“OMFGG – ORIGINAL MUSIC FEATURED ON GOSSIP GIRL NO. 1,” the
first companion soundtrack to the hit CW series, Gossip Girl. The album features an array of tracks
from a range of today’s most intriguing new artists, including the Virgins, the
Republic Tigers, Phantom Planet, the Kills, and the Ting Tings. “OMFGG – ORIGINAL MUSIC FEATURED ON
GOSSIP GIRL NO. 1” arrives digitally today, September 2nd – one day
after the hugely anticipated Season 2 premiere of Gossip Girl. The soundtrack will then arrive in
stores everywhere on October 28th.
Gossip Girl follows series creators Josh Schwartz
& Stephanie Savage’s previous smash drama, The O.C., which was widely
regarded for granting mainstream exposure to the work of such modern rock icons
as Death Cab for Cutie, the Killers, and Modest Mouse. Compiled by The O.C.’s music
supervisor extraordinaire Alexandra Patsavas (Chuck, Mad Men),
“OMFGG – ORIGINAL MUSIC FEATURED ON GOSSIP GIRL NO. 1” gathers together a
remarkable selection of forward-thinking young bands, such as Crystal Castles,
Oppenheimer, and the Teenagers (see attached tracklisting). Among the soundtrack’s many highlights
is a booming cover of Siouxsie & the Banshees’ classic “Cities In Dust,”
performed by the one-and-only Junkie XL.
Of course, it wouldn’t be a true
Gossip Girl soundtrack without some of NYC’s best and brightest. Among the New Yorkers represented are
the Pierces and the Strokes’ Albert Hammond Jr. What’s more, the album features an early
version of the Virgins’ “One Week of Danger,” originally found on the acclaimed
Big Apple-based band’s now-impossible-to-find self-released EP. All songs on “OMFGG – ORIGINAL MUSIC
FEATURED ON GOSSIP GIRL NO. 1” were initially featured throughout the
breakthrough first season of Gossip Girl.
The drama stars Blake Lively, Leighton
Meester, Penn Badgley, Chace Crawford, Taylor Momsen, Ed Westwick, Jessica Szohr
with Kelly Rutherford and Matthew Settle. Keeping track of the shifting
friendships, jealousies and turmoil in this wealthy and complex world isn't
easy; that's why there's Gossip Girl.
Gossip Girl is the winner of two Teen Choice
Awards – for “Choice TV Show – Drama” and “Choice TV Breakout Show” – and has
garnered a legion of fashion-forward fans. Developed by Josh Schwartz (Chuck,
The O.C.) & Stephanie Savage (The O.C.), the drama is
executive produced by Schwartz, Savage, Leslie Morgenstein (Privileged,
Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, Samurai Girl) Bob Levy
(Privileged, Samurai Girl), and John Stephens (The O.C., Gilmore
Girls). From College Hill Pictures,
Alloy Entertainment in association with Warner Bros. Television Mondays (8:00–9:00 p.m. ET/PT) on The
CW. and CBS
Paramount Television Inc., the series airs
1.
The Kills –
“Sour Cherry”
2.
The Kooks –
Do You Wanna”
3.
Phantom
Planet – “Do The Panic”
4.
The
Teenagers – “Feeling Better”
5.
The Virgins
– “One Week Of Danger (Demo Version)”
6.
Nadia Oh –
“Got Your Number”
7.
Crystal
Castles – “Crimewave”
8.
The Republic
Tigers – “Fight Song”
9.
Junkie XL –
“Cities In Dust”
10.
The Ting
Tings – “We Started Nothing”
11.
Oppenheimer
– “Breakfast In NYC”
12.
The Pierces
– “Three Wishes”
13.
Albert
Hammond Jr. – “Hard To Live In The City”
VIZ Media, one of the entertainment industry's most innovative and
comprehensive publishing, animation and licensing companies has announced the
forthcoming release of a variety of exciting new Pokémon DVDs that expand the
company’s VIZKIDS imprint of animated content aimed specifically at younger
audiences. The new Pokémon DVD releases include POKÉMON: DIAMOND and PEARL BOX
SETS Vols. 1-2, POKÉMON: BATTLE FRONTIER BOX SETS Vols. 1-2, and POKÉMON: ALL
STARS Vols. 11-12.
More than a
decade after Pokémon was introduced to North America, the powerhouse property
remains extremely popular among children and has generated over $26 billion in
worldwide sales to-date. The POKÉMON:
DIAMOND and PEARL animated series debuted on Cartoon Network in June 2007 as
the most watched show for children in the overall 6-11 demographic. Lending
even more momentum to the franchise was the highly anticipated recent release
of Nintendo’s Pokémon Diamond and Pokémon Pearl video games, which
introduced more than 100 new Pokémon characters. The record-breaking titles
sold over 1 million copies in the first 5 days, making them the fastest selling
Pokémon games ever.
