Lips gets DLC from The Fray, Tina Turner, Jamarquai and more

Lips and Xbox360 continue to roll out the hits for crooners around the globe

Great mix of recent and past hits will keep the party going long past the holiday season

“Lips,” the new hit singing party game exclusively for Xbox 360 from iNiS Corp., today announced the next month of weekly releases beginning Friday, December 19 through January 9, 2009. In total, 14 new downloadable songs will be available on Xbox LIVE Marketplace and the “Lips” in-game “Get Music” store.

Hit songs by a variety of popular artists including The Fray, Jamiroquai, Tina Turner, KT Tunstall and many more will be available starting at 160 Microsoft points each. Additional new songs will be added regularly so stay tuned for future announcements.

Available December 19:
Over My Head (Cable Car) – The Fray
Every Little Step – Bobby Brown
Prisoner of Society – The Living End
Virtual Insanity – Jamiroquai

Available December 26:
New Shoes – Paolo Nutini
What’s Love Got To Do With It – Tina Turner
What Is Love? – Haddaway

Available January 2:
Where Did Our Love Go – The Supremes
Let’s Groove – Earth, Wind and Fire
Be Good Johnny – Men At Work
Somethin’ Stupid – Robbie Williams and Nicole Kidman

Available January 9:
Superstar – Jamelia
People are People – Depeche Mode
Suddenly I See – KT Tunstall

“Lips,” the new singing party game from Xbox 360 and iNiS, includes 40 songs on-disc and two wireless, motion-sensitive microphones. “Lips” is currently available at retailers for $69.99.

More information on “Lips” is available at www.xbox.com/lips.

New Guitar Hero World Tour DLC coming in January

Travis Barker, Rascal Flatts and Oasis Songs Among New Downloadable Guitar Hero(R) World Tour Tracks in January

Travis Barker Encore Performance Showcases Diverse Music Genres

Country Superstars Rascal Flatts, Brad Paisley and Brooks & Dunn Make Guitar Hero(R) Debuts

British Multi-Platinum Selling Rockers Oasis Bring Full 2008 Album ‘Dig Out Your Soul’

Building upon the extensive variety of chart-topping hits that span multiple genres of music available to Guitar Hero fans, Activision Publishing, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATVI) will release over 20 party-rocking anthems as downloadable content for Guitar Hero(R) World Tour throughout January 2009.

Before fans ring in the New Year, additional downloadable content for Guitar Hero World Tour from hard rock bands Hinder, Nickelback and Rev Theory, will be available on December 23rd. Hinder’s first single “Use Me,” from their recently released album Take It to the Limit, is joined by Nickelback’s “Because of You” and Rev Theory’s “Light it Up.”

Further diversifying the catalogue of songs available for download for Guitar Hero World Tour is the debut of the Country Rock Track Pack featuring Rascal Flatts “Me and My Gang,” plus GRAMMY(R) Award winning artists Brad Paisley’s “Ticks” and Brooks & Dunn’s “Hillbilly Deluxe.” Country music fans can rock out starting on January 8th.
World-renowned drummer Travis Barker, whose likeness appears in Guitar Hero World Tour, is returning to the Guitar Hero stage on January 15th for an encore with a three-song Track Pack illustrating his talents across various styles of music. Two of the tracks, “What’s My Age Again” and “Lycanthrope,” are from his work as part of blink-182 and +44 respectively. Completing the Track Pack is his solo-project remixing Flo Rida’s smash-hit “Low.”

Following multiple stops around the world and further expanding the Guitar Hero global music library, Guitar Hero World Tour makes a trip down under on January 22nd with three of the biggest Australian bands of all-time. Silverchair makes their debut appearance in the Guitar Hero franchise with their 1995 hit “Tomorrow.” Rounding out the Track Pack is the GRAMMY Award winning Wolfmother with “Dimension” and The Vines with their hit “Outtathaway!”

After making a successful splash into Guitar Hero World Tour downloadable content with three singles off their critically acclaimed Dig Out Your Soul album, gamers will have the opportunity to shred, drum and wail away to the full album from beloved, multi-platinum UK rock band, Oasis, in its entirety on January 29th. Joining “Bag it Up,” “Waiting for the Rapture” and “The Shock of the Lightning” are “The Turning,” “I’m Outta Time,” “(Get Off Your) High Horse Lady,” “Falling Down,” “To Be Where There’s Life,” “Ain’t Got Nothin,” “The Nature of Reality” and “Soldier On.”

The Oasis Album will be available on Xbox LIVE(R) Marketplace for the Xbox 360(R) video game and entertainment system from Microsoft for 1520 Microsoft Points and on the PlayStation(R)Store for the PLAYSTATION(R)3 computer entertainment system for $18.99. The Track Packs will be released for Xbox 360 for 440 Microsoft Points and PLAYSTATION 3 system for $5.49. The songs on the Oasis Album and in each Track Pack will be released as downloadable singles for Xbox 360 for 160 Microsoft Points, PLAYSTATION 3 system for $1.99 and Wii(TM) for 200 Wii Points.

