DVS Shoes have posted the extended edit of their commercial for Transworld’s latest jaw-dropper ‘Hallelujah‘.
Have a look below for three and a half minutes of goodness featuring the likes of Daewon Song, Jimmy Cao, Mark Baines, Marty Murawski, Andrew Brophy, Paul Shier and of course, the guy who closed Hallelujah in style, Torey Pudwill.
Heathen are going on a trip round Scotland and just look at what they’re calling it… Faster Blood Axe, Kill! Kill!
This is almost unquestionably going to be the gnarliest tour since Holy Mountain. Scottish heads look out for Colin Adam, Daryl Nobbs, Lewis Threadgold, Ben Devine, Nick Roberts, Martyn Hill and Josh Walters who will be shredding the gnar and jerking off stalefish and KILLING IT.
Get some Scotland.
éS have just announced the UK dates for this year’s Game Of Skate comp.
Each round will be hosted by a UK skate shop with the winner of each event going through to play in the UK final in Manchester on September 5th. The overall UK winner will be flown to the European finals!
The list of skate shops hosting the qualifying games are below, be sure to contact the one local to you and get involved.
31ST JULY – ABERDEEN. 12pm at Transition Extreme Skatepark. Hosted by Boarderline
15TH AUGUST – SOUTHSEA. 12pm, Southsea seafront, next to the Pyramids. Hosted by Bored
15TH AUGUST – CORK, IRELAND. 3pm Mardyke Skate Park. Hosted by Incide
21ST AUGUST – DERBY. 12pm, Rollersnakes shop. Hosted by Rollersnakes
22ND AUGUST – GATESHEAD. 2pm at 5 Bridges. Hosted by Native
29TH AUGUST – BRISTOL. 2pm at Lloyds. Hosted by 5050
4TH SEPTEMBER – MANCHESTER. 2pm, Platt Fields skate park. Hosted by Note
Georgia’s Dead Confederate are to release their new album ‘Sugar‘ in the UK on August 30th.
Fans are invited to have a look at what goes on behind the scenes in the studio during the making of the rock five-piece’s new album.
Check out the video below…
Comeback Kid’s latest album, ‘Symptoms and Cures‘, is due for release on August 31st.
To stir up some hype the Canadian hardcore troupe have posted opening track ‘Do Yourself A Favour‘ on their Myspace.
Click here to hear the new tack…
The long overdue plaza in Cardiff built by Gravity is OPEN!
The fences came down for the Ipath demo and the park is now officially ready to be shredded ahead of it’s previous opening date on July 27th.
It’s already been described by Danny Dicola as ‘probably the best plaza set up [he’s] ever seen‘. Crossfire will be heading down there next weekend for a Spot Check and you should all head down there too as on August 1st there will be a demo with riders from Independent, Venture, Crayon, Kill City and the CSC.
See you there!
Do we all remember the promises made and broken upon the episodic gameplay of the 2008s release of Alone in the Dark?
Luckily for us, Remedy’s Alan Wake has kicked those poor misguided events back into the murky depths, hopefully never to be repeated. With Alan Wake we again see an episodic delivery – thankfully without the skip forward option(see Alone in the Dark) – of a much improved tense piece of psychological horror. And if there’s one diamond to be taken from the Alan Wake then it has to be the magnificent pacing throughout the whole games six episodes. The urge to skip ahead or pass a certain scenario just doesn’t register with the player – you will want to experience all that Alan Wake has to throw at you and you may even go back for more.
Remedy (the home of Max Payne) has had this title on the slow-burner of ‘under development’ for what seems to be an age (roughly 5 years) and had been slated for a released on PC format also. That idea was then scrapped so that the relatively small development team that is Remedy, could focus on getting the 360 format top-notch. That plan does look to have come good for them, as Alan Wake is fairly hard to critique. It does suffer from the blueprint hangover of free-roam, sandbox style gameplay that was set to be developed. And you will notice areas within the game that do feel ghost-like, not because it’s a well rehearsed game mechanic but rather that the vacant spaces feel too obvious due to the lack of possible open-world content.
With most of the gameplay set in the dark gloom, fending of the Taken (the possessed) requires use of equipment that normally wouldn’t scare off a killer rabbit let alone a fiend of the night. Torches, lanterns and flashbangs all aid you in removing the Taken from your linear path. Of course there’s sidearm weapons to do the final take-downs but without a good supply of AAA batteries, you could find yourself struggling to reach your next safe haven.
Remedy look to have plans to expand on the Alan Wake reality with two forthcoming DLCs plus a promised yet-to-be-named sequel. In the meantime, if you’re a Twin Peaks kinda guy/girl I would heartily recommend picking up a copy of Alan Wake now. Just be wary of the birds at night.
8/10
David Osbon
UK new ravers-cum-space rockers Klaxons have revealed the identity the cat on the cover of their new album ‘Surfing The Void‘ due for release on August 23rd.
The history of the cat, who has already become an internet sensation (who would have doubted a cat in a spacesuit would become anything else?), has previously been shrouded in mystery and rumour. Singer and bassist Jamie Reynolds has recently confirmed that the Norwegian Blue is his own mog and is called ‘Orphee‘.
The cat has been confirmed to be a huge fan of the band’s new album, and is especially stoked on the new video for ‘Echoes‘ which you can see below.
The new K-OS music video has surfaced online! The video for ‘Zambony‘, taken off this year’s ‘Yes‘, features a cameo role from Hayden Christensen (you know, Anakin Skywalker!).
Peep the video below…
Red Bull have announced this week who will be competing in this year’s Manny Mania final in NYC on August 22nd. Jack Edwards will be doing it for the UK in the world am final after killing it at the UK final in Bay66 earlier this year. He’ll be competing against a whole host of two-wheeling wizards from across the globe but here’s who’s been confirmed for the Pro event…
Zered Bassett, Brandon Biebel, Chico Brenes, Joey Brezinski, Ronnie Creager, Jack Curtain, Ryan Decenzo, Wade DesArmo, Danny Falla, Josh Kalis, Forrest Kirby, Ronson Lambert, Raul Navarro, Marcus McBride, Marty Murawski, Tim O’Connor, Joey Pepper, Lenny Rivas, Eli Reed, Billy Rohan, Philip Schuster, Rodrigo Tx, Karl Watson and Stevie Williams.
Expect things to get mad tech fast, here’s the footage from last year to get you hyped…