Download MP3 [16.2 MB - 23:37] – So I never released this but I had it for a while now, actually since PAX East 2011. I was originally going to do an impressions but since the game is being released tomorrow and some reviews have started coming out I thought I would give you the voice cast right from the guys at RockStar Games. This was actually pretty nice, it was just one other guy and I in the closed booth so we had a chance to really get a lot of time with the guys. We weren’t able to play the game but we were so close to all the action that we might as well have been. This game makes me feel like I am watching an episode of Dragnet, not all of the corniness but the feel of being a cop back in the 1940′s, interrogating witnesses, putting clues together, fist fighting and the occasional car chases.

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Lost L.A. Noire PAX East 2011 Voice Cast

Map of PSN activity. Notice only Japan and San Diego, CA are online during the outage. 05.14.2011 5 hours after initial announcement. 05.15.2011 24 hours after initianal announcement. 05.16.2011 72 hours after initial announcement. Greetings readers. Today I wanted to show you guys a very interesting map that indicates the PlayStation Network status throughout the world. As you know, the outage lasted 23 days and is now beginning to trickle back up since Saturday May 15th. A big thank you to my source over at Sony San Diego for providing the images. I apologize in advance for the small images, the bigger images are not available. But if you press the CTRL and the + key, you can zoom in and see a little bit of the map details.

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PlayStation Network Status Map – Then & Now

Since many of you have asked to be notified, this tweet just came across the board!! “Rockstar Games Triple XP begins in 1 hour for #RedDeadRedemption, it’ll run today from 5-7PM Eastern (New York) time, + we’ll be online playing, stay tuned”

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Red Dead Redemption Triple XP Today 5-7PM EST

Rockstar Games just announced that Triple XP is now LIVE for the next three hours for Red Dead Redemption & Undead Nightmare.

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Triple XP in Red Dead Redemption Until 4PM Pac

Rockstar Games just announced this on their Facebook account at 2PM PAC. Too bad I’m stuck at work! “Surprise! TRIPLE XP in Red Dead Redemption multiplayer for the next 2 hours starting right now on PSN & Xbox LIVE, & we’re online playing with Gamertag/ID RedDeadDev3, we’ll be doing a lot more of these triple XP surprise Red Dead sessions so shout to let us know what time of day you’d like to see them happen.”

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TRIPLE XP in Red Dead Redemption multiplayer for the next 2 hours

According to MCVUK , industry giant Activision is rumored to eyeing up Take Two Studios to purchase in the very near future. Thats right, the owners of Rockstar Games. These rumors are circulating even at the highest level of industry professionals bringing a pinch of credability with it. We all know that Activision is not above buying the largest games in the industry (COD, WOW, etc) and spurn out yearly versions of said games. We also know they will not hesitate to kill off games that underperform such as Guitar Hero as of late. So how do you feel about GTA, Red Dead and L.A. Noire going to Activision? *image courtesy of colony of gamers

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Rumor: Activision Looking to Buy Take Two (Grand Theft Auto Publisher)

If you remember the days leading up to the release of Red Dead Redemption, you would remember the numerous gameplay trailers released along the way, which gave you hints of the story and all the different gameplay elements from within the game. L.A. Noire is receiving the same treatment. Earlier today, Rockstar Games released this first gameplay series trailer, entitled “Orientation”, which basically introduces you to the game and some of the gameplay elements. This title is looking more and more promising.

