Under Stars and Gutters: ‘Soundtrack To This City’

Under Stars and GuttersOur stream today comes from North Coast, Ireland’s Under Stars and Gutters in the form of their new EP, Soundtrack To This City. The band is not to be confused with Oklahomans Over Stars and Gutters, who hopefully aren’t seething too much right now.

Listen to the EP on their Punknews.org Profile. It’s available for free download from Death to False Hope Records.
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Call of Duty®: Black Ops Coming To Steam With Full Steamworks Support

Most Anticipated Title of 2010 Prepares for PC Launch

Oct 22, 2010- Valve and Activision Publishing, Inc today announced the upcoming holiday blockbuster, Call of Duty®: Black Ops (PC), is now available for pre-purchase via Steam, a leading platform for PC and Mac games with over 30 million accounts around the world.

Those who pre-purchase Call of Duty: Black Ops on Steam will be able to start playing immediately upon release on November 9, 2010, when Activision expects the title will be available worldwide. Developed by Treyarch, Call of Duty: Black Ops utilizes the Steamworks suite of tools. The title is rated “M” (Mature – Blood, Drug, Reference, Intense Violence and Language) by the ESRB.

In addition to leveraging Steamworks’ Auto-Updating, Achievements, and more, Call of Duty: Black Ops will support Steamworks Cloud technology. The PC version of the product will be powered with Steamworks for both the digital and tangible versions of the game and, as with all Steamworks titles, offline play will also be supported.

“We are delighted to be delivering the year’s most anticipated title with Black Ops to PC gamers around the world,” said Jason Holtman, director of business development at Valve. “We’ve collaborated with the development team to leverage the Steamworks suite of services to deliver the highest level of service to Call of Duty: Black Ops PC customers.”

“Steam has been a great partner throughout development of Black Ops,” said Mark Lamia, president of Treyarch. “We’re working closely together to take full advantage of Steamworks to ensure we deliver the most polished and secure PC experience that our community deserves.”

Call of Duty: Black Ops is slated for worldwide release the week of November 9 at retailers and via Steam. For additional Call of Duty updates, visit www.callofduty.com/blackops and also via Twitter @JD_2020.

Steamworks is a complete suite of publishing and development tools — ranging from product key authentication to social networking services — offered free of charge to publishers and developers. For more information, please visit www.steampowered.com.
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October 22nd Update

Lone Gunman, Did you Win, Do you rock?

Lone Gunman

You and your Magnum against the deadly horde and Boomers.

So you have your Magnum pistol and? well you do have your Magnum pistol. You better be counting bullets because four swipes by a common and you are dead. Getting boomed? Forget about it.

Did you win?

Last week we asked – Do you consider that you won the Campaign when you sacrifice yourself to restart the generator or did you just sacrifice yourself so your team won? Is it individual or team glory?

68% of you consider it a team victory and 32% of you believe you lost. For the 32% that either means you never go yourself or you really are a team player. This is one of those questions where we assumed the answer would have been closer to 95% of the people choosing you won. So if you have time, explain your votes in the forums or on our Facebook pages.

Do you rock?

With two Midnight Riders songs on Rock Band, have you ever played any of the Midnight Rider songs?

Next week: Bleed Out Versus

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Gaslight Anthem cover Rolling Stones for Record Store Day

The Gaslight Anthem The Gaslight Anthem will be participating in Record Store Day again this year. The band will be releasing an exclusive 7-inch on November 26, 2010. The A-side features a cover of The Rolling Stones’ “Tumbling Dice,” while the flip side features an original track “She Loves You,” recorded during the American Slang recording sessions. The cover art is silk screened on a jacket that folds like an old shipping parcel and the release comes in four colors (baby blue, black, white and brown) with the vinyl matching the jacket color.

The label is adamant about not limiting the pressing to ensure that anyone who wants a copy can get one for list price rather than overpaying on eBay. You can find the artwork on the release page.
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