http://www.digitalbattle.com Game News For the Masses Sat, 10 May 2008 13:53:31 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en As promised earlier, Microsoft and Epic Games have released the first in-game footage from Gears of War 2. The video features an introduction by series creator Cliff Bleszinski, who delivers details on the game’s storyline and some of the gameplay mechanics. The video showcases huge environments, large numbers of enemies ... http://www.digitalbattle.com/2008/05/10/first-gears-of-war-2-gameplay-footage/ Fearless Records has announced that progressive rock band At the Drive-In will be contributing a song to Guitar Hero 4. The company stated that “One Armed Scissor” from the band’s third album “Relationship of Command” will be included in the game, alongside music from Aerosmith and Def Leppard. At ... http://www.digitalbattle.com/2008/05/10/guitar-hero-4-at-the-drive-in/ Unsurprisingly, the revelation of Mass Effect and Spore’s DRM, which was described as being “draconian” by many, caused uproar among fans. The DRM would require online validation every 10 days in order for the games to continue functioning. Fortunately, that won’t be the case anymore, as EA ... http://www.digitalbattle.com/2008/05/10/mass-effect-spore-draconian-online-check-removed-partially/ It seems that monolithic publisher Electronic Arts still haven’t given up its hopes of acquiring Take-Two Interactive, for which it made a $2 billion offer back in March. While the deadline for the offer passed in April, Take-Two is reportedly open to “possible business agreements” and EA is ramping ... http://www.digitalbattle.com/2008/05/10/ea-gets-1b-more-for-take-two-purchase/ Keeping its weekly tradition intact, Harmonix revealed that three new downloadable tracks will be available for Rock Band next week. The three songs are master recordings of “Hanging on the Telephone” by Blondie, “Train in Vain” by The Clash and “Kool Thing” by Sonic Youth. The tracks will ... http://www.digitalbattle.com/2008/05/10/sonic-youth-clash-blondie-in-rock-band/ Though Tony Hawk may be getting a break, it seems Call of Duty isn’t. Activision’s biggest cash cow, a new entry in the series is being developed and will take place in a “new military theater,” according to company publishing CEO and President Mike Griffith. Speaking at ... http://www.digitalbattle.com/2008/05/10/call-of-duty-5-announced/ Shocking the world, Activision revealed that it will not release a Tony Hawk-branded skateboarding game this year – for the first time since 1999. Instead, the company aims to release a new entry in its next fiscal year, which runs from April 2009 to March 2010. This game, in ... http://www.digitalbattle.com/2008/05/10/no-tony-hawk-game-this-year/ In a departure of the franchise’s console roots, Criterion Games has announced that it will be porting Burnout Paradise, the latest entry in the crash-racing series, to the PC. The open-ended racing game was originally released for PS3 and Xbox 360. The PC version of the game is ... http://www.digitalbattle.com/2008/05/10/burnout-paradise-on-pc-first-screenshots/ Bringing sad news to gamers, Bizarre Creations community lead Ben Ward revealed that the studio won’t be creating any downloadable content for Project Gotham Racing 4 in the future. He said so while responding to a content wishlist by a fan on the game’s forums. The studio ... http://www.digitalbattle.com/2008/05/10/bizarre-no-pgr4-dlc-from-us/ Following up on word that Sony might be ditching the F1 racing license comes word that Codemasters has gotten the license. This means that Codemasters will develop a new F1 game franchise that will be available on multiple platforms and PC, and not just on the PlayStations. The first ... http://www.digitalbattle.com/2008/05/10/codemasters-gets-f1-license-developing-multiplatform-game/