My prayers to Godga have been answered. Next week, you will find that the Rock Band Music Store looks a little more…glammed up. The Lady is making her first appearance in Rock Band, and it’s about time! Yeah, yeah, I’ve downloaded all the tracks I could on Lips and have exhausted Karaoke Revolution, but this is huge. I want it bad. Your bad romance. Next week will see the addition of a special Lady Gaga four-pack for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, and singles for the Wii. Yes, I am squealing like a fangirl right now.

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Fan of Disgaea? Enjoy the errant visual novel? Me too! But this post isn’t about me. It’s about Disgaea Infinite, NIS America’s next entry into the lighthearted yet ridiculously deep strat-RPG series. Except this time around, there’s no strategy to be found. It’s a visual novel! I’m just as surprised as you are, but most definitely intrigued.
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Oinkers being used as weapons? When pigs fly! Er, maybe not — maybe they’ll be flying at the release of American McGee’s sequel to the original, fantastic Alice. According to the developer’s Twitter account, we could possibly see adorable pigs utilized in some form of combat. Of course, whether he’s joking or completely serious is anyone’s guess.  Check out the enigmatic tweet below or head on over to American McGee’s personal Twitter account as more details could arise. (more…)

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Soon after the game’s release, last week, Ubisoft announced the DLC plans for Assassin’s Creed II. Ubisoft plans to release two DLC packs in early 2010 for the game on both PS3 and XBox 360. The first pack, “Battle of Forli,” is slated to release in January, while the second pack, “Bonfire of the Vanities,” is due out in February.

“Battle of Forli” will deal with the town of Forli being seized by the villain of the game, Cesare Borgia. The “Bonfire of the Vanities” deals with an actual historical event where members of the church congregated and burned vanity items such as mirrors in a large fire. Both titles are pretty self revealing, but that’s the gist of the plots.

There has been no mention of price yet, but each DLC pack does require at least 1GB of memory. Start clearing your memory now!

[Source: IGN]

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Dante’s Inferno: more dead babies than you can shake a stick at! And the demo is coming soon to PS3 and Xbox 360. The PS3 demo release is December 10th, while the Xbox 360 demo release is December 24th. The demo will include the first level and Dante’s entry into hell.

I’m not sure why they chose two different dates. Maybe they wanted to create more significance with the Xbox 360 version with it being released on Christmas Eve. Either that, or they just like PS3 players better. I’m happy either way. Though the gameplay is almost identical to God of War, I’m still interested to see what kind of craziness the artists and animators came up with.

[Source: Joystiq]

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Though the title certainly sounds like one, Scivelation is not an arcade shooter. No, rather Scivelation, recently announced for the Xbox 360 and slated to release sometime in the fall of 2010, seems to be a full-fleged, third person shooter.  With Fallout 3’s success, it seems that dystopian settings marred by nuclear or other wars are quickly becoming the preferred setting for games.  Where once we may have had fantasy realms to delve about in, this apocalyptic landscape now might be the par for the course. 

Scivelation’s story features such a world.  Here we have a population destroyed by religious zealots hell-bent on bringing about that apocalypse.  I’m sure this has been explored in books before, but I can’t think of a game that has taken on such a theme.  Is it plausible?  Certainly we’ve seen our share of religious attacks, so perhaps it is.  The story also claims to take inspiration from the works of Orwell, Milton, and Dante, an odd triad to be sure.  Orwell I can see as his works often feature futuristic imaginings, but the other two feature heavily in sending their readers to hell.  Then again, with the religious overtones in Scivelation, perhaps that’s the point.  After the destruction of the world, the game’s antagonist faction rises up and claims control over what’s left.  They’re simply called the Regime, and it’s the Regime that players will have locked in the reticule for all the gun firing mayhem.   

The idea piques my interest, and I’m always down for a post-apocalyptic romp.  I have to wonder, however, at the publishers, whose work to date has been decidedly…forgettable.  TopWare Interactive is the company in question, and they are responsible for the abortion that was X-Blades (which some vendors literally gave away).  The developers, Black Wing Foundation, are relatively unheard of as yet.  They’re also Ukranian! 

Nevertheless, the game looks pretty, dark in a Demon’s Souls kind of way, and the combination of stealth and gunnery tactics tickes my Metal Gear Solid bone (surgically implanted after I fell in love with MGS3 and 4).  Here’s hoping it won’t suck!

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Yesterday marked the beginning of the release of official Divinity II-Ego Draconis series of gameplay trailers. CDV Entertainment begin the series of vignettes with a stunning look at the “Dragon Slayer.”

“Dragon Slayer” is the first in a series of nine trailers that will be released periodically up to the game’s release on January 5, 2010 on PC and Xbox 360. Upcoming vignettes will show more gameplay, creature creation, the Battle Tower, and the arch-nemesis, Damien.

