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News DJ Hero's "Diversity Is The Key" To Attracting "Newcomers"
And for once we find ourselves agreeing with Activision
We couldn't give two flying hoots about Guitar Hero here in the PushSquare office because we don't like 92% of the music they pump out for that platform. DJ Hero on the other hand, has us absolutely stoked because we do like that music. So, Activision's brand manager Ian McCellan was totally...
News DJ Hero Introduction Packs Awesome Beats, Ridiculous Footage
The intro to Activision's upcoming DJ Hero's is a real mixed bag
Yes, the choice of Justice as the game's introductory track really sums up the game no end - and for that has us chomping at the bit to get our hands on it - but the footage involving crazy monsters, exploding trucks and giant vinyl record players really did nothing for us. Still, at...
News Activision: Guitar Hero 5 Beat The Beatles: Rock Band Because It's Fun As Hell
We still can't believe Guitar Hero 5 sold better than the fantastic The Beatles: Rock Band
It literally blows our mind. But thankfully Activision's Guitar Hero business CEO Dan Rosensweig is on hand to explain exactly what happened:"The number one thing about Guitar Hero is that it's fun as hell — it's focused on the guitar, and the variety...
News Modern Warfare 2 Multiplayer Sniper Footage Revealed
Just a bit more on Modern Warfare 2
This is a new video to emerge out of a recent multiplayer event that Infinity Ward held. The footage depicts the use of the sniper and shows some lobbies and stuff. Not very interesting for the casual Modern Warfare fan we must admit, but new footage will delight those itching for the game.
News Activision "Didn't Want Modern Warfare" Reveals Infinity Ward
"[Activision] wanted to be World War II
Again," reveal Infinity Ward of their block-buster title Call Of Duty 4: Modern Warfare 2. In an interview with Official Playstation Magazine - UK, Infinity Ward's head-honcho Vince Zampella has revealed how publisher Activision held them back from releasing a modern combat game for...
News Would You Like To Know The Full Track Listing For DJ Hero?
The full DJ Hero tracklisting is out
And as you know, we're super excited for the game. SUPER EXCITED. Bear with us while we do a little jig to the tune of Stayin' Alive... Boo yeah. There are 93 songs in DJ Hero with DLC to follow. We've highlighted the most amazing tracks for prominence. Word. Hit the jump. The complete DJ Hero set list: 2Pac -...
News DJ Hero Rocking The PushSquare Offices On 30th October
DJ Hero has been officially dated for Europe
It's coming October 30th. Hooray. Needless to say after a love-hate affair with the game, the PushSquare offices have decided to love and currently have a big countdown on the wall counting down to DJ Hero's release (we don't really have a big countdown - Ed). Yes it's expensive, but it has Daft Punk...
News Modern Warfare 2 "Infamy" Trailer Is Totally Over The Top
As promised, there's a new Modern Warfare 2 trailer
"Infamy" tries to pull at your heart strings. The question of morality underscored by readings from the Bible; ironic for a game all about shooting folk. We guess that's kinda the idea. Either that, or we're missing something. Still, we don't think Modern Warfare 2 is a game that trailers...
News Modern Warfare 2 Gets Another New Trailer In Sunday Night American Egghand TV Coverage
So, according to USA Today, Activision will be showing a new trailer for Modern Warfare 2 in between the San Diego Chargers and Pittsburgh Steelers game on Sunday
Any Americans who've dropped by this site and feel like kicking us in the face due to our "handegg" joke in the title, please chill — we're simply Brits trying to be comical...
News Modern Warfare 2 Dynamic Themes Are In The Works For Playstation 3
We love our LittleBigPlanet dynamic theme
But we feel like it's time we had a change. Sadly there's not much else available on the Playstation Store. Thankfully Infinity Ward are on the case, with "some [Modern Warfare 2] dynamic themes in the works for the PS3 XMB". We imagine a series of Modern Warfare 2 themes would fair rather well on...
News Tony Hawk Ride Pushed Back Until December 4th In The UK
Tony Hawk Ride will still hit the US on November 17th as planned
Here in the UK though, change of plan. It's been put back by two weeks to the 4th December. We suppose this sucks if you're really excited for the game but, alas, at least you have an extra two weeks to save up for more plastic peripherals. Right?!
News Modern Warfare 2 Get Its Own Energy Drink, Spills DLC Information
How can you know when a game is hyped through the roof? When it gets its own energy drink of course
Like these specially branded cans of Modern Warfare 2 Monster Drink. The cans come with tons of download codes for special Modern Warfare 2 themed goodies including: 1,000 copies of the Modern Warfare 2 Hardened Edition; 5,000 map pack codes for a...
