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StarCraft II Will Be Released at Midnight at the Following Locations in Europe + Australia

If you are anywhere near a game retailer between 9:30pm and midnight of July 26th, 2010 then you may want to get yourself in on some early StarCraft II action via the midnight launch plans going on in locations like the EB Games in Brisbane City, Australia. Those who wish to get there copy at midnight must have it pre-ordered by 12pm July 21st at ebgames.com.au. If you aren’t in Brisbane, no worries, check out the full list of participating stores for Australia here. The event should be a good time for long-time StarCraft‘ers wish the chance to participate in trivia contests, cosplay contests, an interesting photo opportunity, and even a “sound-alike” contest which will have players trying to imitate their favorite StarCraft unit.

Not living or currently in the beautiful land of Australia and still want to pick up your game early? No problem! Hit the break for the rest of the locations scattered around Europe where gamers can pick up StarCraft II at midnight, as well as the details of which game developers who worked on the game will be at what location. Don’t say we didn’t warn you, this will be StarCraft-tastic, so if you aren’t okay with that just stay home!

Physics Gamebox Heading to App Store, Gameplay Video + Trailer Drops

Two games that made big waves in the web Flash games market are making their way over to iPhone and iPod Touch this month, as well as the iPad in fully optimized HD resolution in July. The games in this Physics Gamebox, which FDG Entertainment seeks to bring forth, include over 300 levels, all destructible, taking place over two games from developer Johnny-K.

Gamers will be able to dig in to the Physics Gamebox and enjoy Ragdoll Cannon and Roly-Poly Cannon on the iPod Touch and iPhone for the low cost of $2.99 while the iPad edition titled Physics Gamebox HD will hit in July for $6.99. Enjoy the game-play footage and trailer after the break.

Block Cascade Fusion Now Available in Europe on PSN

Dropping blocks rock my socks! If you are a fan of old school games like Tetris and the often unique new-school incarnations (Zoop anyone?) then you will surely find this electronica music-puzzle title calling your name. Block Cascade Fusion is now available for download on the PlayStation Store for the PSP and PSP-GO at the price of £2.39 / €2.99. A free downloadable remix soundtrack to the game is also available to gamers who pick up the title. Check out the trailer after the break.

Super Mario Galaxy 2 Launch at Nintendo World Details

Come celebrate the launch of Super Mario Galaxy 2 on Sunday, May 23 from 11am to 2pm at Nintendo World Store in New York City.

Pay To Play: How Greed Will Kill Gaming

Recently the readers have asked us to delve into the topic of the new Electronic Arts Online Pass and what it means to video games in the future. Not only does this new “feature” attack used game sales, limit the user’s rights, and generally betray the sacred relationship between gamer and game, but it is also a belligerent act that will put pressure on other publishers big and small. We already pay a hefty fee to pick up a game, now EA has made sure that if you don’t pick up your EA Sports games brand new you will have to pay even more to get it online. This means more than just attacking used games, which is bad enough in itself to most gamers; this is about attacking the entire industry. Allow me to explain how this recent action by EA is a symbol of how greed seeks to destroy gaming as we know it in a very active, calculated, and deceptive manner.

Judas Priest 30th Anniversary Tour Releases On Rock Band This Week

This week the Rock Band store will be rocked by none other than classic metal group Judas Priest. The songs being released will come from their British Steel live album. You can pick them up for PlayStation 3, Nintendo Wii, or Xbox 360 versions of the game in their respective Rock Band Stores Tuesday May 11th (Wednesday May 12th for European PSN members). You can pick up the British Steel 30th Anniversary Deluxe Edition box set from Judas Priest’s website. Read more for the full track list and pricing.

Early UFC Undisputed 2010 Demo for Community Members is Now Available

If you have been a part of the UFC Undisputed 2010 community web-site (or join today) early access to the demo is now yours. A redeem code for either PSN or Xbox Live will be given to members who will get to experience Exhibition Mode, and challenge friends offline in Tournament Mode. Hit the link here and sign up now if you haven’t already for your early demo.

