South Park get Gaga on Rock Band
Getting this image proved a good reminder why searching "Lady Gaga" on Google images is a bad idea.
I’m a big South Park fan, rightly or wrongly, but less of a Lady Gaga fan, if I’m completely honest with you. Ok, well maybe not completely honest, but who doesn’t know how Poker face, Bad Romance and Just Dance go now? Guys? Oh.
Well, following Eric Cartmen’s performance of Poker Face in the South Park episode “Whale Whores” on Rock Band, it seems that Harmonix have taken the popularity of this on board, and are releasing the Lady Gaga Pack 1 as well as the special Cartmen version of Poker face, which I’ve embedded for you below
It’s always cool when developers include the more comedic or lighthearted songs as DLC, with “Still Alive” from Portal as well as a World of Warcraft tracks making it over in the past, though I may of missed a few. Obviously, Gaga fans will be going gaga (sorry) about the fact you’re going to be able to “rock” out to four tracks from Ms. Gaga’s collection, being “Poker Face”, “Just Dance”, “Monster” and “Bad Romance”.
The packs are making their way to Xbox 360, Wii and PS3 next week.
Episode 13: Indigo Prophecy Murder Madness
In this episode Carla visits a mental asylum (which is suffering from power cuts) to talk to one of the patients about the murders, Lucas tries to get to his ex-girlfriend’s apartment but it is being watched by police so he has to find another way in…
Just Cause 2 Preview
You are far more in control that this screenshot would have you believe
Just Cause was one of those late generation games that nearly, but didn’t quite, bridge the gap between the PS2/Xbox/Gamecube and the release of the 360. People who were adament they were sticking to their current consoles were told to “look at Just Cause, try that on your PS2!”. The developers certainly did, and apart from having an massive environment, far bigger and, on the surface, prettier looking, than we’d seen in GTA San Andreas, the fact that the rest of the game world, and the game itself, was pretty devoid of content, screamed “Tech demo” at us. And whilst the PS2’s chugged, sluggishly loading the environment, the Xbox 360 simply performed, not really offering any major benefits to warrant an upgrade.
I always thought that if Avalanche Studios had made Just Cause for just the 360, it may well not have sold anywhere near as many, but the quality would of been hugely improved, on a concept, using a parachute to take off from cars in a ’stunt position’ that was already unique. So Just Cause 2 is rolling onto the 360, PC and PS3 this month, and perhaps it’s probably been the greatest benchmark of how far the 360, if not this generation, has come forward. Or, maybe, as I got to play a half an hour timed demo recently. Read more
Ignition 6/03/10
On this weeks episode of Ignition we talk about what’s been going on at Infinity Ward (including why it was Matt’s fault) and argue whether or not it spells the end for independent developers in 1 minute, 5000 questions. We also cover all the latest news including: Sony’s degrading game demos; the next Tomb Raider game; the Microsoft Courier tablet; Ubuntu’s re-branding; Indiana Jones 5; Space Invaders: The Movie and much more.
Duration: 64 minutes
Infinity Ward gone frosty on Activision
No one knows if IW will last the day at the moment, with an apparently battle between and developer and publisher brewing for months
[There has been three new updates since this post was originally published]
Breaking last night in a story ran by G4, rumours have been filling the net about what is happening at Infinity Ward, developers of the Call of Duty games.
The G4 story explained that, quite dramatically, the studio heads, Jason West and Vince Zampella, of IW had gone missing, apparently summoned to Activision for a meeting. In the mean time, security staff had turned up at their HQ and were not telling the staff anything.
Ignition 1/03/10
After a couple of weeks absence, the Ignition podcast returns. After a discussion about Pokemon games, Josh goes through some of the latest game news including the PSP Go, Final Fantasy 7 remake and the worldwide PS3 bug. Matt then goes onto discuss the news from the world of film, involving a updated on the possibility of Bourne 4 and the winners from this years BAFTAs. Stevie then rounds off the news by discussing Tech news such as: Google’s purchase of On2 and Microsoft allowing consumers to choose their browser.
Duration: 60 mins
Indigo Prophecy Murder Madness Episode 10
In this feature length 10th episode, we get much deeper into the story, focusing on discovering the source of Lucas’s dreams and premonition…and sorting out some murder thing that happened. We also go shooting with Carla as we investigate the last case to involve this kind of ‘ritual’ killing and Tyler thrillingly concludes his basketball bet. All that, plus a shower scene! Not to be missed
Napoleon Total War Story trailer
Here is a gameplay trailer for Napoleon Total War, the next TW game, based on the Empire: Total War engine with a bit of spit and polish on their muskets. It focuses on the battles and campaigns fought by one of the world’s most successful, yet ultimately flawed military generals, Napoleon Bonaparte (funny that) and there are three campaigns to take part in, as explained in the video above. So get watching it!
Indigo Prophecy Murder Madness Episode 07
We (this time successfully) wander round Lucas’s flat and then get all hot and sweaty with Carla and Tyler in the gym. HOT STUFF!
“Read All About It!”
While you have been typing away, making your searches, the company behind it all have been busy; very busy. Google are hoping to push out a verbatim equivalent of the British Library for free access in your web browser. Google Books is furthering Google’s pledge to categorise all the known information of mankind and store it in a central place for anyone to access. The problem is, however, whenever somebody is wanting to give information away for free, the people who control this information are going to object. For example, in religious times, where information could be dangerous; during political revolutions, in which texts from other ideologies are repressed (usually burned, if history tells us anything) and so on, so forth.
