Update: Harmonix has clarified that the Rush DLC may not debut for a few weeks. Another batch of as-yet-unannounced content will replace Rush for this week, with more details expected to arrive soon.

Original Story: While new downloadable content for the Xbox 360 edition of Rock Band has hit every Tuesday since the game launched last November, this week's DLC has been delayed due to an unspecified "technical difficulty," according to developer Harmonix.

The studio had previously revealed that this week's download would bring Rush's Moving Pictures album to the multi-instrument music game, at the cost of $11. The company traditionally releases entire albums in the last week of a month.

"There is a technical difficulty that is being worked out," community manager Sean Baptiste wrote on the game's official forum. "I'll alert you when it is all clear."

Harmonix has yet to state when Moving Pictures will now arrive. More details are expected by tomorrow, as downloadable content for the PlayStation 3 edition of the game generally arrives alongside the weekly PlayStation Store update on Thursdays.

Harmonix today announced that the Rush album Moving Pictures will be featured as Rock Band downloadable content next week.

The DLC should be available on Xbox Live starting August 26, with release on the PlayStation Store following on August 23.

Priced at 880 Microsoft Points ($11), the album includes the following track list:

1. Tom Sawyer (Original Version)
2. Red Barchetta
3. YYZ
4. Limelight (Original Version)
5. The Camera Eye
6. Witch Hunt
7. Vital Signs

Harmonix has announced next week's batch of downloadable content for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 editions of Rock Band, revealed on the company's official forums.

• Devo - "Girl U Want" (New Recording)
• Devo - "Through Being Cool" (New Recording)
• Duran Duran - "Girls on Film"
• Duran Duran - "Rio"
• The Janitors - "Get Your Rock On"

All master tracks are priced at 160 Microsoft Points ($1.99) with the exception of the Janitors' "Get Your Rock On," which costs 80 Microsoft Points ($.99).

As per Harmonix's usual release schedule, the five songs will reach the Xbox Live Marketplace on Tuesday, August 19, followed by a PlayStation 3 release the following Thursday, August 21.

This week's update to the PlayStation 3's digital storefront includes the long-awaited debut of GRIN's classic platformer overhaul Bionic Commando Rearmed, the downloadable release of an original PlayStation title, and the usual round-up of DLC.

Priced at $9.99, Bionic Commando Rearmed features a high-definition graphical overhaul to the classic NES platformer with new weapons and two player cooperative play. The game made arrived on the Xbox 360's Xbox Live Marketplace and PCs earlier this week.

Also new to the store is Capcom's arcade fighter Street Fighter Alpha, now available as part of the storefront's PS1 classics line-up for $5.99.

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Mass Effect (PC, 360) developer BioWare is examining the possibility of further updates to its space-age RPG following the release of the first downloadable content pack earlier this year, studio president Greg Zeschuk revealed.

"We said it was a trilogy so there's some stuff happening," Zeschuk told MTV Multiplayer. "We're also looking at some other post-release content... You know how we are. We're always very circumspect until we can go 'Aha! There it is!'"

The executive added, "With everything we build now, we want to have this long-term relationship with the customer and always have something for them to try. So we're definitely looking at that for Mass Effect."

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Harmonix has announced next week's batch of downloadable content for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 editions of Rock Band, revealed on the company's official forums.

Named for the bands' mutual record label, the Roadrunner 6 Pack includes:

• Airbourne - "Runnin' Wild"
• DevilDriver - "Clouds Over California"
• Dream Theater - "Constant Motion"
• Killswitch Engage - "My Curse"
• Machine Head - "Aesthetics Of Hate"
• Megadeth - "Sleepwalker"

All six master tracks will be priced individually for 80 Microsoft Points ($.99) for the first month, after which the price will leap to 160 Microsoft Points ($1.99) per song, or 800 Microsoft Points ($9.99) for the complete pack.

The tracks will be available for download from the Xbox Live Marketplace beginning Tuesday, August 12. As usual, the PlayStation 3's online PlayStation Store will receive the songs on the following Thursday, August 14.

