| Castlevania Best Music Collections Box (Disc 10-18) sample tracks onlineKonamistyle has uploaded sample tracks from the upcoming 18-CD box set of Castlevania game series music. Numerous samples in asx format from NES, Wii, PSP and DS titles can be found on the official site. Also online are samples of nine newly arranged tracks by Symphony of the Night composer Michiru Yamane. |
| Student Postmortem: Devil’s Tuning ForkIn May Alex Seropian had the idea of creating a game development project that would visually translate the echolocation ability of dolphins. The game was submitted to the IGF in early December. |
| Chiptuned GDC: Three Music Sessions1UP provides an overview of three music sessions at the Game Developers Conference: Where It All Began: Lessons That Can Be Learned From 'First Generation' Music, Composer Challenge GDC 2010, Sound and Music as Narrative in Flower. |
| Flower receives GANG Award for Best Interactive ScoreLast night at the Game Audio Network Guild Awards, Flower was given the top honors for interactive score. Accepting the award was composer Vincent Diamante, who will be presenting on the audio for ThatGameCompany's downloadable Playstation Network title later today. |
| Kuniaki Haishima composing Metroid: Other M scoreSiliconera has word that Metroid: Other M will be scored by a musician that has not previously composed for the series. Kuniaki Haishima, perhaps best known for the music to Siren 2, will be writing the soundtrack to the upcoming Wii title. |
| Dial me up some emotion: The Musical RecipeMichael Abbott of the Brainy Gamer has posted his impressions of GDC audio panel "The Musical Recipe of Emotion." Participants included Tom Salta (GRAW, Red Steel) Laura Karpman (Untold Legends, Everquest), Marty O'Donnell (Halo series), Jason Hayes (Warcraft, Diablo, StarCraft), and Chance Thomas (Avatar game, Lord of the Rings Online). |
| Uncharted 2 wins big at Game Developers Choice AwardsUncharted 2: Among Thieves received a total of five awards at the Game Developers Choice event last night at the Game Developers Conference. The game was recognized for writing, visuals, technology, audio and Game of the Year. |
| Sword & Sworcery's gameplay videoSuperbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP is by developer Capybara Games (Might & Magic: Clash of Heroes), singer-songwriter Jim Guthrie, and pixelartist/animator Craig "Superbrothers" Adams (Alpinist). |
| Proto Man's "secret" music theme in Mega Man 3Mega Man 3 is arriving on the Playstation Network in Japan, a reminder of the NES game's Easter Eggs. Holding down certain buttons on controller 2 froze enemies and enabled super jumping. Holding up and A during the end credits triggers Proto Man's full musical theme. |
| Grasshopper's Akira Yamaoka talks audio techniquesAkira Yamaoka of Grasshopper Manufacture today spoke at the Game Developers Conference on the subject of inspiring game players' emotions through the use of sound. Brandon Sheffield provides a summary of the talk on Gamasutra. |
| Ghost Trick receives Japan release date, new trailersCapcom's forthcoming Nintendo DS title Ghost Trick is designed by Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney series' Shuu Takumi. Several new trailers and a playable demo have appeared online in preparation for the June 24 release in Japan. |
| Monkey Island 2: Special Edition confirmed for XBLALucasarts, via their Twitter feed, have announced that Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge will be coming to the Xbox Live Arcade with a new Special Edition. The original game is also headed to the PlayStation Network. |
| Ridge Racers soundtrack album now on iTunesNamco Sounds has uploaded their latest Namco Bandai Games soundtrack to iTunes. The 34 track soundtrack album for PSP title Ridge Racers is now available to download for $12. The album contains music by Hiroshi Okubo, Keiki Kobayashi, Shinji Hosoe, Ayako Sasao, Takayuki Aihara, Nobuyoshi Sano and other composers. |
| Monster Hunter Danceable promotional movieJapanese news site 4Gamer has embedded a promotional movie for Capcom's dance music remix album titled "Monster Hunter Danceable." Samples include "Lioleus Fly High," "Where is a Ninja," and "One Day, Before the Last Battle," set to scenes from Monster Hunter Tri. The CD is due out on store shelves in Japan on March 24. |
| Acquire looking to license Way of the Samurai 4Siliconera has word that Acquire is looking for a Western publisher for the as-of-yet unannounced Way of the Samurai 4. Way of the Samurai 3 was distributed by UFO Interactive and Agetec. The music composer for the series is Noriyuki Asakura of the Tenchu game series. |
| Power Gig: a music game with real guitarsPowerGig: Rise of the SixString, published by Seven45 Studios, will be demoed on the Game Developers Conference show floor this week. It’s scheduled to be released this fall on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. Chris Kohler of Wired got an advance look at the game and the guitar peripheral, which looks like a cross between a Rock Band plastic axe and an inexpensive real one. |
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