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If you previously participated in the Register – Tweet - Win contest put on by Microsoft in support of the upcoming mammoth RPG release Final Fantasy XIII, then rejoice! Your incessant retweeting efforts have not all been for naught, unlike most retweeting contests. No, you all worked hard to ensure that gamers can unlock an adorable chocobo avatar accessory for use with your Xbox 360 avatar.  Now you can appear alongside one of the most iconic setpieces of the Final Fantasy universe, barring moogles, of course.

Didn’t partake in the massive retweeting party? Not to worry. You can mooch off of everyone else’s hard work by hustling on over to the Final Fantasy XIII page at Xbox.com and register to receive a redemption code in December. Come on, avatar item decriers — this one’s on Microsoft! 

I’m kind of concerned, though. Chocobos are not mere baby ducklings. No, they’re much more. How else could they outrun Zoloms?

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Today NC Soft released a new video titled the Aion Vision Trailer. This new video is showing players the future of Aion, and it looks very promising. Not many players have much to complain about now, except maybe the grindy leveling, but those who have endured the pain seem to be pretty happy thus far.

The video covers changes all across the board for the widely popular game. It showcases mounts, swimming, weather, other visual tweaks (like the game didn’t look gorgeous enough already), and more. What could this “future” be, a possible expansion? The game has been out for over one year in Korea already so it’s feasible. It could be released in Korea first, then in America and Europe a good while later since we just got the game in September. My prediction is that it’s an expansion. It seems a bit hefty for a patch.

Enjoy the video!

[Source: Aion Official Site]

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If you’ve had your eye on any certain piece that happens to be sold at Old Navy to complement your wardrobe, then you may want to hustle on over to the clothing retailer this Black Friday. It’s been confirmed that any $20 purchase will net you a copy of LEGO Rock Band on the console of your choice.

As with any Black Friday deal, this promotion will likely sell out just hours after the store’s opening, but if you can snag some sweet sweaters, jackets, shoes, or even some unmentionables in excess of twenty dollars, then you can also bag one of the cutest music/rhythm titles this year.

It’s great for regifting and even greater if the hole in your favorite jeans continues to grow.  Suit up at Old Navy and hurry home to rock out with LEGO Rock Band in a Thanksgiving feast-induced stupor. Brutal — in a cute, innocent kind of way.

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Break out the party hats because it’s World of Warcraft’s fifth birthday! Blizzard is celebrating by giving all players an Onyxian Whelpling pet in-game starting today and lasting for just a few days. This baby model of his larger, more ferocious mother, will attempt to “deep breath” and just blow a puff of smoke.

If that milestone wasn’t great enough, Blizzard is celebrating their 15th birthday. Bitmob published an interview with Art Director Sam Didier, Lead Content Designer Cory Stockton, and Lead Systems Designer Greg Street in honor of their birthday today. It’s a great read if you’re interested in hearing lead developers discuss the past, present, and future of Blizzard Entertainment.

Happy birthday WoW and Blizzard!

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Square Enix announced recently that the upcoming sequel for RTS Supreme Commander, Supreme Commander 2, is to be released March 2, 2010 on PC, and March 16, 2010 on Xbox 360.

Supreme Commander 2 is set 25 years in to the future. It will feature many new enhancements, an in-depth campaign mode, online play, and a new, unique storyline.

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What does this have to do with video games you ask? For starters, it’s going to be based on a video game. What game, you ask? Well, a game that hasn’t even been released yet. It’s also a completely new IP and developer too. Mr. Pitt is taking quite the leap with this business endeavor if you ask me.

The movie is going to be based on the upcoming 2010 game, Dark Void. The deal was struck up at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival between Pitt’s production company, Plan B Entertainment, and Capcom and Reliance BIG Entertainment.

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The casual gamer inside me is rejoicing right now! Peggle has been a long time casual favorite of mine, and I’m happy to see it come to PSN this week.

The addictive game by PopCap Games is planned for release on PSN Thursday of this week. What’s the perk to having Peggle on PSN as opposed to the PC, DS, and XBLA versions? Players will be able to send video replays to their YouTube account right from game. You don’t even have to leave the game to upload the video.

The price of Peggle is going to be $9.99, while the Peggle Nights expansion is going to be $4.99.

[Souce: IGN]

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Activision-Blizzard’s CFO, Thomas Tippl, recently revealed in an interview that more Activision products will be going the way of World of Warcraft. This means players should expect to see more online monetization models in the future for Activision games. This includes currently released games like Call of Duty.

Mr. Tippl stated, “We have great experience also on Call of Duty with the success we had on Xbox Live and PlayStation Network. A lot of that knowledge is getting actually built into the Battle.Net platform and the design of that.” Now, I know that in the future of Blizzard products you’ll be able to chat with friends playing WoW, Warcraft, Starcraft, and Diablo through Battle.Net. I wonder if Call of Duty would be included in that circle.

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