This Sunday at the Emmys TV Guide caught up with Bret McKenzie and Jemaine Clement of Flight of the Conchords fame. You can see and hear with your own eyes and ears, respectively, the brilliantly hilarious duo confirm that three of their songs from the hit HBO series will make their way to Rock Band sometime soon. This is very exciting news for all FOTC fans out there.
This calls for one thing, and one thing only…BRET’S ANGRY DANCE. Just do it, it relieves so much stress.
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Though the Xbox 360 Elite recently saw a dramatic price drop (from $399 to $299), it seems like Microsoft was not fully content with this sweet spot. Starting today, the Xbox 360 Elite console will be sold for $299 with a $50 mail-in rebate. So that’s $249 for the best next-gen console on the market; what a deal! This mail-in rebate offer runs through October 5; Microsoft has not specified what will happen to the standard price of the console after that date. Looks like Christmas may be coming early for some folks; get on this!
Journey with IGN on a quick adventure through the Halo universe and rediscover (or for you newbies, discover) the Halo story from Halo: Combat Evolved, Halo 2, and Halo 3. This is all in preperation for Halo 3: ODST which releases this week on Xbox 360. Go ahead; get caught up, preorder a copy, and PREPARE TO DROP.
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Check out Engadget’s thourough hands-on with Spawn Labs’ HD-720 box. This device allows you to stream your Xbox, Playstation, and Nintendo Gamecube games from your console to your PC. It releases this November for $199.95.
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I really enjoy these live action Halo trailers/videos. I can only imagine what director Neill Blomkamp (District 9) could do with it to create a live action Halo movie. Halo 3: ODST drops September 22 for Xbox 360.
There has been a lot of news lately about 3D technology. You may surprised to hear that all the news does not just surround the movie industry. 3D is coming to a TV near you, and the expected date for this technological evolution is 2010 (that’s next year!). TV manufacturers such as Toshiba and Sony plan on embedding 3D tech inside their TVs that will allow broadcasts, DVDs and Blu Rays, and video games to display in glorious three dimensions, making for a more immersive experience in entertainment. The latest news comes from Sony; a representative told Engadget that a future software update for the Playstation 3 will allow “all” existing games to display in 3D. Today, though, Sony has stepped back and told Joystiq that they are “conducting a technological investigation” into the matter and that “there is no plan for the market launch of this at this time.” So, although 3D TV tech is coming soon, a reality with 3D video games may be a bit farther in the future. At least we know they are “investigating” its potential. I’ll just wait over here with my 3D glasses until it all comes true.
Take-Two Interactive’s Chairman Strauss Zelnick on the release of the next true Grand Theft Auto sequel, GTA V:
“We’re not going to announce it. We’re not going to announce when we’re going to announce it. And we’re not going to announce a strategy about announcing it or about when we’re going to announce it either, or about the announcement strategy surrounding the announcement of the strategy.”
Nobody is squeezing any information about a new GTA game from this guy, huh?
[Via IGN]
This holiday season Nintendo will ship black versions of the Wiimote, WiiMotionPlus, and nunchuck. The Wiimote and the MotionPlus accessory will ship together as a bundle, and the nunchuck will be sold separately. Still, though, there is no word on the coveted jet black Wii console shipping in North America. In related news, the DSi is widening its color palette with two new flavors: pink and white. They will be made available on September 15. In less related news, the next iteration of Wii Fit dubbed Wii Fit Plus ships October 4. You can get the Wii Fit Plus bundle that includes the original Wii Fit, the new Wii Fit Plus, and the balance board for $99.99 or you can opt to simply get the new software for a mere $19.99. Plus features 15 brand new mini-games that promise to be more Americanized for our Western-bent methods of exercising. See the gallery below for images of the new hardware.
Featuring Richard Marks, SCEA R&D group, works with user-interface technology and “other projects.” Interesting watch if you are excited for the impending PS3 motion controller. Who isn’t?
[Via Engadget]
In celebration of the upcoming Halo: ODST game for Xbox 360, the brainiacs behind the Red vs. Blue series have put together a special episode incorporating the new soldiers from the game. It’s a funny watch.
[Via IGN]
New Guitar Hero 5 commercial featuring a sufficient amount of Playboy bunnies and Mr. Hugh Heffner himself. Enjoy.
[Via IGN]