TWELVE OF BON JOVI’S MOST-LOVED SONGS, INCLUDING TRACKS FEATURING PRO GUITAR UPGRADES, AVAILABLE NEXT WEEK!
PLUS TRACKS FROM DEFTONES, NEW ORDER AND TALKING HEADS,
Cambridge, Mass. – Nov. 5, 2010 – Harmonix and MTV Games today announced that 12 of Bon Jovi’s greatest hits, including four tracks with Pro Guitar and Pro Bass, as well as tracks from New Order, Deftones and Talking Heads, which also feature Pro Guitar and Pro Bass upgrades, will be available Nov. 9 in the Rock Band 3 Music Store of downloadable content for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system and Wii™.
Rock Band provides the deepest and best selection of artists, songs and albums through the Rock Band music platform, which features more than 800 artists and more than 2,000* tracks via disc and download purchase (complete list of tracks at www.rockband.com/songs). Rock Band’s gigantic music library dwarfs that of any other rhythm video game on the market. To date, more than 75 million songs have been sold through the Rock Band Music Store since its launch Nov. 20, 2007.
Rock BandDLC Additions for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 system and Wii
Bon Jovi, named for frontman Jon Bon Jovi, formed in New Jersey in 1983 and has since released 11 studio albums, three compilation albums and one live album, selling more than 120 million records worldwide. The band is a member of the UK Music Hall of Fame, a 2011 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame nominee, and Jon Bon Jovi and Bon Jovi guitarist Richie Sambora are also members of the Songwriters Hall of Fame. Next week, 12 of Bon Jovi’s most-loved songs will be added to the Rock Band Music Store.Bon Jovi Greatest Hits: Rock Band Edition will feature the first back-catalog songs updated for Rock Band 3 gameplay to include Pro Keys, Keys, Pro Drums and harmonies, as well as traditional drum and five-button guitar and bass gameplay. The updated songs are “Livin’ on a Prayer,” “Wanted Dead or Alive” and “You Give Love a Bad Name.” Additionally, these three songs, as well as “Runaway” will also feature Pro Guitar and Pro Bass upgrades available for an additional $0.99 per song. The pack also features favorites like “Blaze of Glory,” “It’s My Life” and “Bad Medicine,” among others.
The same day and date that this ultimate Bon Jovi pack is available, Bon Jovi’s Greatest Hits – The Ultimate Collection will also be available – an exclusive double-disc version with a total of 28 tracks, including four brand new songs. The album is now available for pre-order on Amazon! If you place your order today, you can save $5.99 off the retail price ($19.98) and pay only $13.99!
Also available for download next week are three additional songs that feature the Pro Guitar and Pro Bass expansion downloads – “My Own Summer (Shove It)” from American rockers Deftones, “Blue Monday” from British New Wave favorites New Order and “Burning Down the House” from American art rockers Talking Heads.
Available on Xbox 360, Wii and PlayStation 3 system (Nov. 9):
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Activision’s coverage of the Call of Duty series on Wii seems to be getting worse as the years go by. Last year, although there was minimal coverage for Modern Warfare – Reflex Edition, we were able to see a few screenshots before the game was available.
This time around, with Black Ops, we’ve seen absolutely no media pertaining to the Wii version. The game is set to be released next week, and unfortunately, we haven’t seen any images from the title on Nintendo’s console unlike last year. On the bright side though, someone appears to have taken a photo of the boxart, which shows three screenshots of the Wii version. Of course, it isn’t much, and you can’t judge the game’s visuals by a low-quality picture, but I suppose it’s better than nothing right now!
Thanks to KAPPA64 and Sme for the tip!
– Anima Games Studio working on the game
– Wen Yu-Li doing the art
– Described as an action-platformer
– Takes place in Gaia
– Controls are similar to what you’d play on the NES
– Attack with “1”
– Jump with “2”
– Can execute ground/air combos
– Devs went with Wii since they feel it’s a great launching pad to start a game out with
– Q1 2011 release
– Will be 1,000 points or so
Update: According to one of our loyal readers, joclo, ONM stated in the magazine that the 3DS will “hit Europe by the end of March” and that there is “no specific date or price for us just yet – Nintendo of Europe will make its own announcement regarding that in due course.” Consider the listing in the scan below to be a guess, if anything!
Right now, I wouldn’t put much stock into ONM’s listing. I can’t remember any of the DS models launching in North America on a Friday. For all we know, it’s possible that Nintendo of America/Europe haven’t even finalized a release date yet. I’d like to find out soon, though!
