Not ready to dig into Dragon Age this weekend but still in the mood to play a Bioware game? You're in luck! The folks over at Steam often have great games at discounts on weekends. This week it's Mass Effect, last year's amazing space RPG starring Commander Shepard. The price? Ten Dollars, at least for the weekend. Normally it would cost you twice that to purchase this gem. So if you haven't had a chance to play Mass Effect yet, consider this the perfect time to get it. (or gift it to a friend)
Mass Effect 50% Off [Steam]
This week for our Rock Band DLC we have a three-pack from Nirvana, A Foo Fighters four-pack, and a single from Joan Jett.
- Foo Fighters - "Best of You"
- Foo Fighters - "The Pretender"
- Foo Fighters - "Wheels"
- Foo Fighters - "Word Forward"
- Nirvana - "About a Girl"
- Nirvana - "Blew"
- Nirvana - "School"
- Joan Jett & The Blackhearts - "Fake Friends"
These tracks will be available for purchase as "Nirvana Bleach Pack," "Foo Fighters Pack 03" and as individual tracks on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 system and as individual tracks on Wii. Price: $1.99 (160 Microsoft Points) per track, $5.49 (440 Microsoft Points) for "Nirvana Bleach Pack", and $6.99 (560 Microsoft Points) for "Foo Fighters Pack 03". $2.00 USD (200 Wii Points™) per track for Wii.
For those of you who haven't had a chance to check out Champions Online, and have been meaning to, this weekend is your chance. Cryptic is releasing their new holiday event, Blood Moon. The holiday content starts up today, Oct. 27th. and will last until Nov 10th. New powers and the new PVP map of course are permanent additions to the game.
Blood Moon Details:
- New Power Set: Celestial! (Seen Above) The first new power set added to Champions Online, Celestial is a support and healing based set with dual-purpose abilities.
- Dawn of the Undead Heroes! Takofanes has trapped the souls of the Heroes who fell during the Battle of Detroit and are commanding them to spread ruin across Millennium City! Players who can save all 13 Undead Heroes will unlock the Celestial power set two weeks before anyone else!
- BITE! Players will have the chance to join the Wolf Hunters and rid the land of the abominable Werewolves. However, falling to one of the beasts will force you to rise under the curse and become one yourself.
- Rise of Takofanes! The Undying Lord has risen, and is appearing throughout Millennium City. Those who are strong enough to defeat his retinue will receive unique perks and rewards only available during the Blood Moon event.
- Zombie Apocalypse! A brand new PvP map is here to stay! Survive as long as you can as endless waves of zombies approach, but beware, because those defeated will rise as a zombie and become the enemy.
On top of all this content, the game will be free from 10:00 a.m. October 30th until 10:00 a.m. November 2nd (Pacific Time), allowing new players to check out the game. If you are interested, check out their promotional event page and download the client in advance so you'll be ready.
For our Halloween week Rock Band DLC, we have some spooky themed rock!
These tracks will be available for purchase as "Rob Zombie Pack 01," "Wolfmother Pack 01" and as individual tracks on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 system and as individual tracks on Wii. Release is on Tuesday for Xbox and Wii and Thursday for Playstation.
Pricing is a bit weird this week, so here are the pertinent details:
$1.99 (160 Microsoft Points) per track
$5.49 (440 Microsoft Points) for "Rob Zombie Pack 01"
$8.49 (680 Microsoft Points) for "Wolfmother Pack 01"
*Denotes $0.99 (80 Microsoft Points) or $1.00 (100 Wii Points™) per track
$2.00 USD (200 Wii Points™) per track
This week for Rock Band DLC we get a big pack of Queen!
- Another One Bites the Dust
- Crazy Little Thing Called Love
- Fat Bottomed Girls
- I Want It All
- I Want to Break Free
- Killer Queen
- One Vision
- Somebody to Love
- Tie Your Mother Down
- Under Pressure
These tracks will be available for purchase as "Queen Pack" for $15.99 (1280 Microsoft Points) and as individual tracks for $1.99 (160 Microsoft Points). These songs release Tuesday for Xbox and Thursday for Playstation, as usual.
In case you guys hadn't noticed, I've been looking forward to Brütal Legend for a while now. After losing a publisher and potential lawsuits, things were bleak. But sometimes you just can't stop a good game, and EA swooped in and heroically rescued the game from the clutches of Activision. (how's that for a sentence you never thought you'd see) The game released yesterday! So if you like metal or just want to support legendary game creator Tim Schaefer, go get it! I think he deserves to have something be a huge financial success as well as being critically acclaimed, for once. Don't you?
Harmonix, in celebration of the release of Brütal Legend today, are giving us a set of Brütal Legend song packs as our DLC in Rock Band this week. All the songs are from the game's soundtrack!
- Motörhead - "(We Are) The Road Crew '08"
- Tenacious D - "The Metal"
- Testament - "More Than Meets the Eye"
- Black Tide - "Show Me the Way"
- Blink-182 - "What's My Age Again?"
- Joe Satriani - "Satch Boogie"
- Joe Satriani - "Surfing with the Alien"
- Kansas - "Icarus (Borne on the Wings of Steel)" (Live from Two for the Show)
- Kansas - "Point of Know Return" (Live from Two for the Show)
- L7 - "Andres"
You can get any of these rockin' tracks for $1.99 (160 Microsoft Points) or the whole pack for $5.49 (440 Microsoft Points). You can get these Tuesday for Xbox, Thursday for Playstation.
Someone out there knows how to sell accessories to me. Do I NEED a wireless charging mat for my portable game systems? No. But I really want one now.
For those wondering, the Powermat works via the principle of magnetic induction.
Check out this point-and-click adventure starring Cuboy! This cute little game has some great dialogue and voice-acting, and something about the shoot-out victory tune is horribly addicting. Check it out!
Back to the Cubeture, Era 1 [NewGrounds]
[via: JayIsGames]
Whether you like it or hate it, Gay Bar finally shows up in Rock Band DLC this week. Oh, and there are some other fine artists, including Alanis Morissette, The Raconteurs, and even a Flobots song!
These tracks are released on Tuesday for Xbox and Thursday for Playstation. Price is $1.99 (160 Microsoft Points) per track, or you can get the Raconteurs or Electric Six packs for $5.49 (440 Microsoft Points).
This week for our Rock Band DLC we've got a three-pack from Anvil, and a lot of great singles!
- Anvil - "666"
- Anvil - "Metal on Metal"
- Anvil - "This is Thirteen"
- Dinosaur Jr. - "Pick Me Up"
- Dinosaur Jr. - "The Wagon"
- The Guess Who - "Hand Me Down World"
- The Guess Who - "No Time"
- Tenacious D - "Rock Your Socks"
- Tenacious D - "Tribute"
The Anvil pack will run you $5.49 (440 Microsoft Points), and the singles are $1.99 USD (160 Microsoft Points). These are available Tuesday for Xbox and Thursday for Playstation, as usual.
The folks over at Ludum Dare are having a contest. The theme is caverns. The fine folks at JayIsGames highlighted a particularly amazing entry named Beacon, by a user named ChevyRay. It's a small, free, downloadable platformer. You play a small man who has fallen into a cave, with no light to guide him out. As he hears the creatures of darkness close in for the kill, a strange orb of light appears, and begins to guide him through the blackness. The gameplay is exquisitely paced, wonderful at evoking emotion, and has an ending worth waiting for. I highly recommend you play this great little game.
Beacon [Ludum Dare]
[via: JayIsGames]
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