The latest update to the PlayStation 3's digital storefront sees the debut of the August edition of Sony's digital magazine Qore, along with new details concerning paid access to the upcoming beta program for Insomniac Games' shooter sequel Resistance 2.

Those gamers who buy an annual subscription to the digital magazine will be offered early access to the beta, scheduled to kick off in the near future. Single episode purchasers, meanwhile, will be guaranteed access at an undisclosed later date. Qore is priced at $2.99 per issue, or $24.99 for an annual subscription.

Also on offer is the PlayStation Home theme, which acts as an application into the latest round of beta testing for Sony Studio London's online social networking software when downloaded. As revealed earlier today, the theme is available free of charge.

The entirety of today's PlayStation Store update is viewable below... Read more

Xbox 360 titles supplemented by paid downloadable content on the Xbox Live Marketplace sell an average of $21M more at retail, Microsoft interactive entertainment business manager Kevin Salcedo revealed at the company's recent GameFest event.

According to Gamasutra, the manager stipulated that the boost in sales typically required the content to be launched within a 30-day "sweet spot." The data reflects growing industry trends in which more and more games are arriving to retailers with DLC already available, or with content planned well in advance of release.

"Right now we have over 12 million users in over 26 countries, with $240 million in [Xbox Live Marketplace] transactions revenue so far, with $180 million... Read more

A sort-of new downloadable track pack will be available on Thursday August 7 for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 owners of Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock, publisher Activision has announced.

Dubbed the Interscope Track Pack, the songs are the same as those that were available to Xbox 360 owners last year with a purchase of the Guitar Hero III soundtrack:

• Flyleaf - "Tina"
• AFI - "Carcinogen Crush"
• Marilyn Manson - "Putting Holes in Happiness (Nick Zinner Remix)"

No price point was listed in today's announcement, though past Guitar Hero III track packs have sold in the PlayStation Store and Xbox Live Marketplace for $6.25, or 500 Microsoft Points.

Next week's batch of downloadable content for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 editions of Harmonix's Rock Band has been revealed on the company's official forums.

The lineup includes the second Cruefest Pack, which includes:

• Buckcherry - "Rescue Me"
• Motley Crue - "Face Down in the Dirt"
• Sixx AM - "Life Is Beautiful"

Also en route are two new System of a Down tracks:

• System of a Down - "B.Y.O.B."
• System of a Down - "Toxicity"

All three Cruefest Pack tracks are priced at 80 Microsoft Points ($.99) per download, while the two System of a Down songs will hit at 160 Microsoft Points ($1.99).

Each master track will be available for download from the Xbox Live Marketplace beginning Tuesday, August 5. A PlayStation Store release will follow on Thursday, August 7.

Q-Games' PixelJunk Eden arrives today on the PlayStation 3's digital storefront, along with new downloadable content for Rock Band and Soul Calibur IV.

Described as an "organic platformer," PixelJunk Eden tasks players swinging between alien plants to collect pollen and grow new life, and features distinct visual and music styles. The game is available at a $9.99 price point.

The first downloadable content packs for Namco Bandai's Soul Calibur IV have arrived on the PlayStation Store. The offerings include a new equipment pack for the game's customization mode priced at $1.49, and a music pack featuring tracks from the original Soul Calibur (DC) priced at $.99 per track, or $14.99 for the full set.

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Publisher Activision expects to pull in $40-50 million dollars this year from the sale of downloadable content on Xbox Live, PlayStation Store and the Wii Shop Channel.

Most of that will stem from additional Guitar Hero songs and Call of Duty maps. While both of those practices are relatively common on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, Guitar Hero World Tour, due out this fall, will be the first Wii game to sell downloadable songs.

"As you know, [DLC revenue has] been steadily growing, although in the grand scheme it's relatively small," commented Activision Publishing CEO Mike Griffith.

Developer Harmonix today announced next week's batch of downloadable content for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 editions of Rock Band on the game's official forums.

