Gaming Mojo

News from GDC that Green Day: Rock Band, the latest branded entry in the Harmonix music franchise, now has an official release date. But the release sounds messy with the game hitting stores in both disc-only and ‘Plus’ editions; the later of the two ships for the 360 and PS3 only, features free song export to those systems, and six DLC tracks from Green Day.

The disc-only version will still allow song export to Sony and Microsoft consoles for a small fee. The game spans Green Day’s career thus far, features 47 tracks, three-part harmonies, and 100 collectible images as well as 40 minutes of video to unlock. Green Day: Rock Band hits the stage on June 8th for 360, PS3, and Wii

I love Green Day, they have influence in my playing but i dont believe they have the fame nor the quantity of material to make a game purely based on them. Specially competing against Metallica and the Bettles. Yes there music is more of the ‘modern’ era then the previous bands mentioned but still not a saving grace. Rock Band should look at bands like The Stones, Foo Fighters, Powder Finger. Even Bands like GnR and Motley Crue with a badass rep will get sales rolling. Bands that have made major impacts in the music industry

Another avenue could be going back to the roots of GH and RB and have a list of various artist exposing the mass quality of music instead of focusing on one band inpaticular.

Harmonix have officially announced the sequel to Rock Band 2 and The Beatles: Rock Band. Rock Band 3 will be released worldwide in time for Christmas 2010. The tracklist is expected to be shortened, due to royalties from certain music industry companies, being deemed too expensive by Harmonix. More details are due to follow shortly.

With last day of February upon as, we have really hit the stride in 2010 with past releases. But the 3rd month of the New Year, March 2010 is proving to be a promising month once again. With 9 expected new titles on the main four consoles, plus more content to be delved into handheld, expansion, DLC’s and console cross over’s. Let’s check out the view.

March 3rd:

Battlefield: Bad Company 2 (PC, Xbox360, PS3)

Major League Baseball 2K10 (PC, Xbox360, PS3)

MBL 10 The Show (PS3)

March 9th:

Final Fantasy XIII (Xbox360, PS3)

Yakuza 3 (PS3)

March 16th:

Command & Conquer 4 (PC)

God of War 3 (PS3)

March 23rd:

Red Steel (Wii)

Just Cause 2 (360, PS3, PC)

Bad Company 2, FF XIII and God of War 3 the clear favourites for gamers this months, with prediction that God of War 3, the highly anticipated title to continue the series will take March’s most successful game. But also rejoice for PC fans as the 16th holds great promise, not only to release the new Command & Conquer, but to finally have the opportunity to take the creed to the PC, Assassins Creed will finally be released on the PC, as a fellow PC gamer this is very exciting indeed.

Indeed this year has yet to disappoint gamers, to success the mass release of grand titles at the end of 2009, 2010 has risen right from the very start and still has yet to dip. The future of gaming never looks bleak.

Here are the details on Batman: The Brave and the Bold the Videogame, from Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment:
“Batman: The Brave and the Bold the Videogame fully immerses fans into the vivid animated world of the successful TV series where kids can play as Batman or together with family and friends in two-player co-op mode. Players can choose from iconic characters ROBIN, GREEN LANTERN, BLUE BEETLE, along with drop-in heroes such as AQUAMAN to help solve puzzles and fight foes.

It’s interesting to know that the Wii and Ds get their own release and will have crossover connectivity whichwill enable an unlocking of a playable BAT-MITE for both game platforms.

Visit the official website of Batman: The Brave and the Bold the Videogame at www.BraveandtheBoldVideogame.com for more details on the game.

Those anxiously awaiting the release of Sonic & Sega All Stars Racing, will be pleased to know (myself included), that a demo has been released on the Xbox 360 Marketplace. At the moment the demo is only available to Gold subscribers, with it becoming available to everyone in the next few days. The demo is 1.3GB.

You can choose between Sonic or Banjo Kazooie in the demo, with one map open.  While it may be great for Sonic fans, it is very much like Mario Kart and Crash Kart Racing, with power ups to collect which give you items to throw at other players, or power ups which give you a speed boost, or shield.

Sonic & Sega All Stars Racing will be released on the Xbox 360, PS3, Wii (with an optional wheel), DS/DSi and on PC. American release date is 23rd of February, while Europe will get the game on the 26th.

Sonic is set to go back to his 2D roots in the next part of the Sonic saga. Following on from Sonic 3 and Sonic & Knuckles, Sonic 4 will see Sonic return to the 2D world, set after meeting Knuckles. Sonic will be the only playable character in the game, where the world and story is bigger than before. Sonic 4 is due to be released in chapters/episodes, where Episode 1 will be released this summer. It will be available as a downloadable game through Xbox Live Arcade, PSN and WiiWare. The Wii version will naturally make use of the motion control, while the PS3 version will make use of the SIXAXIS controller.

Brand manager Ken Balough had this to say on the episode content:

“I think the best way to view it is as a first part in a much larger adventure. When Sega released Sonic 3, ultimately it was the part 1 of a story that saw its conclusion in Sonic & Knuckles. In that same spirit, Sonic the Hedgehog 4 is a bigger story, and this is that first chapter. I think it’s also safe to say that by the end of the episode one, fans will be very excited to see what’s in store for episode two!”

Both the Xbox 360 and PS3 feature streaming video through Netflix and now the Wii is about to join them. The service is due to hit the Wii early Spring. Like the PS3, the Wii will require a special “Netflix instant streaming disc” to function. The only fee will be the usual Netflix monthly subscription. Of course though, the Wii version of Netflix, won’t feature HD streaming, so if you have a PS3 or 360, it’s best to stick with using that.

From November 22nd to November 28th (Saturday), Nintendo reports that more than 1.5 million units of their gaming hardware systems were sold in the US. Here is the breakdown of the estimates from Nintendo:

“More than 550,000 Wii home consoles sold, demonstrating that consumers nationwide have responded to the new suggested retail price of $199.99.

Go Ninty!