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L.A. Noire Gameplay Series

Neil Patrick Harris hosted the 2010 Video Game Awards last night on Spike TV. The show was exciting, for me anyway, mainly because of the many game trailers they premiered at the show. I was however surprised and disappointed by a few of the winners. Game of the Year, went to the much deserved Red Dead Redemption, beating out the most nominated game Mass Effect 2, Halo: Reach, God of War III, and Call of Duty: Black Ops . Red Dead Redemption itself had nine nominations, including Best PS3 Game, Best Action Adventure Game, Best Graphics and Best Original Score. A new category this year was the Character of the Year, with the win going to Sgt. Frank Woods of Call of Duty: Black Ops. How he beat out John Marston, from Red Dead Redemption is beyond me. He even beat out Kratos! Best PS3 Game went to God of War III, which also won for Best Graphics. The other nominees for Best PS3 Game were Heavy Rain, ModNation Racers, and Red Dead Redemption, the only non-exclusive in the list. What do you think? Were your picks chosen? The full list of nominations and winners can be found after the jump. 2010 Spike Video Game Award Nominees & * Winners Game of the Year * Red Dead Redemption (Rockstar Games/Rockstar San Diego) Call of Duty: Black Ops (Activision/Treyarch) God of War III (Sony Computer Entertainment/SCE Studios Santa Monica) Halo: Reach (Microsoft/Bungie Studios) Mass Effect 2 (Electronic Arts/BioWare) Studio of the Year * BioWare Blizzard Entertainment Bungie Studios Rockstar San Diego Character of the Year * Sgt. Frank Woods, Call of Duty: Black Ops Ezio, Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood (Best Dressed winner) Kratos, God of War III (Biggest Badass winner) John Marston, Red Dead Redemption (Rockstar Games/Rockstar San Diego) Best Xbox 360 Game * Mass Effect 2 (Electronic Arts/BioWare) Alan Wake (Microsoft/Remedy) Fable III (Microsoft/Lionhead Studios) Halo: Reach (Microsoft/Bungie Studios) Best PS3 Game * God of War III (Sony Computer Entertainment/SCE Studios Santa Monica) Heavy Rain (Sony Computer Entertainment/Quantic Dream) ModNation Racers (Sony Computer Entertainment/United Front Games) Red Dead Redemption (Rockstar Games/Rockstar San Diego) Best Wii Game * Super Mario Galaxy 2 (Nintendo/Nintendo) Donkey Kong Country Returns (Nintendo/Retro Studios) Kirby’s Epic Yarn (Nintendo/Good-Feel) Metroid: Other M (Nintendo/Team Ninja/Nintendo) Best PC Game * StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty (Blizzard Entertainment/Blizzard Entertainment) Fallout: New Vegas (Bethesda Softworks/Obsidian Entertainment) Mass Effect 2 (Electronic Arts/BioWare) Sid Meier’s Civilization V (2K Games/Firaxis) Best Handheld Game * God of War: Ghost of Sparta (Sony Computer Entertainment / Ready At Dawn Studios) Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker (Konami / Kojima Productions) Professor Layton and the Unwound Future (Nintendo/ Level-5) Super Scribblenauts (Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment / 5th Cell) Best Shooter * Call of Duty: Black Ops (Activision/Treyarch) Battlefield: Bad Company 2 (Electronic Arts/DICE) BioShock 2 (2K Games/2K Marin) Halo: Reach (Microsoft/Bungie Studios) Best Action Adventure Game * Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood (Ubisoft/Ubisoft Montreal) God of War III (Sony Computer Entertainment/SCE Studios Santa Monica) Red Dead Redemption (Rockstar Games/Rockstar San Diego) Super Mario Galaxy 2 (Nintendo/Nintendo) Best RPG * Mass Effect 2 (Electronic Arts/BioWare) Fable III (Microsoft/Lionhead Studios) Fallout: New Vegas (Bethesda Softworks/Obsidian Entertainment) Final Fantasy XIII (Square Enix/Square Enix) Best Multiplayer Game * Halo: Reach (Microsoft/Bungie Studios) Battlefield: Bad Company 2 (Electronic Arts/DICE) Call of Duty: Black Ops (Activision/Treyarch) StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty (Blizzard Entertainment/Blizzard Entertainment) Best Individual Sports Game * Tiger Woods PGA Tour 11 (Electronic Arts/EA Tiburon) EA Sports MMA (Electronic Arts/EA Tiburon) Shaun White Skateboarding (Ubisoft/Ubisoft Montreal) UFC Undisputed 2010 (THQ/Yuke’s Media Creations) Best Team Sports Game * NBA 2K11 (2K Sports/Visual Concepts) FIFA Soccer 11 (Electronic Arts/EA Canada) Madden NFL 11 (Electronic Arts/EA Tiburon) MLB ’10: The Show (Sony Computer Entertainment/SCE Studios San Diego) Best Driving Game * Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit (Electronic Arts/Criterion Games) Blur (Activision/Bizarre Creations) ModNation Racers (Sony Computer Entertainment/United Front Games) Split/Second (Disney Interactive Studios/Black Rock Studio) Best Music Game * Rock Band 3 (MTV Games/Harmonix) Dance Central (MTV Games/Harmonix) DJ Hero 2 (Activision Publishing/FreeStyleGames) Def Jam Rapstar (Konami/Autumn Games / 4mm Games) Best Soundtrack * DJ Hero 2 (Activision/FreeStyleGames) Def