Score: From The Rooftops of Mirror's Edge

Album Cover for Still Alive (The Theme From Mirror's Edge)- The RemixesMirror's Edge is a very interesting, sometimes frustrating but all the same remarkable game to me. Much of it, yes was tied to the first-person parkour gameplay. But a lot of it was also the very sterile environments in a nameless city in all but lockdown and the subtle nature of the soundtrack that never seemed to get in the way. It was always just there and stil enjoyable for as simple as it mostly is.

The Still Alive: The Remixes album released in addition the game's original soundtrack. The album featured six mixes of the theme of Mirror's Edge, including the long version of it as song by Swedish pop singer Lisa Miskovsky.

The 40th Demo

EA announced that Xbox Live and PSN will be receiving the demo for Army of Two: The 40th Day this on the 17th. The demo will feature most of the game's first stage apparently. The following trailer takes a look at the demo.

Count To Five: AC2 DLC, FFXIII Box Art, and Dante's Demo

This blog really isn't a place I plan on putting a lot of news. The 1UPs, Gamespots, Gamasutras and JoyStiq's of the world or place better fit for breaking news being they actually have full-time staffs dedicated to that. Besides, I more or less reserve my actual reporting for The Game Reviews and some of my opinions for Bitmob. But when I'm not doing a full-blown highlight of something here, I do want to quickly highlight certain news and other random thought I'm probably tweeting elsewhere anywhere.

Welcome the Count To Five. Here I'll highlight five bits of news or things that pique my interest or quick thoughts for which I'm not dedicating full articles here or elsewhere. And being practically everything else new I'm debuting around start with it....

1. Final Fantasy XIII Box Art Reveal

 See, not exactly huge news. But being I'm anticipating this game like a person dying of thirst anticipates fresh water, I'm showing it the love.

2. Spring 2010 Blooms More Assassination

Ubisoft annouced two packs of DLC for Assassin's Creed II set for next spring. Entitled "Battle of Forli" and "The Bonfire of the Vanities" (releasing in January and Feburary repsectively), the DLC would presumably be set near the latter part of AC2's Ezio's timeline or soon after if the actual bonfire is any indication.

3. Abandon All Hope Next Week

EA annouced "Hell's Gate", the Dante's Inferno demo, will release on PSN December 10 and on Xbox Live Christmas Eve. The demo will feature the entire first level of the game.

4. Dan Hsu and Demian Linn Back At EGM

As announced via a press release, the new Electronic Gaming Monthly has brought former EGM Editor Chief Dan Hsu and former Reviews Editor Demian Linn to oversee the reboot of the magazine. Hsu shared his thoughts on coming "full circle" on Bitmob today.

5. Game of the Year Thoughts

Still yet to play some of the major title (Uncharted 2 and Dragon Age: Origins stand out) but my short list of games I'd be considering for year end honors are coming together. Modern Warfare 2, Assassin's Creed II, an Batman: Arkham Asylum stand out in my thoughts as nominees for best console game, Splosion Man and Shadow Complex are personal favorites on the downloadable sphere. Won't be tossing out any nods officially until after Christmas, but there's my thoughts are now.

Skate 3 First Look

Skate when first introduced the world innovated the way a skating game could control. It left some of the ridiculousness of Tony Hawk behind and made something really interesting. It was hit or miss for depending on the gamer but it was fun. With one sequel already out of the way, EA gives us a sneak peek at what's new in Skate 3.

Dante's Inferno Animated Trailer

Okay sure, Dante's Inferno so far looks like it has three things going for it. 1. It may be in the running for video game with the most opportunistic grab of a well-known book title that has as little to do with it passable. 2. A marketing campaign that's so far been so awkward, if not bad, it's hard to not notice. 3. It looks like such a blatent God of War clone we can only hope it's as fun.

Here's a recent trailer for the game.