Guitar Hero World Tour transforms music gaming by expanding Guitar Hero’s signature guitar gameplay into a cooperative band experience that combines the most advanced wireless controllers with new revolutionary online* and offline gameplay modes including Band Career and 8-player “Battle of the Bands,” which allows two full bands to compete head-to-head online. The game features a slick newly redesigned guitar controller, drum kit controller and a wired microphone, as well as an innovative Music Studio music creator that lets players compose, record, edit and share their own rock ‘n’ roll anthems. Music creators are also able to share their recordings with their friends online through GHTunes(SM) where other gamers can download and play an endless supply of unique creations.

Guitar Hero World Tour is now available for Xbox 360, PLAYSTATION 3 computer entertainment system, the Wii home video game system from Nintendo and the PlayStation(R)2 computer entertainment system. The game is rated “T” for Teen by the ESRB. For more information on Guitar Hero World Tour, please visit worldtour.guitarhero.com/.

Guitar Hero: Metallica confirmed

Wow. Like we didn’t know this already… Rolling Stone has confirmed that Metallica has confirmed that the game is coming “some time in the first half of 2009″

http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2008/12/15/guitar-hero-metallica-confirmed-by-band-details-emerge/

Game With Fame presents…Play Call of Duty: World at War with Fall Out Boy

On the heels of releasing their fifth studio album, Folie à Deux, multi-platinum selling artists Fall Out Boy will be on Xbox LIVE® December 19 to play members in Call of Duty®: World at War. If you’re an Xbox LIVE Gold member, and you want a chance to play with Fall Out Boy, send a friend request to the following Gamertag and be online half an hour before (1:30 P.M.) the Game with Fame session starts on Friday, December 19, 2:00 P.M. ET. Three-time winners at the MTV Video Music Awards, Chicago-based Fall Out Boy has gathered a tremendous following from their tour schedule and recordings. Their latest album, Folie à Deux, releases December 16, and features the hit single “I Don’t Care,” currently playing everywhere you hear music. The band consists of Patrick Stump (vocals/guitar), Pete Wentz (bass), Joe Trohman (guitar), and Andy Hurley (drums). If you get a chance to play with Fall Out Boy, we want to hear about it! Send us an e-mail at xlmail@microsoft.com with the subject: “GWF – Fall Out Boy.” Be sure to include your Gamertag and home town.

Be sure to check out their Rock Artist of the Month page: http://www.xbox.com/en-US/live/artist/rock/falloutboy.htm

Game with Fame with Fall Out Boy
WHEN: December 19th
TIME: 11AM – 1PM (PST) in Los Angeles
GAME: Call Of Duty: World At War
GAMERTAG: GWF FallOutBoy (**please note space between GWF and FallOutBoy)
URL: http://www.xbox.com/en-US/community/calendar/gamewithfame/2008/1219-falloutboy

Pearl Jam signs with MTV Games and Harmoix to bring their debut album, Ten, to Rock Band on the date of it’s re-issue

Full Album to be Released as Rock Band DLC Day and Date with the Re-issue of “Ten”: Four Special Edition Packages in Stores on March 24, 2009

NEW YORK, NY – December 15, 2008 – Harmonix, the world’s premier music video game development company, and MTV Games, a part of Viacom’s MTV Networks (NYSE: VIA, VIA.B), today confirmed that Ten, the debut album that sold 12 million copies and introduced the world to Pearl Jam (http://www.pearljam.com) in 1991, will be offered for download in the Rock Band Music Store day-and-date with the re-issue of the album in stores on March 24, 2009.

Paul DeGooyer, Senior Vice President of Electronic Games and Music for MTV Networks Music / Logo Group, added, “Just hearing the first few notes of Jeremy or Alive brings back all the raw emotion of this incredible, hugely important album. We are honored to be working with Pearl Jam to deliver Ten as it is re-issued.”

In addition to the track “Alive” that is already available on the Rock Band 2 game disc, the Pearl Jam Ten download pack will include the additional 10 songs from the album:

1. Once
2. Even Flow
3. Why Go Black
4. Jeremy
5. Oceans
6. Porch
7. Garden
8. Deep
9. Release

Pearl Jam released Ten on August 27, 1991. The album reached #2 on the Billboard 200 chart, sold over 12 million copies and became one of the cultural touchstones of the 1990s. Songs such as “Alive,” “Black,” “Even Flow” and Jeremy became staples of rock radio, and still make frequent appearances on the band’s ever-changing concert setlists. The album was produced by Rick Parasher. Pearl Jam’s 1991 lineup was Jeff Ament (bass), Stone Gossard (guitar), Dave Krusen (drums), Mike McCready (guitar) and Eddie Vedder (vocals).

