Next Tuesday, May 26, you’ll be able to download the second full album release for Rock Band. The much anticipated Who’s Next album by The Who still hasn’t surfaced, but instead we’ll be getting The Cars’ self titled album. The track list follows:
All Mixed Up
Bye Bye Love
Don’t Cha Stop
Good Times Roll
I’m In Touch With Your World
Just What I Needed
Moving In Stereo
My Best Friend’s Girl
You’re All I’ve Got Tonight
The individual songs will be downloadable for 160 MS Points ($2), and you can get the entire album for 1200 MS Points ($15).
Doctor Who has become huge for both BBC and the SciFi Channel, so news of this magnitude is bound to cause some level of anxiety. But relax and take a deep breath; it’s going to be alright. Russel T. Davies is stepping down as the executive producer of Doctor Who, and the job will be filled by the entirely capable and award-winning talent of Steven Moffat. Who fans will recognize Moffat as the writer of such favorite episodes as “The Empty Child”, “The Girl in the Fireplace”, and “Blink.”
After the current fourth season ends, there’s going to be a long break until season five begins in the spring of 2010. Don’t despair, though! There are plans for four specials (ala the yearly Christmas special) throughout 2009 to tide us over.
The upcoming universe-colliding Midway game, Mortal Kombat Vs. DC Universe, rocked the Internet when the first trailer hit, featuring Batman and Sub-Zero beating the snot out of each other. Now the company has released a still shot of another character from the game–Superman! Here he is in all his Man of Steelness, and it looks like the Daily Planet is having a bad week in the background.
Stargate: Atlantis will begin its fifth season this year, but there are quite a few changes in the roster from season four. Among the additions and deletions are:
Jewel Staite now has a regular cast role, instead of a recurring role.
Amanda Tapping is leaving the series to work on the new series Sanctuary.
Robert Picardo is reprising his role as Richard Woolsey to join the regular cast.
Paul McGillion will appear in four or five episodes in season five.
Tori Higginson will not appear in any episodes this season.
In a recent interview, XBox Live’s David Edery revealed a plan to increase the maximum filesize for XBox Live Arcade releases. This has been a point of contention for quite a while, as some developers have felt stifled by the previous size limit for their products. The only real reason the size limit exists is for the benefit of those who have bought XBox 360s without hard drives (the original Core model and the current Arcade model). Nintendo Wii aside, it’s puzzling as to why someone would want to have a current gen console without a hard drive, but there you go. Here’s what Edery had to say about the issue:
Q: And you’re upping the size of Xbox Live Arcade games as well to 350 megabytes?
David Edery: Yeah, it’s a steady progress. We’ve been listening to our partners, listening to our customers to try and get a feel for what’s right. We don’t want the size limit to hit the roof because we think there’s some value in promoting small pick and play experiences that don’t cost USD 20 million, it’s good for the ecosystem.
Diamond Comics Distribution released their bestseller lists for April 2008 today. Here’s a look at the top 20 individual comic issues for the month, based on quantity sold:
Secret Invasion #1
New Avengers #40
Dark Tower: The Long Road Home #2
Mighty Avengers #12
Uncanny X-Men #497
Hulk #3
Thor #8
Amazing Spider-Man #555
Justice League of America #20
X-Force #3
Buffy the Vampire Slayer #13
Captain America #37
Justice Society of America #14
Amazing Spider-Man #556
X-Men Legacy #210
Amazing Spider-Man #557
Titans #1
Countdown to Final Crisis 1
Young X-Men #1
Batman #675
Marvel dominated the list once again, with 14 comics. DC came in a distant second place with 5 issues, and Buffy the Vampire Slayer gave Dark Horse their only entry into the top 20 for April.
Battlestar Galactica is winding down, and a big pool of talent is about to become available for the pickings. CSI already has blundered in not grabbing Katee Sackhoff when they had the chance, but Nip/Tuck won’t make that same mistake. Sackhoff is set to play Dr. Teddy Lowe on the sixth season of the series. She’s currently on board to be a recurring character who will appear in four episodes.
Here’s a sneak peek at the upcoming season of Heroes. There are a couple of potentially spoilery things included (such as hints at whether certain characters whose fates were in the balance at the end of season 2 will be returning), so beware if you choose to watch it.
The cast for the big screen adaptation of Bryan Lee O’Malley’s Scott Pilgrim’s graphic novel series continues to grow. Michael Cera (Superbad, Arrested Development) previously grabbed the title role, and now Mary Elizabeth Winstead (Grindhouse) is on board to co-star. The comics series is about Scott Pilgrim, a guy who must fight and defeat his girlfriend’s seven evil ex-boyfriends. The movie is currently in pre-production for a 2009 release.
Take a look at the trailer for The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor. The film is set to release on August 1 and stars Brendan Fraser, Jet Li, Maria Bello, and Michelle Yeoh. Yetis and mummies and dragons, oh my!
