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The BIGS scores big time talent for the soundtrack

by: Dan -
More On: The BIGS
2K Sports announced today that The BIGS soundtrack will be powered by some heavyweights in the music industry. Including will be songs from Stone Temple Pilots, Jane's Addiction, Screaming Trees,Primus and White Zombie. For full details, check the release after the jump:

2K Sports Scores Super-Sized Rock Royalty for The BIGS Soundtrack

Legendary rockers including Jane's Addiction, Motorhead, The Stooges, and Stone Temple Pilots complement larger-than-life baseball video game

 

New York, NY - May 31, 2007 - 2K Sports, the sports publishing label of Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTWO), today announced that The BIGS, the over-the-top MLB® title with heroically portrayed players and plays that defy physics, will feature a line-up of big name rock bands to complement the video game's super-sized gameplay. Every artist featured in the all-star cast provides a guitar-heavy tune, including Jane's Addiction, Stone Temple Pilots, Rollins Band and White Zombie.

"In The BIGS, everything is to the extreme, from the colossal baseball players to the surreal stadiums, so we wanted a soundtrack that would capture the magnified nature of the game," said Tim Rosa, 2K Sports' Director of Brand and Lifestyle Marketing.

Track listing:

  • Stone Temple Pilots - Plush
  • Screaming Trees - Nearly Lost You 
  • Jane's Addiction - Ocean Size
  • Killing Joke - Millennium 
  • Rollins Band - Tearing
  • White Zombie - More Human than Human
  • Midnight Oil - Dreamworld
  • Fu Manchu - Hung out to Dry
  • Motorhead - Ace of Spades
  • The Stooges - Down On The Street
  • Primus - Jerry Was A Racecar Driver
  • Blue October - Somebody
  • Satellite Party - Insanity Rains
  • Highbench - Satisfied

The BIGS brings blazing graphics to huge proportions with larger-than-life player models and ballparks. Featuring fantastic pitching, batting, and fielding animations, gamers can also take advantage of spectacular power-ups with outrageous special effects. As a standard for all major 2K Sports titles, The BIGS features online play for up to four players, making it a grand slam for online baseball battles.

The BIGS will be available this summer for the Xbox 360™ video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, PLAYSTATION®3 and PlayStation®2 computer entertainment systems, PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) system, and Nintendo's Wii™. The BIGS is rated E for Everyone. For more information, log onto http://www.2ksports.com.