All kidding aside, the new DLC appears to be new remixes from Jay-Z and Eminem tracks, and while I am not a gambling man, I wonder if these tracks may have been the bonus ones that were included in the Renegade edition of the game, now released for the rest of the DJ Hero populace.

Hit the jump for more info on the new tracks.

Exclusive Downloadable Mixes Featuring Music Icons JAY-Z and Eminem Drop Today for the Award-Winning DJ Hero(TM)

Over 100 Original Mixes Now Available For Virtual DJs and Their Friends to Spin, Scratch and Battle

SANTA MONICA, Calif., March 18, 2010 /PRNewswire via COMTEX News Network/ — Two of the biggest artists in music, JAY-Z and Eminem, are mixing it up again with Activision Publishing, Inc.’s (Nasdaq: ATVI) DJ Hero(TM) – the #1 new videogame intellectual property of 2009 – by dropping their rhymes in exclusive mixes available for download beginning today on Xbox LIVE(R) Marketplace for the Xbox 360(R) video game and entertainment system from Microsoft. The JAY-Z vs. Eminem Mix Pack delivers three standout hits from each legend, including JAY-Z’s “Can I Get A…” mixed with Eminem’s “Lose Yourself,” driving the total number of one-of-a-kind mixes available for fans to spin, scratch and battle into triple digits.

“From sold out concerts to #1 albums to double digit Grammy Awards, JAY-Z and Eminem define what it means to be a successful artist,” said Jamie Jackson, Creative Director, FreeStyleGames. “The DJ Hero soundtrack is an expanding collection of chart-topping hit music – mixed in an all-new way – that can only be experienced in our game, and with the addition of the JAY-Z vs. Eminem Mix Pack, players and their friends can not only experience, but interact with over 100 unique mixes.”

The JAY-Z vs. Eminem Mix Pack features the following exclusive mash-ups:

“Shake That” by Eminem Mixed With “Show Me What You Got” by JAY-Z

“Without Me” by Eminem Mixed With “Encore” by JAY-Z

“Can I Get A…” by JAY-Z Mixed With “Lose Yourself” by Eminem

The JAY-Z vs. Eminem Mix Pack is available now on Xbox LIVE Marketplace for Xbox 360 for 640 Microsoft Points. The Mix Pack will be available on the PlayStation(R)Store for the PLAYSTATION(R)3 computer entertainment system on March 25, 2010 for $7.99. All mixes will be released as downloadable singles for Wii(TM) on March 25, 2010 for 300 Wii Points each.

The DJ Hero Extended Mix Pack 01, featuring two party rockin’ grooves: 50 Cent featuring Mary J. Blige “All Of Me” mixed with Queen’s “Radio Ga Ga” and “DARE” by Gorillaz vs. Public Enemy’s “Can’t Truss It;” and the David Guetta Mix Pack 01 containing remixes of his hot tracks “When Love Takes Over” featuring Kelly Rowland, the chart-topping “Sexy Chick” featuring Akon and “On The Dance Floor” featuring will.i.am and apl.de.ap of the Black Eyed Peas; are available now. For information on how to connect your console and access DJ Hero downloadable content, please visit: http://www.djhero.com/support.

The #1 new videogame intellectual property by revenue in the U.S. and Europe for calendar 2009, according to The NPD Group, Charttrack and GfK, DJ Hero delivers an all-new interactive music experience that allows players to not only experience, but hear music in an all-new way. Featuring mixes created by DJ AM, Cut Chemist, Grandmaster Flash, DJ Jazzy Jeff, J. Period, DJ Shadow, DJ Z-Trip and more, spinning over 100 individual songs, highlighted in 93 unique never-before-released mixes that blend genres of music, including hip-hop, pop, rock and dance, DJ Hero delivers the most diverse and international collection of music ever assembled in a music game by incorporating anthems from legendary artists. Created exclusively for DJ Hero, the turntable controller immerses fans into DJ culture and a sea of music as they utilize and master various DJ techniques including scratching, crossfading and sampling, while leaving room for creative expression with a variety of effects and player chosen samples and scratches, transforming a face in the crowd into the life of the party.

The DJ Hero Renegade Edition includes a copy of the game, a premium Renegade turntable controller, hardshell turntable carrying case that converts to a performance-ready DJ stand, and an exclusive JAY-Z and Eminem 2-CD pack featuring “best of” and new, unreleased material.

