The Red Dead Redemption: Undead Nightmare Original Soundtrack, which originally debuted on iTunes alongside the release of the disc-based Undead Nightmare DLC compilation, is now available as a physical CD from the Rockstar Warehouse for USD$9.99.

Composed by Bill Elm and Woody Jackson, the men behind the original Red Dead Redemption soundtrack, this terrifically spooky score features eerie instrumentals as well as epic Southern Gothic rockabilly tracks from guest performers Kreeps and Misterio.

For more details on both the Red Dead Redemption and Undead Nightmare soundtracks including track listings and featured samples, check out the official Soundtrack feature page.

Identity: Yours, Mine, Ours

Is Australia really a tolerant nation? Unlike any other exhibition in an Australia museum, Identity boldly provides fresh and challenging insights into personal identity – who we are, how we perceive each other and what it means to belong or not belong in Australia. Taking as its starting point what the Immigration Museum is renowned for – telling the story of two centuries of migration to Australia – Identity explores multicultural Australia as it is today. Featuring a range of stories told through objects, photographs and immersive multimedia and developed with diverse communities across Victoria, Identity will challenge visitors to examine their own assumptions and prejudices about Australia’s multicultural society.

Date: From 17 March 2011

West African Festival

The Museum will come alive to the beat of West Africa at this cultural festival presented as part of the Melbourne Food and Wine Festival. Music, dance and food are at the heart of the West African community. Meet this passionate community at the West African Festival, which will feature musicians and dancers as well as activities for the whole family. Cooking demonstrations and food stalls will showcase a selection of West African sweet and savoury delights.

Date: 11am – 4pm, Sunday 6 March 2011

West African Food and Wine Festival Evening

Come on a tasteful journey to West Africa at this Melbourne Food and Wine Festival evening. On arrival you will be welcomed with cocktails and for the following two hours indulge in traditional flavours of West Africa that will tantalise your tastebuds and leave you wanting more. Let the rhythmic drumming and flame throwing spectacular make your soul dance with joy. 

Cost: $85 adults, $75 MV Members

Bookings: 13 11 02
Date: 6.30pm – 8.30pm, Thursday 10 March 2011

West Africa: Rhythm and Spirit
This exhibition explores the long-held traditional beliefs and cultural practices of contemporary West African society. Featuring over 200 objects, including colourful masks, intricately carved figures, musical instruments, beautifully decorative cloth and jewellery as well as photographs and film, this exhibition provides a window into the life of today’s West African cultures. West Africa: Rhythm and Spirit encompasses six major themes – kingship and authority, fertility, pattern and adornment, divination, masks and masquerades, and trade – which reflect the diversity and dynamism of this unique and fascinating region.

Date: Until 29 May 2011

Honouring our Ancestors: Remembering Timor Leste

This exhibition explores a ritual called Se Matebian, which takes place each year on All Souls Day and honours East Timorese ancestors. It looks at how the East Timorese community in Australia continue to practise this ritual today. Personal stories and reflections of people from the East Timorese community are shared and featured objects include a silver breast plate and head piece worn by elders during ceremonial peace, a silver jewellery box with an ancestral worship home on top, jewellery associated with ancestors, timber statues representing ancestors, hand woven baskets and East Timorese fabrics.

Date: Until 10 April 2011

Immigration Museum, 400 Flinders Street, Melbourne.  Open daily 10.00am to 5.00pm. Admission: Adult $8, child/concession FREE. More info 13 11 02 or museumvictoria.com.au/immigration museum

Coming to www.rockstargames.com/lanoire and the Rockstar Newswire.

Today, as one of our first official L.A. Noire original artwork releases, we present this signature image of intrepid Detective Cole Phelps, poised for action, service pistol at the ready, in one of the many seedy and dangerous back alleys of Los Angeles, 1947.  