News No Plans For A Modern Warfare 2 Pre-Launch Demo
Infinity Ward community manager Robert Bowling has confirmed via the wonders of Twitter that there are no plans for a pre-launch demo
Hence, if you're still totally on the fence regarding whether Modern Warfare 2 is the game for you — you're out of luck. Still, seeing as a quarter of the population will own the game by Christmas, you could always...
News Blur Gets Pushed Back To 2010
Bizarre Creations' weapons-based shooter, Blur, will not make its planned November release date
Like most of the other games this Holiday, it's been delayed. According to Activision CEO Mike Griffith, this is a strategic move to "fully optimize the vision set out to create for Blur including a distinctive and groundbreaking multiplayer mode...
News Modern Warfare 2 Veteran Edition Announced By British Retailer GAME
British retailer GAME will exclusively retail yet another bundle of Modern Warfare 2; this time £119
99 Veteran Edition. The set includes the hardened edition of the game, which comes with an artbook, a digital code to download Call of Duty Classic, and a SteelBook case, as well as a unique gift box and a Captain Soap MacTavish ultra-premium 12...
News Don't Let It Happen: Pink Floyd Fancy Themselves In Rock Band Or Guitar Hero
We'll admit that "Money" has an excellent opening and bassline
We'll even go as far as saying that the cover for Dark Side Of The Moon is pretty iconic. What you'll never hear us say is that we like Pink Floyd. Because we don't. We've heard your stories about listening to the record on an old record machine while stoned up to the eye-balls and,...
News Sony Hushed On The Prospect Of A Modern Warfare 2 Bundle
With Microsoft putting their collective energy into marking the release of Modern Warfare 2 with a complete XBOX 360 bundle, Sony are remaining tight-lipped on whether they intend to do something similar for the Playstation 3
With Sony expected to keep the current 120GB PS3 Slim bundle-less for the forseeable future, rumours are mounting of a...
News Modern Warfare 2 Multiplayer Maps Footage Emerge
Behold, some off-cam footage of Modern Warfare 2's multiplayer mode
About three seconds into the above GamesTrailers video we concluded; "yep, this is Modern Warfare 2". Having not played the game ourselves yet (boo-hoo) we can't offer any concrete views on how similar the game feels to play but, dude, this looks like Modern Warfare...
News Activision Are Ready To Bypass Games Consoles, Planning Untethered Guitar Hero
Bobby Kotick's back
Remember when he said he wanted to boycott the Playstation 3? Hell, it looks as though his long-term goal is to boycott all systems full-stop. As part of a 45-minute presentation at the Deutsche Bank Securities Technology Conference in San Francisco Kotick detailed plans to release an "untethered" version of his...
News Daft Punk's Contribution To DJ Hero Elevates The Game To "Must Have" Status
We've been up and down with DJ Hero
We love the mixes and the attempt at doing something a little different but we really hate the price. Alas, we've finally decided that DJ Hero is going to be the best thing since sliced bread, thanks to the inclusion (and input) of one of our favourite acts of all time — Daft Punk. The duo will be contributing...
Feature Push Square's Five Most Anticipated Playstation Games Of Q4, 2009
We're already feeling the difference here at PushSquare
Games are coming thick and fast now. While many have been delayed, there are still plenty of excellent games due for release in Q4, 09. We take a look at our five most anticipated. 5. Eye Pet (Playstation 3) We're sure Eye Pet is the last title people would expect to see on our most anticipated...
News New Blur Trailer Reveals More About The Game, Twitter Support Is Announced
Boy are we bombarded with great racing games lately
With Split/Second on the horizon, the excellent DiRT 2 now off our review schedule and Gran Turismo 5 rumoured, what space will there be for the Blur? Given the developer's pedigree, probably quite a lot, after all, this is Bizarre Creations' latest franchise. And from the trailer we get the...
News Modern Warfare 2 Capture The Flag Multiplayer Trailer Confirms Game Is Still Fun
Modern Warfare 2 continues to amaze us in a totally unexcited kinda way
Allow us to explain. So good was Call Of Duty 4: Modern Warfare we're kind of cruising along claiming in static, dull voices, "yep, sequel's going to be absolutely amazing". We're not understating what is coming, genuinely Modern Warfare 2 looks set to be one of the -...
News Batman Arkham Asylum Tops The UK Charts, XBOX 360 SKU Narrowly Beats Out The Playstation 3
Rocksteady's masterpiece Batman Arkham Asylum may go on to be many people's game of the year, but it all counts for nothing if it doesn't sell
Thankfully the title has topped the UK charts, offsetting Nintendo's Wii Sports Resort and resting a comfortable victor. The XBOX 360 version narrowly outsold the PS3 (with a 55% share) — we assume the...
