Ubisoft Hosts Create Your Own Snowboard Contest for Shaun White Snowboarding
posted on 2008-09-15 12:56:19

Ubisoft announced a rad new contest that will allow gamers to create their own snowboard design. The best designs will be included in the upcoming release of Shaun White Snowboarding.

Gamers will be able to vote on their favorite board designs and every two weeks between now and October 12th, the top two designs will be made into playable boards and included in the Shaun White Snowboarding game.

 Besides having their board designs in the game, board creators will receive prizes that include Wii Systemsand Ubisoft games.

The board that gets the most votes will be made into an actual, real-life snowboard.
 
To participate, and for more details, visit: www.artoftheride.com

Shawn White Snowboarding is scheduled to release November 2008 for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii, PlayStation 2, PSP, Nintendo DS and Windows PC.

For more information on Shaun White Snowboarding, please visit: http://www.shaunwhitegame.com/.

Get Ready to Rock as Activision Unveils Full Guitar Hero: World Tour Set List
posted on 2008-09-15 08:10:48

ESPN might be the world leader in sports coverage, but Activision is the world leader in console gaming rock and roll and on October 26th they are planning on rocking the world!

Recently the company opened up and announced its play list for its next iteration of Guitar Hero.

The World Tour set list will include tracks from some of the greatest rock and rollers of all time, including: Jimi Hendrix, The Doors, Van Halen, Metallica, Ozzy Osbourne, Michael Jackson and more.

The releases will span over 40 years of rock history and featuring 86 tracks, comprised entirely of master recordings, the game will deliver Guitar Hero fans the largest selection of on-disc music in the music-rhythm videogame genre to date.  The complete Guitar Hero World Tour on-disc set list available on October 26, 2008 will include:

·        311 - “Beautiful Disaster”

·        30 Seconds To Mars - “The Kill”

·        Airbourne - “Too Much Too Young”

·        The Allman Brothers Band - “Ramblin' Man”

·        Anouk - “Good God”

·        The Answer - “Never Too Late”

·        At The Drive-In - “One Armed Scissor”

·        Beastie Boys - “No Sleep Till Brooklyn”

·        Beatsteaks - “Hail to the Freaks”

·        Billy Idol - “Rebel Yell”

·        Black Label Society - “Stillborn”

·        Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - “Weapon of Choice”

·        blink-182 - “Dammit”

·        Blondie - “One Way or Another”

·        Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band - “Hollywood Nights”

·        Bon Jovi - “Livin’ On A Prayer”

·        Bullet For My Valentine - “Scream Aim Fire”

·        Coldplay - “Shiver”

·        Creedence Clearwater Revival - “Up Around The Bend”

·        The Cult - “Love Removal Machine”

·        Dinosaur Jr. - “Feel The Pain”

·        The Doors - “Love Me Two Times”

·        Dream Theater - “Pull Me Under”

·        The Eagles - “Hotel California”

·        The Enemy - “Aggro”

·        Filter - “Hey Man, Nice Shot”

·        Fleetwood Mac - “Go Your Own Way”

·        Foo Fighters - “Everlong”

·        The Guess Who - “American Woman”

·        Hush Puppies - “You're Gonna Say Yeah!”

·        Interpol - “Obstacle 1”

·        Jane's Addiction - “Mountain Song”

·        Jimi Hendrix - “Purple Haze (Live)”

·        Jimi Hendrix - “The Wind Cries Mary”

·        Jimmy Eat World - “The Middle”

·        Joe Satriani - “Satch Boogie”

·        Kent - “Vinternoll2”

·        Korn - “Freak On A Leash”

·        Lacuna Coil - “Our Truth”

·        Lenny Kravitz - “Are You Gonna Go My Way”

·        Linkin Park - “What I've Done”

·        The Living End - “Prisoner of Society”

·        Los Lobos - “La Bamba”

·        Lost Prophets - “Rooftops (A Liberation Broadcast)”