You can now download any of the range of desktop formatted wallpapers, backgrounds, avatars and buddy icons in all the customary sizes from the Rockstar Downloads section – as you prepare to step into Phelps’ gumshoes this spring to take down a rogue’s gallery of criminals from petty thieves to corrupt officials, drug traders, vicious murderers, arsonists and more.  

Look for the continuing series of official L.A. Noire artwork releases featuring the game’s hardnosed characters and gritty crime scenes throughout the coming weeks and months.

SEGA’S VIRTUA TENNIS 4 SMASHES INTO ACTION ON PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and Wii  

The World’s Top Tennis Stars Are Hitting the Courts Again as SEGA’s Best-Selling Tennis Series Releases in Autumn 2011  

Friday 21^st January 2011 – SEGA^® Europe Ltd. and SEGA^® of America, Inc. are thrilled to announce that Virtua Tennis™ 4 will be making its way onto the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft and the Wii™ in 2011. As previously announced, the game will also be available for PlayStation^®3 computer entertainment system featuring PlayStation^®Move compatibility and 3D technology.

Developed to take full advantage of PlayStation^®Move, MotionPlus and Kinect™, Virtua Tennis 4 puts players closer than ever before to being out on the court. Fans of the world’s No.1 selling tennis series can also enjoy all of the new features using regular controllers. Boasting its strongest ever player line-up across all platforms, Virtua Tennis 4 features the world’s top stars such as world No.1 Rafael Nadal, 16-time major champion Roger Federer and UK No.1 Andy Murray. Joining them for the first time are seven new champions making their debut to the series, enabling players to take on the likes of Juan Martín Del Potro, Fernando Gonzalez, Caroline Wozniacki and Laura Robson.

“Virtua Tennis 4 is a huge push forward for the much loved SEGA series,” commented Gary Knight, Senior Vice President of Marketing at SEGA of Europe and SEGA of America. “New technology has allowed for the development of innovative styles of gameplay, meaning Virtua Tennis can reach a level of realism not seen before in the tennis genre.”

In addition, Virtua Tennis 4 sees a totally new World Tour career mode designed to encourage replay value with an element of off-court fame. Each decision affects a player’s career path meaning no two careers will ever be the same, while a brand new on-court feature makes for even more dramatic singles and doubles matches. Players can build up their Match Momentum gauge over the course of a match and revel in their improved ability as their players grow in confidence.

The new Online Mode offers an invigorating experience with the choice of a competitive and casual area to suit all players. This new hub will be the most engaging online experience for tennis gamers ever, promising a more competitive matchmaking system and online tournaments geared to seeking out the ultimate Virtua Tennis Champion.

Virtua Tennis 4 is developed by the original Virtua Tennis Team in Japan and will be available in autumn 2011 for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and Wii.

For more information, please visit the official site at www.sega.com/virtuatennis4

 “Damn Funny.” – Josh Horowitz, MTV NEWS 

“A sharp comedy. Killer funny.” – Peter Travers, ROLLING STONE 

Sydney, Australia (Jan 21, 2011)—Bring home the knock-out hit of the year on March 16, when   hits shelves on Blu-ray and DVD from Fox Searchlight Pictures and Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment. John C. Reilly and Jonah Hill go head-to-head in the ultimate smack-down in this irreverent, original comedy.  brings the funny with moment after moment of perfectly-engineered awkwardness and impeccable comedic timing. This holiday season, experience the movie that will have everyone saying: “Seriously, don’t F*** his mom.” 

John C. Reilly, Jonah Hill and Oscar^® Winner Marisa Tomei star in this quirky, hilarious story about love, family and cutting the cord. Not-so-recently divorced John (Reilly) thinks he’s finally found the perfect woman when he meets the sweet and sexy Molly (Tomei). There’s just one problem – Molly’s son Cyrus (Hill) clings to his mom like lint on a T-shirt, and he’s not about to let another man come between them. It’s one hysterically awkward moment after another as John and Cyrus fight for the right to be Molly’s #1 man. Directed by brothers Jay and Mark Duplass, and featuring an all star cast, this comedy debuted as an official selection of the 2010 Sundance Film Festival and SXSW^® Film Conference & Festival. 