Jam Rapstar (Konami/Autumn Games /4mm Games) Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock (Activision/Neversoft Entertainment) Rock Band 3 (MTV Games/Harmonix) Best Song in a Game * “Far Away” by José González ( Red Dead Redemption ) “Basket Case” by Green Day ( Green Day Rock Band ) “Black Rain” by Soundgarden ( Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock ) “Goldeneye” by Nicole Scherzinger ( GoldenEye 007 ) “Replay/Rude Boy Mashup” by Iyaz & Rihanna ( DJ Hero 2 ) “Won’t Back Down” by Eminem ( Call of Duty: Black Ops ) Best Original Score * Red Dead Redemption (Rockstar Games/Rockstar San Diego) God of War III (Sony Computer Entertainment/SCE Studios Santa Monica) Halo: Reach (Microsoft/Bungie Studios) Mass Effect 2 (Electronic Arts/BioWare) Best Graphics * God of War III (Sony Computer Entertainment/SCE Studios Santa Monica) Heavy Rain (Sony Computer Entertainment/Quantic Dream) Kirby’s Epic Yarn (Nintendo/Good-Feel) Red Dead Redemption (Rockstar Games/Rockstar San Diego) Best Adapted Video Game * Scott Pilgrim vs. The World: The Game (Ubisoft/Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft Chengdu) LEGO: Harry Potter: Years 1-4 (Warner Bros. Interactive/Traveller’s Tales) Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions (Activision/Beenox) Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II (LucasArts/LucasArts) Transformers: War for Cybertron (Activision/High Moon Studios) Best Performance by a Human Male * Neil Patrick Harris as Peter Parker/Amazing Spider-Man ( Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions /Activision) Daniel Craig as James Bond ( James Bond 007: Blood Stone /Activision) Gary Oldman as Sgt. Reznov ( Call of Duty: Black Ops /Activision) John Cleese as Jasper ( Fable III /Microsoft) Martin Sheen as Illusive Man ( Mass Effect 2 /Electronic Arts) Nathan Fillion as Sergeant Edward Buck ( Halo: Reach /Microsoft) Rob Wiethoff as John Marston ( Red Dead Redemption /Rockstar Games) Sam Worthington as Alex Mason ( Call of Duty: Black Ops /Activision) Best Performance by a Human Female * Tricia Helfer as Sarah Kerrigan ( StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty /Blizzard Entertainment) Dame Judi Dench as M ( James Bond 007: Blood Stone /Activision) Danica Patrick as Herself ( Blur /Activision) Emmanuelle Chriqui as The Numbers Lady ( Call of Duty: Black Ops /Activision) Felicia Day as Veronica ( Fallout: New Vegas /Bethesda Softworks) Jennifer Hale as Commander Sheppard ( Mass Effect 2 /Electronic Arts) Kristen Bell as Lucy Stillman ( Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood /Ubisoft) Yvonne Strahovski as Miranda Lawson ( Mass Effect 2 /Electronic Arts) Best Downloadable Game * Costume Quest (THQ/Double Fine Productions) Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light (Square Enix/Crystal Dynamics) Monday Night Combat (Uber Entertainment/Uber Entertainment) Scott Pilgrim vs. The World: The Game (Ubisoft/Ubisoft Montreal/ Ubisoft Chengdu) Best DLC * Red Dead Redemption – Undead Nightmare (Rockstar Games/Rockstar San Diego) BioShock 2: Minerva’s Den (2K Games/2K Marin) Borderlands: The Secret Armory of General Knoxx (2K Games/Gearbox Software) Mass Effect 2: Lair of the Shadow Broker (Electronic Arts/BioWare) Best Independent Game * Limbo (PlayDead) Joe Danger (Hello Games) Super Meat Boy (Team Meat) The Misadventures of P.B. Winterbottom (The Odd Gentleman) Most Anticipated Game * Portal 2 (Valve/Valve) Batman: Arkham City (Warner Bros Interactive Entertainment/Rocksteady Studios) BioShock: Infinite (2K Games/Irrational Games) Gears of War 3 (Microsoft/Epic Games) Source  as well as SpikeTV

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Spike’s Video Game Award 2010 Winners

This trailer gives us an idea of the kind of story the game will have. Although there are no gameplay sections shown, it is pretty obvious that the voice work and acting is still Rockstar quality, and fits in with the game well. Rockstar has always put out some great games (most recent being Red Dead Redemption). Can’t wait to see how this one turns out. Just keep in mind, this is a multiplatform title being developed by Team Bondi, and is NOT Agent, which is a PS3 exclusive being developed by Rockstar North.

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New L.A. Noire Trailer

I was checking Rockstar Games’ news wire for info on the much anticipated Undead Nightmare Pack and found a whole slew of information. First was the release date announcement of October 26th. Color me shocked…it’s 5 days before Halloween. Next I learned that along with the “regular” zombie animals, there will also be mythical creatures. The creatures outlined in today’s post are named The Four Horses of the Apocalypse. Pestilence, Famine, Death, and War (pictured below) each have unique powers that are outlined in the original post .

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Undead Nightmare Coming Oct. 26th