This week on the DLC agenda the boys at Harmonix have brought us another full length feature album.  The Foo Fighter’s The Colour and the Shape album will be available in the Rock Band Music Store the week of November 11th, 2008.  Rock Band 2 already features “Everlong” from this album and will make room for the remaining tracks on the album to join it in the Music Store.

The Colour and the Shape album will be available for $19.99 (1600 Microsoft Points) or each track individually for $1.99 (160 Microsoft Points).  All of the tracks are masters and can be downloaded from the Music Store starting November 11th, 2008 on the Xbox LIVE Marketplace and on November 13th, 2008 on the PlayStation Network. READ MORE

User-created content is disappearing left, right, and center from Media Molecule’s do-it-yourself platformer, Little Big Planet and Activision’s Guitar Hero: World Tour. See if you can spot the pattern in these “moderated” (read: deleted) user creations. READ MORE

Like many of you, I spent all of last night mowing down locust in Gears of War 2. The first title was stellar in every respect and Epic has followed up with a game that exceeds it’s predecessor in many ways.

Graphically the game is gorgeous and it delivers a top notch experience. The locust AI on even the normal difficulty will make you second guess the notion that these characters are driven by the game and not some other human player. This delivered a top notch single player experience.

I’ve got big plans to head out into the realms of multi-player tonight and I suspect that even my grandest expectations will be surpassed by what Gears of War 2 delivers. If you are sitting on the fence, don’t hesitate to head out and pick this one up.

We’ll have a full review in the coming week, but don’t wait for that before making the decision to pick up Gears of War 2.

THQ announced yesterday that a second expansion pack for the popular World War 2 strategy series Company of Heroes is in development by Relic Entertainment. The new entry is named Tales of Valour, and will be arriving for the PC in Spring of 2009. The game will feature new campaigns, maps, units and multiplayer modes. It also boasts a new “direct-fire” feature that will increase the player’s level of tactical control.

While the Second World War has become a staple of first person shooters, Company of Heroes managed to make the setting look fresh again with its fast-paced tactical combat. The first expansion Opposing Fronts built effectively on the original, and answered many criticisms by including an entire campaign set from the perspective of the German Panzer Elite division during Operation Market Garden. Perhaps the next expansion will explore the Russian front or the East African campaign? We’ll find out this Spring.

Check out the full press release here.