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Building on 2009's initial offering, Rock Band Reloaded ($4.99 on iPhone/iPod Touch; $9.99 on iPad) adds a new expert mode and full vocal support in the sequel. Just promise us you won't be that guy on the bus, okay?

The iPad version of the game supports split-screen multiplayer, along with several different ways to present the action on screen -- lefties can orient gameplay so and there's even a full-screen drum kit to fool around with. For the full list of launch tracks, as well as free and premium tracks accessible through the App store and the game itself, dive on past the break.

#review Why should anyone in their right mind pay good money for a console port of a game you can play on a PC, right now, for free? More »

Club Nintendo has introduced two more choices for your fun-money shopping. Another 10-Coin screensaver is available, this time featuring Dragon Quest IX artwork against a backdrop of the world map. If you're less prone to screen burn-in and more prone to spill your drink, you may be more interested in the other new item: the set of three Mario towels originally released in Japan last July.

Of course, given that each towel goes for 350 Coins, you'd probably be better off reaching for the paper towels, instead of ordering one of these and then waiting several weeks for it to arrive. We don't want to imagine the horror of actually cleaning with one of these. They're too ... collectible!

A Celebration Collection This collectible package features four classic Mario™ games, a soundtrack CD and an illustrated commemorative booklet. It’s a special collection of some never-before-seen items released in honor of the 25th anniversary of the original Super Mario Bros.™ game on the Nintendo Entertainment System™. FEATURES: The games included in the Super Mario All-Stars Limited Edition are: Super [...]

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#clips Three weeks post-Black Ops we've seen more lucky kills and wacky vids than you can shake an RC-XD at. This helicopter takedown reminds that Grand Theft Auto IV, even two years later, pulls its weight in WTF multiplayer kills, too. More »

Nintendo continues their off-the-wall Donkey Kong Country Returns promotions in Australia. As you can see, someone has taken a bite out of this establishment’s sign. Man, DK is a lot bigger than I realized!

Get down to Circular Quay at 5:30pm today to play DKC Returns and take away your share of 10,000 bananas.

#screengrab Team Meat's pithy riposte to PETA's meat-is-murder complaint earlier today. Via Super Meat Boy's Twitter [thanks Nerf Herder] More »

Nintendo's newest console, now with 64 bits of power.

#consoletaisen The release of Gran Turismo 5 in Japan and the build up to Monster Hunter Portable 3rd give the PlayStation family a week to completely dominate overseas. Just how helpful were GT5 and the latest Monster Hunter? More »

Sony has announced another LA playtest event for a PSN game, this time PixelJunk Shooter 2. If you're accepted to one of the testing sessions, you'll get to play an unreleased game -- and you'll get a free Move starter pack! Also, if the game is bad when it comes out, you'll be blamed.

With the option to purchase an actual Tron Light Cycle out of the question -- 'cause, they're in the computer -- we'll have to settle with the dream of owning a replica by Parker Brothers Choppers. The shop made 10 street-legal Light Cycle machines and one of the four remaining can be yours for the rez-onable price of $55,000.

According to Autopia, the vehicle weighs 474 pounds, is over 100" long and 23" wide, with the rider lying 28.5" from the ground. It looks awesome and we'd totally ride on one, but only after we did the responsible thing and registered as an organ donor. Check out some footage of the real-world Light Cycle after the break.

Delve into game statistics with a developer in the third web episode from Just Cause 2.

Start the Agency mission in Panau and haul ass before the locals get their hands on sensitive intel!

Go behind the scenes and learn about video capture in Just Cause 2.

#sports Fight Night Champion will offer players the story of fictitious boxer Andre Bishop, whose career arc will involve - as the HBO guide used to say - adult situations, adult language, profanity (maybe nudity?) in EA Sports' first M-rated game. More »

U.S. branch moving to Austin, Texas.

U.S. branch moving to Austin, Texas.

U.S. branch moving to Austin, Texas.

Slide the puck into the net with Mario's friends!

Be quick on your feet and don't let any balls touch you!

#fanart Artist Sheridan Johns puts Donkey Kong, Yoshi and a flock of Goombas through a warp pipe and onto the USG Ishimura for an unexpected and awesome video game mash-up entry in this deviantArt contest. More »

EA CEO John Riccitiello has bad news for fans of skateboarding games: The genre is dead. Action sports games still have a place in players' consoles, he says, but "for the level of excitement out there, skateboarding seems to have run its course as the representative example in that broader genre." Too bad, Tony Hawk players -- the competitor of the company that makes your games says they're not exciting. Though in his defense, EA's own Skate 3 wasn't that exciting either.

But there's good news, according to Riccitiello, for another flagging genre. Music games can possibly make a comeback, the CEO says, though even he isn't sure how. "I think the music genre is going to recover ... It could be based on some new innovation. Maybe it all becomes dance-based." Oh, that's rich, Riccitiello -- a super-popular dance game based on some kind of innovative technology? If only that "falling knife" Harmonix made something like that.