·        Lynyrd Skynyrd - “Sweet Home Alabama (Live)”

·        Mars Volta - “L'Via L'Viaquez”

·        MC5’s Wayne Kramer - “Kick Out The Jams”

·        Metallica - “Trapped Under Ice”

·        Michael Jackson - “Beat It”

·        Modest Mouse - “Float On”

·        Motörhead - “Overkill”

·        Muse - “Assassin”

·        Negramaro - “Nuvole e Lenzuola”

·        Nirvana - “About a Girl (Unplugged)”

·        No Doubt - “Spiderwebs”

·        NOFX - “Soul Doubt”

·        Oasis - “Some Might Say”

·        Ozzy Osbourne - “Crazy Train”

·        Ozzy Osbourne - “Mr. Crowley”

·        Paramore - “Misery Business”

·        Pat Benatar - “Heartbreaker”

·        R.E.M. - “The One I Love”

·        Radio Futura - “Escuela De Calor”

·        Rise Against - “Re-Education Through Labor”

·        Sex Pistols - “Pretty Vacant”

·        Silversun Pickups - “Lazy Eye”

·        Smashing Pumpkins - “Today”

·        Steely Dan - “Do It Again”

·        Steve Miller Band - “The Joker”

·        Sting - “Demolition Man (Live)”

·        The Stone Roses - “Love Spreads”

·        Stuck In The Sound - “Toy Boy”

·        Sublime - “Santeria”

·        Survivor - “Eye of the Tiger”

·        System of a Down - “B.Y.O.B.”

·        Ted Nugent - “Stranglehold”

·        Ted Nugent’s Original Guitar Duel Recording

·        Tokio Hotel - “Monsoon”

·        Tool - “Parabola”

·        Tool - “Schism”

·        Tool - “Vicarious”

·        Trust - “Antisocial”

·        Van Halen - “Hot For Teacher”

·        Willie Nelson - “On The Road Again”

·        Wings - “Band on the Run”

·        Zakk Wylde’s Original Guitar Duel Recording

When the house lights go down this fall, a new generation of guitarists, drummers and fearless frontmen will come together and rock with Guitar Hero World Tour.  The latest installment in the #1 best-selling video game franchise of 2007, Guitar Hero World Tour transforms music gaming by expanding Guitar Hero’s signature guitar gameplay into a cooperative band experience that combines the most advanced wireless controllers with new revolutionary online and offline gameplay modes including Band Career and 8-player “Battle of the Bands,” which allows two full bands to compete head-to-head online for the first time ever.  The game features a slick newly redesigned guitar controller, drum kit controller and a microphone, as well as an innovative Music Studio music creator that lets players compose, record, edit and share their own rock ‘n’ roll anthems.  Music creators will also be able to share their recordings with their friends online through GHTunes where other gamers can download and play an endless supply of unique creations.

 For more information gamers are invited to check out www.guitarhero.com.

Guitar Hero World Tour

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Platform:	Sony Playstation 3
Release Date:	2008-10-27
ESRB:	Everyone
Publisher:	Activision

Guitar Hero World Tour delivers more ways to play than ever before. Virtual musicians can live out their rock and roll fantasies by playing either a single instrument, or any combination of instruments, in addition to the full band experience.

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Midway Releases Full Character Roster for Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe
posted on 2008-09-15 07:55:18

The moment that many gamers’ have been waiting for has arrived. The odds on favorite for fighting game of the year has some hot new information and we have it for you.

Midway has released the full roster for its upcoming Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe title that is being developed for the PlayStation 3 and the Xbox 360.

The list of DC characters includes: Batman, Superman, Bat Woman, The Joker, Green Lantern,  Lex Luther, Dark Seid, Death Stroke, Wonder Woman, The Flash and Shazam.

The list of Mortal Kombat characters includes: Sonya, Sub-Zero, Scorpion, Shao Kahn, Baraka, Kano, Kitana, Raiden, Liu Kang, Shang Tsung and Jax.