POKÉMON: BATTLE FRONTIER BOX SET 1 · Rated “A” for All Ages ·
MSRP:
$39.98 US / $49.99 CAN Each · Available Now!
Ash and his friends
fight their way across the Battle Frontier – the ultimate Pokémon challenge!
Will Ash defeat the Frontier Brains? Will May qualify for the Kanto Grand
Festival? Will Team Rocket ever give up stealing Pokémon? Find out in the first
half of Pokémon: Battle Frontier!
POKÉMON: BATTLE FRONTIER BOX SET 2 · Rated “A” for All Ages ·
MSRP:
$39.98 US / $49.99 CAN Each · Available September 16, 2008
Ash, Pikachu and
their Pokémon friends give their all as they battle their way across the Battle
Frontier! Will Ash win the ultimate prize and become a Frontier Brain? May
faces challenges of her own when she goes up against her most determined rivals
in the Grand Festival. But Ash and May's toughest battle of all may be –
against each other?
POKÉMON: DIAMOND and PEARL BOX SETS Volumes 1-2 · Rated “A” for All Ages · MSRP: $24.98 US / $34.99 CAN Each · Available September 16, 2008
POKÉMON:
DIAMOND and PEARL - Also Available As Individual Single DVD Volumes For $14.98
US / $19.99 CAN Each · Available September 16, 2008
Beautiful cities, passionate Gym Leaders, mysterious legends of time
and space, cruel villains, and, of course, new Pokémon, all await Ash Ketchum
as he explores the Sinnoh region in the ultimate quest to become the greatest
Pokémon master. Joining him in this box set is a new character named Dawn who
seeks to become a Top Pokémon Coordinator. But standing in her way are tough
competitors like Zoey and Jessie of Team Rocket. As for Ash, with his friends and
faithful Pikachu at his side and the right Pokémon to train and battle with,
he’s confident he’ll make it into the Sinnoh league – if his new rival Paul
doesn’t get there first!
POKÉMON: ALL STARS Volume 11: MEOWTH · Rated “A”
for All Ages ·
MSRP:
$9.98 US / $12.99 CAN Each · Available Now!
Due to the
popularity of the first 10 volumes of POKéMON: All Stars, 10 additional DVDs
will be released to commemorate top Pokémon characters. Volume 11 highlights
Meowth and features 3 classic episodes featuring this memorable feline character.
POKÉMON: ALL STARS Volume 12: TREECKO · Rated “A”
for All Ages
MSRP:
$9.98 US / $12.99 CAN Each · Available Now!
The next volume
in the POKÉMON: ALL STARS series features the calm, cool forest dwelling
Treecko and offers 3 complete episodes highlighting this Pokémon that first appeared
during the series’ popular Hoenn adventures.
Electronic Arts has shipped FaceBreaker to retailers worldwide on the PLAYSTATION 3 computer
entertainment system and Xbox 360 videogame system from Microsoft. FaceBreaker
K.O. Party for Wii will follow in November. An all-new
intellectual property under the EA SPORTS Freestyle brand,
FaceBreaker brings back the experience of old-school arcade boxing to a new
generation of gamers. Expect the unexpected with FaceBreaker, featuring
laugh-out-loud action and over-the-top characters.
FaceBreaker drops
you into a world filled with eye-popping stylized graphics and ego wielding
characters that get you raring to get your pummel on. Add a
little personal motivation to your fights using the custom face generator
called Photo Game Face. Use an Xbox LIVE Vision camera or a
PLAYSTATION Eye camera to create a custom boxer by uploading yourself
– or someone more notorious – directly to your console.
Alternatively, use a regular photo and share your masterpiece with the
world in the online Boxer Gallery. Download your created boxer into your
game in seconds from EA SPORTS World (www.easportsworld.com),
or scour the 30,000 plus boxers that have already been created since the
launch of the downloadable demo last month.
Laugh out loud as you
pummel your opponent with a barrage of blows to the face, and watch in
satisfaction as your progress is illustrated by real-time facial
deformation. With haymakers, face shots and body
blows, wait for the right moment to drop a Breaker to make your presence
known. Taunt your adversaries and flaunt your talent, by boxing with one
hand behind your back to add ultimate humiliation to your bout.
In FaceBreaker, it just feels good to rearrange your opponent's
face.
