Chris Rasco

Harmonix and MTV Games announced a new 7 song pack featuring some of the biggest hits from Styx and REO Speedwagon. A 3 song pack from Hautewerk is also going to be available.

The song pack includes a new collaborative song called “Can’t Stop Rockin'” which was recorded in anticipation for their tour of the same name.

Keep reading for the full track listing and pricing. READ MORE

Everyone is well aware of how well Nintendo is doing and their March hardware sales just serve to drive the point home. The Wii sold a total of just over 600,000 units while the DS sold over 500,000 units. What makes that number even more impressive is that the DSi debuted on April 5th meaning that there was undoubtedly a large number of consumers holding out for the DSi.

In addition, Nintendo had 4 first party titles finishing in the top 10.

  • 2. Pokemon Platinum (805,000)
  • 3. Wii Fit (541,000)
  • 8. Wii Play (281,000)
  • 9. Mario Kart Wii (278,000)

Nintendo continues to remain strong and single handedly keep the industry on a positive sales track.

After an uncertain fate, the Ghostbusters game has had it’s box art finalized. The new box features the original logo and all 4 of the Ghostbusters. Not huge news, but it’s good to see any little step that this game takes to being on retail shelves.

You can check out the box art here.

Ubisoft announced today that Ubisoft Montreal was working on a follow up title to 2007’s Assassin’s Creed, aptly named Assassin’s Creed 2. The title is currently slated for a Holiday 2009 release on all current generation consoles. READ MORE

MTV, Harmonix, and EA revealed a few more details about the upcoming Beatles themed music game, The Beatles: Rock Band. The game is slated to be released as a stand alone game disc as well as a Limited Edition Premium Bundle. The Premium Bundle will include the following accessories: READ MORE