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Friday, December 19, 2008 Shipping Announcements

by Rainier on Dec. 19, 2008 @ 3:20 a.m. PST | Filed under News

Another day, another batch of games shipped to stores. Instead of giving them all their own posts, we grouped them, and so far there are announcements for:

'Guitar Hero World Tour' (ALL) Gets The Eagles Tracks

by Rainier on Dec. 19, 2008 @ 3:14 a.m. PST | Filed under News

Guitar Hero: World Tour will feature guitar, vocals, drums, the ability to create your own songs (and upload them on GHTunes), four-player on/offline co-op, and an eight-player battle of the bands multiplayer mode (4vs4). Three tracks from The Eagles' first studio album in 28 years are now available for download.

Former GameFly And EA Execs Launch Red Rocket Games

by Rainier on Dec. 19, 2008 @ 3:04 a.m. PST | Filed under News

Red Rocket Games was officially launched today as a new game developer focused on creating bite-size digital entertainment and casual games, co-founded by former GameFly VP Jung Suh, and Scott Yu, formerly a technical art director at Electronic Arts.

'Battlestations: Pacific' (X360/PC) - 12 New Screens

by Rainier on Dec. 18, 2008 @ 9:54 p.m. PST | Filed under News

Battlestations: Pacific features a massive U.S. and Japanese single player campaign that offers a unique blend of action and strategy. Players must plan their moves carefully on huge open-world arenas and fight in the air, above sea and underwater to relive some of the most hard-fought battles in WWII history.

'Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts' (X360) Creation Contest Offers Immortality

by Rainier on Dec. 18, 2008 @ 9:52 p.m. PST | Filed under News

In Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts the Lord of the Games is tired of the petty squabbling between Banjo and the evil witch Gruntilda over the years, and has arranged a showdown to decide the rightful owner of Spiral Mountain. Rare announced a contest to recognize the top seven user generated contraptions created, with the winning creations to be added in the game.

'Duke Nukem Forever' - New Screen

by Rainier on Dec. 18, 2008 @ 9:46 p.m. PST | Filed under News

Duke Nukem Forever is the long-awaited follow-up to 1997's Duke Nukem 3D. While details are slim, longtime Duke voice actor Jon St. John returns, as well as music composed by Jeremy and Julian Soule.

PlayStation Store Gets Crash Commando, Penny Arcade, DLCs, Music Tracks

by Rainier on Dec. 18, 2008 @ 9:32 p.m. PST | Filed under News

Sony has rolled out new PlayStation Store content, starting with Crash Commando ($9.99), Penny Arcade Adventures Ep. 2 ($14.99), Castlevania Chronicles ($5.99), Rayman 2 ($5.99), DLCs for LittleBigPlanet (free/$1.99), High Velocity Bowling (free/$0.99), Hot Shots Golf: OoB ($2.99), demos for MGS 4/Sonic Unleashed, song packs for Guitar Hero World Tour, Rock Revolution, Karaoke Revolution Presents: American Idol Encore 2, Rock Band, and the usual game/movie trailers and PS3 themes.

'Broken Sword: Shadow of the Templars' (NDS/Wii) Announced

by Rainier on Dec. 18, 2008 @ 4:17 p.m. PST | Filed under News

Broken Sword: Shadow of the Templars – The Director's Cut builds on the original, boasting a new and explosive narrative interwoven with the first story. New puzzles have been added that specifically utilize Nintendo's unique control methods.

'inFamous' (PS3) - New Screens

by Rainier on Dec. 18, 2008 @ 4:15 p.m. PST | Filed under News

inFamous is an open-ended, free-roaming game puts you in the shoes of Cole, an everyday guy and urban explorer, in the aftermath of a huge disaster that destroys his hometown of Empire City. As Cole, you must first learn to use new found powers and then decide how you will use them.

'QuakeCon 2009' Dated, Registration Starts March 2009

by Rainier on Dec. 18, 2008 @ 4:11 p.m. PST | Filed under News

QuakeCon 2009 will take place Aug. 13-16, 2009 in Dallas, TX at the Hilton Anatole Hotel, and as always, this event is free to all attendees thanks to the support of the QuakeCon volunteer staff, id Software, and the event sponsors and exhibitors. While you can already book your room, the event registration won't start until March 2009.