This information comes from Activision CEO Eric Hirshber…
“[GoldenEye 007 has only been out] a few days, but it’s already out selling last year’s Modern Warfare as Wii SKU for the comparable period.”
From everything we’ve heard, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare – Reflex Edition actually sold quite well. So I’m sure Activision is pleased with the sales for GoldenEye 007 so far. Have any of you guys picked the game up yet?
Iwata on 3DS hardware and software shipment figures/Miyamoto’s hobbies/Miyamoto’s DSiWare app…
“First, about the Nintendo 3DS software, you asked what the basis for our unit shipment forecast is. Please note that this forecast is Nintendo’s shipment number, so not all the 4 million hardware units and the 15 million software units are expected to reach consumers’ hands. Now that we are launching a new hardware device, for which people’s anticipation is fortunately high, and in terms of the current circumstance where a number of software developers with strong will to make the software for it are wanting to launch their software on or close to the launch date of Nintendo 3DS, we think that the company will be able to make that size of software shipment from Nintendo. In addition, since the retailers also have high expectations for this new hardware, we are expecting them to offer sufficient shelf space to showcase and sell a certain good amount of the software from the beginning. These are the reasons as to how we have come up with that software shipment figure.
I understand that your question was based upon a concern that the 3.75 tie ratio (software sales per hardware unit) will be too much for a period of just about one month from the hardware’s launch, but please understand that there is certainly a small time gap between when Nintendo ships Nintendo 3DS software to the retailers or to the third-party publishers and when this software is actually sold at the retailers, and, by taking into consideration the high expectations for this product before the launch, we have concluded that we would be able to make that shipment figure (sell-in). I hope you will understand this point.
The quotes below come from Satoru Iwata, who provided the following information at a recent investor Q&A…
“And, you said that you are yet to see the software lineup for Nintendo 3DS which can be compared to representative titles for Nintendo DS such as “nintendogs” and “Brain Training” that were announced around the time of the launch of Nintendo DS, which were originally not conceived as games. In fact, however, I think that we have already shown you a glimpse. For example, “AR Games” (temp; direct translation from the Japanese) that we showcased at Nintendo Conference 2010 is one of our new trials in such endeavors. How such new trials shall be materialized in the form of packaged software is something which will become important in the second phase of Nintendo 3DS proliferation. By now, because more Nintendo 3DS software which will cater to the needs of avid game fans has had a lot of public exposure, you may hold the impression that our Nintendo 3DS software lineup currently lacks such software (which has the potential to change the definition of video games). The company, of course, has been paying attention to such software. On the other hand, for those who seldom play video games, the fact that they can see 3D moving images on Nintendo 3DS itself must have a tremendous impact. I understand that those who have had hands-on experience feel the same way. So, Nintendo 3DS will probably be appreciated first with such functions, and then, as the next step, we will need to launch software that can expand the users.”
I personally find the prospect of AR games to be very, very exciting – Much more so than Nintendogs and Brain Age. It also helps that Nintendo will be bundling cards with each system.
The quotes below come from Satoru Iwata, who provided the following information at a recent investor Q&A…
“We have not announced the prices of Nintendo 3DS in the overseas markets, but when you look at the suggested retail price of Nintendo 3DS in Japan, you can see that there are some price differences with that of Nintendo DS and Nintendo DSi in Japan. How the market can change with such price differences shall become important.
We have experienced several transitions from one platform to a new generation in the past, but the speed at which such transitions were made greatly varied in different markets. Perhaps, the quickest of all the nations in this regard is Japan. In terms of speed, the U.K. is outstanding in Europe. On the contrary, Germany is very slow in this transition. In the U.S., so many people respond to new platforms quickly, but as for the entire video game market there, it appears to move rather slowly because there are also so many people who respond to new offers very slowly. The U.S. is a big market with such dual natures. Given the difference in the speeds at which each market shifts to a new platform, how Nintendo should spend what amount of energy in order to launch and market many new Nintendo DS software titles must be slightly different from market to market.
• Dirty Diana
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• Streetwalker
Fans and consumers can pre-order Michael Jackson The Experience by visiting
either retail locations or online retailers nationwide and to get the latest updates on the game, fans can join the official Michael Jackson The Experience Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/MichaelJacksonTheExperience.The Michael Jackson The Experience track list announced to date now includes:
