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Although Sierra has yet to own up to it, Tim Schafer and Double Fine Productions have finally taken the wraps off their next game in the pages of US magazine Game Informer. Its name is Brütal Legend.

It's a game that pays homage to the ancient and mysterious forces of rock, and puts you in the biker-boots of Eddie Riggs, probably the best roadie in the world.

After fate takes a weird turn for him you will be slung into a fantasy world where even the air you breathe is inspired by metal history, and soon only your knowledge of a good old roadie rampage can save the day.

Brütal Legend is a third-person action game for PS3 and 360, and stars the vocal talents of Tenacious D man Jack Black. It will be published by Sierra Entertainment and has a tentative release date of 2008.

Tim Schafer and his Double Fine Productions are the brains behind our 2005 game of the year Psychonauts. To say we are excited about this would be as obvious as blaming your friend for your fart. ...

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Sony will be dishing out its latest Bollywood inspired SingStar game in Europe on Friday.

It lets you pop on a saris and shuffle around to all sorts of catchy tunes, belting out phonetic English lyrics that appear on your karaoke screen, which is much easier than reading Hindi.

Bollywood is the part of Indian cinema made famous by its lavish colours, group dance routines, whistle-able songs and extraordinarily melodramatic storylines: expect love triangles, star-crossed romances, plot twists, corruption, baddies - it's like a whole series of Neighbours in one performance.

One of its current stars is Shilpa Shetty, the lady who fell victim of Jade Goody in Celebrity Big Brother the other year.

A full track list can be found below.

• Aashiqui - Nazar Ke Samne
• Askar - Jhalak Dikhla Ja
• Chalte Chalte - Chalte Chalte
• Chalte Chalte - Suno Na Suno Na
• Chameli - Sajna Ve Sajna
• Dil Chahta Hai - Koi Kahe Kehta Rahe
• Dil Hai Ki Manta Nahin - Dil Hai Ki Manta Nahin
• Don - The Chase Begins - Ye Mera Dil
• Dus - Dus Bahane Karlke Le
• Guru - Barso Re
• Guru - Tere Bina
• Ishq Hai Tumse - O Soniya
• Kaal - Tauba Tauba
• Kaal - Kaal Dhamaal
• Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna - Where's the Party Tonite
• Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna - Mitwa
• kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham - Bole Chudiyan
• kabhi Khushi Kabhie Ghamv - Suraj Hua Maddham
• kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham - Say Shava Shava
• Kal ho na ho - Maahi Ve
• Kal ho na ho - It’s the time to disco
• Kal ho na ho - Pretty Woman
• Khakee - Dil Dooba
• Kuch Kuch Hota hai - Kuch Kuch Hota Hai
• Kuch Kuch Hota hai - Koi Mil Gaya
• Kya Love Story Hai - It’s Rocking
• Main Hoon Na - Main Hoon Na
• Rang De Basanti - Rang De Basanti
• Salaam-E-Ishq - Salaam-E-Ishq

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The simExchange, an online prediction market for videogames, has released its latest report estimating September sales of USD 630 million [£310m], up 41 per cent year over year.

Analyst Jesse Divnich believes that Nintendo's Wii will be the top-selling console, moving approximately 485,000 units despite the release of Halo 3. Microsoft's Xbox 360 sales will be close, however, at an estimated 423,000 units sold.

Sony's PlayStation 3 is estimated to have sold 164,000 units in September.

In the portable market, simExchange has the PSP selling 284,000 units compared to sales of 501,000 Nintendo DS handhelds. Divinich believes that the introduction of the PSP "lite" is growing the portables market, but is not cannibalizing DS sales.

Halo 3 is, of course, the best-selling title of September, with an estimated 2,980,000 copies sold. Other Xbox 360 titles with notable sales in September include Bioshock, Madden NFL 08, and Stranglehold.

Nintendo's Metroid Prime 3: Corruption is estimated to have sold 267,000 copies in September.