Rock Band 2 features the largest music catalogue of any music-based videogame to date including over 100 songs[1] on the Rock Band 2 soundtrack with an unrivaled blend of classic and new artists including AC/DC, Guns ‘N Roses, Bob Dylan, Pearl Jam, Motorhead and more! The Rock Band online music store recently surpassed 30 million paid downloads since the game’s launch in late November 2007. With more than 500 tracks available to date via disc and download purchase (complete list of tracks at http://www.rockband.com/dlc), the addition of complete and immediate backwards compatibility for songs purchased from Rock Band’s ever-expanding online music store and the ability to export most songs from the original Rock Band disc, Rock Band continues to deliver the largest library of music ever for a video game.

For more information on Rock Band and Harmonix Music Systems please visit www.rockband.com and www.harmonixmusic.com.

MTV Games is the publisher of Rock Band and is developed by Harmonix, EA is the exclusive distribution partner for Rock Band. About MTV Games MTV Games is dedicated to creating, marketing and publishing high-quality, innovative interactive products that are relevant to the MTV audience and complement the core values of the MTV Networks brands.

Connie Talbot: Over the Rainbow (DS)

Connie Talbot

No.1 Hot Single in the American Billboard Charts…..

Nintendo Wii video game to follow this success…..

December 2008, Stourbridge, England. Data Design Interactive – developers of the video game “Connie Talbot: Over the Rainbow” would like to congratulate Connie in breaking that most incredible barrier for British artists – the American Billboard charts – with her single ‘Three Little Birds’. It charted at No1, knocking Coldplay off the top spot.

The international stage now beckons for this young starlet who has had an astronomic rise to fame since featuring on the ITV “Britain’s Got Talent” TV show. She has already appeared on major US TV shows such as Oprah Winfrey and Ellen, touching the hearts of all that hear her sing.

This awareness in Connie has prompted an unprecedented demand for information about the soon to be released video game “Connie Talbot: Over the Rainbow” available on Nintendo Wii. The video game features 15 tracks, including stunning renditions of John Lennon’s “Imagine”, “Any Dream Will Do”, “What a Wonderful World” and Bob Marley’s reggae classic “Three Little Birds”. Players will be able to sing along with Connie in the fantastic karaoke mode, or with other friends or family members in multiplayer fun.

The public first met Connie in 2007 when she came 2nd in the Britains got talent show. Since then, Connie’s popularity has grown – after success in the UK of her debut album ‘Over The Rainbow’, she stormed Asia going gold in four countries and Platinum in S Korea. European tours are underway, and a US deal is already under her belt – Connie is taking the world by storm! Connie takes everything in her stride. She has already claimed 2 World records (according to the Guinness Book of Records) for the youngest artist ever in the charts, and the youngest artist ever to receive a Gold disc.

Rock Band goes Country

ROCK BAND® GOES COUNTRY WITH ADDITION OF 5-PACK THAT INCLUDES BRAD PAISLEY, BROOKS & DUNN, DIXIE CHICKS AND MORE COMING TO THE DOWNLOADABLE MUSIC STORE CATALOG

Cambridge, Mass. – December 8, 2008 – Harmonix and MTV Games announced today that Rock Band® is set to give fans a taste of country music for the first time with the addition of the “Going Country” 5-pack to the Rock Band® Music Store catalog of downloadable content. The impressive lineup of renowned country artists includes Grammy Award winner Brad Paisley with “Mud on the Tires,” the honky- tonk country classic duo Brooks & Dunn with “Hillbilly Deluxe,” and all-American trio Dixie Chicks with “Sin Wagon.”

Rock Band country lovers can also look forward to Dierks Bentley’s #1 single “Free & Easy (Down the Road I Go)” and Miranda Lambert’s standout single “Gunpowder & Lead.”

Each track will be available starting December 16, 2008, for the Xbox®360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft and December 18, 2008, for PLAYSTATION®3 computer entertainment system. Each individual track will be available for $1.99 (160 Microsoft Points) and $8.49 (680 Microsoft Points) for the 5-pack.

Release Date: Tuesday, December 16, 2008 (Xbox LIVE® Marketplace for Xbox 360)
Thursday, December 18, 2008 (PlayStation®Store)

Tracks:
(Click on track to view music video) (only the first video worked, so until I get working links, I removed them. -e)

Brad Paisley “Mud on the Tires”
Brooks & Dunn “Hillbilly Deluxe”
Dierks Bentley “Free & Easy (Down the Road I Go)”
Dixie Chicks “Sin Wagon”
Miranda Lambert “Gunpowder & Lead”

Price:$1.99 (160 Microsoft Points for Xbox 360) per track
$8.49 (680 Microsoft Points for Xbox 360) for the 5-pack

(All tracks are original master recordings)

Locations: Xbox LIVE Marketplace for Xbox 360 and PlayStation®Network

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

With the addition of these tracks there are now more than 500 tracks available to date via disc and download purchase (complete list of tracks at www.rockband.com/music). Rock Band continues to fly off shelves and satisfy music fans and gamers’ voracious appetite for rock with more than 28 million paid downloads since its launch on November 20, 2007. The Rock Band Music Store allows players to preview and purchase downloadable individual music tracks and packs from the vast selection of offerings available to date without ever leaving the game as they build their own custom Rock Band library.