Blizzard Puts More In-Game WoW Items Onto Their Store

If you’re an avid World of Warcraft player, you’ll already know about the four vanity pets that are already on the Blizzard Store for purchase. Two of them are purely digital and two require you to purchase a matching plushy to obtain. Today they’ve upped the number of in-game items you can purchase on the store by two. The vanity pet Lil’XT and the Celestial Steed mount are now available on the store for purchase at $10 and $25 respectively.

If you care to drop $25 on a virtual item, the mount looks pretty spiffy. It will match your current allowably flying mount speed. If you’ve purchased epic flying, it’ll be 280% speed, if you already have a flying mount that goes 310% speed, it’ll match that. It’s flexible! And, who doesn’t want to add another vanity pet to their collection? Ten bucks is a much more manageable price if you want to go that route.

GameFly Trade-ins This Month

In an attempt to reward gamers this month for choosing GameFly the rent-from-home delivery service is offering up to 50% more value for your games when you trade them in.  If some of your games are having a low trade-in value at GameStop still, even with their bonus event, then this might be your best bet.  Read more for some detail as to which games will get you the most bucks back.

Resident Evil 5: Lost in Nightmares DLC Released

The new add-on for Resident Evil 5 has released!  You can download it today on Xbox Live and tomorrow on PlayStation Store.  In this pack you will play through new storyline content alluded to in Single Player cut-scenes during Resident Evil 5.

PSN Games on Sale

This week PlayStation store shoppers will note a drop in the price of the Burnout Paradise Complete Edition containing the full game and add-on content to $29.99.  While this is a smoking hot deal compared to the past pricing points of the Burnout Paradise game and downloadable content, it is also a great deal for the perspective buyer of Burnout Paradise today.  You will save $10.00 this week and get all of the racing content in the game and DLC with one quick purchase.  Trine is also $10.00 off this week at the desirable price of $9.99.  If you’ve never heard of either of these games you can try the demos out before buying for free!  Another notable sale currently going on in the PlayStation stores is the 3 for the price of 2 map pack deal on Activision’s Call of Duty : World at War maps.

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Otis Redding Coming to Rock Band and More!

Harmonix and MTV Games let it be known today that next week “King of Soul” himself Otis Redding will be featured in a five-song download pack for Rock Band Music Store on the Xbox 360, PS3, and Wii.  Rock Band gamers should appreciate the addition to their store and the fresh songs will breathe new life into the game at an affordable price.  You can also expect singles from All Time Low, Alphabeat, Brian Setzer, and The Chemical Brothers.  Rock Band, the game that never runs out of DLC.  Here is a full list of all the songs and their prices:

Download 5 Song Pack: Otis Redding Pack 01 $8.49 (680 Microsoft Points) £4.39 UK, €6.59 EU

Otis Redding – “(Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay” $1.99 (160 Microsoft Points) (200 Wii Points) £.99 UK, €1.49 EU

Otis Redding – “Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa (Sad Song)” $1.99 (160 Microsoft Points) (200 Wii Points) £.99 UK, €1.49 EU

Otis Redding – “I’m Sick Y’all” $1.99 (160 Microsoft Points) (200 Wii Points) £.99 UK, €1.49 EU

Otis Redding – “I’ve Got Dreams to Remember” $1.99 (160 Microsoft Points) (200 Wii Points) £.99 UK, €1.49 EU

Otis Redding – “Love Man” $1.99 (160 Microsoft Points) (200 Wii Points) £.99 UK, €1.49 EU

All Time Low – “Weightless” $1.99 (160 Microsoft Points) (200 Wii Points) £.99 UK, €1.49 EU

Alphabeat – “Fascination” $1.99 (160 Microsoft Points) (200 Wii Points) £.99 UK, €1.49 EU

Brian Setzer Orchestra – “Stray Cat Strut” $1.99 (160 Microsoft Points) (200 Wii Points) £.99 UK, €1.49 EU

The Chemical Brothers – “Let Forever Be” $1.99 (160 Microsoft Points) (200 Wii Points) £.99 UK, €1.49 EU