Over 500 Pieces of Rock Band DLC

Harmonix, the leading Publisher in the music game genre just announced with the release of the latest batch of DLC they now proudly host over 500 songs for gamers and music enthusiasts alike to enjoy.

Sense its launch on November 20th, 2007, there have been over 28 million paid downloads on the service. This includes individual songs, track pack, and full album downloads.

Perhaps simply owning music on a cd, or even in digital format is no longer enough. With 28 million downloads, there are obviously a lot of music enthusiasts who enjoy “playing” the songs they love. Perhaps record labels should look into this medium to further their sales. Can you imagine buying the latest album for the hottest band, and having a download code to play that particular bands tracks in Rock Band? Sounds good to me!

Check after the jump for the complete press release from Harmonix.

Sonic Unleashed is Great

It has come to my attention that there are multiple outlets on the web, in print, and other forms of media who are absolutely trying to smear the name of one blue hedgehog. I have to be the first to admit that some of his previous outings have been less than desirable. Previous Sonic titles for multiple consoles have left a bad taste in many a gamer’s mouth. Bad controls, poorly designed levels, and wonky story-telling mechanics have all pitted negative thoughts and feelings to the blue blur.

The newest outing from Sega known as Sonic Unleashed has only been out for a few days and has been talked about like it is as poor as 2006 release simply known as “Sonic the Hedgehog”, or as bad as Sonic and the Secret rings which was an exclusive for the Wii. I testify to you right now that this is not the case! Sonic Unleashed is far above the previous title from this generation. In fact, I say that it is the best 3D Sonic game sense Sonic Adventure 2: Battle for the Gamecube.

Sonic Unleashed takes the game back the root of Sonic, all the while presenting a new game play mechanic that is far from broken, bad, stupid, sucky, or a plethora of other negative adjectives that you could come up with. I have spent around five hours with the game and I have come to the conclusion that there is only one word to describe the Werehog sections of the game: difficult. It’s not a walk in the park, nor should it be.

I do not want people to not buy Sonic Unleashed because of the mixed review. I want them to buy Sonic Unleashed because it is a challenging, engaging, and fun Sonic title that deserves to do well. Just telling you probably isn’t good enough; let me tell you a few other reasons why.

The Xbox 360 version of the game is absolutely beautiful. The CGI cut scenes and the stages Sonic runs and tackles his way through look amazing. The colors are vivid, and the game world feels alive. The character models for the non-story NPC’s leave a bit to be desired, but you’re not looking at them anyway, right?

The music in the game steers away from the high energy Rock ‘n Roll with bad lyrics. In fact, the musical score although not memorable, definitely fits right along with the game play and the stages.

The controls are tight; Sonic the Hedgehog is fast, and Sonic the Werehog kicks some serious alien butt. Don’t let the mixed reviews sway you away from this game. You must try this game out for yourself and garner your own opinion. I believe you’ll be surprised, and ready to lay down the money for the title.

Race Pro Atari Live Trailer

As we reported earlier, Atari is jumping into the racing genre with an ambitios new title simply known as Race Pro. The first trailer has emerged, and we here at the Write Trigger have to say it has quite a bit of potential. The only real concern is that it not become a Gran Turismo clone! Keep clicking the Write Trigger for your latest news from the Atari Live event in London.

Race Pro is slated for a release date in January 2009.

Heroes over Europe Debut Trailer

Another trailer for a WWII dogfighting game brought to you by the newly invigorated Atari. It’s our opinion at Write Trigger that Atari is looking on the up-and-up. Keep pushing the Write Trigger for all your information from the Atari Live event that was held in London yesterday.

Atari says Used Games “extremely painful” for Industry

Atari continues making news from their Atari Live event in London, England. CEO David Gardener and President Phil Harrison were on hand to make off-handed comments to the press in order to drum up more support.

“Second hand game sales represent consumer choice and desire,” said David Gardner, CEO of Atari.

“Obviously, it has economically been extremely painful for the industry… the publishers don’t benefit.

“But as games change and they become more and more network centric, the disc in the box becomes only one part of the experience. As that experience grows then it becomes not such a problem,” commented Gardner.

The new chief cook and bottle washer, Phil Harrison, president of Atari also was available to make some comments that weren’t near as negative.

There’s no doubt that second hand games sales has a macro-economic impact on the industry and a lot of people get miserable about it,” offered Phil Harrison, president of Atari.

“But it’s no coincidence that the most valuable games, the one’s that have the most lifetime as a game experience, are the one’s that don’t get resold, that don’t get traded.

“The games that have the embedded community, the embedded commerce, the extended, expandable experiences, are the one’s that you would never want to trade, the one’s you want to keep hold of. And that’s perfectly in line with our future strategy so we’re not that concerned about it,” he added.

Keep pushing the Write Trigger to hear more from Atari and their “Live” event.

Atari Live: New Ghostbusters Trailer

Atari is getting serious about its recent aquisition of Vivendi properties. They have released a new trailer for Ghostbusters: The Video Game from their Atari Live event. Keep pushing the Write Trigger for updates on this highly anticipated title.

Race Pro Announced for Xbox 360 by Atari

It looks like Atari is going to make a valliant effort to get back into the swing of things. Hot off the heels of their announcement yesterday comes the announcement of a new racing simulator known at Race Pro. While the title isn’t all that hot, you can check out the press release from Atari after the jump.

Interpol to be Found on XBLA this Winter

Some One of us have a secret obsession with searching through messy rooms to find things that revolve around a horribly written story that doesn’t make any sense whatsoever. TikGames has announced a new title for the Xbox Live Arcade known as Interpol. We here at Wright Trigger This blogger is excited for this title.

It will be released at a price point of 800 Microsoft Points ($10)

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Unique Call of Duty: World at War DLC Announced

We don’t have a clue what it is, but Treyarch has announced new Call of Duty: World at War downloadable content. It’s predecessor, Modern Warfare saw one map pack, and a few minor title updates that really did not add anything to the game. According to the MTV Multiplayer Blog this new DLC will be unique from anything else seen. With the Zombie mode already found in Call of Duty, anything is possible.

There is no confirmation on which platforms the content will appear on, but this blogger wonders if there is even a chance that the downloadable content will appear on the Wii version of the title.

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Ghostbusters Confirmed for June 2009

Atari is making brave attempts to get back into the swing of gaming. Perhaps former Sony executive Phil Harrison is putting new life into the sinking company. MVC is reporting that at a United Kingdom press event today Atari announced that the game would release in June 2009. Word is the game will see a simultaneous release on Windows, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii, DS, and PS2.

There is also rumor that Atari will be making announcements concerning other games such as Baldur’s Gate, Dungeons & Dragons, Neverwinter Nights, and Test Drive Unlimited. Keep clicking the Write Trigger for the latest in Atari’s resurgence back into the hearts of mainstream gamers.

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