Rock Band and Rock Band 2 allow online play and features that expand the boundaries of music gaming. Rock Band downloadable content is playable and integrated into setlists in all game modes. In order to play downloadable content for head-to-head matches or multiplayer online, all players must own the same downloadable track. Downloadable content for Xbox 360 is available for purchase via Xbox LIVE® Marketplace for Xbox 360 using Microsoft Points and is downloaded directly to the hard drive of Xbox 360. Downloadable content for the PLAYSTATION 3 system’s version of Rock Band is available for purchase on the PlayStation Store through the free PlayStation Network and is downloaded directly to PLAYSTATION 3 system’s built in hard drive.

Rock Band 2 for Xbox 360 and PLAYSTATION 3 system is now available nationwide and supports all previously downloaded content. The groundbreaking music platform that forever changed the face of music video games is committed to taking gaming to the next level with the evolution of the franchise. Rock Band 2 will be available for additional platforms later this year.

Rock Band and Rock Band 2 are rated “T” for Teen (lyrics, suggestive themes) by the ESRB.

For more information on Rock Band 2 and Harmonix Music Systems please visit www.rockband.com and www.harmonixmusic.com

Rock Band® Celebrates 500 Song Milestone As It Adds No Doubt’s: ‘The Singles 1992-2003’ Pack to the Rock Band Music Catalog

MTV Games and Harmonix Give Rock Band Fans Access to 13 of the Most Popular No Doubt Tracks Including “Just a Girl,” “Bathwater,” “Spiderwebs” and More!

 

Cambridge, Mass. – December 5, 2008 – Harmonix, the world’s premier music video game development company, and MTV Games, a part of Viacom’s MTV Networks (NYSE: VIA, VIA.B), today announced the rock-pop pioneers of No Doubt will bring 13 tracks to the Rock Band® music catalog of downloadable content expanding the Rock Band library to include more than 500 songs!

 

No Doubt’s: ‘The Singles 1992-2003’ pack will include 13 master tracks from the band’s 2003 album The Singles 1992-2003, which featured a compilation of hits from No Doubt’s previous albums Tragic Kingdom, Return of Saturn, and Rock Steady. The album sold more than 2.2 million copies in the United States alone.  The No Doubt tracks included in the pack are listed below.  Pricing will be $1.99 (160 Microsoft Points) per track or $19.99 (1600 Microsoft Points) for the pack. The tracks will be available for download starting December 9, 2008, for the Xbox®360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft and December 11, 2008, for the PLAYSTATION®3 computer entertainment system. 

 

1. “Just a Girl”
2. “It’s My Life”
3. “Hey Baby”
4. “Bathwater”
5. “Sunday Morning”
6. “Hella Good”
7. “Underneath It All”
8. “Excuse Me Mr.”
9. “Running”
10. “Spiderwebs”
11. “Simple Kind of Life”
12. “Don’t Speak”
13. “Ex-Girlfriend”

 

(Click on the song title above to watch the music video)

 

“Thanks to all at Harmonix and MTV Games, who, along with our artist, management, label and publishing partners, put an incredible amount of work into achieving this milestone,” stated Paul DeGooyer, Senior Vice President of Electronic Games and Music for MTV. “Now there can be ‘No Doubt’ that the Rock Band music platform offers the deepest and most diverse collection of songs available to gamers and music fans alike.”

Rock Band continues to satisfy music fans’ and gamers’ voracious appetite for rock with more than 28 million paid downloads since its launch on November 20, 2007.  The Rock Band Music Store allows players to preview and purchase downloadable individual music tracks and packs from the vast selection of offerings available to date without ever leaving the game as they build their own custom Rock Band library. See the attached document for a list of the more than 500 songs included in the Rock Band music catalog. To view a complete list of tracks go to www.rockband.com/music

 

Rock Band and Rock Band 2 allow online play and features that expand the boundaries of music gaming. Rock Band downloadable content is playable and integrated into setlists in all game modes.  In order to play downloadable content for head-to-head matches or multiplayer online, all players must own the same downloadable track.  Downloadable content for Xbox 360 is available for purchase via Xbox LIVE® Marketplace for Xbox 360 using Microsoft Points and is downloaded directly to the hard drive of Xbox 360. Downloadable content for the PLAYSTATION 3 system’s version of Rock Band is available for purchase on the PlayStation®Store through the free PlayStation®Network and is downloaded directly to PLAYSTATION 3 system’s built in hard drive.

 

Rock Band 2 for Xbox 360 and PLAYSTATION 3 system is now available nationwide and supports all previously downloaded content.  The groundbreaking music platform that forever changed the face of music video games is committed to taking gaming to the next level with the evolution of the franchise.  Rock Band 2 will be available for additional platforms later this year. 

 

Rock Band and Rock Band 2 are rated “T” for Teen (lyrics, suggestive themes) by the ESRB.

