Free download from Marilyn Manson

While you may be thinking the logo above looks like a new iteration of the classic Nine Inch Nails logo, it is in fact for one of Trent Reznor's protégés.

Marilyn Manson is back with the new single Third day of a seven day binge, which can be downloaded by signing up at marilynmanson.com.

The Last of Us: Game of the Year Edition announced

Just when you thought you'd seen and hard the last of The Last of Us, a Game of the Year Edition has been announced for release on the PlayStation 3, and I called it! This follows the release of the Remastered Edition for the PlayStation 4, which included the Left Behind DLC, and various multiplayer maps, along with uprated visuals to aid Sony show-off their new hardware. 

TLoU: GotY re-release will include the same content as the Remastered version, but will no doubt maintain the original game's 'less impressive visuals.' There was actually nothing wrong with looks of the original game, which in part is what lead TLoU being hailed as one of the best games of the previous generation.* had anything wrong with the way it looked from what I've seen.

The only thing putting me off from buying this at this point is the price. Signs point to it selling for the same retail price as a recent release, which in South Africa means paying about R700 for an 18 month old game. A quick look shows that the original release is currently selling for less than R400, depending on the retailer. According the the PlatStation Store; the Left Behind DLC will set you back a further R200-odd, the two multiplayer map-packs bundled together for R190, and the 'Grounded' difficulty mode will cost you another R73.

So yes, the GotY edition collects a whole lot of content at a discounted price, but it's content that is mostly over a year old. I'll wait until the price drops a little more, that is of course assuming that we will even see a physical release of this version of the game in South Africa, as I have yet to come across any copies of the Borderlands 2: Game of the Year Edition at my local gaming suppliers. 

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* Currently shares the fourth highest score according to Metacritic, with LittleBigPlanet, Read Dead Redemption, and Portal 2.

First track from Foo Fighters' 'Sonic Highways'

Something from nothing is the first full track to be released from the Foo's upcoming record and T.V. series Sonic Highways. Take a listen below, and if you like what you hear why not pre-order the album too.

Assassin's Creed: Rogue coming to PC, next year

Looks like Ubisoft have changed their minds, and decided to release Assassin's Creed: Rogue on PCs, but only in the new year. Rogue will however still be a last gen. exclusive upon release though.

What this means though, is that PC gamers will be able to enjoy both the "last gen." and "new gen." Assassin's Creed titles with possibly only a minor upgrade to their current gen. gaming PC set up, while console gamers will need to have access to more than one console in order to appreciate the entire story.

Here'a new trailer giving us a bit of insight as to which familiar faces we'll get to see again, as well as how the lead character, Shay Cormac becomes disillusioned with the Assassin's, and turns to the Templar order instead.

Rogue is looking very promising story-wise, but I'll wait a few more weeks before taking the pre-order leap of faith. I have however pre-ordered Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel, which is set for release here on Friday.

Two more songs from Slipknot, and hints of possible tour to South Africa

Following on from Sunday's release of Custer, Slipknot have shared two more tracks from their fifth studio album .5: The Gray Chapter:

XIX starts off with some distorted bagpipe sounds, followed by Linkin Park-esque, shouty, emo vocals. It's a weird way to start the album, personally I think the intro to Sarcastrophe would have worked much better

Sarcastrophe is a much better track overall, and possibly one of my favourites from the album so far. Much like Custer, Sarcastrophe could be mistaken for a b-side from the recording sessions from earlier albums.

Even more exciting is the following message posted to the band's Facebook page: 

Hey South Africa, check out our new album “.5: The Grey Chapter”. Pre-Order on iTunes and get songs now!

I'm really hoping this means we will be seeing them on South African shores in the not so distant future.

Slipknot - Custer

Slipknot have released the third track from their forthcoming album .5: The Gray Chapter. From the comments left on YouTube it seems that the fans are divided over Custer. To me Custer sounds a lot like some of the older, Slipknot and Iowa, recordings. This is a good thing. Also the chorus of Custer is dam catchy.

Change (in the life of flies)

I came across this short video showing the transformation, or metamorphosis, of a maggot into a fly up close. There is no audio to the video, but Deftones have just the right track to accompany this...

Source: Why Evolution is True