Available now, DJ Hero was developed by FreeStyleGames for the Xbox 360(R) video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, the PLAYSTATION(R)3 and PlayStation(R)2 computer entertainment systems and the Wii(TM) system from Nintendo. The game is rated “T” (Teen – Mild Suggestive Themes, Lyrics) by the ESRB. For more information about DJ Hero, please visit www.djhero.com, www.facebook.com/djhero and www.twitter.com/djhero.

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Early in April 2010, we will see the first of Premium DLC for Mass Effect 2, which will add a new character to the crew that Shepard will assemble for his suicide mission.  The character is Kasumi Goto, a rogue like female that has been contacted by Cerberus to assist with Shepard’s mission to save humanity.

However, everybody always wants something, and Kasumi is no different.  She is looking for assistance with a vault heist from the dangerous criminal known as Donovan Hook.

Check the jump for a few more pictures of Kasumi Goto.  Mass Effect 2 is available for PC and Xbox 360, as will the DLC.

For those people that are still hitting up the Bioshock 2 multiplayer component, the new Sinclair Solutions DLC pack is now available on the Playstation Network, Xbox Live Marketplace and Games for Windows LIVE marketplace.  Adding some new maps, powers and missions, the Sinclair Solution Test Pack raises up the level cap to 50 and mixes in 20 new trials for players to complete.  The map pack runs for 400 points on the Xbox Live and Games for Windows marketlaces, while the PS3 pack runs for $4.99.

2K Games also lets us know that this is the first of several planned DLC releases for Bioshock 2, including some new single player content that will be coming shortly.

As if our Fourhman had some sort of precognitive vision, Capcom has announced that the new DLC packs, “Lost in Nightmares” and “Deadly Escape” are now available on the Xbox 360 and PS3 as a bundle for one low price.  If you have an Xbox 360, the DLC is available for 960 points, while the PS3 version will run you $12.50.

So why does the DLC cost more separately than in a bundle?  Because you get two costume packs that will allow you to wear some different outfits through the single player campaign.  So the question now is whether our Fourhman makes good on the promise and buys the DLC.

I have to admit that when it comes to the Resident Evil series, I am late to the party.  Beyond a touch of Resident Evil 4 on the PC and Wii, and Resident Evil 5 on the 360 last year, that is all the Resident Evil experience I have.  So I did not quite understand the complaints that long time fans of the series had in regards to the new direction of Resident Evil 5.  After playing through the Lost in Nightmare’s DLC, I now see what I was missing, and it appears that fans of the series will find a lot to love.

Lost in Nightmares takes us to the sequence we saw in the intro of Resident Evil 5, where Chris Redfield and Jill Valentine are breaking into a mansion to find out what is going on at one of the Spenser’s estates.  As most remember from that intro movie, this is the place that Jill Valentine ends up leaping out the window, taking Wesker out with her.

As you start up the DLC, you notice a whole new feel for the Resident Evil 5 experience.  Gone are the open areas and never-ending sunlight.  Instead we are cast into the middle of the night, during a rainstorm.  Going into the mansion has us in very confined quarters, including a lot of ominous, long hallways.  I really sensed a creepy factor to Lost in Nightmares that I never had during the main campaign of Resident Evil 5.  I kept wondering what was around each corner, hearing guttural moans throughout my travels in the mansion.   As I continued through the mansion, I realized that I had not been this genuinely scared since Dead Space.  It was non-stop tension throughout, and it really made for a more fulfilling experience.

The game is also less combat focused, looking to use the mood as more of an game mechanic rather than the battles.  Yes there are new baddies to fight, but they do not come as often, and when they do, there entrances are terrifying.  I did bemoan the fact that the game seems to give you even less ammo than you had in Resident Evil 5, making you think before each shot.  Will this bullet be a waste, or will it go to good use.  It also has a tactical feel, with mines that you can place, allowing you to set up potential ambushes for some of the creatures you end up fighting.

Fans of the series will love some of the little in-jokes, like when Jill sees a lock and states, “ I think I can get that” or Chris commenting on Spenser’s love of cranks.  I knew of these through Internet memes, so I did get a good chuckle out of them.

The DLC does include some new models that you can look at, and more achievements for those that like to be completionists.  It also supports the same drop in, drop out co-op play that was in Resident Evil 5, however I felt the AI for Jill was a bit better than it was for Sheva.

Lost in Nightmares is a bit on the short side, and for those that might have enjoyed Resident Evil 5 better than other Resident Evil titles, might be upset with the way the game plays out.  It also does not help that you kind of know how the scenario will play out.  That said, I do feel that for the price of 400 Microsoft Points, it is a far better value than the Versus DLC that came out months ago.  Resident Evil 5: Lost in Nightmares gets 4.5 out of 5 Aeropausonauts.

