Guitar Hero 2 Songlist Revealed
Electronic Gaming Monthly gave the scoop on some of the new features of Guitar Hero II in this month’s issue. New songs include:
Nirvana “Heart-Shaped Box”
Primus “John the Fisherman”
Stone Temple Pilots “Trippin’ on a Hole in a Paper Heart”
Anthrax “Madhouse”
Motley Crue “Shout at the Devil”
The Police “Message in a Bottle”
The Pretenders “Tattooed Love Boys”
Spinal Tap “Tonight I’m Gonna Rock You Tonight”
Heart “Crazy on You”
Allman Brothers Band “Jessica”
Lynyrd Skynrd “Freebird”Avenged Sevenfold “Beast and the Harlot”
Dick Dale “Misirlou”
Lamb of God “Laid to Rest”
Alice in Chains “Them Bones”
Reverend Horton Heat “Psychobilly Freakout”
Black Sabbath “War Pigs”
KISS “Strutter”
Butthole Surfers “Who Was in My Room Last Night?”
Van Halen “You Really Got Me”
Guns N’ Roses “Sweet Child O’Mine”
The Rolling Stones “Can’t You Hear Me Knocking?”
Rush “YYZ”
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E3 Down for the Count?
The video-gaming industry’s super event E3, which was held annually in May at the L.A. County Convention Center, is getting downsized. According to Gamespot, it is also moving out of the LACC, and will be a feature for hundreds of fans, no longer thousands. The idea here is that since the throng is so large and many games aren’t getting their proper due at the expo, the event should be restructured as to accommodate the products on display efficiently. Quoth Gamespot:
One reason behind the downsizing of the show can be attributed to the dollar cost of the event to exhibitors, including the demands on companies to assign large numbers of staff to focus on the show, expenses associated with travel to the show, and the added expense to polish game builds and demos to be shown to attendees.
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Blizzard sets a new Banning Record!
In a mere 25 days, Blizzard managed to ban about 59,000 World of Warcraft accounts. This topped the 30,000 or so for the May bannings. From the horse’s mouth:
As part of our efforts to eliminate cheating from World of Warcraft, we recently banned approximately 59,000 World of Warcraft accounts in the month of June, and with that removed well over 22 million gold from the total economy across all realms. While we regret having to take such extreme action, these accounts were participating in activities that directly violated World of Warcraft’s Terms of Use, including the use of third-party programs to farm gold and items. Such behavior not only negatively impacts the economy of a realm, it diminishes the achievements of those who play legitimately. We will continue to aggressively monitor all World of Warcraft realms in order to protect the service and our players from the harmful effects of cheating.
Once again, I maintain that this is excessive, unsubstantiated, and perhaps motivated by corporate greed (i.e., Blizzard wants a less expensive hosting bill).
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Free 7.11 oz Slurpee on July 11th at 7-11
A friendly reminder for all those who love slurpees: 7-11 is giving away free 7.11 oz. slurpees on July 11th (7/11). Just head over to any 7-11 and you’ll prodigiously find your favorite frozen drink being handed out for free!
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Pre-order The PS3 In Germany for $765
MediaMarkt, the German mega-retailer, is now taking pre-orders for the PlayStation 3 60GB version for just €600 (US$765). Because the pre-order includes a game with the PS3, it’s hardly a bad deal, considering the over-inflated prices, topping $1,000, that we saw for the Xbox 360 console alone. Apparently the choice of games is limited to Formula 1, Motorstorm, SingStar, or Genji 2. DigitalBattle reports that Play.com offered a pre-order for the PS3 and 3 games for over $1000 USD earlier this month. Thus $765 for a PS3 + 1 game seems like a rather frugal plan.
