Soundgarden announced their intent to reunite some time ago (the group split back in 97) and they’ll take the stage for the first time since then at Lollapalooza this weekend. Coincidentally, it was at Lollapalooza in 1996 that I saw Soundgarden while touring in support of their last studio album.
Anyway, their next release is Telephantasm, which is much like their last release A-Sides, a greatest hits album with one new song. What a value to those of us who supported Soundgarden and already own the albums!

Its not all doom and gloom though, since the first million copies of the next Guitar Hero title, Warriors Of Rock, will include the single CD version that album. The unreleased song “Black Rain” will be on the CD and will be available for play in the game. The game releases September 28, and the standalone release of Telephantasm will not release until October 5, so you can get a limited Soundgarden fix a week early!

Hit the jump for the full track listings to the CD and the limited edition CD/DVD combo.

A word to the wise: just because something comes from the Far East, makes no sense, and flops commercially, does not make it a cult classic, a good game, or even an above average game for that matter. (Oh, and before you hit us up with any hate mail, I should let you know that I count Madworld amongst my top 10 games from last year, enjoyed No More Heroes, got a good laugh out of Katamari Damancy, and even loved Killer 7 enough to try to make sense out of its plot, and I even featured 3 of those 4 games as previous $20 GOTWs). Crap is crap, regardless of which side of the Pacific Ocean it comes from. Such is the case of this clunker, produced by Taiwanese company Joy Van and released in the United States by our friends at Color Dreams.
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A reminder to fans of any Mattel products. Today at 12 Noon EST, MattyCollector.com will have all of their 2010 SDCC exclusive items up for sale. Here is the link to full order page for easier ordering. Here is a list of what will be on sale:
Orko w/ Prince Adam (this is not the color-changing orko)
Mo-Larr/Skeletor MOTUC 2-pack
DCUC Plastic Man figure (without the suitcase accessory)
JLU Starro the Conqueror boxed set (will not include Starro spores for 6 inch figures)
Cars Toon Tokyo Mater
Retro-Action Real Ghostbusters Peter Venkman
Toy Story 3 Disney/Pixar Collection Lotso
WWE Undertaker
Avatar Jake Sully vs Colonel Miles Quaritch Figures

Like Audiosurf, Beat Hazard’s gameplay is driven by music. You can load a song, or go through a whole album in survival mode, and the gameplay syncs up to your music. You can use any MP3 in your sound collection, but PC gamers have to download an $1 update that allows them to play with non-protected Itunes tracks, AAC files, and MP4s. You pilot your ship while avoiding enemy fire and asteroids. You gain powerups that upgrade your weaponry, and volume powerups that turn up the volume. While the track isn’t very loud at first, the volume powerups make it louder. However, as the track gets louder, the action gets more intense. Its gameplay is familiar to anyone who has played Geometry Wars. The left analog stick controls movement, the second stick controls the weapons, and the right trigger activates bombs. PC gamers can use a mouse and keyboard, but you’ll definitely want to use an Xbox 360 control pad. Although there isn’t much variety in game modes or enemy types, you can rank up and compete on online leaderboards. If you or someone you know is epileptic, you may want to keep as far away from this game as possible, as the flashing strobe effects get intense. Even if Beat Hazard doesn’t break much new ground, It’s fun and addictive, and it’s a great new way to experience your music collection.

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Holy shit did you see this?

Mother of fuck that was an awesome explosion! Brains EVERYWHERE.

Oh jesus here is a power planet exploding…

AWWW HELL YES BURN FUCKING FOREST!
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Yesterday, we posted some of the first images of the Masterpiece Rodimus Prime unpainted prototype. There were only a three pictures and they left more questions than answers. Today, a TFW2005 poster, posted new images of the unpainted prototype that give a better idea of what this toy is going to be like. I have mirrored them below.

The trailer pictures seem to confirm my underwhelming initial impressions. The robot looks fantastic, with what appears to be a rotating face gimmick to show Hot Rod’s face, similar to the gimmick on the Masterpiece Starscream mold. Overall, the figure looks entirely too short though. We don’t know for certain yet, but he looks much shorter than the Masterpiece Optimus Prime mold and that is a disservice to Rodimus as another Prime. Let us know what you think in the comments!

Pictures are after the jump!
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The next wave of Transformers Generations has been talked about but little seen. No photography was allowed during the Botcon panel that mentioned many of these figures, and Hasbro’s SDCC 2010 panel left a lot of new stuff out.

Now thanks to a presentation at CybertronCon in China, we have our first look at many new figures. Included in this gallery are Deluxe figures Jazz, Pereceptor, Scourge, Thunderwing, and Tracks. Legends class Optimus, Megatron, Starscream, and Goldbug (Gold Bumblebee) are present, as well as Scout Windcharger, Voyager Lugnut and Grapple. Also included are new PowerCore Combiners representing Constructicons and Dinobots.

Images via TFCLUB.