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Disney Announces Music Rhythm Video Game

By Eli Green
February 27, 2008 - 23:59

Disney puts together the Ultimate Band

Disney Interactive Studios announce a new music rhythm game for Wii and Nintendo DS today, called Ultimate Band . Designed not only for a teen-and-up audience, but for younger gamers as well, Ultimate Band gives players a chance to play solo or jam with friends, slightly similar to popular music rhythm games like Guitar Hero and Rock Band , without requiring them to take a hit to their bank accounts for specialized accessory controllers. The only controllers players will need for the game are the Wii Remote and Nunchuck or the Nintendo DS stylus, depending on which version they are playing of course.

Disney teamed up with London-based music consultants, Radial Music, to help pick out the track list for the game. Ultimate Band 's track list will consist of a mix of music from a number of genres including roc k, alternative, pop, emo and indie, some of which will include current hits and all-time favourites. "Radial worked closely with Disney to compile the perfect song list for Ultimate Band," said David Hill of Radial Music. “With iconic songs from every decade since the 60s, these games feature music for everyone." And who knows? Considering the money and influence Disney has, maybe we'll actually see music from bands like The Beatles appearing in a music rhythm game some time in the near future. Who are we kidding? Ultimate Band is currently slated to released this holiday season for Wii and Nintendo DS. Disney is expecting the game will receive an E10+ rating from the ESRB.

News we missed

Whether it was game releases, release date announcements, new console model announcements or other regular video game news, we missed quite a bit of it all this week, thanks to some unfortunate mishaps that happened earlier in the week. In order to bring things back up to speed, we bring you, in shorter format, the news we missed!

FIWC

The FIFA Interactive World Cup 2008 is hitting Los Angeles this Saturday, March 1 ^st . This will be the only live qualifying event of the FIWC, and it will be held from 2:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at the GameStop at 1000 Universal Studios Blvd., Universal City , CA. FIWC will showcase 128 of the best interactive soccer players in North America competing for one of 32 berths in the FIWC Grand Final on May 24 in Berlin. Up to 50 competitors can pre-register for the event by logging on to www.easports.com/fifa08/fiwc.jsp while the remaining 78 spots will be filled on a first-come, first-served basis on the day of the event. That, of course, is based on eligibility restrictions. For more information, go to http://fifa08.ea.com/us.

New 80GB PS3 coming this summer

Sony Computer Entertainment America (SCEA) announced yesterday that it will be releasing a new 80GB Playstation 3 bundle in late Quarter 2 of this year. The bundle will include a new 80GB Playstation 3, the upcoming Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots and the new DualShock 3 wireless controller. Sony also announced that the DualShock 3 wireless controller will become available in North America in April. The new 80GB Playstation 3 will cost $499 USD and CAD, while the DualShock 3 wireless controller will cost $54.99 USD and CAD.

Limited Edition God of War PSP Entertainment Pack

SCEA also announced a specially designed God of War PSP Entertainment Pack this week. The special bundle will include a new “Deep Red” PSP with a Kratos silkscreen on the back, the upcoming God of War: Chains of Olympus game, a copy of Superbad on UMD, plus a Playstation Network voucher to download Syhphon Filter: Combat Ops from the Playstation Store at no charge. This new PSP Entertainment Pack will be releasing in June and will cost $199.99 USD and CAD.

Mass Effect for PC dated

Electronic Arts has officially announced the release date for the PC version of Mass Effect . The game will be releasing in North America on May 6 ^th . The PC version will include the following features:

· New squad control interface – Players can now issue commands to individual squad members, providing a new level of depth to the tactical combat.

· Hot-key functionality – Biotic powers and abilities can be mapped to individual keys, allowing a faster “run and gun” style of gameplay.

· Re-designed Mako controls – Players can explore alien planets and engage in vehicular combat with an intuitive and fully camera independent control system for the Mako, their all-terrain vehicle.

· Quick-save – New quick-save button and increased number of save slots.

· New decryption mini-game – A new decryption mini-game invites players to test their skills as they avoid obstacles and move their icon to the center of the digital mechanism.

· New inventory screen GUI and functionality – The enhanced inventory system makes it easier for players to equip and modify their weapons and armor.

Patapon available for PSP

SCEA's new cartoon, music rhythm/combat game is now available for PSP. The game is quite a value, priced at only $19.99 USD and CAD. In Patapon , players use various combinations of drumbeats to command their little cartoon army to march, attack, retreat, charge defend and even use magic.

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