 DVD comes with two exclusive alternate scenes – “Cyrus at Party” and “Puppet Movie.” 

 Blu-ray comes with two exclusive alternate scenes – “Cyrus at Party” and “Puppet Movie,” Q&A with Directors/Writers Jay and Mark Duplass, Music Mash Up with John C. Reilly and Jonah Hill, Behind the Scenes at SXSW with Jay & Mark Duplass, Fox Movie Channel Presents: In Character with John C. Reilly, and Fox Movie Channel Presents: In Character with Jonah Hill.

About Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment 
About Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, LLC (TCFHE) is a recognized global industry leader and a subsidiary of Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, a News Corporation company. Representing 75 years of innovative and award-winning filmmaking from Twentieth Century Fox, TCFHE is the worldwide marketing, sales and distribution company for all Fox film and television programming, acquisitions and original productions on DVD, Blu-ray Disc Digital Copy, Video On Demand and Digital Download. The company also releases all products globally for MGM Home Entertainment. Each year TCFHE introduces hundreds of new and newly enhanced products, which it services to retail outlets from mass merchants and warehouse clubs to specialty stores and e-commerce throughout the world.

Bodacious, EGO-dosed action game brings over-the-top FUN and non-PC humour back to games

Sydney, Australia – January 22, 2011 – 2K Games and Gearbox Software announced today what will be a landmark date in gaming history – legendary hero Duke Nukem will make his triumphant return in Duke Nukem Forever® on the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft,

PlayStation® 3 computer entertainment system and Windows PC on May 3, 2011 in North America and May 6, 2011 internationally!

Duke Nukem is one of the biggest and most recognisable brands in the interactive entertainment industry. Irreverent, non-PC, and uber macho, Duke Nukem is the perfect, uncompromising ass-kicking hero to remedy the overdose of today’s gaming archetypes. Duke brings his signature brand of babe-lovin’, cigar-smoking, beer-chugging and ass-kicking action as he saves the Earth and its babes from hordes of invading aliens. Where will you be when Duke Nukem Forever launches? Better mark your calendars, Duke’s legend is being told this May and his brand new trailer, viewable at www.dukenukemforever.com, promises to blow your mind!

“The moment fans all over the world have been waiting for is almost here,” declared Christoph Hartmann, president of 2K. “May 3, 2011 marks Duke’s return as he unleashes his brash and brutally honest wit on the world. His return is going to be epic and one that will make video gaming history!”

Put on your shades and prepare to step into the boots of Duke Nukem, whose legend has reached epic proportions in the years since his last adventure. The alien hordes are invading and only Duke can save the world. Pig cops, alien shrink rays and enormous alien bosses can’t stop our hero from accomplishing his one and only goal: to save the world, save the babes and to be a bad-ass while doing it. The King arrives with an arsenal of over-the-top weapons, non-stop action, and unprecedented levels of interactivity. This game puts the pedal to the metal and tongue firmly in cheek. Shoot hoops, lift weights, read adult magazines, draw crude messages on whiteboards or ogle the many hot women that occupy Duke’s life – that is if you can pull yourself away long enough from destroying alien invaders. Duke Nukem was and will forever be a gaming icon, and this is his legend.

“When I said goodbye to 3D Realms and the original Duke Nukem 3D team in 1997 and soon after founded Gearbox Software, I never in my wildest dreams imagined that a day like today would come,” said Randy Pitchford, president of Gearbox Software. “Today I am proud, humbled and even astounded to announce that the day is coming at last for all gamers to be a part of video game history: Duke Nukem Forever will launch worldwide this May!”

