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In simple terms, Green Day and Rock Band are friends. There have already been several Green Day tracks released for Harmonix's musically inclined baby and it was announced today that even more are on their way later this month. Starting December 15 on the Wii and Xbox 360 - and December 17 on the Playstation 3 - players will be able to grab three new Green Day tracks from the band's 21st Century Breakdown album: "Christian's Inferno," "Last of the American Girls," and "¡Viva La Gloria!". The tracks will be available individually for $1.99 / 160 / 200 Wii points. The full track pack will be available on PS3 and Xbox 360 for $5.49 / 440.

As you can see, it looks like some Wii Sports Resort players have shifted over to New Super Mario Bros. Wii, at least for a little while. We’ll have to see what these two games look like about a month from now. I have a feeling that some people are going to soon [...]

Looks like Capcom had a different outfit planned for Cammy back in the day. For whatever reason, they decided to ditch this spandex/Lycra getup, and go with the traditional outfit that we all know…and love. Ah, the way things could of been! Thanks to ReyVGM for the heads up.

Back in the day, Toys R’ Us used to have full-color card promos for upcoming NES games. You’d take the card up to the counter, show the clerk what you wanted, and then they’d take you to the game cage and grab a copy for you. While the card art itself is awesome, [...]

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Here’s a neat way for Nintendo to combat piracy in China. They’re releasing the iQue DSi with a version of Nintendogs pre-installed on the unit. I have a feeling this might go over pretty well, as long as Nintendo markets it properly! Thanks to Jonny_boi for the heads up.

Another Saturday has arrived, and with it another free episode of Halo Legends on the Xbox Live Marketplace. For 24 hours only (of course it won't be on the internet afterward!), you can catch an anime'd up Master Chief delivering "The Package" with four "specially selected Spartans." Today's episode is the first half of a two-parter (concluding on December 12), so be sure to catch it or be left lonely and confused when next week arrives. Or you could always just wait until the whole shebang arrives on Blu-ray this February 9.

Ever since we first picked up word about TopWare Interactive's upcoming shooter Scivelation, we've been puzzled on how to speak about the game. Sure, we didn't know a ton about Scivelation itself other than a scant few words on the game's premise and a vague release window of Q3 2010, but we were much more troubled by the fact that we couldn't actually pronounce the title. So we asked TopWare Interactive managing director James Seaman to clarify the title's pronunciation, as well as to tell us a bit more about the game itself. "Scivelation (Sigh-vuh-ley-shun) is a contraction of two words; Science and Revelation. Thus, Scivelation deals with a Scientific Revelation within the universe that we've created," Seaman told Joystiq. And while the setting (a "post-Apocalyptic" world) has been done a few times recently, he promised us a different take on the backdrop with Scivelation, and even cited Phillip K. Dick and Robert Heinlein as inspiration. "Though Scivelation deals with issues of societal breakdown and the world in chaos, humanity has reached the pinnacle of technological advancements. This combination of science fiction and dystopian society comes from our great love of many classic literary works." It remains to be seen whether or not TopWare Interactive's upcoming game will impress us, but at least now we know how to say its name correctly. Read Seaman's whole explanation of Scivelation after the break.

Coming from the Treyarch forums… A quick heads-up, we’ve pushed out a hotfix today (which will download automatically when you start the game) which introduces a couple of changes: 1] Added in collision to prevent MP map exploits. 2] The Team Tactical playlist now allows up to 10 players. Also, a Double-XP weekend is coming for the holidays (Dec. [...]

Two forces of nature collide in PixelJunk Shooter.

Is this care package rigged to blow up big, or has it wound up a dud? The official GameTrailers review for the stealth action video game The Saboteur.

We can't be gaming all the time, despite our best efforts, and from time to time we'll actually take advantage of the movie-playing abilities on our gaming systems. JBO features our top picks for XBL, PSN, Netflix's Watch Instantly and Blu-ray each week. Recommendation of the Week: Star Trek: The Original Series (Blu-ray, all three seasons, prices vary) All three seasons of Star Trek: The Original Series will be available as of December 15, which is when Season Three comes out. Besides the awesome bloopers and flubs, it also has the entire unaired original Trek pilot in the set. Bizarrely, this was the original opening monologue: "Enterprise log, Captain James Kirk commanding. We are leaving that vast cloud of stars and planets which we call our galaxy. Behind us, Earth, Mars, Venus, even our sun are specks of dust. A question: What is out there in the black void beyond? Until now, our mission has been that of space law regulation, contact with Earth colonies and investigation of alien life. But now, a new task. A probe out into where no man has gone before." Seems like a good thing they changed it. "A probe out into" is a bit much. Trek has never, ever looked or sounded (there's a new 7.1 mix!) better, and you can pick this up in a box set, or get the individual seasons. Beam us up. Read on for the rest of the recommendations, and as usual, we'll see you at the popcorn sta -- well, actually, we won't see you at all. But you catch our drift. Plus, be sure to tell us what you'll be watching, or what you've seen recently that bowled you over.

Take an exclusive walk through battle Dark Void's Archon unit.

The battle for existence begins in Crystal Bearers.

How does the Iron Fist play in the palm of your hands? Find out in the GameTrailers video review.

If you managed to get into the MAG beta and thought that was a lot of downloading, Aksys' Record of Agarest War is going to blow your mind. The PSN title will weigh in "somewhere around 8 - 10 gigs," an Aksys employee posted on the game's forums. Obviously, eight to ten gigabytes isn't going to be much space for your PS3's big and burly hard drive and it's definitely understandable considering the game was originally a disc-based release in Europe; however, the time it'll take to download all of those gigglebytes is another story. We suggest starting the download before you go to bed or -- considering the "100 hour" adventure isn't actually out yet -- taking the Delorean up to 88MPH. [Via Siliconera]

My mom loves to play video games. She’s a particularly huge Castlevania fan, but she also loves Zelda. Well, she did until she was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis. While she’s been diagnosed for awhile, the illness has been slowly progressing. One of the later side-effects with this disease relates to motion [...]

You should definitely leave this man behind.

See how the HD transition is going.