Ubisoft Continues to Expand Catalog on Steam

Six more Ubisoft catalog titles are now available on Steam for customers in North America. The list of games includes Brothers in Arms Earned in Blood, two expansions for Heroes of Might and Magic V, The Settlers – Rise of an Empire Gold Edition, The Sum of All Fears, and the casual puzzler Brain Spa.

Pick up any of these games this week for 10% off their regular price! Offer ends October 17.

See all available Ubisoft games on the Ubisoft Publisher Page.
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Japanther: “Tut Tut, Now Shake Ya Butt”

Japanther were the subject of a recent Village Voice piece which discusses the band’s upcoming album, Tut Tut, Now Shake Ya Butt, which is due out October 14, 2008. You can check out the story here.

The band, who toured with Against Me! this fall, have also launched a full album stream of the record and you can find that one their myspace page.
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Hinterland Grows, Enters the World Stage

Following last week’s successful launch of Hinterland, a fantasy PC title featuring fast paced RPG combat and strategic town-building, Tilted Mill Entertainment announces the first free Content Update for the title. The full title, including the Content Update, has simultaneously been expanded to include French, German and Spanish, as well as English, in a single multi-language version of the game.

Chris Beatrice, Tilted Mill’s president, had this to say: “Given all the interest and attention the title has received, and the great feedback we”ve gotten from the fan community, we wanted to demonstrate both our intention to continue supporting and developing the title, but perhaps more importantly our ability to respond quickly and appropriately to input from players. Developing the title initially was very much an iterative process, and now that process has been broadened to include the fan community as a whole. It’s really great to be part of that.”

The Free Content Update includes:

  • Two new playable character types – The Elf Archer and the Dwarf Warrior
  • Creature-specific item drops – Rare and unique items, (e.g. Troll Blood) that give the character who consumes them permanent bonuses
  • Character Info Screen – Details your abilities, and gives information on the town in general
  • Resource management through economic means – Dig a well for Fresh Water, plant Herbs, import Iron, etc.
  • Expanded character customization choices when leveling – Three ability choices instead of two with the third choice based on your character’s profession.
  • Item Sorting – Ability to automatically sort inventory items by type and relative power
  • Auto-equipping – Townspeople will automatically take items they can use from the town inventory periodically as needed (this can also be turned off if desired)
  • Miscellaneous balancing, pacing and usability improvements and refinements – made in response to player feedback

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Jesse Michaels: “Leave Home Young” “Walking In Shadows” “Underneth the Wheel”

Jesse Michaels of Operation Ivy / Common Rider fame has recently released three new demos. Titled “Leave Home Young,” “Walking in Shadows,” and “Underneath the Wheel,” the songs feature just Michaells and a guitar. Michaels will also be out on the road to promote the Plea for Peace Foundation venue.

You can listen to the demos on his MySpace page.
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Matt Skiba, Chris Shiflett and Civet on Complete Control Radio

Complete Control Radio, the weekly punk rock show hosted by Joe Sib of SideOneDummy, has posted three new interviews online. The first features Matt Skiba of Alkaline Trio, the second includes Civet who discuss their arrest and experience being “tased” and finally Foo Fighters guitarist Chris Shiflett who talks about life in the Foo’s as well as his other band, Jackson United.

You can check out the segments here.
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CAL in Full Swing, EnemyTerritory.tv Covers All

The latest season of the Cyberathlete Amateur League‘s Enemy Territory: QUAKE Wars division is in full swing and the boys over at EnemyTerritory.tv are there to bring you all the latest coverage, ranging from weekly match previews to regular match shoutcasts, topped off with on-demand goodness. Greased and the gang are doing a fantastic job of serving up all the latest CAL carnage, so sail over the ET.TV news page for the latest scheduled ‘casts and look for a preview of that week’s matches every Monday.

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Portugal. The Man discusses Sarah Palin in new interview

Portugal. The Man‘s recent commentary on vice presidential hopeful Sarah Palin has spawned a lengthier article with Los Angeles’ Metromix where the band further commented on the governor and former Wasilla mayor:

What is it about her that you don’t like? Just everything that she represents. When she came into office, they made this big deal out of her firing all the corrupt people. So who gets the jobs that were just all opened up? It ends up, it’s all people from her church. They get the jobs at the hospital and they get abortion out of the hospital; [they] pretty much enforced their own rules. I’ll always be the first to say: we’re not a political band. We’re not into voicing opinions on things like this. It’s just-that’s our hometown.

You can find the interview here.
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Thursday, October 9 2008

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