Players looking to get access to the Duke Nukem Forever playable demo before it is publicly released can join the Duke Nukem Forever First Access Club. A membership certificate for the Duke Nukem Forever First Access Club is included within the Borderlands™ Game of the Year edition, where customers will be able to experience the definitive, value-packed collection of the critically acclaimed and best-selling Role-Playing-Shooter that has captured the imagination and attention of single-player and cooperative gamers around the world. 

For more information on Duke Nukem Forever, please visit www.dukenukemforever.com. Duke Nukem Forever is not yet rated by the Australian Classification Board or New Zealand’s Office of Film and Literature Classification.

2K Games is a division of 2K, a publishing label of Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTWO).

About Take-Two Interactive Software

Headquartered in New York City, Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. is a global developer, marketer and publisher of interactive entertainment software games for the PC, PlayStation®3 and PlayStation®2 computer entertainment systems, PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) system, Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, Wii™, Nintendo DS™, iPhone®, iPod® touch and iPad™. The Company publishes and develops products through its wholly owned labels Rockstar Games and 2K, which publishes its titles under 2K Games, 2K Sports and 2K Play. The Company’s common stock is publicly traded on NASDAQ under the symbol TTWO. For more corporate and product information please visit our website at www.take2games.com.

About Gearbox Software

Gearbox Software is respected industry wide for the award winning, best-selling original and licensed video games they have developed for major video game platforms.  Founded in 1999 and located near Dallas, TX, Gearbox Software is well known for the creation and development of their original blockbuster franchise, Borderlands, and has developed numerous top selling add-on packs for Borderlands.  Additionally Gearbox now has ownership of the Duke Nukem franchise, created and developed the Brothers in Arms series and developed games and added value to many of the industry’s top franchises including Halo, Half-Life, Tony Hawk, James Bond and others.  Gearbox Software’s success has been enabled and supported through several key mutually beneficial business relationships with strong publishing partners including Activision, Electronic Arts, Ubisoft Entertainment, Microsoft Games Studios, Sega of America and Take-Two/2K Games.

Currently Gearbox Software is in development with Duke Nukem Forever published by 2K Games, Aliens: Colonial Marines, published by Sega, and other unannounced AAA games for multiple platforms including the Microsoft Xbox 360, PlayStation®3 system, Nintendo Wii, Windows PC, Mac, Nintendo DS, PSP and more.

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Ridge Racer™ Returns with All-New Handheld High Octane Drifting in Dazzling 3D

SYDNEY, Australia – 20th January 2011 – Leading video game publisher NAMCO BANDAI Games Europe S.A.S. today officially announced Ridge Racer™ 3D for Nintendo 3DS™. The Ridge Racer™ series is returning to set the racing world on fire with high-speed drifting, red hot racing battles and a host of new features, all in breathtaking stereoscopic 3D.

Drift through hairpin turns at blistering speeds to edge out the rest of the pack with powerful drift-tuned cars in the newest installment of the global smash Ridge Racer series. Using the stereoscopic 3D power of the Nintendo 3DS™, players will be able to experience a level of intimacy with the on-screen races like never before. Players can now accurately judge the distance between them and the competition with 3D depth of field for some of the most intense arcade racing available. Dirt will fly through the screen on rough terrain and nitrous flames will burst out of tail pipes in a brilliant show of the game’s particle effects.

Other features include an all-new line up of high-powered muscle machines joining the existing in-game selection of race-tuned road beasts, while the new Drift Button brings makes it easier than ever to pull off spectacular turns through tight corners without losing position. New, exciting and vibrant courses include canyons and snow-capped mountains in addition to favourite courses from previous Ridge Racer titles.

Ad Hoc multiplayer mode lets up to four players battle it out for drift supremacy. Choose a registered Mii™, tag, or your own photo to appear above your machine during a race and know exactly who you’re racing against. Swap Ghost data with other players through StreetPass, and create your personal ‘My Ranking’ profile by swapping course records with friends. Racing with friends has never been such red hot fun.

