we are ready.

6. What are your plans after your Rum Bowl victory?

SurrealPanic: I am going to Gatorland.

ChewySmokey: Change my avatar on these forums, prestige after I work on some other guns and sleep.

7. Finally, define your team in 7 words or less.

SurrealPanic: Cuddly tiger cubs with big teeth (rawr!)

ChewySmokey: Strategic, adaptable, cussing, blood thirsty manly men!

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Rum Bowl Interview with Newfoundland Screech:

1. Introduce Yourselves.

Gunner McGrath: Hello. My name is Chris McGrath, and I live in Hoffman Estates, Illinois (which is a suburb of Chicago... excellent!). I'm 31, married for almost 2 years, and we have our first child coming in July. Back in my early days as a singer for a punk band, my friend's sister decided that Gunner McGrath was a cool nickname, and after putting it on our web site, people thought it was my real name and it stuck. It means absolutely nothing and certainly has nothing to do with my prowess behind a virtual FAMAS.

Vcize: 16/f has webcam want 2 chat?

2. Share with us, all your hopes and dreams.

Gunner McGrath: I don't have that many, really. I hope to be a good husband and father, and I dream of the day when I am completely out of debt. But most importantly, I really desperately want to get 1000 headshots with the aforementioned FAMAS, and of course, spank Nelson hard this Thursday! (It is a little known fact that my only Call of Duty badge was earned by subbing in the last match of a tournament finals game, and wasn't actually my team, so winning this one would be the first that I properly earned!)

Vcize: I currently work in software development. As everyone around here probably knows, I want to get the hell out of that god-forsaken field and get into the video production field someday. Maybe Chewy and I should start our own company. That is, if he'll talk to me after we destroy his team tomorrow night.

3. Tell me about your team.

Gunner McGrath: I'll tell you what I really like about my team. We may not be the best shots or know the maps better than anyone else, but everybody takes the league [reasonably] seriously and when we decide on a strategy, we execute it. Nobody's running around doing their own thing (though if anyone would be guilty of that, it'd be me).

Vcize: We're a bunch of jokers who, when combined, form the perfect meld of ass kicking brutality. Kind of like when the planets all align just right and cause the world to end in 2012 (I saw it in a movie, there's no stopping it).

4. Any teammate you think deserves a special shout-out?

Gunner McGrath: I like my whole team equally. Though I will say I'm impressed that Vcize has held his own even though he's only level 35, and Wiglag prestiged on a weekend and pushed hard to get himself back up into the 40's again before the last match. That's dedication to the league AND the game!

Vcize: Everyone on our team plays an important role and without any one of us we're worse off. For instance our success on domination on our home map has everyone playing a key role and without any one of us it would leave a huge hole in our strategery for that map. Lackwit's 184:1 K/D ratio during the tourney hasn't hurt either.

5. Give me your thoughts on the upcoming match Thursday night.

Gunner McGrath: Well, I was pretty worried about our ability to win last week, and that worked out pretty well for us, so I'm going to go ahead and continue to be worried that Nelson has learned enough from our previous encounter to give us some real trouble. They may not have been the top seed, but they earned their way into the finals and that's nothing to sneeze at. I expect to have a racing heart and very tense muscles when I go to bed Thursday.

Vcize: We've played Admiral Nelson before so we know it will be a hard fought, nail-biter. We will prevail though, our awesome level is just too high to keep us down.

6. What are your plans after your Rum Bowl victory?

Gunner McGrath: I'm going to prestige! (Just as soon as I get that 1000th headshot.)

Vcize: I'm going to try to find the room for another badge without AJ bitching about it.

7. Finally, define your team in 7 words or less.

Gunner McGrath: Dustin Diamond has got nothing on us.

Vcize: Destroyers of dreams.

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Tecmo Bowl Throwback Headed to PSN & XBLA

SkeletalRaider — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 19:59:00 GMT

In all of my gaming, I’ve not spent half as many hours playing a game as I have spent playing the Tecmo Bowl franchise. Do you remember the days of Bo Jackson running non-stop, and having David Fulcher of the Bengals pick off a pass that he was no where near? ME TOO! Hopefully you have a DS, and Tecmo Bowl Kickoff http://www.tecmobowlgame.com/tecmobowlkickoff/index.html will hold you over until the release of Tecmo Bowl Throwback on PSN & XBLA.

