2K Sports Provides an Adrenaline Filled Soundtrack for NHL® 2K9
Operation Ivy, The Ramones, Mastodon, Bad Religion and more provide just the right feel for the action packed game

NEW YORK—(BUSINESS WIRE)—2K Sports, the sports publishing label of Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTWO), today announced details regarding the soundtrack for NHL 2K9, which was released yesterday. NHL 2K9 features an epic music soundtrack that will blow the roof off any virtual hockey arena with some of the biggest bands and legendary artists in rock such as Bad Religion, Mastodon, NoFX, Pennywise, The Offspring, The Ramones, and many others. It will also be the first time that influential punk band Operation Ivy has ever licensed their music for inclusion in a video game.

Below is the full list of tracks in NHL 2K9:

Bad Religion — New Dark Ages
Genghis Tron — Things Don't Look Good
High On Fire — Rumors Of War
Inner Circle — Bad Boys
Joe Satriani — Crowd Chant
Mastodon — Iron Tusk
NoFX — Linoleum
Operation Ivy — Bankshot
Pennywise — Knocked Down
Protest The Hero — Goddess Gagged
Recliner — Find A Way
The Night Marchers — Closed for Inventory
The Offspring — Nitro (Youth Energy)
The Ramones — Blitzkrieg Bop

"For NHL 2K9 we wanted to create an adrenaline-pumping soundtrack that will set the mood for the intensity of hockey," said Tim Rosa, 2K Sports’ director of brand and lifestyle marketing. "We have also licensed a few of the more popular hockey stadium songs, so when a player goes to the penalty box after a fight, gamers will hear tracks such as “Bad Boys” from Inner Circle or “Knocked Down” by Pennywise after a big hit, as they do in hockey stadiums across North America. For NHL 2K9 we have licensed a great collection of songs that complement the authenticity and spirit of the game."

NHL 2K9 is now available on retail store shelves in North America for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, Wii™ home video game system from Nintendo, and PLAYSTATION®3 and PlayStation®2 computer entertainment systems. A free demo of NHL 2K9 is also available for download on Xbox LIVE® Marketplace for Xbox 360 and PLAYSTATION®Network. The demo provides fans an opportunity to relive the excitement of this past season’s thrilling Stanley Cup™ Final in a brief three minute period as either the Pittsburgh Penguins or Detroit Red Wings at Joe Louis Arena in Detroit.

NHL 2K9, rated E10+ for Everyone 10 and older by the ESRB, is now available for Xbox 360, Wii, PLAYSTATION 3 system and PlayStation 2 system. For more information about NHL 2K9, please visit http://www.2ksports.com/games/nhl2k9.

Ahoy, Spanish Kotaku readers. Seems that many retailers are totally snubbing the December 9th Wii street date and are already selling the console. Writes Kotakuite MrNice:

Just in case you didn't know, this is very Spanish, and it happened as well with the Xbox 360 launch and the Gears of War launch. In the case of the Wii, it might have been launched earlier because there are holidays in Spain from today to the weekend, so maybe the retailers decided to get rid of the consoles before people went on holidays.

Spanish retailers are so punk. Brian Ashcraft

Wii Sold Early In Spain [Media-Vida, Thanks MrNice]

Insert Credit points to us to Romantic Gorilla (great name!), a Japanese band featuring a female vocalist, who sounds EXACTLY like Eliza in the mornings. Back in 1998, when Florian was still wetting the bed and Crecente was worrying about male pattern baldness, Romantic Gorilla recorded a song called "Super Mario." The ALL CAPS liner notes say it went a little something like this:

Super Mario Mario's jumping, running, he must go more speedier. He must catch more money. It's heavy, busy. Please someone change Mario! Mario wants take a vacation (Mario) Mario's always busy (Super Mario) Mario needs a relux time. (Mario) Mario must play (He's super man)

Wanna listen? IC was nice enough to host an MP3 here. Rock on. Brian Ashcraft

More Here via Insert Credit

MTV sends word of the new Tony Hawk soundtrack. It sounds like it's going to be worth buying the game for, even if you don't like skateboarding. The sound track is going to feature 14 classic punk songs covered by today's hottest punk and hardcore bands.

Here's the list:
Taking Back Sunday - The Descendents' "Suburban Home"/"I Like Food"
Senses Fail - Suicidal Tendencies' "Institutionalized"
Alkaline Trio - TSOL's "Wash Away"/"Beneath the Shadows"
Emanuel - The Stooges' "Search and Destroy"
Fall Out Boy - The Gorilla Biscuits' "Start Today"
Thursday - The Buzzcocks' "Ever Fallen in Love?"
From Autumn to Ashes - Fear's "Let's Have a War"
Hot Snakes - Government Issue's "Time to Escape"
Thrice - Minor Threat's "Seeing Red"/"Screaming at a Wall"
Saves the Day - The Dead Boys' "Sonic Reducer"
My Chemical Romance - The Misfits' "Astro Zombies"
Rise Against - Black Flag's "Gimmie Gimmie Gimmie"/"Fix Me"
Dropkick Murphys - The Adolescents' "Who Is Who"
The Bled - Bad Brains' "House of Suffering"

They need to make it possible for you to slap your game disc into a CD player and listen to the soundtrack on the go. And if any publisher figures out a way to do that, it was my idea and I expect a big fat royalty check. Fat!