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This weeks Rock Band DLC release contains tracks from The Futureheads, The James Gang, Neil Peart, Shaimus, and a 3 pack from The White Stripes.

Available on Xbox 360 and Wii (March 9) and PlayStation 3 system (March 11):

• The Futureheads – “Decent Days & Nights”
• The Futureheads – “Hounds of Love”
• The James Gang – “Walk Away”
• Neil Peart – “The Hockey Theme” *
• Shaimus – “All of This” *
• Shaimus – “Tie You Down” *
• The White Stripes – “Fell in Love with a Girl”
• The White Stripes – “Seven Nation Army”
• The White Stripes – “You Don’t Know What Love Is (You Just Do As You’re Told)”

(All tracks are original master recordings)

These tracks will be available for purchase as “The White Stripes Pack 02” as well as individual tracks on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 system, and as individual tracks only on Wii.

Price: £.99 UK (160 Microsoft Points for Xbox 360) per track
£2.49 UK (440 Microsoft Points for Xbox 360) for “The White Stripes Pack 02”
(200 Wii Points™) per track
Tracks marked with “*” are 99 cents per track

** Dates for Rock Band game tracks are tentative and subject to change. **

Well it’s that time of the year folks, yes it’s GDC the time where we tend to hear things from developers they really shouldn’t tell us like ‘The sky’s blue’ and ‘Pig’s Fly’.

The first GDC Rumour we have for you is about Little Big Planet and it’s possible second title, now last Novemeber UK Developer Media Molecule said last November that releasing a full sequel is something it’d “never want to do,” with level designer Danny Leaver adding it’d “be the most counter-productive thing you could do, I think.”

Producer Martin Lynagh said in the same interview, “I think what you’ve seen so far from LittleBigPlanet, that’s the way it’s going to continue. We have a lot of stuff coming out, especially next year.”

Last week it was announced that Sony has purchased Media Molecule, now with a Sony press conference looming at GDC and all the confusion circling Little Big Planet we would hazard a guess of something BIG coming, is it a second title or some really awesome DLC? Tune in to the press conference on March. 10 to find out.

Rock out to this week’s Rock Band DLC, this week we have a 3 Pack from Disturbed, and singles from The Mother Hips, Silversun Pickups and TRUSTcompany.

Available on Xbox 360 and Wii (March 2) and PlayStation 3 system (March 4):

Disturbed Meaning of Life
Disturbed The Game
Disturbed Voices
The Mother Hips Third Floor Story
The Mother Hips White Falcon Fuzz
Silversun Pickups Panic Switch
Silversun Pickups Sort Of
TRUSTcompany Downfall

(All tracks are original master recordings)

These tracks will be available for purchase as Disturbed Pack 02 as well as individual tracks on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 system, and as individual tracks only on Wii. Tracks marked with a “*” will come out in Europe only on March 11.

Price: £.99 UK (160 Microsoft Points for Xbox 360) per track
£2.49 UK (440 Microsoft Points for Xbox 360) for Disturbed Pack 02
200 Wii Points per track

** Dates for Rock Band game tracks are tentative and subject to change. **

The next DLC for borderlands will hit the Xbox 360 tomorrow with the Secret Armory of General Knoxx raising the level cap to 61, 44 new missions,  new vehicles,  new weapons and new enemy’s types. The DLC will cost 800 points ($10) with the PS3 and PC releases to follow on Thursday for the same price.

Welcome to another week of Rock Band DLC, as usual Harmonix don’t disappoint, this week’s titles include singles by KSM, Marilyn Manson, One Night only and The Police. As well as 3 tracks by Finish rockers HIM.

Available this week (Feb. 23 onwards) for download from the Rock Band Store:

• HIM – “Heartkiller” +
• HIM – “Ode to Solitude”
• HIM – “Wings of a Butterfly”
• KSM – “Distracted” +
• Marilyn Manson – “The Dope Show”
• One Night Only – “Just For Tonight” +
• The Police – “Walking On the Moon” +

(All tracks are original master recordings)

These tracks will be available for purchase as “HIM Pack 01” as well as individual tracks on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 system, and as individual tracks only on Wii. Tracks marked with “+” are also available for download in the family-friendly LEGO® Rock Band Music Store.