It’s only been about thirty seconds since we finished up RE5’s Lost in Nightmares DLC. Available from today on Xbox Live, and from tomorrow on PSN, this second story pack gives Chris “Steroid” Redfield a break and pairs Jill Valentine with Josh Stone. “Freed of a mind control device, a fatigued Jill Valentine finds herself awakened by BSAA agent Josh Stone. Jill and Josh must work together to escape from the Tricell facility under the darkness of night.. Players will fight-off unrelenting waves of enemies in heart pumping blockbuster action, guiding Jill and Josh as they race to assist Chris and Sheva in their final showdown with Albert Wesker.”

Also available will be a host of new costumes. As a rule I don’t care about those (does anyone?!) but I have to admit my curiosity about Sheva’s “Business” outfit …

Resident Evil 5: Gold Edition, out on 9 March, will package up the original RE5 game with the DLCs on a single disk for the PS3, and a token to download the DLC for the Xbox 360.

Check the jump for all the pricing for the tracks on your choice of console.  Tracks will release for Xbox 360 and Nintendo Wii on Tuesday, while the PS3 will get the music on Thursday.

DISTURBED THREE PACK PLUS SILVERSUN PICKUPS AND MORE FOR ROCK BAND DLC NEXT WEEK!

Cambridge, Mass. – Feb. 26, 2010 – Harmonix and MTV Games today announced that a three pack of songs from American rockers Disturbed, as well as singles from Silversun Pickups, The Mother Hips and TRUSTcompany, will be added next week to the Rock Band Music Store of downloadable content for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system and Wii™.

These are among the more than 400 artists currently available through the Rock Band platform. With more than 1,100 songs available, Rock Band is, without question, the industry leader in providing the best selection of interactive musical content, songs and artists.

Rock Band DLC Additions for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 System and Wii

Since forming in 1996 in Chicago, Disturbed has sold more than 11 million albums worldwide, with three consecutive studio albums debuting at No. 1 on the Billboard 200. Next week, the group brings three more tracks to Rock Band, including “Meaning of Life,” “The Game” and “Voices.” These songs are from the 10th anniversary edition of The Sickness, which has been remastered and is set to hit shelves March 23, featuring b-sides, new artwork, exclusive online content and vinyl availability. The band is currently recording their fifth studio album, Decade of Disturbed, due out this summer.

Also available in the Rock Band Music Store next week are two singles from alternative rockers Silversun Pickups, who are touring North American in March and April and are nominated for Best New Artist in the 52nd Grammy® Awards. “Panic Switch” and “Sort Of,” from the band’s second studio album, Swoon, will both be available next week. Additionally, “Third Floor Story” and “White Falcon Fuzz” from The Mother Hips’ new album, Pacific Dust, which was released in October 2009, will be available for download next week. The band is currently touring North America. “Downfall” from TRUSTcompany will also be available for download next week in the Rock Band Music Store.

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 “+” are also available for download in the family-friendly LEGO® Rock Band Music Store. Tracks marked with a “*” will come out in Europe only on March 11.

Price: $1.99 USD, £.99 UK, €1.49 EU (160 Microsoft Points for Xbox 360) per track

$5.49, £2.49 UK, €3.99 EU (440 Microsoft Points for Xbox 360) for “Disturbed Pack 02”

$2.00 USD (200 Wii Points™) per track

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

Website Links:

For more information, please visit:

Rock Band Website

Disturbed Website

Silversun Pickups Website

Rock Band 2 is available for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 system, PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system and Wii system. Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 system and Wii versions support downloadable content.

Downloadable content for Wii is purchased via the in-game Rock Band Music Storeusing Wii Points™ purchased through the Wii™ Shop Channel and can be downloaded to the system memory or to an SD card for additional storage. The tracks stream directly from the SD card for seamless play.

With these additions, there are now 1,101 tracks available to date via disc and download purchase (complete list of tracks at www.rockband.com/music). Rock Band continues to satisfy music fans’ and gamers’ voracious appetite for rock with more than 65 million paid downloads since its launch Nov. 20, 2007. The Rock BandRock Band library. Music Store allows players to preview and purchase downloadable individual music tracks and packs from the vast selection of offerings available to date without ever leaving the game as they build their own custom

Rock Band and Rock Band 2 are rated “T” for Teen (lyrics, suggestive themes) by the ESRB. Music downloads are not rated by the ESRB.