 

For more information on Rock Band 2 and Harmonix Music Systems please visit www.rockband.com  and www.harmonixmusic.com

Be Expressive, Be Social, Be Entertained Game With Fame presents…Play NHL ‘09 With Heartfelt Rockers Thriving Ivory

The rock band Thriving Ivory will be on Xbox LIVE® December 8 to play members in NHL® 09. If you’re an Xbox LIVE Gold member, and you want a chance to play with Thriving Ivory, send a friend request to the following Gamertag and be online half an hour before (2:30 P.M.) the Game with Fame session starts on Monday, December 8, 3:00 P.M. ET.

Thriving Ivory is a California rock quintet consisting of Clayton Stroope (vocals), Scott Jason (keyboards), Drew Cribley (guitar), Bret Cohune (bass), and Paul Niedermier (drums). Their self-titled debut album just released earlier this year on Wind-up Records, and its signature song, “Angels on the Moon,” is getting significant airplay from rock music stations. The album’s personal and deeply felt emotional music has a strong appeal to fans everywhere. Song writer and keyboardist Jason says, “We want our songs to be something that will stand the test of time.” That shouldn’t be a problem. If you get a chance to play with Thriving Ivory, we want to hear about it! Send us an e-mail with the subject: “GWF – Thriving.” Be sure to include your Gamertag and home town.

Thriving Ivory is the artist of the month at the Xbox LIVE Music Showcase program (http://www.xbox.com/ThrivingIvory). Any surfer can access and download gratis the band’s “Angels on the Moon” video and an exclusive “Backstage with Thriving Ivory” promotional clip created for this event from Xbox LIVE Marketplace. For a preview of Thriving Ivory on the Game with Fame YouTube channel, click this link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-GTnOOP6Y8

GAME WITH FAME featuring Thriving Ivory
DATE: December 8th
LOCATION: Little Rock, AR
TIME: 2PM – 4PM (Central Time)
GAME: NHL ‘09
GAMERTAG: Thriving GWF (space between Thriving and GWF)
URL: http://www.xbox.com/gwfThrivingIvory

Music To Play Games By: Award-nominated videogames radio show One Life Left launches compilation album of videogame-inspired music

Available now from AmazonUK

Tuesday, 2nd December, 2008: 

Europe’s only FM-broadcast videogame radio show One Life Left has today launched a unique CD compilation of videogame-inspired music.

The album – titled ‘Music To Play Games By’ – has united 12 of the scene’s most celebrated artists, each of which has provided an original track for inclusion on this astonishing collection.

Featuring the likes of Copy, The Doyouinverts, Mark Denardo, The Lost Levels and OLL’s very own Derek Williams, the album is the perfect Christmas gift for those hard-to-buy-for videogame fanatics, or, in fact, anyone with a CD player and/or ears.

The brainchild of journalist and designer Simon Parkin and produced by audio expert Andrew Smillie, the album is a journey through various videogame themes and styles. One Life Left Presents… Music To Play Games By is available now for £6.99 from AmazonUK (http://tinyurl.com/ollcd). But you might have to move fast – the album was produced in a limited run of 1,000 copies.

(And a courier appears to have lost 200 of them, making the album even rarer. That said, if you are offered any for sale from any unauthorised dealers, we’d be interested to know. This reminds us of the time a load of Xbox 360s were nicked, though the OLL CD has a much lower failure rate.)

“The OLL compilation is the first official show merchandise, and a real collaborative effort between the show, its listeners – who have helped define the tracklist –
and some of the finest videogames artists around,” says Ste Curran, OLL co-presenter. “We’re thrilled we’ve been able to badger, cajole and threaten 12 brilliant artists and bands to provide a track for the album, and pleased we don’t have to fulfil our threats to resort to blackmail.”

“It’s genuinely an awesome album,” adds OLL co-presenter Simon Byron. “In keeping with the spirit of the show, I’d rate it 7/10.”

“It makes me dance,” concludes OLL newsfox Ann Scantlebury. “I like dancing.”

The full tracklist is as follows:

1. Copy – Playered
2. Mark Denardo – Monkey Mountain
3. The Lost Levels – Early Sheets
4. Optimus Rhyme – Obey The Moderator
5. Bracken – Heathens (8-Bit Remix)
6. The Duloks – Red Wizard Needs Food Badly
7. Botnik – Oil Ocean
8. Derek Williams – Let’s Play Video Games
9. Frux – Doom and Gloom
10. The Doyouinverts – 7/10
11. Project A-Ko – Materia Girl
12. Kid Carpet – Solitaire Rock

One Life Left Presents… Music To Play Games By is available now priced £6.99, exclusively through Amazon.

One Life Left is broadcast every Monday evening between 7:00pm and 8:00pm on Resonance FM. Listeners outside of London can listen live through the station’s website (http://resonancefm.com/). It is available as a podcast through iTunes shortly afterwards.