Price: £.99 UK (160 Microsoft Points for Xbox 360) per track
£2.49 UK (440 Microsoft Points for Xbox 360) for “HIM Pack 01”
$2.00 USD (200 Wii Pointsâ„¢) per track

** Dates for Rock Band game tracks are tentative and subject to change. **

Yes it’s that time again, it’s Rockband DLC time and boy have Harmonix got a treat for us this week!

This weeks DLC includes work from ‘King of Soul’ Otis Redding and singles from The Chemical Brothers, All Time Low, Alphabeat and Brian Setzer.

Available on Xbox 360 and Wii (Today – Feb. 16) and PlayStation3 system (Feb. 18):

• Otis Redding – “(Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay” +
• Otis Redding – “Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa (Sad Song)” +
• Otis Redding – “I’m Sick Y’all” +
• Otis Redding – “I’ve Got Dreams to Remember” +
• Otis Redding – “Love Man”
• All Time Low – “Weightless”
• Alphabeat –“Fascination” +
• Brian Setzer – “Stray Cat Strut” +
• The Chemical Brothers – “Let Forever Be” +

(All tracks are original master recordings)

These tracks will be available for purchase as “Otis Redding Pack 01” as well as individual tracks on Xbox 360 and PlayStation3 system, and as individual tracks only on Wii. Tracks marked with “+” are also available for download in the family-friendly LEGO® Rock Band Music Store.

Price: £.99 UK (160 Microsoft Points for Xbox 360) per track
£4.39 UK (680 Microsoft Points for Xbox 360) for “Otis Redding Pack 01”
$2.00 USD (200 Wii Pointsâ„¢) per track

** Dates for Rock Band game tracks are tentative and subject to change. **

The back of the Xbox 360 version of the Final Fantasy XII case has revealed that the RPG will in fact have downloadable content. According to the box the game will have “game content download” which is standard labeling for games with DLC.

Seeing as the Xbox 360 looks like it will have DLC, the PlayStation 3 is bound to have it as well. But will we hear about DLC soon from GDC or at E3 in the summer?

What should be in the DLC? Let us know in the comments!

Harmonix and MTV Games have today announced that a special recording of The Who’s performance at the Super Bowl Half Time show will be available for download as Rock Band DLC, “The Who Super Bowl S-mashup” will be available in the Rock Band Music Store immediately after the Super Bowl.

Press Release:

“The Who Super Bowl S-mashup”
o Price: $1.99 (160 Microsoft Points for Xbox 360)
“The Who Super Bowl S-mashup” joins 15 previously released tracks available in theRock Band music library, from the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees. Those songs include “Won’t Get Fooled Again” featured on the original Rock Band disc and “Pinball Wizard” featured on the Rock Band 2 disc, as well as “Amazing Journey,” “Baba O’Riley,” “Behind Blue Eyes,” “Eminence Front,” “Going Mobile,” “Leaving Here,” “Magic Bus,” “My Generation,” “Real Good Looking Boy,” “Sea and Sand,” “Summertime Blues,” “Who Are You” and “Young Man Blues,” all released as downloadable content in the Rock Band Music Store.

The console war took an expensive turn June of 2007 when Microsoft reportedly paid $50 million dollars for the exclusive rights GTA IV’s downloadable expansions.  Analysis of a Take-Two fiscal conference call of that year suggested that Microsoft paid the publisher a cool $25 million to keep each episode an Xbox360 exclusive.

And they were, until now – Rockstar games just announced that both “The Lost and the Damned” and “The Balled of Gay Tony” will be available for PC and PS3 on March 30th, 2010. So what happened to that Microsoft exclusivity? According to VGChartz, the Xbox 360 release of GTA IV sold 1.43 million units more than it’s PS3 counterpart, totaling 7.62m in sales vs PS3’s 6.19m.  Doing the math, Microsoft would have had to make about $6.50 for each game sold to make up for the cost of exclusivity – not counting any profits made from the DLC itself.

So was the buyout a success? Probably, or at the least it’s probable that Microsoft broke even.

GTA IV downloadable content goes live for PS3 and PC in March.

Gearbox Software and 2K Games have revealed the first details for their third DLC for Borderlands. Called The Secret Armory of General Knoxx, the new content is said to have never-before-seen enemies in a huge new environment complete with tons of brand new missions.

New weapons and items are also featured and the character level cap has been raised from 50 to an unknown limit. Gearbox states there will be “new challenges and opportunities for growth for characters from around level 34 to level 50. As of yet, there is no release date.