Described by Harmonix as "a nice little cross section of tracks," the set includes:

• Scars on Broadway - "They Say"
• Staind - "This Is It"
• Testament - "Electric Crown"
• The New No. 2 - "Yomp"

The Scars on Broadway, Staind, and Testament tracks are priced at 160 Microsoft Points ($1.99) per download, while The New No. 2's "Yomp" is priced at 80 Microsoft Points ($.99). All four songs are master tracks.

The content will be available for download from the Xbox Live Marketplace beginning Tuesday, July 29. The PlayStation 3's online PlayStation Store will see the addition of the songs on the following Thursday, July 31.

This week's update to the PlayStation Store brings a weighty haul to the PlayStation 3's digital storefront, offering two new downloadable games, a new demo, and a load of new tracks for Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock and Rock Band.

Backbone Entertainment's 1942: Joint Strike makes its PlayStation 3 debut today, following its Xbox 360 release earlier this week. Priced at $9.99, the top-down shooter revival offers updated 3D HD graphics, new weapons and online cooperative play.

The episodic survival horror game Siren: Blood Curse is now available. A reimagining of SCE Japan Studio's Siren (PS2), Blood Curse is broken into three bundles of four episodes a piece, priced at $14.99 per bundle or $39.99 for the complete twelve-episode saga.

A downloadable demo of Q-Games' Pixeljunk Eden has appeared on the digital storefront as a free download. Described by the developer as an "organic platformer," the title is slated for release next Thursday, July 31.

A complete rundown of the new content is viewable below... Read more

A pack of three downloadable songs from legendary guitarists will be available this Thursday, July 24 for Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock owners on the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, publisher Activision today announced.

Entitled the Guitar Virtuoso Track Pack, the bundle includes the following master tracks:

• "Surfing with the Alien" - Joe Satriani
• "For the Love of God" - Steve Vai
• "Soothsayer" - Buckethead

No price point or any indication of a cost was provided for the pack. Past Guitar Hero 3 DLC has ranged in price from free to a three-pack bundle for $6.25.

D3Publisher has announced that the previously announced expansion for the Xbox Live Arcade edition of Infinite Interactive's puzzle-RPG hybrid Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords will hit this Wednesday, July 23.

Entitled Revenge of the Plague Lord, the expansion includes four new Hero professions—Bard, Rogue, Ranger, and Warlock—alongside 25 new quests. New monsters and bosses, 50 new spells and 40 new items are also arriving as part of the expansion.

The expansion will be available for 700 Microsoft Points ($8.75) when it debuts on the Xbox Live Marketplace this Wednesday.

Harmonix today announced that next week's Rock Band DLC will include Nine Inch Nails and Shinedown.

Available via Xbox Live on Tuesday, July 22 for 440 Microsoft Points ($5.49) will be a Nine Inch Nails three-pack including "Burn", "Capital G", and "Last".

From Shinedown, the tracks "Devour" and "Junkies For Fame" will be added to the game. Each track will be available separately for 160 Microsoft Points ($1.99) each.

As usual, PlayStation 3 owners will be able to purchase the tracks the following Thursday, July 25.

Microsoft corporate VP Shane Kim today reconfirmed that the first bit of Xbox 360-exclusive Grand Theft Auto IV downloadable content will debut on Xbox Live this fall.

The episode will mark the first of two promised game-expanding, Xbox 360-exclusive pieces of downloadable content for the title. No additional details were revealed.

Bethesda game director Todd Howard just announced that "substantial" Fallout 3 downloadable content will be released exclusively on Xbox 360 and PC.

Due for release this fall, Fallout 3 will hit PS3 in addition to Xbox 360 and PC.

No further details of the DLC were mentioned.

Following a pair of scarce updates, the PlayStation 3's digital storefront has been updated with new DLC, demos, and the usual roundup of rhythm game content.

As previously announced, a free pack of maps for Ubisoft's Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas 2 arrives today on the PlayStation store. The pack offers the fan favorite Calypso Casino map from the first Rainbow Six Vegas title, as well as two relit versions of existing maps Murdertown and CQB Training.

A complete round-up of this week's content, including new demos and new downloadable content for Harmonix's Rock Band, is viewable below.... Read more