For more information on Rock Band2 and Harmonix Music Systems please visit www.rockband.com and www.harmonixmusic.com.

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At the Bioshock 2 conference call that we covered a week ago, there was a question that I did not get answered, and that was about DLC.  I wanted to know if 2K Games was going to add additional content not just for the multiplayer, but for the single player campaign as well. 

Today, we got our answer, as 2K Games has announced a list of new DLC content for both single and multiplayer components, starting with the Sinclair Solutions Test Pack.  The Sinclair Solutions Test Pack is a set of new maps and two new characters for Bioshock 2 multiplayer, at a cost of 400 Microsoft moon bocks for PC and Xbox 360, or $4.99 on PS3.  Single player content will be coming in the near future as well, but it has not been announced what that content will be.  Check the jump for the full 411 and a couple more screenshots.

2K Games Announces Extensive Downloadable Content for BioShock® 2

New single player and multiplayer additions enrich the Rapture experience by adding a wealth of new content and features

New York, NY – February 22, 2010 – 2K Games announced today an aggressive post-launch downloadable content plan for BioShock®2 that extends and enhances the single and multiplayer experiences by adding more glimpses into the award-winning world of Rapture. Downloadable content will be made available soon beginning with the Sinclair Solutions Test Pack, available this March from the Xbox® LIVE Marketplace for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft and Games for Windows-LIVE for 400 Microsoft Points and from the PlayStation®Network for $4.99. Future expansions into the world of BioShock 2 are slated to arrive over the coming months and will continue to expand on the stories of the denizens of Rapture.

“The fans who waited in the snow, rain and cold for the midnight launch of BioShock 2 have spoken and their message is that Rapture still has many fascinating stories to tell,” said Christoph Hartmann, president of 2K. “Downloadable content is a key part of our efforts to continue to entice the fans that have made 2K a household name – we intend to deliver single and multiplayer content that respects and expands upon one of the greatest fictional worlds ever created.”

Sinclair Solutions Test Pack, the first of several planned downloadable packages, contains a number of customization features that will allow players to further their character’s development in BioShock 2’s multiplayer modes and provide a deeper multiplayer experience. The pack includes:

•Rank Increase to level 50 with Rank Rewards

•New playable characters Louie McGraff and Oscar Calraca

•20 new trials*

•A third weapon upgrade for each weapon

•Five additional masks*

*Some items are only available after a player achieves a rank of 41 or higher.

In the coming months, 2K Games will also be publishing downloadable extensions of the single player experience that provide new insight into the world of Rapture. These packages will include more narrative, new tools and new challenges that extend the lore and fiction of the failed Utopia under the sea.

About BioShock 2

BioShock 2’s multiplayer modes provide fans with an engrossing prequel experience that expands upon the fiction of Rapture’s origins. Set during the year before Rapture’s descent into chaos, players assume the role of a Plasmid test subject for Sinclair Solutions, a key provider of Plasmids and Tonics in the underwater city that was first explored in BioShock. Players will enter into areas from the original title as they struggle to gain superiority and fight for survival in franticly paced battles.

The single player mode serves as a sequel to the original game and provides fans with an unsettling storyline, dazzling visual design and the evolution of the genetically enhanced shooter gameplay. Set almost a decade after a grueling civil war consumed the once magnificent city of Rapture, evil reverberates through the halls and a wickedness once thought gone forever returns along the Atlantic seaboard. An unspeakable series of kidnappings from local seaside communities by an unseen monster leads to the repopulation of Little Sisters in Rapture’s failed utopia under the ocean. Players must step into the boots of one of gaming’s most iconic characters, the Big Daddy, as they traverse through the fallen city, fending off attacks from an army of genetically modified Splicers, while searching for escape and the key to their survival.

BioShock 2 is available now for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system and Games for Windows and is rated M for Mature by the ESRB. For more information on BioShock 2 please visit www.bioshock2game.com, www.cultofrapture.com and www.somethinginthesea.com.

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Headquartered in New York City, Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. is a global developer, marketer, distributor and publisher of interactive entertainment software games for the PC, PlayStation®3 and PlayStation®2 computer entertainment systems, PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) system, the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, WiiTM, Nintendo DSTM, iPhoneTM and iPod® touch. The Company publishes and develops products through its wholly owned labels Rockstar Games and 2K, which publishes its titles under 2K Games, 2K Sports and 2K Play. Take-Two also distributes software, hardware and accessories in North America through its Jack of All Games subsidiary. The Company’s common stock is publicly traded on NASDAQ under the symbol TTWO. For more corporate and product information please visit our website at www.take2games.com.