News Guitar Hero 5 Advert Is Terrible, Repeat, Terrible
Here is an advert for Guitar Hero 5
It features Playboy bunnies and the frankly disgusting Hugh Hefner. We just don't understand the point they're trying to make here. Buy Guitar Hero 5 and you turn into a gyrating sex goddess? What? Terrible.
News Hans Zimmer Contributing To The Modern Warfare 2 Soundtrack
Well, this is a big one
There were rumours last night that Hans Zimmer — the award winning composer for films such as Gladiator, The Pirates Of The Caribean and As Good As It Gets — will be contributing to the Modern Warfare 2 soundtrack. That has now been confirmed by Infinity Ward's community manager Robert Bowling. We can't wait to see what...
News Square Enix Tease Japanese Launch Of Modern Warfare 2
Activision don't exist in Japan, but they have talked about making Modern Warfare 2 the "best selling game of all time"
They'll probably need to throw Japan into the mix in order to make it that. Cue this teaser site from Square Enix, headed with a similar looking "2" to that in the Modern Warfare 2 logo. Are we on the same wavelength?
News New Off Camera Modern Warfare 2 Single Player Gameplay Footage
For your viewing pleasure is a minute of Modern Warfare 2's single player campaign, shot at the GameCrazy company convention
The footage has been taken via a video camera so it's not the best, but it depicts a few soldiers hurling through a busy street. The most exciting thing we noticed was the way civilians come running, screaming down the street...
News MadCatz To Cash In On The Popularity Of Modern Warfare 2
MadCatz are gearing up to release a surge of officially branded Modern Warfare 2 accessories
The products include an "Action Controller" for the Playstation 3, a wireless controller that allows custom button mapping for "superior" control (apparently). The XBOX 360 counterpart will not be wireless so it looks like us PS3 gamers...
News Modern Warfare 2 Gets Age Old Dual-Wielding Mechanic
Your friendly-neighbourhood Infinity Ward blogger, FourZeroTwo, has confirmed that Modern Warfare 2 will have dual wielding
Hooray?"I was presenting a singleplayer mission at the GameCrazy show this morning on stage and happened to walk over a body that had Akimbo (dual wield side arm), therefore the icon for the weapon popped up on screen and...
News Good For You: Assassin's Creed II Ain't Scared Of Modern Warfare, No
Despite approximately 92
463% (not an actual scientific calculation - ed) of expected Holiday 09 games being delayed, Assassin's Creed II is sticking to its guns. The game will launch on November 17th, that's just one week after the juggernaut that's had every other game's publisher running scared - Modern Warfare 2. Producer Patrice Desilets was...
News Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen To Get The Real Transformers As DLC
August 27th will see the addition of the real Transformers character models to movie tie-in release Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen
The DLC includes eight new playable characters based on the original Generation 1 Transformer designs. It also includes three new character skins, three multiplayer maps and an "Expert" difficulty setting...
News Gamestop: Modern Warfare 2 Could Become The Greatest Selling Game Of All Time
Tony Bartel, the head honcho of American retailer GameStop's marketing department, reckons Modern Warfare 2 could become the best selling game of all time
Ever. In order to achieve that it would have to sell somewhere around 11 million copies, a feat currently held by Wii Play, Nintendo's - admittedly terrible - mini-game collection that sold...
News GamesCom 09: Tony Hawk Ride Trailer Is All Levels Of Awkward
We don't know what it is about Tony Hawk Ride but, we just don't get it
Sure it looks like standing on the board is probably quite intuitive for movement, but we can't see how hand-plants could ever work, seeing as how you should be virtually upside down. How can they ever naturally replicate that? Still, this host of pro-skaters seem way into it...
News QuakeCon 09: Wolfenstein Launch Trailer Looks Sort Of Ridiculous
So the Nazis have unlocked some kind of time warp into another world allowing them to become super-charged super warriors
Thankfully one American dude can save the day with a bunch of one-liners and presumably an arsenal of weapons. If it wasn't so utterly predictable and devoid of anything, we'd probably say this is an alright concept for a game...
News Raven Software Will Refund Your Purchase Of The New Wolfenstein...
.. If their game sells more than Madden 10 based on the NPDs. Knowing there is little to no chance in hell of such a thing ever occuring in this world, we think Manveer Heir's cash is safe. The software designer Tweeted the contest stating the stipulations that the offer only applies to sales in August and that you're limited to one copy per...
News Activision's Bobby Kotick Pockets A Cool $15 Million Salary
Ever wondered why Activision products are so darn expensive? We're questioning it all the time
Seems like we have the answer. Activision boss Bobby Kotick must be so out of touch with the general income of mortals, given his $15,000,000 pay-packet for the year of 2008. That's $15,000,000 folks; $5,000,000 of which were bonuses. As the cynical words...
