From Ryan "Mega Beardo" Postlethwait, the man who brought us the Castlevania concept album Belmont , comes a modern metal re-imagining of the original NES Zelda soundtrack. At a mere four tracks in length, Ledjent of Zelda just pops in, rocks your face, then zips out the side door like a phantom in the night. The digital version is free, but you can choose to be generous and spring for the $5 physical album if you wanna.
I would like to point out Beardo's amazing NES guitar. I've seen consoles converted into guitars before -- MegaDriver, anyone? -- and there's always a certain tacky hotness about them. It's like, you wouldn't expect sound to actually come out of one of those things, but it does! How does that happen? Voodoo magic? A pact with Satan?
Whatevs. I can dig it!
Ledjent of Zelda [Bandcamp] (Thanks, Torzelan!)
You don't need a gym when you have a 3DS and elliptical machine, I've realized in recent months. Playing Fire Emblem while working my calfs is both great fun and great fitness, yet my mind has been wondering what else is out there. The Virtuix Omni is out there.
The Omni (by Virtuix) is a full-body enclosed interface that is to be paired with virtual reality. It's kind of like a crazier, state-of-the-art version of the Sega Activator or those goofy machines you'd find at Six Flags in the '90s. The latest Omni demo shows an intense match of Team Fortress 2 amplified by the combination of Oculus Rift virtual reality gear.
If you have interest in owning such an elaborate, high tech workout setup, stay tuned for an upcoming Kickstarter teased on Virtuix's website. Or, you join me and Dale North by picking up your 3DS next time you are at the gym.
Earlier this month we learned about Zelda Reorchestrated closing down, leaving the digital release of the most recent Twilight Symphony available only in the dark depths of the Internet. In light of the shut down, the Zelda Reorchestrated team is "not opposed to you finding an alternative means through which to obtain [the music]."
With permission from Zelda Reorchestrated, Cubed3 has put the entire album up on YouTube, available to at your leisure. After listening to the album today, the sheer quality of it just makes the news of the group's closure sting even more.
Listen to the Complete Twilight Symphony - Legend of Zelda Album Online [Cubed3]
Starting right this moment, and up until April 22 at 10AM Pacific, Xbox Live Gold will be free to everyone within the US, Canada, Latin America, and Japan. This means anyone within these regions that don't pay for Xbox Live will be able to play online multiplayer, and access apps that are usually put behind the Gold membership only wall.
As part of this free Gold weekend, Black Ops II , Assassins' Creed III, and Far Cry 3 will be offering up double XP to all players. Plus there's this special SHiFT Golden Key made for Borderlands 2 players on the Xbox 360: KTW3T-ZXXS5-JBSJF-5FJT3-6TB9X.
Free Xbox LIVE Gold Weekend for US, Canada Latin America and Japan [Major Nelson]
Ubisoft’s initially jarring decision to go the route of all-out ’80s action homage with Blood Dragon is becoming more convincingly brilliant by the day.
In a wonderfully knowing developer diary posted by Ubisoft yesterday, complete with a VHS-style visual filter, it was revealed that James Cameron-regular Michael Biehn (or Cpl. Dwayne Hicks, to most of us) would be lending his gruff tones to one of the game’s characters.
The short, silly diary is just the latest in a clever marketing drive by Ubisoft to push its Montreal studio’s production. The highlight thus far is an astonishing live-action homage from Corridor Digital, The Cyber War, released earlier this week that really needs to be seen to be believed.
Watch, and cheer, The Cyber War here.
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Microsoft posted its thrid-quarter financial report yesterday, revealing that its Entertainment And Devices Division had achieved $2.53 billion revenue, a 56 per cent increase on the same quarter last year.
Xbox Live itself was singled out for managing an 18 per cent increase in members on last year, now boasting over 46 million sign-ups.
“The bold bets we made on cloud services are paying off as people increasingly choose Microsoft services including Office 365, Windows Azure, Xbox LIVE, and Skype,” said Steve Ballmer in the report, a chief executive officer at Microsoft. “While there is still work to do, we are optimistic that the bets we’ve made on Windows devices position us well for the long-term.”
The news is encouraging for Microsoft’s Entertainment And Devices Division, following its second-quarter financial report this year that marked an 11 per cent decrease in year-on-year revenue.
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The mecha George Washington figure from BioShock Infinite is up for pre-order for just $34.99. The figure comes in at 9 inches tall, has 20 points of articulation, interchangeable heads, a bigass gatling gun, and two flags of Columbia.
Head on over to Tomopop to see all the places you can pre-order the figure from.
NECA gives Bioshock fans a terrorizing Founding Father [Tomopop]
After what seems like forever, FireFall is finally getting ready to go into open beta come July 9, 2013. Developer Red 5 Studios will continue rolling out updates leading up to the open beta, and current players can expect a handful of new updates.
The updates will see players receiving new bonuses and rewards as they increase the power level of major cities through missions, enter and explore the Melding energy storm, and fight and drive back the hostile alien race. Players can expect major additions to the crafting systems and the Battleframe progression, including a new user interface.
So who's playing in the FireFall closed beta here?
The new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles show running on Nickelodeon just got a runner style game on the iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch as of this week. This game sees players taking on the roles of the turtles in a half shell as they outrun Kraang's tractor beam, all while fighting with various enemies along the way.
You'll be able to earn coins that can be redeemed for new power us, weapons, and gear. Plus there's a special "Turtle Time" move players can perform once their energy meter has been filled up that let's you unleash crazy attacks.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Rooftop Run can be picked up in the App store for $1.99/£1.49 right now.
Ride to Hell has risen from it's vaporware grave and is coming back with THREE different games, the main one being Retribution. It will be out this June for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC for $39.99 or $49.99 (Best Buy and Amazon are listing different prices), and all we really have to go on is the CG trailer, some screens, and this new trailer that was released yesterday.
We barely know ANYTHING about Retribution yet Deep Silver is already pushing pre-orders. What do you get if you throw down cash early? The day one downloadable content that consists of three new levels, an "exclusive" sniper rifle weapon, and another character players will be able to team up with. This "Cook's Mad Recipe" DLC will be available for $9.99 otherwise.
Getting nothing but red flag warnings with this one, folks. Announced just a couple of weeks ago, barely know what it's going to be all about, and it's out in the next two months. Yikes.
