Looks like Mad Cats found a new way to make a fast buck off the 360 with a drum kit and as far as i can see there is no word on if it will work for Guitar Hero so i take that as it will not, to bad since i would have grabbed it myself just for the neat little D-pad and easy storage.
Ad reads as follows: Mad Catz full-featured Portable Drum Kit for Rock Band is playable on virtually any solid surface. Designed to withstand over 1 million strikes, the durable rubber construction ensures the drumheads will outlast your frenetic drumming. Featuring an ultra-thin navigation panel for easy in-game setup, a pair of soft-tip two-piece replacement drumsticks and a remote kick drum pedal, everything you need to play drums is included. Easy to assemble and play and even easier to fold away for quick storage, when you dont have ample room to rock with the full-sized drum kit, reach for these tabletop drums and rock like there is no tomorrow.
Features
Portable, lightweight, and designed for use on nearly any flat surface
Small footprint for compact storage
Drumheads designed to withstand over 1 million strikes
Ultra-thin navigation panel for quick in-game setup
Kick drum foot pedal included
Portable, lightweight, and designed for use on nearly any flat surface
Includes 2 two-piece soft-tip replacement drumsticks
I never like to report on rumors since you got to keep up with it and see if they turn out true or not but this one just grabbed my eye and i had to share it so check out this VG247 report on the rumor of a Lego Rock Band in works.
The full report reads as follows: A VG247 source has claimed Traveller’s Tales is working on a Lego version of Rock Band for EA.
Our chatterer assured us the information was “100 percent correct”.
UK developer TT Games confirmed in a Radio One interview with EGTV’s Johnny Minkley last night that a Lego game is to be released this year, but refused to confirm its identity.
Minkley speculated the title was a second Indiana Jones game during the show.
Traveller’s Tales was rumored recently to be working on Lego Harry Potter, talk Warner slapped with a swift “no comment“.
A Lego Potter game would have to be a collaboration with EA, as the publisher owns game rights to the Hogwarts hyper-franchise.
Traveller’s Tales - which is owned by Warner Bros - has yet to confirm future projects, having released Lego Indiana Jones and Lego Batman in 2008.
EA US was unavailable for comment at the time of writing.
With that said it makes you think, just how far can the LEGO franchise take this cash cow before the milk runs dry and just because they can make it dose that make it a good game?
In a gamasutra.com report the facts show the XBOX 360 to be the most played next gen console on the market but that was not good enough to take the over all most played console position, nope that honer went to the PS2 at a huge 31.7%.
Here is gamasutra.com's full report: In 2008, gamers collectively spent more time with their PlayStation 2 than any other console. That's according to media research company Nielsen, whose "Top Tens" of 2008 calculated video game console usage, as well as the top PC games.
The company's methodology, also famously used in the TV industry, is to use data from households that it monitors for media usage, and then extrapolate across the entire United States.
Nielsen's data, which actually covers the period from January through October, found that PS2 users accounted for 31.7 percent of the total time played from all nationwide gamers. The Xbox 360 was the year's second-most popular console, with 17.2 percent of the time, followed by Wii at 13.4 percent.
Interestingly, Nielsen says that the first-gen Xbox currently sees more usage than the PlayStation 3, with 9.7 percent versus 7.3 percent, respectively. The GameCube still made the surveyors' list with 4.6 percent of total time, and an "Other" category accounts for the remaining 16.2 percent.
"Other", Nielsen says, includes "any other console found in the home" - it appears that the research did not include portable hardware like the Nintendo DS or PSP.
Unsurprisingly, Blizzard's World of Warcraft tops Nielsen's most-played PC game list, seeing an average of 671 minutes played per week. In any given minute, the data says, almost 1 percent (0.723 percent) of all PC gamers are playing WoW.
Nielsen's full list of most-played PC titles, with average minutes per week and what percentage of PC gamers are playing them at that moment, is as follows:
1. World of Warcraft (Blizzard)
- 671 minutes per week (0.723% of gamers)
2. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Activision)
- 403 minutes per week (0.163% of gamers)
3. Halo: Combat Evolved (Microsoft)
- 295 minutes per week (0.092% of gamers)
4. The Sims (Electronic Arts)
- 213 minutes per week (0.09% of gamers)
5. The Sims 2 (Electronic Arts)
- 291 minutes per week (0.086% of gamers)
6. RuneScape (Jagex)
- 451 minutes per week (0.084% of gamers)
7. Diablo II (Blizzard)
- 313 minutes per week (0.065% of gamers)
8. Team Fortress 2 (Valve)
- 371 minutes per week (0.063% of gamers)
9. Counter-Strike (Valve)
- 282 minutes per week (0.062% of gamers)
10. Counter-Strike: Source (Valve)
- 426 minutes per week (0.061% of gamers)
Well it looks like Microsoft has released some more Avatar clothing for everyone to get. This seems to be themed towards the 80s for a retro look. Be sure to check it out next time you are on xbox live. This was released as a New Years treat but we seemed to miss it, here it is now.