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Holdonasec, Media Molecule… it’s damn near March! It’s LittleBigLate to be reviewing the 2009 DLC landscape, eh? It’s also a little weird to be talking about how “new and exciting” 2010 will be, when we’ve already been through two months of naught but some LBP PSP DLC tossed into our hoppers.

Still, December’s Pirates/Water add-on was hot stuff, and your video is another typically pleasant stroll through your garden. So get us some new content and we’ll be good and psyched again. (Note that the White Knight Chronicles DLC is coming this week.)

You can check out MM’s video after the jump.

Source: LittleBigPlanet.com

Starting off, we have the band HIM making its debut in Rock Band, with a three track pack including such hits as, “Wings of a Butterfly”, “Heartkiller” and “Ode to Solitude”.  We also get “Dope Show” from Marilyn Manson’s best album, “Mechanized Animals”.  Rounding out the new artists is One Night Only with their track, “Just for Tonight”.  KSM makes their debut as well this week with the track, “Distracted”.  Our returning band is The Police with my personal favorite track, “Walking on the Moon”.

As always, check the jump for the full pricing and release info on the tracks.

HIM DEBUTS ON ROCK BAND, PLUS SINGLES FROM MARILYN MANSON, THE POLICE AND MORE

Cambridge, Mass. – Feb. 19, 2009 – Harmonix and MTV Games today announced that a three pack of songs from Finnish rockers HIM, as well as singles from KSM, Marilyn Manson, One Night Only and The Police, will be added next week to the Rock Band Music Store of downloadable content for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system and Wii™.

These are among the more than 400 artists currently available through the Rock Band platform. With more than 1,000 songs available, Rock Band is, without question, the industry leader in providing the best selection of interactive musical content, songs and artists.

Rock Band DLC Additions for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 System and Wii

Helsinki-formed rockers HIM make their Rock Band debut next week with a three pack of songs, including “Heartkiller” and “Ode to Solitude,” from their latest and seventh studio album, Screamworks: Love in Theory and Practice, Chapters 1–13, which was released Feb. 9 in the United States, debuting as No. 1 Hard Rock Record and No. 25 overall on the Billboard 200. The pack also includes “Wings of a Butterfly,” from 2005’s Dark Light. The band is currently touring worldwide through August 2010 in support of their new album.

Also available in the Rock Band Music Store next week are singles from KSM (“Distracted”), Marilyn Manson (“The Dope Show”), One Night Only (“Just for Tonight”) and The Police (“Walking On the Moon”).

Available on Xbox 360 and Wii (Feb. 23) and PlayStation 3 system (Feb. 25):

· 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: $1.99 USD, £.99 UK, €1.49 EU (160 Microsoft Points for Xbox 360) per track

$5.49, £2.49 UK, €3.99 EU (440 Microsoft Points for Xbox 360) for “HIM Pack 01” $2.00 USD (200 Wii Points™) per track

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

Website Links:

For more information, please visit:Rock Band Website

HIM Website

Rock Band 2 is available for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 system, PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system and Wii system. Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 system and Wii versions support downloadable content.

Downloadable content for Wii is purchased via the in-game Rock Band Music Storeusing Wii Points™ purchased through the Wii™ Shop Channel and can be downloaded to the system memory or to an SD card for additional storage. The tracks stream directly from the SD card for seamless play.

With these additions, there are now 1,093 tracks available to date via disc and download purchase (complete list of tracks at www.rockband.com/music). Rock Band continues to satisfy music fans’ and gamers’ voracious appetite for rock with more than 65 million paid downloads since its launch Nov. 20, 2007. The Rock BandRock Band library. Music Store allows players to preview and purchase downloadable individual music tracks and packs from the vast selection of offerings available to date without ever leaving the game as they build their own custom

Rock Band and Rock Band 2 are rated “T” for Teen (lyrics, suggestive themes) by the ESRB. Music downloads are not rated by the ESRB.

For more information on Rock Band 2 and Harmonix Music Systems please visit www.rockband.com and www.harmonixmusic.com.

Microsoft, Xbox, Xbox 360, Xbox LIVE, and the Xbox logos are trademarks of the Microsoft group of companies.

“PlayStation” is a registered trademark of Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.

Wii is a trademark of Nintendo. © 2006 Nintendo.