Gaming News — February 21, 2008

It’s Thursday so I got some PSN Thursday! Also, I continue the GDC coverage! So here we go!

TODAY’S RELEASES:
US-
-Cabal Online (PC)

UK-
None.

AU-
-Bratz: Super Babyz (DS)
-Conflict: Denied Ops (PC, PS3)
-King of Clubs (Wii)
-Ratatouille: Food Frenzy (DS)

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PC NEWS:
-GDC 2008: Avatar Reality has partnered with with e frontier to add realistic home models to Blue Mars.
-GDC 2008: Microsoft has announced the winners for this year’s warm-up challenge for the Dream Build Play Competition 2008.
-Ed Roffman has joined Cryptic Studios as Chief Financial Officer.
-EA has announced the first expansion pack for SimCity Societies, SimCity Societies Destinations.
-New details have been released about Aliens: Colonial Marines.
-Starbreeze Studios and EA are teaming up for a “mystery project”.
-Warriors Orochi is coming to the PSP and PC this March.
-A “major” announcement for Lord of the Rings: Online is coming at Connect 08 on March 14 and 15.

PS3 NEWS:
-GDC 2008: Insomniac has announced today that they will be sharing their source code and presentations as part of their new “Nocturnal Initiative”.
-GDC 2008: Bionic Command Rearmed is coming to XBLA and PSN this spring.
-Insomniac has made a music video with hidden clues of Resistance 2 throughout.
-New details have been released about Aliens: Colonial Marines.
-Starbreeze Studios and EA are teaming up for a “mystery project”.

PSN THURSDAY: (PS3 Version)
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Game Content:
-Rock Band DLC:
-”Why Do You Love Me?” by Garbage ($1.99)
-”Sex Type Thing” by Stone Temple Pilots” ($1.99)
-”El Scorcho” by Weezer ($1.99)
-PAIN DLC:
-”Fun with Explosives!” Single player add-on ($ )
-”Hung Lo” add-on character ($ )

PS1 Classics:
-Jet Moto 3 ($5.99)

Demos:
-PixelJunk Monsters demo (Free)

Game Trailers:
-Bionic Commando Rearmed Trailer (Free)
-MLB 08: The Show “Stolen Base” Tutorial Video (Free)
-MLB 08: The Show “Pitcher Batter Analysis” Tutorial Video (Free)
-MLB 08: The Show “Replay Vault” Tutorial Video (Free)
-Conflict: Denied Ops Dev. Diary 4 (Free)

Movie Trailers:
-Kung Fu Panda Teaser Trailer (Free)
-We Own the Night Blu-ray Trailer (Free)
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PSP NEWS:
-Warriors Orochi is coming to the PSP and PC this March.

PSN THURSDAY: (PSP Version)
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Demos:
-God of War: Chains of Olympus (Free)

PS1 Classics:
-Jet Moto 3 ($5.99)
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XBOX 360 NEWS:
-GDC 2008: Bionic Command Rearmed is coming to XBLA and PSN this spring.
-GDC 2008: Microsoft has announced the winners for this year’s warm-up challenge for the Dream Build Play Competition 2008.
-GDC 2008: GTA IV DLC will be released in Autumn.
-Xbox 360 gets a price cut in Canada; Elite is dropping to $449 ($443 USD), Premium is dropping to $349 ($345 USD), Arcade is dropping to $279 ($276 USD), and Halo 3 bundle is dropping to $399 ($394 USD).
-Ed Roffman has joined Cryptic Studios as Chief Financial Officer.
-New details have been released about Aliens: Colonial Marines.
-Starbreeze Studios and EA are teaming up for a “mystery project”.

WII NEWS:
-Planet Moon has changed the name of their music game from Band Mashups to Battle of the Bands.
-THQ has announced Big Beach Sports exclusively for the Wii.
-Commodore 64 is coming out for the Wii Virtual Console. So far it’s only available on the European VC.

DS NEWS:
-GDC 2008: Phantom Hourglass has taken the Best Handheld Game of the Year at the Developers’ Choice Awards at GDC.
-The upcoming DS game, Bangai-O, will let you trade levels through music. It will use audio transfer technology. Read about it here.

See ya tomorrow!
Keep on gaming,
PDB aka gamerpsp360