A Weazel News Special Report: Arms Smugglers Bring New Wave of Weaponry to Liberty City
In this Weazel news exclusive, Weazel’s crack team of investigative reporters and former lobbyists cut through the filter of the mainstream media to find the paranoia behind the truth to a recent string of attacks in Liberty City, which has forced the LCPD into an escalating arms race. Our Weazel News expert demonstrates these fearsome new weapons including sticky bombs, advanced sniper rifles, automatic shotguns and exploding bullets; while recently discovered footage from a Liberty City tourist appears to show a rocket-equipped military grade helicopter known only as ‘The Buzzard’ wreaking havoc in Liberty City airspace.

The Lowdown: Need For Speed: Shift is a great first attempt at bring the series into the simulation world. They’ve managed to get most things right to satisfy the hard core racing fan, but the arcade elements still linger.

THE FACT SHEET

RELEASE DATE: September 22, 2009
PUBLISHER: Electronic Arts
DEVELOPER: Slightly Mad Studios
ESRB RATING: “E” for Everyone
GENRE: Racing Simulation
PRICE: $59.99

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The lowdown: Despite some minor gameplay shortfalls and lack of multiplayer action, Darkest of Days utilizes the concept of time travel very well for the FPS genre. I would recommend a rental of this title, or a purchase when the price drops down.

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Nick mentioned the possibility of a Forza console with a 250GB HD a few weeks ago. Tonight, Microsoft and Activision announced a Modern Warfare 2 console with a 250 GB hard drive, two wireless controllers and a standard edition of Modern Warfare 2 for $399.99. It is available for preorder now.

See the full press release after the break.

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Xbox Live Gold members can pick up Lode Runner this week for 800 points (normally 1200 points).

Not a whole lot going on around retailers this week. Over at Toys-R-Us you can pick up Platinum Hits titles Buy One Get One 50% off.

Best Buy is running an in store only $20 or $10 off coupon on select games.  Click here to print off your coupon.

Simply put, there are ALOT of games releasing this week. Need for Speed: Shift and NHL 10 seem to be the highlights.

Releasing tomorrow at retail (Tuesday 9/15):

• Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
• Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2
• Need for Speed: Shift
• NHL 10
• NHL 2K10
• Qubed
• Tornado Outbreak
• WET

For arcade (Wednesday), look for Bubble Bobble Neo! and Command & Conquer Red Alert 3 Commander’s Challenge.

Now, if only next week would come soon enough…

This seems like a great idea, as I know it can sometimes be difficult to track down sheet music for some of the more popular, modern songs. No word on a pricing, but it shouldn’t be too bad.

Sheet Music Plus Gives Gamers the Gift of Music with Offerings from Rock Band, Guitar Hero, and More

As music-driven video games continue to explode in popularity, video games and music are entwined now more than ever. The leading Guitar Hero and Rock Band franchises have surpassed more than a combined $3 billion in sales creating a revival in the classic rock that defined the music 20 years ago with gamers of all ages now rocking out to bands like Queen, Rolling Stones and the Beatles. Sheet Music Plus, the nation’s leading online provider of sheet music, wants to help gamers channel their passion into becoming active musicians. Whether it’s for Rock Band, Rock Band 2, Guitar Hero, Guitar Hero 2 or Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock, Sheet Music Plus has the sheet music they need to graduate from rocking in front of the TV to rocking the stage.

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iStartedSomething, a popular Windows blog is giving away 30 copies of the hit arcade title Shadow Complex. The game has won several awards, including some “Best of E3 2009.”

To enter the contest, simply enter your name and email address in this form. The contest ends in roughly 48 hours and is open to anyone around the world.

I’ve never understood the whole ‘gaming chair’ thing myself, but they seem to be very popular and I think if I was going to get one it would certainly be one of these. The i-eX Gaming Chair looks rather stylish, and comfortable, and it’s big, not just a bean bag like others out there.

Beanbagbazaar, the leading designers and manufacturers of beanbag furniture in the UK, today announced the launch of their new range of high-spec gaming chairs, the i-eX.

The new i-eX gaming chair has been designed to offer man-sized gaming comfort with mammoth proportions and edgy style. The ergonomic design provides full back and neck support for kids and adults of all sizes, even those blessed with 6ft+ height. The unique contoured bucket seat and side panels mean the i-eX is one of the biggest and most comfortable gaming chairs on the market today.

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So it seems we’ve got another company jumping on the video game trade-in bandwagon, this time it’s Toys R Us, yes Toys R Us. Who knows that kind of trade-in we’ll be able to get for our games, but the interesting thing here is that they’ll even accept old games, and I mean like from the Atari 2600, NES and even Intellivision! Considering they’re most likely collector’s items at this point they might actually be worth quite a bit in trade-in, but I doubt it.. Full PR after the break..

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