Filed under: GAMING | Tags: Arts and Entertainment, Bands and Artists, Canada, Judas Priest, MTV, Music, Rock, Rock Band
Fans of MTV’s “Rock Band” video game and the classic metal group Judas Priest will be able to download a full album to play along with as they sing, “blast” guitar controllers or pound a fake drum kit. For the first full-album release with “Rock Band,” MTV will charge $15 for Judas Priest’s “Screaming for Vengeance,” while still allowing users to pay $2 apiece to download individual tracks. (Reuters 4/18)
Electronic Arts said it will extend its $2 billion offer for Grand Theft Auto publisher Take-Two Interactive by another 4 weeks after its hostile takeover bid failed to win shareholder approval. At the same time, EA threatened to lower its bid slightly to motivate the game publisher to sell. (Cynopsis 4/21)
Paramount Pictures’ “Iron Man” is expected to be a summer blockbuster. But it may find its early box office take hindered a bit since it will be released the same week as “Grand Theft Auto IV,” a much-anticipated video game from Take-Two Interactive. Both are aimed at young males. (Iwantmedia 4/21, http://www.nypost.com/seven/04202008/business/media_battle_on_tap_107324.htm 4/20)
Nintendo’s broadening demographic for its Wii console has propelled it to strong sales, but this group of gamers seems to feel less of an urgent need to snap up new games when they hit the market, according to this article, which points to industry statistics showing that owners of Wii consoles buy 3.7 games a year, while Xbox and PlayStation 3 owners buy 4.7 games and 4.6 games, respectively. (The New York Times 4/21)
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