News New Guitar Hero Van Halen Trailer Has Pyrotechnics
Hey Guitar Hero Van Halen fans (if you exist)
Fancy checking out a new trailer? Personally, we absolutely abhor the "hits" of Van Halen. But you get the drift!
News DJ Hero: Renegade Edition $200 In The States
GameStop have updated their listing for the Renegade Edition of DJ Hero, pricing it at $199
99. That's a substantial step-up from the standard $119.99 price point, but hey, if you want a stand that doubles as a carry case, this should be your thang.
News Modern Warfare 2 Squad Characters To Be Voiced By 50 Cent
If, "Yo dawg, where ma skull?" isn't a line in Modern Warfare 2, we'll be disappointed
The voice of many nightclubs (and the star of a few video games), 50 Cent is currently in the studio recording some voice work for Infinity Ward's upcoming Modern Warfare 2. As confirmed by community manager Robert Bowling, Fiddy will be serving one of the many...
News Activision Settles Lawsuit With Double Fine, Brutal Legend Unscathed
Associated Press are reporting Activision and Double Fine have settled outside of court regarding Brutal Legend, on the day they were supposed to present their arguments
Activision were hoping to delay the game but a tentative judge ruling suggested he was "not inclined" to do so. He also had some damning words for Activision's case. The...
News Tony Hawk Ride To Cost An Arm & A Leg In UK
Tony Hawk Ride will hit British stores on November 20th at the dastardly sum of £100
A nice round figure, but a real beast when you consider you'll be getting a game and a plastic board to step on. If you're seriously still interested in buying Tony Hawk Ride then know that if you buy it from Brit retailer GAME, you'll get a board with a picture of...
News Sorry Europe, No Guitar Van Halen For You This Year
If you're European and were super pumped by the Guitar Hero: Van Halen track listing we published earlier, you might be disappointed by the news that the game has caught the Holiday 09-flu in Europe
There's absolutely no reason for the delay. It's just not coming out in Europe until next year.
News Like Van Halen? You'll Probably Want To Be Reading The Guitar Hero: Van Halen Tracklist Then
Our only experiences with Van Halen date back to when we were in school
We had a guitar lesson and were learning "Eruption". Never had we listened to Van Halen before. Never will we ever again. Alas, we're sure there are some people reading who are totally stoked about Guitar Hero: Van Halen, and thus you'll probably want to read the...
News Blur Preorder "Incentives" Revealed For North America
Bizarre Creations have a fantastic track-record so it's hard not being excited about upcoming combat racer Blur
With the release pencilled for November, as usual there are a number of preorder bonuses popping up around the net, in this case for the USA. GameStop will offer the "Multiplayer Advantage Booster Kit" that offers...
News David Bowie Vs. Boogie Down Productions In DJ Hero
How can you not be into DJ Hero? Here we have a perfect example of why you should be on the off-chance your not
An exclusive mashup of David Bowie's "Let's Dance" and Boogie Down Productions "Jack Of Spades" by DJ Shadow. Hell yes. There are more over at Joystiq.
News Taylor Swift Stars In Band Hero, Looks Good All Rendered Up
Everybody look, it's Taylor Swift in Band Hero looking a lot like Taylor Swift
Impressive rendering aside, Activision want you to know that Miss. Swift will be making an appearance in the upcoming Band Hero game on Playstation 3. She had this to say of the game:"Anything that encourages people to pick up an instrument and play, I'm fully...
News The Real Optimus Prime Hits Revenge Of The Fallen Via Downloadable Costume
Transformers: The Revenge Of The Fallen is getting a bit better this Summer
Namely through the form of downloadable content which will make Optimus Prime look a bit more like Optimus Prime. The new version of Soundwave will also make an appearance. But we don't care for new versions right?
News Developers Talk About Blur & Its Wealth Of Power-Ups
So Blur might end up looking like a mix between Need For Speed, Wipeout and Mario Kart but you have to remember that this is coming from the guys who made the Project Gotham Racing games
As such, if there's one thing those peeps can do, it's make an awesome racing game. Which we're hoping Blur will be. There are a lot of other good racing games...
News Legal Battles Will Not Delay The Launch Of Brutal Legend
Brutal Legend is involved in one mighty legal battle
On one hand Activision want to delay the game and sue Double Fine, on the other Double Fine want to sue Activision. It's all very messy. Still, good news for Double Fine, a tentative ruling in LA has denied the movement to stop the release of Brutal Legend. The legal dispute will take place on...
