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The Big News! Have you heard? The new NBA 2K13 Soundtrack was executive produced by Jay-Z! Wait, what does that mean? Essentially it means that Jay-Z picked some songs and approved other songs chosen by other people for the video game soundtrack. Typically in the music industry the term Executive
Borderlands 2 Borderlands 2 is the highly anticipated sequel to Borderlands the late 2009 shooter with a sort of sci-fi western post-apocalyptic flavor focused on its seemingly never end random combinations of weapon types, a formula the have promised has been continued and refined for this sequel. The game is
All links (iTunes) updated 10/2013 Sleeping Dogs is all about creating a believable game world for the protagonist to operate within. Originally True Crime Hong Kong, Sleeping Dogs does a wonderful job of nailing the Hong Kong vibe. If you’re a connoisseur or even casual viewer of Hong Kong action
Just started playing Saints Row 3 aka Saints Row the Third and this game is simply pure, ridiculous fun. Though the Saints Row soundtrack is not as ambitious in scope as the Grand Theft Auto series, the musical selection is still impressive and varied. Saints Row as a series has
The official countdown has begun. Uncharted 3 is only one week away. Ever since my original Uncharted 3 Collector’s Edition preview post, my brief look at the non-spoiler sounding Uncharted 3 Trophies, and of course my look at the fun Uncharted 3 Subway contest which not only entered participants in
Batman – Arkham City is impressive on many levels. Like I mentioned in my initial impressions of the game everything in the game is top-notch and improved over the already great Arkham Asylum. The game garnered enough attention to earn itself a bigger budget, both for the game and it’s
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Originally sourced from a post I found on paste magazine, the London Philharmonic are releasing a videogame music cd with a healthy mix of tracks from various games new and old. The title, “The Greatest Video Game Music” seems a bit presumptuous after looking at the tracklist as there are
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I recently began playing Driver San Francisco after receiving it from Gamefly. I hope to have some thoughts on the game shortly in a segment I’m going to call 1 hour impressions. One of the things I have been enjoying most is the music. The Driver San Francisco soundtrack list
Batman – Arkham City is one of my most anticipated titles of this year, which is saying a lot. Arkham Asylum was quite the surprise hit, in that it was a comic book property done well in game form. Cash-in comic book games, like most films or book to game
Gears of War 3 will be released on Sept.30 completing “the trilogy”. Of course with a franchise as big as this, don’t be too surprised if the series continues on. Below is the full Gears of War Soundtrack list composed by Steve Jablonsky. Jablonsky was educated and trained by the
NBA 2K12 Game Soundtrack The NBA 2K series has always produced soundtrack that were quite popular. The main genre of these game soundtracks is hip-hop. They use a blend of mainstream and underground artists and the tracks are comprised of of equal parts remixed tracks, previously released tracks and tracks
So we’ve covered the L.A. Noire Soundtrack and L.A. Noire Remixed Soundtrack in the previous post. Many people including myself are searching for a list of the L.A. Noire licensed music. I have yet to find one, and no official music list has been released apart from those already mentioned.