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We wanted to give you a heads up on an upcoming change to a limited number of older legacy DLC songs currently available in the Rock Band library. When licensing songs for release for any platform, including DLC, agreements include term limits on how long the content may be sold on a given platform. This isn’t specific to Rock Band – it’s something that exists in pretty much all licensing agreements. Now, over 5 years since the release of the first batch of Rock Band DLC, we’re reaching the end of some of the earliest licenses we secured. Our Music Team has been hard at work extending these licenses to make sure that this has as small an impact on the community as possible, but there may be a very limited number of songs that will no longer be offered for new purchases in the Rock Band store.

What does this mean for you, Jane and John Q Rock Band? Read on:

If you’ve already bought these tracks, nothing changes. Tracks that you’ve purchased/downloaded are yours. Relicensing should not affect content already in your library.

Select legacy tracks, primarily from the earliest DLC releases, may no longer be offered for new purchase in the Rock Band Store. Again, if you’ve already purchased these tracks you should be entirely unaffected.

If for any reason you need to redownload this content (i.e. in cases of console transfer, hard drive space management, etc.) you should be able to do so even if that content is no longer available for new purchasers in the store. For more information on how to redownload content, check your download history on your console or online, and consult 1st party support channels

As of right now, the only content affected is Metallica Pack 01, the tracks “Ride The Lightning”, “And Justice For All”, and “Blackened”, all of which were released on November 20th, 2007. This content has already been pulled from the Rock Band Store and from 1st party marketplaces.

We’ll post as more information becomes available, with relicensing updates likely coming in on a quarterly basis. We’re hard at work to minimize the impact on the Rock Band catalog and Rock Band community, securing extensions for an overwhelming majority of content and, most importantly, making it a priority to give you advance notice in the future if songs are expiring and have to come down. We’ll do our best to make sure that you have one last chance to buy these legacy catalog tracks!

Whenever I talk to someone about Alien: Isolation, there’s two possible tones of voice. First: gushing, praise-tier relief that either it’s apparently good or that, having just played it themselves, they can confirm it’s good. Or: dark, grim worry that it will live up to the series more recent exploits and be, in a word, trash. There’s a sort of desperate hope surrounding the survival space station explorer, a need for just this once, please, let it be fun. In their latest missive below, Creative Assembly explore their plans for sound design and how the movements of the player will effect what they hear.

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— Jools Watsham (@JoolsWatsham) April 4, 2014

The Pokémon Company International is looking for talented and knowledgeable Pokémon fans to lead live commentary at the 2014 Pokémon US National Championships and the Pokémon World Championships. Chosen commentators will be making an appearance on-screen at the events, which will be streamed live to thousands of Pokémon fans around the world, and will have their travel and hotel costs covered by The Pokémon Company International.

Auditions are open to US residents who are at least 18 years old and who can attend both the US National Championships, July 4-6 in Indianapolis, Indiana, and the World Championships, August 15-17 in Washington, D.C.

To be considered, entrants must submit an audition video where they commentate solo or with a partner on a Pokémon X, Pokémon Y, or Pokémon Trading Card Game (TCG) match. The recorded video must then be posted to YouTube with the title "Play! Pokémon Commentary Audition: [YOUR NAME]". Once the video is posted, entrants need to email auditions@pokemon.com with the following information:

Email subject: Commentary Audition for [YOUR NAME]
Name:
TCG or Video Game:
Audition YouTube Link:
Pokémon event experience:
Additional comments:

All submissions must be posted online with information sent no later than April 21, 2014. As this is an audition and not a contest, The Pokémon Company International does not guarantee that any one person will be chosen from submitted entries.

London, UK—April 4, 2014— Starting today, and for a limited time only, Pokémon fans can head down to GAME UK for some Easter holiday treats. Pokémon video game players will receive a special Pokémon character, Magmar for Pokémon X or Electabuzz for Pokémon Y.

Both seasoned Pokémon Trainers and newcomers to the games will enjoy playing with Electabuzz and Magmar, who appeared in the very first Pokémon video games, Pokémon Red Version and Pokémon Blue Version.

Battling, trading, and collecting have always been at the heart of the Pokémon experience, so fans will appreciate the special bonus items that come with this distribution: Electabuzz is holding an Electirizer, and Magmar is holding a Magmarizer. When traded holding these items, Electabuzz will evolve into Electivire, and Magmar will evolve into Magmortar.

All players need to do is ask at the till for their unique redeemable code, which will be printed on cash receipts upon request.

Pokémon Trading Card Game fans can also get in on the action with a free Pokémon Trading Card Game special sample pack available in store and while stocks last. All packs include a covetable foil Pikachu card, plus one additional card from the Pokémon TCG: XY expansion.

No purchase is necessary in order to obtain either Easter treat!

For more information, check out Pokemon.co.uk/spring2014

April 4th, 2014 The Skylanders have well and truly arrived on earth – and GAME is their next stop!

This month, Skylanders SWAP Force fans up and down the country will have the chance to become members of the exclusive Skylanders SWAP Force Club, launching today only at GAME.

This exciting club will make getting involved in Skylanders SWAP Force and the awesome world of the Skylands even more rewarding: members can meet, swap tips and make new SWAP Force friends at in-store events across the country. Not to mention, the chance to get their hands on a whole host of extra content: from free Topps trading cards to characters, helping fans of the franchise win the war against Kaos.

If that wasn’t enough to keep fans busy, club members will be kept up to date with all the latest Skylanders SWAP Force news, plus GAME customers will benefit from trade-in opportunities, making purchasing characters and content even more affordable. Additionally, they can also pick up the four newest Skylanders SWAP Force characters: Fryno, Jet Vac, Hot Dog and Scratch – all available only at GAME.

If you know a young Portal Master who would like to join the GAME Skylanders SWAP Force Club then entry is easy, simply check out: www.game.co.uk/skylandersclub for details on how to become an instant member. Finally, to get your hands on new characters, available from 4th April, simply pop into your local store or visit the website for more information.