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If you would have told me in the beginning of this year that my most anticipated game of 2010 would be a Kirby title, I would’ve said you were crazy. I mean don’t get me wrong, I love the older Kirby games like Superstar, 64, and Adventure but the puffball has seen better days. And yet, at E3 2010, Kirby’s Epic Yarn came along and strung its way into my heart. The art style, the fabric-manipulating gameplay and the co-op aspects were all immediately appealing to me and now every media asset released for the game tends to get me to drool over it.

So needless to say, I was extremely excited when I woke up and saw that Nintendo of Japan had released a new gameplay trailer for Kirby’s Epic Yarn overnight. The trailer shows off more of Kirby’s new transformations like Dolphin Kirby and Firetruck Kirby along with the reveal of a popular Kirby character who is making his triumphant return in Kirby’s Epic Yarn. Check out the trailer and let us know what you thought in the comments section!

It is once again time for your weekly dose of Rock Band DLC, this week Harmonix and MTV Games have gone all country and are brining you nine songs from artists such as Dierks Bentley and Josh Turner.

Available on Xbox 360 & Wii (August 31^st) and PlayStation 3 (September 1^st):

Dierks Bentley—“What Was I Thinkin’”

Eric Church – “Hell on the Heart”

Jamey Johnson – “Women”

Josh Turner – “Would You Go With Me”

Keith Urban – “Days Go By”

Lady Antebellum – “Lookin’ For a Good Time”

Laura Bell Bundy – “Rebound”

Reba McEntire – “Fancy”

Sugarland – “It Happens”

(All tracks are original master recordings)
(These tracks will be available in Europe on PlayStation 3 system Sept. 1)

These tracks will be available for purchase as “Going Country Pack 04,” as well as individual tracks, on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 system, and as individual tracks only on Wii.

Price: £.99 UK, (160 Microsoft Points) per song
200 Wii Points^TM per song
£7.49 UK, (1,200 Microsoft Points) for Going Country Pack 04

** Dates for Rock Band game tracks are tentative and subject to change. **

Harmonix and MTV Games have today released the full setlist for the upcoming Rock Band 3 due for release in October, looking at the list this is definitely a game you don’t want to miss with tracks from artist’s such as Them Crooked Vultures and Queens of the Stone Age.

“The Rock Band 3 soundtrack represents the strongest, most diverse collection of music ever assembled for a video game,” said Paul DeGooyer, senior vice president of electronic games, music and programming for MTV Games. “The addition of keyboards and vocal harmonies to the Rock Band platform massively broadens the music selection available to our players. You haven’t sung Queen’s epic “Bohemian Rhapsody” unless you’ve sung the harmony parts – and you can’t do that unless you have Rock Band 3.”

Without further ado, here is the entire, jaw-dropping Rock Band 3 setlist:
(* Denotes the track is on the DS version of the game)
2000s:

• Amy Winehouse, “Rehab”
• At the Drive-In, “One Armed Scissor”
• Avenged Sevenfold, “The Beast & the Harlot”
• Dover, “King George”
• The Bronx, “False Alarm”
• The Flaming Lips, “Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots Pt. 1”
• HIM (His Infernal Majesty), “Killing Loneliness”
• Hypernova, “Viva La Resistance”
• Ida Maria, “Oh My God”*
• Juanes, “Me Enamora”
• Metric, “Combat Baby”*
• Paramore, “Misery Business”*
• Phoenix, “Lasso”*
• Poni Hoax, “Antibodies”
• Pretty Girls Make Graves, “Something Bigger, Something  Brighter”
• Queens of the Stone Age, “No One Knows”
• The Ravonettes, “Last Dance”
• Rilo Kiley, “Portions for Foxes”*
• Riverboat Gamblers, “Don’t Bury Me…I’m Still Not Dead”
• Slipknot, “Before I Forget”
• The Sounds, “Living in America”
• Tegan & Sara, “The Con”
• Them Crooked Vultures, “Dead End Friends”
• Tokio Hotel, “Humanoid”*
• The Vines, “Get Free”*
• The White Stripes, “The Hardest Button to Button”*

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Through rain, sleet, snow…and fire…

As if Nintendo’s recent dominance of the video game industry was not apparent enough, today’s news that the Wii has sold 30 million units in the U.S. alone reminds us all of who’s the boss nowadays.

Here’s the official announcement from Nintendo PR:

Nintendo’s Wii Video Game System Reaches 30 Million Sales Milestone

Nintendo’s internal sales figures show that the Wii™ video game system has now sold 30 million units in the United States alone. This significant milestone was reached in just 45 months. This further establishes Wii as the fastest-selling console in the history of the industry, reaching this milestone 15 months faster than the next best-selling console.
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This weeks Rock Band DLC features three more tracks from American industrial metal band Ministry.

Founded in 1981 by Al Jourgensen, it took several band member changes and a total sound overhaul before Ministry finally broke into the mainstream with their 1991 hit “Jesus Built My Hotrod,” which will be coming to Rock Band next week, and the ensuing LP Psalm 69: The Way to Succeed and the Way to Suck Eggs. Ministry disbanded in 2008, but over the course of the band’s 27 years of performing, they paved the way for American industrial metal. Their songs have been featured in movies such as The Matrix, for which they received a GrammyAward nomination, and the 2009 Academy Award-winning film The Hurt Locker.

