In celebration of Halloween, No Sleep Records‘ ska/punk band The Sheds have released a cover of Papa Roach’s hit song, “Last Resort”. The track will be featured on a compilation of Nu-Metal cover songs to be released in late December by Animal Style Records.
Dave Grohl will be reuniting three key people from Nirvana‘s Nevermind for the next Foo Fighters album. According to BBC Radio 1, Grohl has enlisted both Nirvana-bassist Krist Novoselic and Nevermind producer Butch Vig for the next album from the Foos.
Critically acclaimed French metal act Gojira have entered the studio to record a new EP set to benefit Sea Shepherd Conservation Society. The band is promising guest vocalists and will be releasing the EP exclusively through their own website. The band’s last album, The Way of All Flesh, was released in 2008.
Mogwai have announced their next album, set for release early next year. The record is titled Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will and is due out February 14, 2011 in Europe and February 15, 2011 in North America. The album is their seventh and was recorded over the summer at Chem 19 Studios, in Hamilton and mixed at The Castle Of Doom. It reunited the band with Young Team producer Paul Savage and follows 2008’s The Hawk Is Howling .
Updates to ProtoGalaxy have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The major changes include:
ProtoGalaxy v1.0.4
Controls:
Added hotkeys for switching weapons. This allows players to switch actions without using the radial menu. NOTE: For users already playing ProtoGalaxy, you will need to reset your controller in the options menu to get the hotkeys added to the control settings.
Added option for hotkeys to fire rather than just switch action.
Added option for aiming controls that are independent of ship movement.
Gameplay:
Fixed a crash that could sometimes happen after playing for a long time.
Fixed a crash that could sometimes happen while playing sounds.
Graphics:
Fixed a bug where some valid screen resolutions were not being listed in the options menu.
Added buttons to switch between 16bpp and 32bpp screen modes.
Added options for turning off damage and helper text in missions.
The laser graphic is now larger so it is easier to tell when it will cause damage.
Menu:
Made text boxes much easier to see.
Added a note to host screen indicating the game’s port number (11334).
Allowed networked computers with no players to access menu while in mission.
The pause menu can now set multiple controls for each action similar to the main menu.
Fix a crash related to the network game list.
Allow controllers to scroll lists on the main menu similar to the campaign menu.
Profiles:
Upgraded player profile file format to allow for future additions.
The game now identifies profiles that are invalid and prevents them from crashing the game.
Campaign:
Fixed a crash related to selling components in the shop.
The cursor on the campaign mission select screen now updates across the network.
Levels can now have up to three missions.
Editor:
You can now place objects in a campaign map.
If a mission has no objectives, the campaign menu now has text to state that.
Using the move region command in a map with no regions no longer causes game to freeze.
You can now set the maximum x and y rotation of player ships.
Updates to Delve Deeper have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The major changes include:
Delve Deeper should now run on the Intel GMA onboard family of GPUs
Added speed setting 6 (for instant movement), and re-timed all faster and slower animation modes.
Added 11 new relics for your enjoyment! Theyre super awesome!
Added a ‘Discard’ button to the first phase of Tile Selection so you can skip the Tile Drop phase much faster
The tutorial is now completable with a controller.
Added a monster spawn cap to the gameplay options menu; allows for control over how many monsters can spawn (max) on a turn.
Several fixes for achievements *Opportunist (only unlocks if you win without turning in any gold, gems, or mithril) *Slimes Sappin Mah Sentry *Blacksmith *Brewmaster *Ties for 0 points no longer count as wins for the purpose of achievements
Added an option to Start In Fullscreen
Fixed the relic sale bug which was causing the sales display to disappear prematurely.
Added W,A,S,D support for moving the camera
Added BACKSPACE support for ending your turn
Set Tile Rotation and Tile Select Next/Prev to Q and E, for easy use with new mapping
Added support for hot selecting dwarves on 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
The map can now be panned while you have a dwarf selected to move.
Updated the controls screen to reflect the aforementioned changes and inform people that ‘Fullscreen’ is on F12.
The game must now be in focus to register mouse clicks
Mimics now glow!
Mimics (also) no longer display warning axes if they are the only monster present on a hex!
The camera will not focus on mobs unless they are moving into combat on speeds 1 5, and will not focus on mobs until combat begins on speed 6
Fixed a bug with mis-pricing of oogler sales of negative value
Fixed hexes on maps that were unreachable or imbalanced due to their “reachability”‘
Bridge Nine Records hardcore act Foundation have announced a trip to Europe early next year. (Note, this is not the Foundation formed by Rob Huddleston of Ann Beretta) The band will be on the road with Bracewar and Breaking Point.
Chad Gilbert of New Found Glory has released a new 7-inch, Dear God. The four song EP features “classic Buddy Holly/Roy Orbison 50’s pop meets pop-punk with melodies that are infectious and lyrics that are starkly open and personal. ”
Two blog posts in two days? Your eyes don’t deceive you. We’re blog-writing machines this week, and there’s plenty of gas in the tank.
Today’s update includes both of the Art Pass Contest Winners’ maps: Mountain Lab by Valentin “3Dnj” Levillain, and Mann’s Manor by Tim “YM” Johnson and Alex Kreeger.
Also included in this update: You being scared! [sound of bat wings] That’s right, it’s the Second Annual Team Fortress Halloween Special. Will there be ghosts? Quite possibly. Will there be exploding pumpkins? You never know. Will you wet your pants in terror? If you’re anything like us, emphatically yes.
And what more perfect holiday than Halloween to add the scariest feature yet to the Mann Co. Store: Gift wrapping! If someone decides to trick or treat on your server, wrap up that spare bottle of Jarate and give them the gift a thousand words could never describe, and a thousand therapist appointments will never undo.
Also added to the store: new community items themed for Halloween and a few scary hats of our own dark design. Some of these new holiday items are only available to purchase during the holiday, but will remain wearable all year round, so grab ’em while they’re grabbable. SourceContinue reading Sound of Blog Post Being Posted→