Ridge Racer 3D will be available around the Nintendo 3DS™ launch period. Keep up with the latest news on Ridge Racer 3D at http://www.facebook.com/ridgefan

UBISOFT® UNVEILS NINTENDO 3DSTM LINEUP

Australia – January 20, 2011 – Today, Ubisoft announced that it will support the upcoming launch of the Nintendo 3DS™ with the release of eight games in the first half of calendar year 2011. A recognised pioneer on new platforms, Ubisoft is taking advantage of the stereoscopic 3D and other innovative features of Nintendo’s new handheld console to develop a diverse lineup of games. Ubisoft’s Nintendo 3DS™ lineup includes new intellectual properties as well as original renditions of some of its most popular franchises such as Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell®, Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon® and Rayman®.

“Ubisoft is a leader in developing innovative content for Nintendo platforms and we’re thrilled to continue that tradition, offering numerous titles out of the gate for all audiences for the Nintendo 3DS,” said Yves Guillemot, chief executive officer at Ubisoft. “Ubisoft’s creative teams have developed a rich and diverse line-up of games that take advantage of the amazing innovations that Nintendo has designed with its new handheld platform.”

Ubisoft’s history of originality on Nintendo platforms includes the Wii™ multi-million selling franchises Just Dance®, Rabbids®, Red Steel®, and the best-selling Nintendo DSTM franchises Imagine® and Petz®.

Ubisoft games that will be available in the first half of 2011 for the North American, European and Australian launch of the Nintendo 3DS™ include:

Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell®: Sam Fisher is back in this masterpiece of the stealth/action genre, mixing the tension and realism that makes the essence of the franchise with unprecedented immersion and accessibility thanks to the stereoscopic 3D and innovative controls of the Nintendo 3DS™.

Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon® Shadow Wars: The first tactical, turn-based Ghost Recon game, featuring eye-popping 3D cut scenes and in-game effects, deep team management options and a 1vs1 multiplayer mode on the same console.

Rayman® 3D: One of the most popular franchises of all time lands on Nintendo 3DS™ with an outstanding platform experience that will take advantage of the Nintendo 3DS™ specifications with impressive graphics, stunning 3D effects and full use of the Circle Pad. An adaptation of the acclaimed Rayman 2 The Great Escape® original game on Dreamcast, Rayman 3D will feature major updates on key game play elements such as accessibility, progression and learning curve.

Rabbids® 3D: Rabbids are bwaaaaaack and this time they have an infallible plan to invade the human world: conquer history in their first platform adventure developed exclusively for the Nintendo 3DS™.

James Noir’s Hollywood CrimesTM: A brand new intellectual property developed exclusively for the Nintendo 3DS™, James Noir’s Hollywood Crimes makes the player the main character in a mind-twisting puzzle adventure taking place in an interactive 3D world, with 150 puzzles and mind games to solve.

Combat of Giants® Dinosaurs 3D: This 3D take on the popular kids’ franchise mixes exploration and customisation with real-time combats. Players ages 7 to 10-years old will be immersed into a cataclysmic universe and live the ultimate 3D fighting experience.

Driver® Renegade: The first and exclusive action driving game on the Nintendo 3DS™ that lets the player experience the intensity and brutality of urban car chases in 3D. Players will embody the Driver series hero John Tanner and use the accelerometer to unleash their urban driving skills.

Asphalt™ 3D: Developed by Gameloft and published by Ubisoft, Asphalt™ 3D brings all the excitement and speed of the Asphalt franchise to stereoscopic 3D, featuring more than 40 licensed vehicles, 17 exotic track locations and complete StreetPass™ functionality.

Nintendo 3DS is coming…

3D gaming without the need to wear special glasses will arrive in Australia and New Zealand in March 2011, with the launch of the new portable gaming console Nintendo 3DS!

Nintendo 3DS will be shown to media for the first time in Australia at an exclusive event to be held in Sydney on the evening of Tuesday 8 February, where further details will be announced for its Australian and New Zealand release.