After all the fancy Photoshopped images and animated gifs tributing Valve's annual Summer Sale, the Internet finally got a catchy, well-produced song. It's made by Temp0, who's mostly known for his StarCraft II music videos, but after listening to this he really should continue to expand his repertoire.
This new song by Xilent and uploaded by UKFDubstep is meant to be representative of the "boss wave" experience in video games. Or at least that's what the name—Boss Wave—suggests.
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From the snapping noise a Wii U game case makes to the menu music, this Wii U song by YouTube user jimmy incorporates a whole bunch of sounds the Wii U can make. And the result is great.
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Grasshopper Manufacture, the studio behind No More Heroes and the upcoming Shadows of the Damned, is working on a Neon Genesis Evangelion game for the PSP. It's not your typical Eva game.
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The announcement last week that AT&T will be the exclusive 3G provider for the hot new PlayStation Vita did not go down well.
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Headphones. You've seen one pair you've seen them all. Unless they're Sony's new official wireless PS3 headphones, in which case, they look different, and great as a result.
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The first thing I thought about this morning, as I opened my eyes, was that the cat trying to rouse me from my hung-over sleep sounded like a Game Boy.
For your listening pleasure, Rockstar Games has uploaded nine cuts from the L.A. Noire soundtrack, including the game's title theme (embedded below) and two other original compositions. The tracks are hosted at the social music site SoundCloud.
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This is Gillian Grassie, a Philadelphia-area harpist. That's not the sort of instrument that gets a record deal; harpists typically fund their recordings by playing weddings, dining rooms and the like. To raise money for her next album, Grassie took requests, and found that video game patrons are very willing to…
