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Hi folks,

We’re pleased to announce that the Madballs in…Babo:Invasion soundtrack is now available via iTunes and other fine digitial distribution outlets.

The tracks (all written by our talented composer Greg Drover, btw) have all been re-mastered into high quality, non-looping versions…  so yes, they are better than what is already included in the game.  We’ve included all of the major themes, plus a few bonus tracks (including a surprise track that you’ll be hearing a lot more often soon!).

Here are the links to the various stores…  all pricing is Canadian and/or US…  [and actually, for what its worth, we had no control over it - these are just the prices that the service we used set.]

[Note - the easiest way to find the album in any of the stores is to search for "Greg Drover"]

iTunes - http://itunes.apple.com/ca/album/mad…on/id355384906

Napster - $9.95 - http://free.napster.com/view/album/i…ml?id=13559894

Rhapsody - $ ? - http://www.rhapsody.com/greg-drover/…inbaboinvasion

eMusic - (12 credits) - http://www.emusic.com/album/Various-…/11819546.html

Lala - $7.49 - http://www.lala.com/#album/230612448….Babo:Invasion

Nokia - couldn’t find the URL (my Mac isn’t supported) - try searching for “Greg Drover”, it’s supposed to be there

Zune - http://social.zune.net/album/fbf70a0…a-0019b92a3933

Hope you like it folks!

Paul.

Hi folks,

We’ve got a Madballs PC/Steam update for you today… here’s a quick summary:

New features

• New Maps! We’ve got 3 new maps for you - Cold Night, Castle and Hyperspace. But they’re not free - you’ve got to earn them!
• Community Missions! Play any MiBI online/multiplayer mode and rack up kills in order to unlock the 3 new maps. Everyone out there in Babo-land will be contributing to a shared pool of kills - so invite your friends and see how fast you can get your hands on these fresh new maps. Any versus or co-op / survival game counts!
• News feed! We’ve added a news feed so that you can stay up-to-date with the latest and greatest in Babo/Playbrains news! The feed is even clickable so that you can get more details (note - it uses the Steam web browser)
• Animate your Babo! Hit the [F5] key to play a facial animation and [F6] to make your Babo wobble. Mock your foes! Chat with your team members! [And cool for creating custom Babo movies - think Red vs. Blue!]
• Movie spectator cam! We’ve added a new console command that allow you to freely move the camera - should be great for folks entering the eBum Madballs Video Contest! Details at the end of the post…
• Better mission time tracking! Our system is now more generous in awarding mission time for the collectible skin missions…

New Maps

Coldnight (10,000 kills) - Scorched commandos surprise a BDI patrol surveying the icy caves near a Terracite production facility. Before the BDI can escape and warn their allies, both groups are blocked in by a sudden avalanche. Will the BDI team survive until rescue arrives?

Castle (25,000 kills) - The BDI detect an unusual power signature hidden below an ancient fortress. As they complete the excavation of a tall central platform in the middle of these grounds, they chillingly realize this was once a sacrificial altar. Suddenly, the Scorched swoop in and attack! Goop will once again be spilled on these ancient rocks and it will seep down and awaken the deadly evil locked below!

Hyperspace (50,000 kills) - A deserted alien vessel enters BDI space and a science team is sent to investigate. Unbeknownst to them, the Scorched have already boarded the vessel and are decoding the ancient knowledge incribed within it’s huge databanks. When the BDI arrive, the Scorched are ready and waiting to devour the confused team.

Movie Spectator Cam

To turn on the camera:

• Open the console (with the tilde ~) key and type
• set cl_enableSpectatorCam true

You will be unable to control your camera while in spectator cam mode.

To go back to the regular camera:

• set cl_enableSpectatorCam false

That’s all folks - hope you like the update!

Paul.

Sorry folks - we had a hard-drive failure and have lost a bunch of our blog entries.  We’re going to see what we can do to retrieve / recover / replace the missing entries…