Demon's Soul's server life extended... again

One of the best RPG's you can get out of the PS3 will have their server's extended once again, publisher Atlus just announced. It was originally extended till the end of March of 2011 but because of it's growing popularity they decided to extend it even further till the end of Oct of 2011. This is great new's indeed for the community of Demon Soul's who seem to just grow rather than slow down. This is considered as a must buy for any PS3 owners out there. If you want something fresh, painfully challenging and just love RPGs, pick it up. It will suck you in and you won't regret it.

"We've said it before and we'll say it again," said Atlus exec Aram jabbari, "we will support the online servers for Demon's Souls as long as we possibly can, and we'll be as transparent about the entire process as possible, hence us constantly updating folks as to what to expect.

"That said, we're starting to think.... the servers may have taken on a bit of a.... life of their own. Have you played the game? it's not just one of the most brilliant roleplaying games ever made; it's darn challenging, too. It's starting to feel like even if we wanted to, we couldn't shut things down."


"Honestly, we're more worried the servers will shut down than the other way around."

They have a point. Atlus created quite a unique Franchise that's just an amazing game overall. I don't think another extension is even enough for this ever growing community.

Source: Eurogamer

Axl Rose Suing Activision

Axl Rose has just issued his most insane lawsuit yet, suing Activision for $20 million for Featuring Guns N' Roses' "Welcome to the Jungle" in Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock. Axl initially signed off on "Jungle" being used in the game, but on one condition: Do not put any music by Velvet Revolver, which boasts guitarist Slash (Rose's former bandmate and mortal enemy) in the game. Well, not only did "Guitar Hero III" offer a bunch of Velvet Revolver songs, they crowned Slash the game's spokesperson, featured him on the game's cover and made him a playable avatar. Cue Axl's lawsuit.

"[Activision] began spinning a web of lies and deception to conceal its true intentions to not only feature Slash and VR prominently in GH III but also promote the game by emphasizing and reinforcing an association between Slash and Guns N' Roses and the band's song 'Welcome to the Jungle,' " Rose's lawyer Skip Miller writes in the $20 million suit. Guns N' Roses' "Sweet Child O' Mine" featured in "Guitar Hero II," and "Shackler's Revenge" from Axl's long-awaited "Chinese Democracy" actually debuted as a game-ending challenge in "Rock Band 2," so Rose isn't opposed to the use of his songs in music video games. This comes down to, once again, Rose's undying hatred of Slash. Oh Activision, you amuse me in the most ridiculous of ways.

Why would Axl's lawsuit arrive three years after the release of "Guitar Hero III"? The Amp likes to imagine that during a brief hiatus in the GN'R tour, Rose headed to his local Best Buy to get a jump on some Black Friday shopping. While pushing his cart down the discount video game aisle, he saw the box for "Guitar Hero III" with Slash on the cover and got perturbed. After purchasing the game along with the new deluxe "Avatar" DVD and Nicki Minaj's "Pink Friday," Axl drove back to his home in the Hollywood Hills to see if GNR's music was in fact in the game, only to discover that he bought an XBox 360 copy of "GH3" and he only owned a Playstation 3 (lol). Down but not defeated, Rose then realized that he could simply go on Wikipedia to see the game's track list. And then he called his lawyer.

Rose also claims that the GNR song "Sweet Child O' Mine" was used in an online promotion for GH III despite being licensed only for GH II. He wants $20 million in damages from sales of the popular game.