Rock Band owners can appropriately celebrate the election of a new President of the United States of America with the release of three new The Presidents of the United States of America tracks, starting next Tuesday, Nov. 4. That’s Election Day for Xbox 360 owners, two days later for PlayStation 3 owners. In all, five new tracks from three artists will be available as rockin’ DLC.
Right, that’s decided, then – Microsoft has fixed the price you will be paying for the Xbox 360 in the UK until the end of the economic downturn or until Microsoft need to start really shifting units again – whichever comes first.
Volumes one and two of Yujin’s line of shooting game (shmup!) inspired capsule toys covered most of the classics: R-Type, Gradius, Fantasy Zone. Now it’s time to dig a little deeper into what the plasticsmiths at Yujin call “Shooting Game Historica,” with a new batch of five shooter ships getting the capsule toy treatment.
The New Xbox Experience is almost here, meaning those lovable, Rare-designed Avatars that Microsoft has squeezed into the interface — and games like Scene It? Box Office Smash — will be plaguing your Xbox 360 before you know it. Microsoft and Xbox Live Arcade developers are adding retroactive support for Avatars in a handful of games, with UNO, Bomberman Live, Hardwood Hearts, Hardwood Spades and Small Arms getting updated with the new feature on day one.
Spark Unlimited’s fantasy action game Legendary has become a graphic novel (like a comic only you get to stroke your chin and go ‘hmmm’ while you read it) available now from indie publisher Top Cow Productions.
The House of the Dead series has never been known for its sex appeal — though the sexual tension between Amy Crystal and Harry Harris in The House of the Dead 2 was deliciously thick. But that doesn’t mean Sega can’t try to get a rise out of us. To wit, zombie nurses in new screens for The House of the Dead Overkill. They happen to be disgustingly un-sexy, decaying, frumpy and seriously lacking in the overflowing cleavage at which Silent Hill‘s art teams are so expert.
The Nintendo DSi may come with an SD card slot, prompting fears of even easier piracy, but the redesign will close the boot exploit that allows flash devices like the R4 to load arbitrary code.