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Def Leppard Debuting New Single In Guitar Hero (ie Videogames Killed The Radio Star)
Maybe Def Leppard don't know their downloadable content from their full-price retail products. Few weeks back they told a radio show that three of their songs would be appearing in Guitar Hero IV. And hey, they still might, but the timing of that interview and today's announcement that three of their songs would be appearing as DLC for Guitar Hero III has me thinking they're not as up-to-speed on their roman numerals as they are on the whole rock n' roll business. On April 24 (May 8 for Europe), the Def Leppard songs Photograph and Rock of Ages will be made available as DLC, along with new single Nine Lives. This last one's interesting because the song will be debuting in the game. Not on radio, not on TV, not even as a ringtone, but as a playable track in a videogame. Looking at that, you could say all kinds of things about the music business, but I'm just going to say it's pretty neat.New Def Leppard Single to Debut in Guitar Hero 3; Other Leppard Tracks Tagging Along [Shacknews] [Pic]
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Def Leppard In Guitar Hero 4
There is no better pick me up in the world than the opening chords of Def Leppard's "Photograph". See for yourself once Guitar Hero 4. During an interview wit the band on the radio show Rockline, a caller asked why none of their songs were featured in Guitar Hero or Rock Band. Guitarist Phil Collen replied, revealing that at least three of their hits would be featured in GH4, including "Rock of Ages", "Animal", and of course, "Photograph". Personally I was hoping they would show up as downloadable content for Rock Band, but that's only because I lost one of my drumsticks. Oh come on, I had to go there. It was a moral imperative.
Def Leppard Songs to Appear in Guitar Hero 4 [Guitar Hero News]
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Microsoft Not Worried About HD DVD
Sure, HD DVD is pretty much dead, but that doesn't bother Microsoft one bit. Their official statement:"We do not believe the recent reports about HD DVD will have any material impact on the Xbox 360 platform or our position in the marketplace. As we've long stated, we believe it is games that sell consoles and Xbox 360 continues to have the largest next-gen games library with the most exclusives and best selling games in the industry. We will wait until we hear from Toshiba before announcing any specific plans around the Xbox 360 HD DVD player. HD DVD is one of the several ways we offer a high definition experience to consumers and we will continue to give consumers the choice to enjoy digital distribution of high definition movies and TV shows directly to their living room along with playback of the DVD movies they already own."I suppose they are right. Not like the failure of HD DVD will suddenly drop them below last place.
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Microsoft Snaps Up EA Chicago GM To Head Gears Of War Project
When Electronic Arts shuttered its Chicago-based development studio, the one responsible for titles like Fight Night and Def Jam Icon, EA prez Frank Gibeau chalked it up to an inability to meet standards for "responsibility for product quality, ship dates and profitability." Tough words, especially when some of that blame was most likely shouldered by former general manager of the studio, Kudo Tsunoda. Fortunately for Tsunoda, he has a new home, with GameTap reporting today that he's landed at Microsoft.
Tsunoda, best known for his fighting games, including a licensed Marvel Comics brawler that may have been scrapped, has been supposedly put to work on a popular franchise. A new Gears of War title is said to be his first project. An interesting fit. And by interesting, I mean, you better not screw this up, Kudo, or you're in big trouble. Oh, and congratulations.
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Hackers Join Next-Gen HD Format Wars
In a sense, the next-generation HD battle of blu-ray versus HD DVD closely parallels the current generation console battle between Sony and Microsoft. Both have clear advantages and disadvantages over the other, and every time I try to choose between the two, something happens to cloud my judgment. Transformers on HD DVD. Uncharted: Drake's Fortune. Over the holiday season the battle grew more heated, as both formats tried to out special deal the other and forums broke out into the verbal equivalent of fisticuffs, escalating to the point where hackers threw their hat into the ring, redirecting visitors to Blue-raydisc.com to HD DVD's "The Look and Sound of Perfect" website. Nasty! The hack was quickly fixed, but the message is clear. This is still very much a war, and perhaps "Hack the Planet!" Makes you wonder if all industries have fights like this, and somewhere on a craft site a knitter is calling a crocheter a little bitch. F***ing crocheters.
