Rock Band Gets Fallout Boy, The Presidents, Hinder Next Week

Just in time for the presidential election (and probably no coincidence), three fresh tracks from The Presidents of the United States of America will be available to download for Rock Band starting November 4th. Joining them will be a song from Fallout Boy, as well as Hinder. Read more

Skate 2 Releasing in January

Boxed retail copies of Mirror’s Edge have revealed that Skate 2 will be hitting store shelves in January 2009. Read more

Nintendo Reiterates Support for Core Gamers

Hoping to quell some gamers’ criticism of the Wii overly catering to the casual crowd, Nintendo UK general manager David Yarnton claimed in a recent interview that Nintendo has “never lost their passion for core gamers.” Read more

EA Laying Off 600 Employees to Combat Losses

Citing slowing retail sales, Electronic Arts has announced plans to hand pink slips to 600 of its employees, or 6% of its workforce. The company is calling the layoffs a “global reduction,” by which it hopes to reap a pre-tax savings of $50 million. Read more

First Square-Enix iPhone Game Headed to Japan

Siliconera is reporting that Square-Enix will release Crystal Defenders – a game loosely inspired by Final Fantasy Tactics –  this winter on Japanese iPhones. Read more

World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King Midnight Launch

To celebrate the launch of the latest World of Warcraft expansion, Wrath of the Lich King, Blizzard has announced plans for midnight signing events at select retail locations across the country. Read more

Ghostbusters Game Acquired by Atari

Thought to be dead (no pun intended), reports indicate Atari has picked up publishing rights for the new Ghostbusters videogame from Activision. Read more

Beatles Music Game Announced

MTV, Harmonix and Apple Corp have announced a partnership to create a music game featuring the music of The Beatles. In somewhat of a surprise twist, the game will not be released under the Rock Band name, but a standalone music title. Read more

Poll Shows Little Enthusiasm for DSi in Japan

According to Kotaku, a new Dengeki Online poll suggests that Japanese gamers have little to no interest in purchasing Nintendo’s upcoming DSi. At least for the time being. Read more

New ‘Xbox Live Starter Pack’ Coming in November

Own an Xbox 360? Microsoft is counting on you to have enough storage space to download their New Xbox Live Experience next month. Only own an Xbox 360 Arcade? The company is pulling out all the stops to make you upgrade. Read more

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