Word has recently gotten out about 4 new Rock Band tracks set to hit Xbox Live and the PSN next week

This time we have offerings from The Offspring, R.E.M. and Richard Thompson:

The Offspring “All I Want”
The Offspring “The Kids Aren’t Alright”
R.E.M. “Losing My Religion”
Richard Thompson “The Way That It Shows”

These 4 tracks will be available as DLC for both Rock Band and Rock Band 2 on March 10th for $1.99 or 160 Microsoft Points each.

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Recently revealed via the Playstation Blog was both the official box art and release date for Sucker Punch Productions’ forthcoming inFamous.

inFamous lets players take control of Cole McGrath bike messenger and resident of Empire City. The game will be of the 3rd persion sand-box type and will allow players to choose from good or evil with actions effecting the game.

Sucker Punch’s inFamous is set to hit shelves as a PS3 exclusive sometime this June. Also, information regarding a demo of the game will be announced in the near future.

Considering the game’s graphics, probably not. However, when asked why there is no Wii version of Resident Evil 5, Capcom’s Associate Product Marketing Manager, Matt Dahlgren, responded with the following: “It was made for the Xbox 360 and PS3. That being said, Nintendo Wii fans will be very happy very soon.”

Happy very soon, huh? Well, Mr. Dahlgren what ever does that mean?

Since he said that Resident Evil 5 was made for the PS3 and Xbox 360, that pretty effectively squashes the chance of the Wii seeing it. Therefore, we can only be led to believe that the Wii will be getting it’s own exclusive Resident Evil title.

We’ll keep you posted.

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If this rumor is true theres no question about it, Activision is looking to suck the Guitar Hero franchise for all it’s worth, and I don’t blame them even though these announcements get somewhat repetitive.

Recent speculation suggests that Activision is working on a new Guitar Hero based on popular band Van Halen, appropriately titled Guitar Hero: Van Halen.

Joystiq reports that Guitar Hero: Van Halen will be on it’s way out the door once Guitar Hero: Metallica hits shelves, along with the 50 other Guitar Hero games Activision has in works.

While the game was leaked to have been coming by the ESRB some time ago, Activision has recently officially announced it’s existance.

Entitled Guitar Hero On Tour: Modern Hits, it is the latest game in the Guitar Hero series developed for the Nintendo DS handheld. The game will feature 25 songs with announced ones listen below:

Wolfmother “Dimension”
Coldplay “Violet Hill”
Lenny Kravitz “Where Are We Runnin’”
Evanescence “Sweet Sacrifice”
The Strokes “Reptilia”
The Bravery “Unconditional”
Fall Out Boy “This Ain’t A Scene”
Weezer “Everybody Get Dangerous”
The Kaiser Chiefs “Ruby”
12 Stones “Adrenaline”
Tenacious D “The Metal”
Atreyu “Falling Down”

Guitar Hero On Tour: Modern Hits will ship this June for the Nintendo DS.

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Xbox 360 Elite SKU to say goodbye?
GameStop stocks drop thanks to Amazon’s announcement of trade-ins
SciFi Channel to begin search for Amercia’s best gamer
Killzone 2 update fixes controls?
New Pac-man coming 2010
Burnout Paradise DLC finally hitting PC via Steam
Big Bang Mini soundtrack released free of charge
New Metal Gear Touch details
Kingdom Hearts Special Edition Nintendo DSi
The Pitt DLC Release Dated
Wii MotionPlus Out Before June 18
Army of Two Sequel Teased
Beatles Rock Band Gets Date with Stores
THQ Cuts 86 from Volition
L4D Survival DLC Coming No Later Than April 20
Stormrise PC DX10, Vista Exclusive
Eight Guitar Hero: Greatest Hits Songs Revealed
Capcom: Digital Distribution Important to Us
I Am Alive Changing Studios
Wheelman Demo Now Available

Rumor has it that Microsoft is currently planning to return the Xbox 360 Elite to limited availablity as they original wanted.

But why? Well, since the Elite is priced significantly higher than the lower tier models, consumer demand has dropped due to the economy leading retailers to be less fond of the SKU.

When I say they will be returned to limited availability, I mean that Microsoft will take advantage of it’s marketability and use it to coincide with the release of games like they did with Resident Evil 5.

While this is still just a rumor it seems completely plausible.

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It looks like GameStop may have finally met its match in terms of the used videogame market.

After Amazon.com’s recent announcement that they will begin testing a trade-in video game program, GameStop’s stocks dropped a full 13% ending the day $3.54 lower than the previous price.

I don’t know about you guys, but if Amazon offers more money for trade-ins than GameStop does, I have no problem receiving Amazon store credit for it.

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The SciFi Channel has recently released the above trailer which details a new show they have in the works; WCG Ultimate Gamer. Think MTV’s Real World, but with gamers.

The WCG Ultimate Gamer will take 12 gamers from across the country, put them in a loft in downtown LA, and see who is the best.

The grand prize stands at $100,000, along with a whole slew of top of the line Samsung products and a change to represent the US at WCG events around the world.

Sounds cool, will premiere March 10th on the SciFi Channel.

Since Killzone 2 hit shelves there have been a small number of complaints regarding its controls. Well, a patch has recently been released, version 1.2, that has been rumored to slightly alter the controls.

Gamezine reports that the update has effectively elimnated the problems which included input lag issues.

What about you guys? Have you a little more peppiness in the Killzone 2 controls ever since 1.2 was released?