Heavenly Sword was the PS3's top-selling title, with an estimated 182,000 copies sold, compared to 96,000 copies of Lair. In Divnich's analysis, PS3 exclusive titles do not move hardware.

For October, The simExchange is predicting software sales of USD 554 million, which would be a 50 per cent increase from 2006.

People have already made up their mind regarding the console they are going to buy this holiday season, says Divnich, and they will be buying the Wii.


Gamers, developers, and investors trade stock on the simExchange market to predict how well games will sell. Unit sales forecasts are taken from this trading, not from an individual analyst employing conventional means of forecasting. ...

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Eidos has said that the Xbox 360 version of Tomb Raider: Anniversary will be in European shops next Friday.

But, if you don't want to move, then you can wait until November when you will be able to download it from Xbox Live in two episodic instalments for a total of 2400 points (GBP 20 / EUR 28).

Each of these will have two chapters and the mansion level bundled in, but you will need to be an owner of the Tomb Raider: Legend disc to be able to download them.

Anniversary is a remake of the very first game responsible for rocketing Tomb Raider to worldwide success, which eventually prompted Hollywood to make a film based around it starring big-lips Jolie.

The PlayStation 2 and PC version came out back in May, and bowled us over with its back-to-its-roots approach, restating why most of us fell in love with Lara in the first place.

Those of you with a 360 will likely enjoy slightly polished-up graphics, as well as some picture packs and other Live guffery to go with it. ...

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NCsoft's director of product development believes Home's fortunes are dependent on PlayStation 3's installed base, and not the other way around.

Thomas Bidaux told GamesIndustry.biz that Home is "very interesting", but he believes it will "remain quite limited" unless it offers something significant beyond customisation of avatars.

He is also unconvinced that it will encourage take-up of the console. "One of the limitations is linked to the PlayStation 3 - so the success of Home is 100 per cent tied to the PS3's penetration into the market," he said.


Bidaux also made the point that Sony's history of keeping a console on the market for a significant length of time, and its strength as a hardware company, were critical to

NCsoft's decision to partner with the company on a range of games.


Bidaux also acknowledged that both Sony and Microsoft's hardware strategies are "valid" and "interesting" in their own ways, and agreed that people probably get a bit carried away trying to compare them.

The full exclusive GamesIndustry.biz interview is available now. ...

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Sony has revealed that it will be treating you to an episodic comedy series of games for PS3 called Rat Race.

It is being developed by Super-Ego Games to be available from the PlayStation Store, and features voices from real life funny people who have appeared in South Park, Flight of the Concords, Sex and the City, My Name is Earl, Ugly Betty, Comedy Central and more.

The story is based around the dysfunctional office of a company called BiggCo, where employees are all larger than life characters: the outrageously hot PR [staff writer - Ed], the jobs-worth who is focused on getting you fired, and a mad research scientist who spends too much time with his monkey.

You simply have to make it through the day, calling on all sorts of on-the-job-acquired talents like stealing, eavesdropping and sneaking to help you along the way.

For Super-Ego co-founder Greg Easley the aim is to make you feel part of your favourite telly sitcom, although that "doesn't do it justice".

The first episode is expected to be available in the US this winter.

We are still waiting for Sony Europe to tell us if and when we can expect it here.


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Over at gp32x forums craigix posted this


Looks like the LCD is a decent size. ...

Slasher has released a new build of his WIP Space shootem up for the PSP.

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Tired of listening to crappy mp3s where the audio quality suffers from compression?

Want to play those crisp and clear FLAC's you have hoarded on your hard drive?

Well, now you can. I've decided to take a quick break from what I am working on (shown in my sig below) to knock up a quick audio player. I wasn't sure if there were already any out with FLAC playback.

Grab it while it's hot - FlacPlay (beta) and toss it in your GAME150 directory.

In this early stage, it just plays the files as you select them with your up and down buttons.
The X button starts playing and the O button stops playback. I'll toss in a playlist feature and continuous play in a later release.

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