Today in Joystiq: January 28, 2008
by Ross Miller 
{ Jan 28th 2008 at 11:59PM }
News
Stringer: PS3 is 'out of the woods'
New games this week: Turok edition
1080 degrees now boarding Virtual Console
Super Smash Bros. Brawl video dump
Rock Band Weekly: Coheed and Cambria, Rush and Smashing Pumpkins
ION Game Conference to address social networking on consoles, PC
Patapon demo includes exclusive weapon
Campaigner calls Wii exercise in schools 'another gimmick'
This Wednesday: Rez, Chessmaster come to XBLA
'Guitar Hero: On Tour' trademarked, possible name for DS version
Circuit City posts new cobalt blue DS model ... removes soon after
World of Goo oozes onto PC and Wii in '08
Kingdom Under Fire II combines RTS, MMO, cornrows
Rock Band microphone in the wild for $50, Wii
Screenshots: Resistance 2
PC game sales only 14 % of industry in 2007
Turok developers remove team-kill achievement with launch-day patch
Halo 3 MacFarlane figures packaged, pretty, coming soon
Team Fortress 2 updated for PC, 'Well' map goes CTF
The Force Unleashed for Wii gets exclusive content
Nintendo shares drop 10%, has 'little to do with company itself'
Rumors & Speculation
Rumor: 120 - 160 GB PS3 with rumble in the pipeline
Rumor: Comprehensive MGS collection coming to PS2
Culture & Community
Ricardo Torres promoted to GameSpot EIC
Jack Thompson: Mass Effect controversy 'ridiculous'
Pro wrestler starts gaming column
How old is old enough to play games?
See Ronald McDonald teach DDR
New site chronicles co-op gaming
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
David @ Jan 29th 2008 12:12AM
While I haven't had a guitar break on me, I do know that skate is a really good game.
Victor @ Jan 29th 2008 12:36AM
snake-mario
wow, just-- wow...
sorry for the offtopic loi
XanthouS @ Jan 29th 2008 1:03AM
PSWii ftw =]
hvnlysoldr @ Jan 29th 2008 1:17AM
I'm walking on sunshine Oh OH!
http://www.brawlcentral.com/
XanthouS @ Jan 29th 2008 12:15AM
Apparently, having to wait 3 1/2 weeks for a replacement drum pedal doesn't warrant a free game.
Thanks, EA!
Stuart @ Jan 29th 2008 12:20AM
Neither does not buying the game. shit.
Eggman @ Jan 29th 2008 12:37AM
Same for me, except instead of 3 and a half weeks, make it 5 weeks.
Will @ Jan 29th 2008 1:21PM
Yeah, me too. I'm on week five. I thought "the Rock Band team is committed to providing a world-class customer experience"? Isn't anything over three weeks "an unacceptably long delay"? So where are our free games, EA?
Gavin @ Jan 29th 2008 12:33AM
Sent my guitar off to be fixed today.
Hope they send me the free game offer when they receive it.
GreyFox @ Jan 29th 2008 3:39AM
I'm getting my new guitar and USB hub in the mail in about a week or two so I too hope they extend this offer to me.
Deck @ Jan 29th 2008 12:36AM
Well at least Skate is a good game. As far as Skateboarding games go anyway. Its innovative and something fresh compared to all the damn Tony Hawk's.
colin @ Jan 29th 2008 12:44AM
look at what i got ... :(
http://www.flickr.com/photos/colinwentworth/2227265981/
copa @ Jan 29th 2008 12:47AM
Those filthy bastards.
badarsemother3k @ Jan 29th 2008 12:49AM
Nice photo shop. EA isn't that evil... I think.
Brad Bittner @ Jan 29th 2008 12:53AM
I requested a replacement on 12/2 last year, got a box and had it shipped by 12/7... Never got an offer for a free game... Had to call them twice to see what was going on, turns out somebody cancelled my order ticket. I finally talked a manager into giving me $15 from the online store, and didn't get my guitar until 1/24/08... Nearly 7 weeks later.
Ugh.
wei @ Jan 29th 2008 12:57AM
i'm still waiting for my copy of nhl 08.. it's irrelevant since my 360 red-ringed again 2 weeks ago.. damnit
ebeezy @ Jan 30th 2008 3:05AM
Wow. There was some mistake with my guitar and I sent a pretty irritated post on the Rockband support. I was going on 4 weeks without my guitar. My new guitar finally came and it apparently was a one way shipment. I emailed them back to ask them what's up and they said I could keep my broken guitar as well.
maverick_saturn_626 @ Jan 29th 2008 4:48AM
Free game? In my dreams, lol
Cian @ Jan 29th 2008 10:48AM
It's a load of crap that I waited a month for my replacement guitar and wasn't offered a free game.
NATO_Duke @ Jan 29th 2008 11:35AM
We got a replacement guitar within 2-3 weeks of sending the first request, so I thought it was a pretty fast process. Wonder how some people have been left waiting so long.
UberBeth @ Jan 29th 2008 12:48PM
I received my free (Simpsons) game from EA a few weeks back, not long after sending back all my broken peripherals.
DWells55 @ Jan 29th 2008 12:36PM
Am I the only person who read the first line of that letter and assumed it was addressed to Fernando?
bobartig @ Jan 29th 2008 1:35PM
The last time I was down at EA campus, I picked up Skate for a friend. I really should have picked up a copy for myself, but I was on the crack or something, and didn't.
My drum pedal doesn't *seem* like its going to break any time soon, and we're playing 5-7th tier songs on hard, which make ample use of it. Here's hoping it holds out if the replacement times are 3+ weeks these days.
My guitar replacement was extremely fast, under a week, so no freebie for me.
Pat @ Jan 29th 2008 4:39PM
I've had 3 broken guitars. I still haven't gotten my replacement, been 4 weeks. No free game offer. Not even an apology.