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In a move no doubt inspired by the Movember Movement, Harmonix and MTV Games have revealed that the second DLC album for The Beatles: Rock Band, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, will release the week of November 17. Tracks from the British sensation's eighth studio album, as featured in the DLC release, include: "Fixing A Hole" "She's Leaving Home" "Being For The Benefit of Mr. Kite!" "Within You Without You" "When I'm Sixty-Four" "Lovely Rita" "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)" "A Day In The Life." Xbox 360 and Wii owners can purchase the DLC on Tuesday, November 17. The tracks will be available as a complete Track Pack for 1080 ($13.50) or 160 ($2.00) individually on Xbox 360; and 200 Wii Points ($2.00) per track on Wii. PlayStation 3 players get a few extra days to grow out their glorious mustaches when the pack lands on PSN on Thursday, November 19 for $13.49 (or $1.99 per track).As previously revealed, Beatles fans can look forward to next month when 1965's Rubber Soul will become available as the game's third full-album DLC.

A pair of Activision-published titles, Brütal Legend and DJ Hero, was conspicuously absent from October's NPD top ten. According to data given to GameSpot by NPD, DJ Hero, which was released at the end of the month, on October 27, managed 123,000 units in sales across four platforms, with the Xbox 360 version accounting for the highest number of sales (62,000 units) and, predictably, the PS2 version, the lowest (3,300 units). Double Fine's rocking, semi-strategy game, Brütal Legend, which debuted on Rocktober 13, totaled 216,000 units in sales across two platforms during October: 150,000 on Xbox 360 (almost enough to launch it into the monthly top ten) and 66,000 on PS3. This total fails to hit analyst Jesse Divnich's prediction for the month. However, Divnich suggested that Brütal Legend would go on to be an attractive holiday item -- something that may also be true for the bulky box with the cool turntable thingy in it.

Check out the prologue for Sega's new Yakuza game.

Alan Wake will allegedly premiere in late May of next year on Xbox 360. MCV reports that "a source close to the game" gave the new release date and suggested that the title would be promoted "in the style of a Hollywood movie."Officially, we know that Wake's drawn out development will conclude in "Spring 2010" -- around the 5-year mark. We've also previously been told that the game has been done since August and is in hibernation being polished over and over again. We've followed up with Remedy and Microsoft to see if either would like to confirm today's reported release date.

With talent from "Blood the Last Vampire" and "Ergo Proxy" (oh, and "Samauri Champloo") involved, it should've been clear that "Dante's Inferno: The Animated Epic" was going to be sickeningly violent. A newly released trailer for the straight-to-video anime spin-off reveals that this Dante's Inferno project isn't a single film, but rather a compilation of animated shorts, much like "The Animatrix," "Batman: Gotham Knight" and, most recently, "Halo: Legends."We're pretty certain Dante Alighieri is rolling in his grave right now, as this anthology of multiple interpretations of Visceral Games' interpretation of the original epic poem is so very far removed from the source. But hey, it's Alighieri's fault for not having the foresight to write about someone's head getting chopped in half!Expect The Animated Epic to arrive on DVD and Blu-ray in February, the same month as the game.

Escape the police and rendezvous with the kidnapper.

Take your chances with the kidnapper.

Alan Wake's opening cinematic and more!

Alan begins his terrible journey in search of his wife.

Alan investigates strange happenings in the woods.

Rusty got shot; is it a trap?

"A Henchmen Inventor Tent Unto." Before reading on, why not try to solve that puzzle for yourself? It's an anagram, which means you can mess the letters about to spell a secret message. Here's a hint: It was posted by Square Enix as a tease for Final Fantasy XIII, meaning it probably has something to do with that game. What's that? "A Chevron Non-nineteenth Mutt?" We suppose that's a pretty good guess, but unfortunately, it's the wrongest thing ever. A Final Fan-site recently had better luck uncovering the message's true meaning: "Announcement Nov Thirteenth." The nature of this "announcement" is still up in the air, though our money's on an official North American release date for the super-anticipated RPG. Though, considering the speed at which the series is growing now, we wouldn't be surprised if Squeenix went ahead and dropped the Final Fantasy XV bomb on us.

I’m not sure of all the details on this, as my Google translations don’t exactly give me the easiest details to decipher. What I can tell you is that there’s some sort of music video for The World Ends With You available for viewing on iTunes. I believe this is a sample track [...]

The Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey official soundtrack will feature 31 songs, and is due out in Japan on November 18th.

Looks like price drops really do work wonders, as The Conduit is currently selling better than Call of Duty: Modern Warfare — Reflex Edition. Then again, perhaps Activision’s complete lack of advertising isn’t helping either.

Direct link here Don’t get me wrong…seeing Super Mario Bros. and Super Mario Bros. 3 in new commercials is great. Too bad Nintendo didn’t bother to stick in any footage of New Super Mario Bros. Wii!

A portion of a Nintendo Okie review… Frogger has been revisited a number of times on a number of different platforms and many times the game play was tweaked and messed with to the point of not being fun. This return to its roots with a new twist makes for a worthy addition to the [...]

There are some new character profiles to check out on the official Japanese site for Tatsunoko Vs. Capcom Japanese. Doesn’t that paneled line-up make things seem a little lopsided? I wonder if there is a secret someone that is yet to be revealed.

It's a good game. But how good? Check it.

The classic formula returns to a Nintendo console. How does this stack up with the Mario best?

Kalypso Media's press release yesterday implying user generated content and a "powerful new mission editor" existing in the delayed Xbox 360 version of Tropico 3 certainly required us to call El Presidente to verify the authenticty of the claim. Turns out some lines got crossed, which is bound to happen when dealing with a developing banana publisher, and a representative clarified the situation."Some of the top rated missions created with the challenge editor for the PC version will be made available to Xbox 360 players," a representative explained. "There is no mission editor for the 360 version." Now that makes more sense. There's still no word on cost or when the DLC will release -- but we kind of need an official release date for the Xbox 360 version before we start worrying about such things.

A portion of a Tech-Gaming review… While Touchmaster 3 doesn’t quite match the first title’s level expertise, players searching for a cartridge brimming with variety will likely find plenty of enjoyment in the cartridge. I’d love to see the development team regroup and strive for Clubhouse Games-level quality and quantity for their next project.

Lately, we’ve been talking about Nintendo’s anti-piracy site that they run in Japan. It seems that the website has been quite a success…which might explain why there’s one for Nintendo of America as well! You can check out the site at the link below. You’ll find all sorts of information on piracy, as well [...]

Gamers demanding additional services and innovations, publisher says.

Gamers demanding additional services and innovations, publisher says.

Gamers demanding additional services and innovations, publisher says.