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BLAST PROCESSING! Episode 91 – Adam’s Wallet vs. Capcom!

Steve is out this week with a severe case of the Fallouts, so instead we’ve got two gibbering monkeys who’ve managed to finagle their way onto the internets.

Adam is saving mad ducats playing indie games on Steam, but which of these “Magickal” diversions possesses voodoo powerful enough to peel him away from World of Warcraft?  Jon has embraced his inner twelve year old and has plunged a la Scrooge McDuck into a giant vat of Marvel vs. Capcom 3, but can the final product deliver on a decade of fighting game fanatic’s prayers?

The boys tread into dangerous waters as they discuss the lack of balance in pre-Street Fighter IV 2D fighters, and then briefly touch on the gruesome fate of everyone’s favorite music franchise.

Have you played Marvel vs. Capcom 3? Hows about Magicka? How many boxes of plastic guitars do you own? Share in the comments below, over in the DVD Verdict Jury Room forums, or by emailing feedback@pixelverdict.com.
“Terrible Beat” by Yuzo Koshiro from the game The Revenge of Shinobi.

 

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Rock of the Dead = best idea EVER

Oh sweet Zombie Jesus. Rock of the Dead, a new game being developed by Epicenter looks like a glorious mash-up between Typing of the Dead, the beloved Dreamcast typing/zombie shooter and Rock Band. Throw Neil Patrick Harris into the mix and it’s a perfect game already. No, I don’t even need to play it. In my head, right now, it is perfect. *sniff*

Image courtesy of IGN

Image courtesy of IGN

IGN has the scoop on this one. More after the jump.

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Hold On… Activision Wanted To Turn Brutal Legend Into A Guitar Hero Game!?

brutal_legend The plot thickens. Double Fine, developers of the upcoming Brutal Legend, filed a countersuit against Activision, who are suing to block the game’s October release. News of that suit hit during E3, and struck a lot of people (most notably the game’s creator Tim Schafer) as sour grapes. Activision had the chance to publish Legend when it bought Vivendi, but chose not to. Now it seems that one of the reasons they made that choice was because they couldn’t shoehorn it into their prolific Guitar Hero franchise. At least, that’s what it says in the suit, as reported by Yahoo! News (as linked from Joystiq).

If true, I officially have zero sympathy for Activision. It’s one thing for them to pull a George Costanza and pretend they didn’t quit on Brutal Legend. It’s another for them to have dropped the game in the first place because they couldn’t turn Tim Schafer’s baby into the thousandth entry in an “annualizable” franchise. That is so not rock ‘n’ roll!

Review: Guitar Hero Metallica (PS3/PS2/XBOX360/Wii)

 

Under the dead of night, with the four horsemen ride! Or choose your fate and die!

Under the dead of night, with the four horsemen ride! Or choose your fate and die!

 

The Charge:

“We’ll hunt you down without mercy! We’ll hunt you down all nightmare long!”

Opening Statement:

Specialty packs seem to be the wave of the future as far as music games go. No longer looking at a “one a year” approach to Activision’s Guitar Hero cash cow, and with Rock Band venturing into a similar “band focused” approach, it’s only a matter of time before your favorite rock act has their own branded version of Rock Band or Guitar Hero. After being approached by both MTV and Activision, the Guitar Hero package obviously appealed more to Metallica’s entrepreneurial side, and the Gods of plastic guitar rock have seen fit to bless us with Guitar Hero: Metallica. Is it a match made in metal heaven?

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Public Service: Band Names for Music Games

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So you just bought the latest plastic instrument-related music game, didja? Bet you can’t wait to unpack everything, try to put the drums together, have to read the instructions about how to put the drums together, put the drums together, have the drums break, send away for new drums, unpack the replacement drums, set up the drums, plug in the guitar, drums, and microphone, get enough people to play with you, untangle the cords so that everyone’s instruments can reach, and start playing the game. There’s only one thing keeping you from rock god greatness: picking a band name. Whether you’re playing your first gig in a small Boston bar or opening for Metallica, every band needs the perfect name. But who has the time to come up with one on their own? That’s why Pixel Verdict is offering the following list of pre-awesomed band names, free for the taking.

The list is open to all of our rockers writers, so check back often for the latest updates. Oh, and if you have any extra names in your rock arsenal, or actually use one of ours, let us know in the comments below.

And now… Pepsi-Cola, in association with MTV-Universal Entertainment and Ticketmaster-Vivendi, are proud to present the Pixel Verdict 2009 Band Name Extreme Challenge® Finalists:

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Stan Bush brings “The Touch” to Guitar Hero

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In a touching (ouch) story that sheds even more light on the immeasurable power of the internet, it would appear that Stan Bush’s immortal hair metal classic “The Touch” is rolling into Guitar Hero.  Even better?  It’s going to be free.

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Rumor Mill: Guitar Hero: Van Halen Edition?

Stack this one up in the rumor bin, but it deserves our immediate attention for a few reasons I will make apparent. From a story picked up by Destructoid, it seems Activision is not content to rest on the laurels of their numerous, marketplace-flooding entries in the Guitar Hero franchise (Guitar Hero: Metallica edition due out this month) and are already hard at work on numerous ways to take more of your money. Except this time, they might pull it off, because the rumor is that Guitar Hero: Van Halen will be the next entry in the franchise, scheduled for August 2009 (if real).

PLEASE let this be me and my three friends.

PLEASE let this be me and my three friends.

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