It’s almost New Years, and that means some new Avatar clothes! As always, all clothing choices are free, and will remain available:
For the guys, we now have:
Pixel Art Hoodie
Rave Baseball Cap
Dark Purple Jeans
Green Skinny Fit Jeans
Pink Sweat Bands
The ladies have these new items available:
Green Chunky Ring
Red Chunky Ring
Yellow Fingerless Gloves
Blue Fingerless Gloves
Chunky Beaded Bracelet
Day-glo Zebra Print Pumps
Baseball Cap
Remember: It is easy to tell what is new when you are in the avatar editor, just look for the gold star. Any item of clothing with a gold star is new since the last time you signed in.
Enjoy the new clothing and here is to a good 2009!
With only 11 days untill its release, the new game from Pandemic Studios get's its demo on Xbox Live Marketplace. Taking from the premise of Star Wars Battlefront, Lord of the Rings Conquest should lead to some very epic battles. Test it out online with the new Mutliplayer Demo
Content: Lord of the Rings: Conquest™ Multiplayer Demo Price: Free Availability: All Xbox LIVE regions Dash Text: Download The Lord of the Rings: Conquest™ online multiplayer demo and choose your side! Fight for either Good or Evil in the battle for Middle-earth!
A new promotion microsoft is having for the game Skate 2, confirmed the new Demo and shows some prizes that they are giving away for the event. The Demo should hit January 8, 2009, while the full game releases in North America January 21, 2009
Take to the streets and own the spots of New San Vanelona in Skate 2 with new tricks like one-foots, handplants, hippy jumps, and more. Call on your crew to uncap the spots, drain the pools, and provide some personal security.
You can score some great prizes in the Skate 2 Download & Win Sweepstakes, with six custom Skate 2 decks up for grabs as the Grand Prize. All you have to do is register your gamertag and download the FREE Skate 2 demo from Marketplace to enter.
Before registering for the sweepstakes, make sure your Xbox LIVE account information is accurate! Potential winners will be notified by the sweepstakes administrator and have their prizes shipped using the contact info (e-mail, phone, and address) on their Xbox LIVE profile. If your contact info is not up to date you will be disqualified from winning a prize.
Register
There are two ways to register for this Sweepstakes. Register online here before the close of the Promotion Period, or register for the Sweepstakes via Xbox LIVE Marketplace by downloading the free Skate 2 Demo Registration Gamer Picture.
To download the Gamer Picture:
1. Sign in to Xbox LIVE and access the Game Marketplace
2. Select Explore Game Content
3. Select All Games
4. Select Browse
5. Under Title, Select X
6. Select Xbox LIVE Event Registration
7. Select Skate 2 Demo Registration Gamer Picture from the list of available content and select Confirm Download
8. Upon the successful completion of the Gamer Picture download, you will see a Thank You for Downloading message.
You can also access the free Skate 2 Demo Gamer Picture via the banner ads running on the Xbox LIVE dashboard.
Sweepstakes Entry
After you register, earn a sweepstakes entry by downloading the free Skate 2 demo from Marketplace between 3:01 A.M. ET on January 8 and 11:55 P.M. ET on January 15, 2009 (limit one entry per person). You can queue up the free demo here at Marketplace on Xbox.com and it will automatically download to your console the next time you connect to Xbox LIVE.
*Note* You cannot queue up the download until it has appeared on the Marketplace which will be on January 8th 2009
Prize Information
After the close of the Entry Period, we will randomly select the following winners from among all eligible entries.
Three Grand Prize Packages:
Six custom Skate 2 decks
4000 Microsoft Points
Seven First Prize Packages:
Skateboarding gear prize pack consisting of Sponsor's choice of three of the following items: T-shirt, hat, hooded sweatshirt, knapsack, or Skate 2 deck.
2000 Microsoft Points
Forty Second Prizes:
1000 Microsoft Points
The Play & Win and Download & Win promotions from Xbox.com are an easy way to jump in and interact with the Xbox LIVE community. It's easy to enter and you could win some great prizes. Look for more exciting Play & Win promotions in the future!
This offer is only open to residents of the United States but the Skate Demo should appear on every marketplace. For full details check out the rules here
Even though I can't enter the contest I know what games demo I will be playing on January 8th, Good luck to everyone and enjoy the demo :)
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