ITunes subscribers often receive special bonuses in the form of the show’s celebrated live broadcasts from various parties and events, so it’s well worth subscribing (it’s free!).

 

Sorry guys, for those of us here in the U.S., we have to get it through the station’s website or iTunes, it’s not for sale on the U.S. version of Amazon.com

Halo Trilogy Soundtrack

SUMTHING ELSE MUSIC WORKS ANNOUNCES RELEASE OFHALO TRILOGY - THE COMPLETE ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACKS

5-disc set includes the original music scores and Halo Wars DVD featuring 4 preview tracks and behind-the-scenes from the recording session

New York – Dec. 1st, 2008 – Sumthing Else Music Works, Inc., through its licensing relationship with Microsoft Game Studios, proudly presents Halo® Trilogy – The Complete Original Soundtracks featuring the award-winning original music scores by Bungie Audio Director Martin O’Donnell and Co-Composer Michael Salvatori plus four preview tracks from the forthcoming real-time strategy game Halo Wars™, composed by Ensemble Studios Audio Director Stephen Rippy. Halo Trilogy – The Complete Original Soundtracks is released tomorrow, Dec. 2, 2008, to retail outlets through Nile Rodgers’ Sumthing Else Music Works record labelwww.sumthing.com, and for digital download atwww.sumthingdigital.com.

Halo Trilogy – The Complete Original Soundtracks contents:

Disc 1 – Halo: Combat Evolved Original Soundtrack.

Disc 2 – Halo 2 Original Soundtrack Volume Two.

Disc 3 – Halo Wars Bonus DVD;

Four preview tracks from the upcoming soundtrack presented in 5.1.

A behind-the-scenes look at the recording sessions set to the Halo Wars main theme music.

“Five Long Years” Opening cinematic of the Halo Wars campaign.

Disc 4 – Halo 3 Original Soundtrack.

Disc 5 – Halo 3 Original Soundtrack (cont’d).

Originally created by Bungie and published by Microsoft Game Studios, the Halo franchise is exclusive to the Xbox and Xbox 360 video game and entertainment systems and is optimized for the Xbox LIVE online entertainment network. Halo 3 was released in 37 countries and 17 languages. To date, more than 24.8 million copies of the games in the Halo trilogy have been sold worldwide. For more information, visit http://www.halo3.com/.

Based on the legendary Halo universe, Halo Wars is a real-time strategy game for the Xbox 360 developed by Ensemble Studios. In campaign mode, command the armies of the UNSC warship Spirit of Fire, with familiar and new UNSC units in its initial encounters against the Covenant, an alien coalition threatening to obliterate mankind. Halo Wars immerses players in an early period of the storied Halo universe, allowing you to experience events leading up to the first Halo title for Xbox. For more information visit http://www.halowars.com/.

Downloadable content available for Lips beginning Friday Nov. 21

Aspiring lounge singers everywhere can now add new hits and old favorites to their “Lips” music collection

“Lips,” the new singing party game exclusively for the Xbox 360 from iNiS Corp., today announced the first two weeks of downloadable content available in Xbox LIVE Marketplace and the in-game Lips “Get Music” store. Hit songs by a variety of popular artists are available and new songs will be added regularly.

Seasonal content with videos will also be offered, so stay tuned for holiday music with custom holiday videos by artists including Bing Crosby, Elvis Presley, Gene Autry and more beginning on December. 5. Songs will start at 160 Microsoft Points each.

Week One Global Content; available November 21
Adele – Chasing Pavements
Estelle – No Substitute Love
Jason Mraz – The Remedy (I Won’t Worry)
Coldplay – Violet Hill

Week Two Global Content; available November 28
Supertramp – Give a Little Bit
Smash Mouth – All Star
Vanessa Carlton – A Thousand Miles

“Lips”, the new singing party game from Xbox 360 and iNiS, includes 40 songs on-disc and two wireless, motion-sensitive microphones. “Lips” is currently available at retailers in the U.S. and will be available globally on Friday, November 21.

More information on “Lips” is available at www.xbox.com/lips.

Sumthing Else Music Works announces release of Gears of War 2: The Soundtrack

Original Music Score by Hollywood Composer Steve Jablonskyand performed by the Skywalker Symphony Orchestra and Chorus

 

New York – Oct. 27, 2008 – Sumthing Else Music Works, Inc., through its licensing relationship with Epic Games, Inc., proudly presents Gears of War® 2 The Soundtrack. The original soundtrack from the highly anticipated blockbuster Xbox 360™ action video game will be released on Nov. 25, 2008 to retail outlets through Nile Rodgers’ Sumthing Else Music Works record label www.sumthing.com, and for digital download at www.sumthingdigital.com.

Gears of War 2 The Soundtrack features a new original music score composed by Hollywood composer Steve Jablonsky (“Transformers”, “The Island”, “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre”) and recorded with the Skywalker Symphonic Orchestra and Chorus at the world famous Skywalker Sound.