Available on Xbox 360, Wii and PlayStation 3 system (Aug. 10):

• Ministry – “Stigmata”
• Ministry – “Thieves”
• Ministry – “Jesus Built My Hotrod”

(All tracks are original master recordings)
(These tracks will be available in Europe on PlayStation 3 system Aug. 11)
These tracks will be available for purchase as “Ministry Pack 02,” as well as individual tracks, on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 system, and as individual tracks only on Wii.

Price: $1.99 USD, £.99 UK, €1.49 EU (160 Microsoft Points) per track

$5.49, £2.49 UK, €3.99 EU (440 Microsoft Points) for Ministry Pack 02

$2.00 USD (200 Wii Points^TM) per track

** Dates for Rock Band game tracks are tentative and subject to change. **

Nintendo is working on the successor to the Wii, says president Satoru Iwata.

“We are of course studying and developing the next console to Wii. However, there is a big difference between studying a product and announcing what it is and when we will release it.”

“At the same time, it is really important for our business to positively surprise people,” Iwata continued. “Will you be surprised by our completed product if we told you how it is surprising three years in advance?”

“Therefore, we basically disclose information on our products as late as possible. We believe this is the best approach for the entertainment products we are developing. Again, we are planning the next products for Nintendo’s continuous growth, but we cannot tell you what, when and how we will release it here.”

To sum that up for you: they’re working on something new, but they think we like surprises more than we do.

http://kotaku.com/5604084/of-course-nintendo-is-making-the-wii-successor

The Award winning PC Puzzle-Platformer ‘And Yet it Moves’ is officially coming to WiiWare with an August 23rd release date.

The PC version was released in 2009 by Indie studio Broken Rules, And Yet it Moves is unique in it’s class. The game allows you to rotate the world at will to solve mind bending and sometimes dangerous puzzles, with some levels becoming ever so more deadly when you rotate the world and the physics come into play.

Key features of the game include:
• Advanced Platforming – Players run, jump and must rotate the world to solve puzzles.
• A Living World – Creatures such as bats, bees and monkeys populate the game world and react to ever-changing gravity.
• 20 Levels In Four Different Environments – Mind-bending puzzles set in an extraordinary paper collage world created with colored cardboard, brought to life with handmade sounds and music.
• Endless Replayability – Unlockables include bonus levels and competitive play modes: Time Trial, Limited Rotation, Speed Run, and Survival. Additional modifications can be unlocked that can change the entire game.
• Multiple Control Options – Play as you wish with 4 different control schemes. Use the motion sensor and Wii Remote pointer, or use the Classic Controller™.

The game is priced at 1,000 Wii Points and is rated “E” for “Everyone” with Mild Violence by the ESRB.

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This week (July 27th) Harmonix and MTV Games will be releasing the first ever Spanish-Language tracks to feature in a Rock Band game, as new content from Juanes debuts in the Rock Band Store.

“I am thrilled to be the first Spanish-language artist in Rock Band,” Juanes said. “I’m excited for my fans to connect with the songs right in their living rooms and to bring Latin Music to new fans as well.”

No. 1 track ‘Me Enamora’ will be included on the disk in the forthcoming Rock Band 3, scheduled for release Oct 2010.

Hailed by Rolling Stone as “[One of] the world’s biggest rock stars” and described by the Los Angeles Times as “the single most important figure of the past decade in Latin music,” Juanes has become the world’s leading all-Spanish language music artist in terms of both critical respect and global commercial success. Both an electrifying guitarist and gifted songwriter, the Colombian rockstar is often mentioned alongside artists such as Bono and Bruce Springsteen for his belief in the possibility of social change through music.

Available on Xbox 360, Wii and PlayStation 3 system (July 27):

• Juanes – “A Dios le Pido”
• Juanes – “Fíjate Bien”
• Juanes – “Gotas de Agua Dulce”
• Juanes – “La Camisa Negra”
• Juanes – “Mala Gente”
• Juanes – “Yerbatero”

(All tracks are original master recordings)
(These tracks will be available in Europe on PlayStation 3 system July 28)

These tracks will be available for purchase as “Juanes Pack01” as well as individual tracks, on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 system, and as individual tracks only on Wii.

Price: $1.99 USD, £.99 UK, €1.49 EU (160 Microsoft Points) per track
$9.99, £4.99 UK, €7.99 EU (800 Microsoft Points) for Juanes Pack 01
$2.00 USD (200 Wii Points^TM) per track

** Dates for Rock Band game tracks are tentative and subject to change. **

The Alley of the Dolls is the latest installment in the franchise. The game starts in a kind of in media res to where Sam and Max are hiding in Stinky’s diner from a horde of Sam clones. This game is fairly interesting. It takes a kind of zombie apocalyptic setting combined with a mystery of what all is going down. The game focuses more on story than puzzle I feel and is once again not as innovative and new, but the story is really what pushes the game.
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