Today, Ubisoft announced that gamers who pre-order the new Prince of
Persia title in North America will receive a FREE upgraded Limited
Edition version of the game. yup that's right, as if you needed more incentive to purchase this game, well, I at least didn't. I can't wait to play this game, as the videos, and screens look interesting.
The FREE Limited Edition Upgrade is only available by pre-ordering and will include in addition to the regular SKU:
• Collectable Limited Edition packaging
• An exclusive look at the making of Prince of Persia
•
A Prima digital mini-strategy guide full of developer's secrets to
help players master the year's best action-adventure game
• A digital art book that chronicles the game's journey from concept to winner of Best Artistic Design at E3 2008
• The original soundtrack scored by master composer Inon Zur
• And much more…
Additionally,
Ubisoft announced a partnership with Penny Arcade for the creation of a
comic book based on the new Prince of Persia title. Penny Arcade, known
for creating short video game-based comics, has accepted this sizable
project as a response to their readers' overwhelming excitement about
Prince of Persia's fresh new artistic style.
The expanded
32-page comic book will span roughly four times longer than the usual
Penny Arcade comic and will allow the Prince's story to be creatively
told in a robust, illustrative format. The comic book will also give
readers a unique knowledge of the new Prince of Persia game as well as
an enhanced understanding as to the relationship between Elika and the
Prince.
Prince of Persia will be available Holiday 2008 for the
Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, the
PLAYSTATION 3 computer entertainment system and PC. Also available this
holiday exclusively for the Nintendo DS system, Prince of Persia:
The Fallen King will complement the version coming out on consoles and
PC.
NAMCO BANDAI Games, today announced that Warhammer: Battle March
for the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft
and Warhammer: Mark of Chaos -
Battle March for the PC have shipped to retailers throughout North
America. Delivering deep, tactics-based real-time strategy action to the Xbox
360 and introducing new content to the critically acclaimed Warhammer: Mark of Chaos for the PC,
Battle March brings Games Workshop’s
legendary fantasy world to life with brutal combat on a massive scale, a wide
range of customizable units and support for online skirmishes.
Warhammer:
Battle March on the Xbox 360 includes the
original content from Warhammer: Mark of Chaos as well as
more units and armies, new console-specific control schemes and support for
online play via the Xbox LIVE online entertainment network.
Eliminating the tedious resource management and base building that make the
real-time strategy genre so daunting, the game puts the spotlight squarely on
the thrill of each battle, delivering an experience that is uniquely well-suited
to console play. Built around the framework of Games Workshop’s renowned fantasy
world, players will be able to control six unique armies – the Empire, Chaos,
Skaven, High Elves, Dark Elves and Orcs & Goblins – as they experience the
different perspectives of each faction’s quest for survival and triumph in a
world torn apart by constant war. On Xbox LIVE, up to four players can engage in
massive multi-army clashes in head-to-head and team-based modes of play.
Warhammer: Mark of Chaos -
Battle March for the PC builds upon the original
game’s tactical foundation with an all-new single player campaign focusing on
the Orcs & Goblins, new units for each faction and a massive, persistent new
online World Domination mode. As players succeed in World Domination mode, their
chosen faction will gain more influence over the world of Warhammer, encouraging
gamers to work in unison with other online players to gain more territory and
achieve total supremacy.
Electronic Arts has shipped FaceBreaker to retailers worldwide on the PLAYSTATION 3 computer
entertainment system and Xbox 360 videogame system from Microsoft. FaceBreaker
K.O. Party for Wii will follow in November. An all-new
intellectual property under the EA SPORTS Freestyle brand,
FaceBreaker brings back the experience of old-school arcade boxing to a new
generation of gamers. Expect the unexpected with FaceBreaker, featuring
laugh-out-loud action and over-the-top characters.
Today, Ubisoft announced that gamers who pre-order the new Prince of
Persia title in North America will receive a FREE upgraded Limited
Edition version of the game. yup that's right, as if you needed more incentive to purchase this game, well, I at least didn't. I can't wait to play this game, as the videos, and screens look interesting.
NAMCO BANDAI Games, today announced that Warhammer: Battle March
for the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft
and Warhammer: Mark of Chaos -
Battle March for the PC have shipped to retailers throughout North
America. Delivering deep, tactics-based real-time strategy action to the Xbox
360 and introducing new content to the critically acclaimed Warhammer: Mark of Chaos for the PC,
Battle March brings Games Workshop’s
legendary fantasy world to life with brutal combat on a massive scale, a wide
range of customizable units and support for online skirmishes.