Epic Games wanted every aspect of Gears of War 2 to be “bigger, darker, and crunchier” than the original game, including the bombastic orchestral soundtrack. Drawing on his extensive experience scoring big budget action films as well as a unique musical repertoire and Hollywood production values, Jablonsky was the perfect match for creating the adrenaline-pumping, emotionally charged Gears of War 2 score.

“It’s been a real treat working with Steve on the score for Gears of War 2. We have a tremendous amount of confidence in him, and believe the Gears community will embrace the new sound,” said Mike Larson, Audio Director of Epic Games. “We’ve designed Gears 2 to impact players on a deep emotional level, and much of that connection is made with music that grabs their attention and makes them feel personally involved with the game universe. We have aimed to create something a bit more serious, cinematic, and refined with a harder-hitting approach toward composition and production.”

“Epic gave me a blank canvas, which was really great,” said Steve Jablonsky, Composer for Gears of War 2. “I experimented with a lot of hybrid organic/electronic elements, and combined them with the power of a large orchestra and choir.”

Track Listing:

1. Return Of The Omen
2. Hope Runs Deep
3. Green As Grass
4. Expectations
5. Finally, A Lead
6. Armored Prayer
7. Hold Them Off
8. Derrick Chase
9. Building Thunder
10. Hell Breaks Loose
11. Bedlam
12. Breakneck
13. Landown
14. Racing To Extinction
15. If They Can Ride Em
16. Hollow
17. Unexpected Changes
18. March Of The Horde
19. Highway
20. Denizens Of The Deep
21. With Sympathy
22. Insurmountable Odds
23. Bump In The Night
24. Frenzy
25. Outpost
26. Finale
27. Autumn Of Mankind

Gears of War 2 tells the story of humanity’s last stand against the nightmarish, underground Locust Horde, and is the follow-up to one of the most popular Xbox 360 games in history. Gears of War 2 blends best-in-class third-person shooter action with unsurpassed high-definition visuals, all layered on top of an engaging story of survival, loss and retribution. Gears of War 2 will be available worldwide on Nov. 7 exclusively for the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system. For more information, visit http://gearsofwar.com.

Rock Band DLC content added: Mötley Crüe’s “Dr. Feelgood”

Harmonix and MTV Games announced today Mötley Crüe’s album Dr. Feelgood will become the sixth album to join the Rock Band® Music Store catalog of downloadable content. The most successful album by the heavy metal band, Dr. Feelgood will be available starting October 14, 2008, for the Xbox®360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft and October 16, 2008, for the PLAYSTATION®3 computer entertainment system.

Mötley Crüe topped the charts for the first time with the release of Dr. Feelgood in 1989 and has since sold more than 6 million copies in the US alone. The band recently reissued the infamous album alongside seven other of its chart topping albums. The Rock Band DLC album will include the following tracks:

“Dr. Feelgood”
“Slice of Your Pie”
“Rattlesnake Shake”
“Kickstart My Heart”
“Without You”
“Same Ol’ Situation (S.O.S.)”
“Sticky Sweet”
“She Goes Down”
“Don’t Go Away Mad (Just Go Away)”
“Time for Change”

Dr. Feelgood will be available for $15.99 (1280 Microsoft Points) for the album, or $1.99 (160 Microsoft Points) per track. Purchasing the album will provide the user with the ability to play through the entire album in Rock Band 2’s different modes, including Quickplay, where the album will be called out in its own subheader, and Tour Challenges, where users will be prompted to play through all of the tracks in a standalone setlist. These tracks join “Saints of Los Angeles”, “Down at the Whisky” and “Face Down in the Dirt” previously offered as DLC, to bring the total of Mötley Crüe songs in the game to 13.

Dr. Feelgood joins the growing list of Rock Band 2 albums in the DLC music catalog, which includes Red Hot Chili Peppers’ Blood Sugar Sex Magik, Rush’s Moving Pictures, Megadeth’s Peace Sells… But Who’s Buying?, Pixies’ Doolittle, Judas Priests’ Screaming For Vengeance and The Cars’ The Cars. With the addition of the Mötley Crüe album there are now more than 300 tracks available to date via disc and download purchase (complete list of tracks at http://www.rockband.com/music). Rock Band continues to fly off shelves and satisfy music fans and gamers’ voracious appetite for rock with more than 21 million downloads since its launch on November 20, 2007. The Rock Band Music Store allows players to preview and purchase downloadable individual music tracks and packs from the vast selection of offerings available to date without ever leaving the game as they build their own custom Rock Band library.
Rock Band and Rock Band 2 allow online play and features that expand the boundaries of music gaming. Rock Band downloadable content is playable and integrated into setlists in all game modes. In order to play downloadable content for head-to-head matches or multiplayer online, all players must own the same downloadable track. Downloadable content for Xbox 360 is available for purchase via Xbox LIVE® Marketplace for Xbox 360 using Microsoft Points and is downloaded directly to the hard drive of Xbox 360. Downloadable content for the PLAYSTATION 3 system’s version of Rock Band is available for purchase on the PlayStation®Store through the free PlayStation®Network and is downloaded directly to PLAYSTATION 3 system’s built in hard drive.