Hacks and smack-talking make hi-def format war even uglier [Ars technica]
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EA Confirms EA Chicago is Closing
EA Chicago has gone down for the count. I can exclusively report that EA is closing the studio effective immediately. Word is that EA is working hard to place many of the 150+ employees at its other studios around the world. What does this mean for the future of the Def Jam fighting franchise and the forthcoming Marvel fighting game? I'm still looking into that, but it sure seems like those games won't be coming anytime soon.
A source has also leaked me with the surprisingly honest memo sent to EA employees from Frank Gibeau, President of EA Games. In it he says:
"Within the EA Games Label, we are committed to running each franchise and facility as a city/state, teams with unique creative identities as well as responsibility for product quality, ship dates and profitability....Unfortunately, EA Chicago hasn't been able to meet that standard....Closing EA Chicago is the toughest decision I've made in my career - one that in no way reflects on the talent and dedication of the people who work there."
This was no doubt an extremely difficult decision for EA. I was at the Chicago studio this summer to tape an episode of Game Head on the new Marvel fighting game and it was a beautiful facility with very talented developers.
Read the full memo from EA after the jump...
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CEDIA Day in Photos
CEDIA was most definitely my type of show. While Gizmodo's Brian Lam was practically dry-humping the endless rows of high-end cabling, theater seating, hydraulic desks (which I tagged the Upskirt 2K because they had booth babes riding it up to eye level), I found very little gaming wise to talk up.
There were some funny exceptions, like the 103-inch high-def television being used to play Wii Golf, a sales rep standing by cringing with every wild swing of those involved. The endless supply of PS3s being used to show off high-def video. The HDMI splitter being used to feed video from one PS3 to six high-def televisions. I'll be writing all of that stuff in a bit, including my being pwned by a pro-gamer on Halo 2, but for now check out the gallery and revel in the non-gaminess of it.
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What Are You Playing This Weekend?
In a week already rich with videogaming (and writing about videogaming), it makes this associate editor pine for a day off from the digital escapism. We've already played a full workweek's worth of The Godfather Blackhand Edition, we spent hours at the local watering hole playing Guitar Hero II on stage, and last night saw our monthly social gaming event, Geek Night, take place in Culver City. More »
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What Are You Playing This Weekend?
I've got a full weekend planned, including hitting the Sunset Boulevard Nursery for some flower shopping (no, really) and maybe some hard Hollywood partying, but what's really got my schedule packed are the games. The ridiculous amount of games! Being away at GDC and on vacation for half the month of March, which saw some considerable releases, means I've got some catching up to do. More »
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Fat Joe Talks Def Jam
I had a chance to speak with rapper Fat Joe over the phone during his recent publicity stop in Atlanta to promote upcoming brawler Def Jam: Icon. More »
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Celebs Compete in Def Jam Icon
GameStop and Electronic Arts have teamed up to host a little cross-country Def Jam: Icon tourney that will pit regular gamers against hip-hop artists. More »
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Def Jam: Icon Demo Impressions
I was up bright and early this morning harvesting fresh gaming news, so I decided to download the Def Jam: Icon demo off of Xbox Live. I wasn't expecting too much. I had tried to play the first two games, but a lack of familiarity with the source material coupled with my inability to master the fighting system had me moving on to other things before too long. Expecting more of the same, I was pleasantly surprised at the latest entry in the series. More »
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Def Jam Icon Demo Hits 360 in the Morn
Tomorrow morning we will all be able to decide if hip-hop style fighting is worth the price of admission on the Xbox 360. More »
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Def Jam: Icon Music To Affect Game Play
Electronic Arts recently announced that the 29-song tracklist for their upcoming brawler Def Jam: Icon for the PS3 and Xbox 360. More »
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Def Jam Icon Demo Won't Hit Live This Week
EA's out to make us look bad, as the Def Jam Icon demo promised for Xbox Live tomorrow isn't quite going to make it. No date on when gamers can now expect the trial version featuring Big Boi and T.I. other than that it would be available "worldwide" sometime "soon." More »
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