The day is coming where Tecmo Bowl is RE-BORN. Southend Interactive is working on the new title for Tecmo and appears to be putting together a 32 team game with customizable rosters. (1) I was unable to find a price point for this game on the XBLA but the ‘tecmo players circuit’ has it going between 1200 & 1600 MS points or $14.99 & $19.99. Again- Officially, NO prices have been announced for Tecmo Bowl Throwback (2)

An abundance of screen shots are available HERE (3) Gamespy is claiming that it’s a remake of Tecmo Super Bowl which was the best news available for Tecmo fans. (4) Operation Sports is claiming an April 27th release date for Tecmo Bowl Throwback. (5)

Sources:
1. http://thexboxdomain.com/2010/03/tecmo-bowl-throwback-confirmed-for-xbla/
2. http://gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2010/03/02/news-new-tecmo-bowl-kicking-off-this-spring.aspx
3. http://xbox360.vggen.com/gallery.php?game=7434
4. http://xbox360.gamespy.com/xbox-360/tecmo-bowl/1073995p1.html
5. http://www.operationsports.com/newspost.php?id=396673

[Bargain Bin] Brutal Legend for 20 bones

vcize — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 17:37:00 GMT

Newegg has Brutal Legend for $20 with free shipping right now, both the PS3 and 360 versions.

Link to PS3 version
Link to 360 version

Rock Band Network Music Store Opens Today

kajota — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 17:27:00 GMT

CAMBRIDGE, MA and NEW YORK, NY – March 4, 2010 - Harmonix Music Systems and MTV Games, a part of Viacom’s MTV Networks (NYSE: VIA, VIA.B), today announced that the Rock Band Network Music Store opens to the public today, giving Rock Band fans and music lovers a new avenue to discover music and providing musicians and labels the opportunity to produce and promote tracks for the Rock Band platform. The Rock Band Network, announced in July, is a ground-breaking initiative that gives musicians, publishers and record labels the ability to author their original recordings into gameplay files to promote and sell their music as playable Rock Band tracks through the Rock Band Network Music Store (RBN Store).
...there are currently more than 100 songs available for purchase in the Rock Band Network Music Store from artists including The Shins, The Hold Steady, The Main Drag, Bang Camaro, of Montreal, Jonathan Coulton, Skeleton Witch, 3 Inches of Blood, Lacuna Coil, Stroke 9, and Steve Vai. For the full day one track listing check the below post. There are more than 300 artists in the RBN pipeline, with additional tracks already on the way from Flight of the Conchords, The Smashing Pumpkins, Twin Atlantic, All That Remains, Clutch, Prong, The Gaslight Anthem and many more coming soon.

source:rockband.com

click here for a list of songs for RBN store launch

Demo for Just Cause 2 Released

jigsawhc — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 16:58:00 GMT

Content: Just Cause 2 Demo
Price: Free
Availability: All Xbox LIVE regions
Dash Text: Prepare yourself for some extreme chaos creation in this non-stop adrenalin-fuelled demo of Just Cause 2. Whether freefalling from thousands of feet, hijacking enemy fighters in mid-air or simply blasting your way through military compounds on the ground, as agent Rico Rodriguez you’re guaranteed to leave your mark on the tropical island of Panau. With literally hundreds of weapons, vehicles and collectables to discover and near unlimited possibilities for creative fun, you’ll soon find this vast playground is only a tiny portion of what the full game has to offer. Grab a parachute and ready your grapple... it’s time to cause some chaos!

Add the free Just Cause 2 demo to your Xbox 360 download queue

MotoGP 09/10 Demo Available out now!

kajota — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 16:07:00 GMT

The demo for the motorcycle racing game with dumbest title ever is out now.

Clickty click click to queue this game up on your xbox

Get the new MotoGP 09/10 demo now and test ride the 125cc, 250cc and GP class bikes AND experience the challenge of three different game modes , including; ‘Championship’, ‘Time trial’ and ‘Arcade’. Racing on the world famous Mugello circuit this impressive demo gives you a chance to sample the best MotoGP game to date and the best racing action on two wheels.

NBA 2K10 League...Anyone Interested??

WrekTaFyr — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 13:47:00 GMT

I threw out an interest thread for this yesterday, but where it might have gotten buried or looked over, I figured I'd put it on the blog and see if this route gets any bites.