Rock Band 2 for Xbox 360 is now available nationwide and supports all previously downloaded content. The groundbreaking music platform that forever changed the face of music video games is committed to taking gaming to the next level with the evolution of the franchise. Rock Band 2 will be available for additional platforms later this year.

Rock Band and Rock Band 2 are rated “T” for Teen (lyrics, mild suggestive themes) by the ESRB.

For more information on Rock Band2 and Harmonix Music Systems please visit www.rockband.com and www.harmonixmusic.com

2K Sports Reveals New Soundtrack for NBA® 2K9

 

The Cool Kids, Beastie Boys, The Pharcyde, N.E.R.D, Brand New Heavies, and DJ UNK headline NBA 2K9’s eclectic mix of artists

New York, NY – October 6, 2008 – 2K Sports, the sports publishing label of Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTWO), announced today details regarding the music soundtrack for NBA 2K9, this season’s highly anticipated basketball title. Known for consistently tapping the freshest and most relevant artists for the NBA 2K franchise, this year’s soundtrack continues the tradition with an eclectic mix of artists. Standouts include N.E.R.D, Santogold, Gnarls Barkley, The Pharcyde, and Beastie Boys with an exclusive track by DJ UNK, along with an original recording by The Cool Kids titled “2K Pennies.” Beyond the soundtrack, 2K Sports continues to embrace its artists in a myriad of ways, including in-game characters, national tours, music videos, gameplay trailers, radio promotions, mix tapes, community promotions, music downloads and digital sales.

“Every year our NBA 2K soundtrack features music innovators that push boundaries in the same way our franchise does,” said Tim Rosa, director of brand and lifestyle marketing at 2K Sports. “With NBA 2K9 we’re continuing the tradition with The Cool Kids representing our deepest music integration. They will appear in the game’s NBA Blacktop streetball mode, will perform on the 2K Sports Bounce Tour, and they recorded an original song which we’re giving away for free on the 2K Sports website.”

“Video games are an important part of culture and our lifestyle. For years we’ve been playing games, but have never been inspired by the songs in them,” said Chuck Inglish and Mikey Rocks of The Cool Kids. “When 2K Sports presented us with an opportunity to create an original song for NBA 2K9, we knew we had to create a song that embodied the sport of basketball. We had to make kids everywhere appreciate the song as much as the game.”

Along with special The Cool Kids integration, NBA 2K9 will include in-game character likenesses of other past and present 2K music artists including ?uestlove (from The Roots), DJ Steve Aoki, Aceyalone, the legendary Bobbito Garcia, and Phife Dawg (from A Tribe Called Quest). Fans can now listen to and purchase individual songs from the NBA 2K9 soundtrack through the new 2K Beats channel atwww.2ksports.com/beats/games/nba2k9.

Below is the full list of tracks in NBA 2K9 (exclusives are denoted with **):
Beastie Boys – Root Down
Blackwizard – Dem Nah Ready fe We
Blockhead – Duke Of Hazzard
Bloody Beetroots – Mac Mac
Dangerdoom – Sofa King
Dawn Penn – You Don’t Love Me (Extended Mix)
DJ Rasta Root – RootZilla Beez
DJ UNK – In Yo Face **
Gnarls Barkley – Going On
Jamalski – That Undaground (Remix)
Mochipet – Sharpdrest
Mommy and Daddy – Pretty Loser
Money Mark – Silly Putty
N.E.R.D. – Spaz
Nickodemus – Funky In The Middle
Santogold feat. Switch & Freq Nasty – Creator
Skeewiff – Light the Fuse
Spank Rock & Benny Blanco – Loose (inst.)
The Brand New Heavies – Jump ‘N’ Move
The Cool Kids – 2K Pennies **
The Heavy – Coleen
The Limp Twins – Moving Closer to The Sofa
The Meters – Cissy Strut
The Pharcyde – Passing Me By
Ursula 1000 – Step Back (Deekline & Ed Solo Remix)

NBA 2K9 is the latest edition of NBA 2K, the #1 selling next gen basketball video game* that has also been the #1 rated NBA simulation for seven years in a row**, is back for its 10th season. NBA 2K9 is the premier basketball game for serious players, and will deliver the most realistic and feature-rich simulation experience ever available in the NBA 2K franchise – from gameplay and graphics to presentation and online features. NBA 2K9 is rated E for Everyone by the ESRB and will be available on October 7 for Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, and the PLAYSTATION®3 and PlayStation®2 computer entertainment systems and on October 21 for Windows PC. For more information about NBA 2K9, please visithttp://www.2ksports.com/games/nba2k9.

• According to NPD Funworld estimates of U.S. retail video game sales of Xbox 360 and PLAYSTATION 3 NBA titles for the period from September 2007 to August 2008.

**The NBA 2K series developed by Visual Concepts outranked competitors based on GameRankings.com average scores of 2001-2007 NBA video games.