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Midnight Club L.A. Takes You Straight Into South Central In ‘09

6:40AM Michael McWhertor | Rockstar Games is giving the Midnight Club Los Angeles faithful a chance to run riot in South Central next year with a free expansion to the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 street racer. More »

Download stores: what’s your latest poison?

12:37PM Seamus Byrne | While we have umpteen big name titles hitting our consoles right now, I’ve still managed to get myself hooked on a couple of downloadable gems while cleaning up my list of demos I’d pulled down. The most recent release to drag me in is Age of Booty. A lot of fun with its simple RTS gameplay mixed with a tile-based map system that lets you create and share new challenges. The other has been Carcassonne, which I knew would be trouble but I still managed to let myself play ‘just one more game’ too many times of late — board games can get super addictive when there is no setup and no rules management to deal with. What quick and dirty downloadables, particularly the less obvious titles, have been grabbing your attention in the face of the season’s AAA onslaught we discussed yesterday? More »

Yes, Your Sackboy Spaceman Outfit Will Be Available

12:02PM Seamus Byrne | A lot of concern from readers over whether the added delay between US and AU release of LittleBigPlanet could put the week one special content at risk. We asked Sony Computer Entertainment for clarification and received some brief but heartwarming news: Exact details are to be confirmed, but I can confidently say that your readers won’t miss out. So never fear, friends. Your Spaceman Sackboy outfit and the week one special T-shirt will be available for those who get in at the start. More »

PS3 Bioshock DLC Coming Next Month

10:40AM Stuart Houghton | Even as the PS3 version of Bioshock lumbers centre stage. 2K games has announced a release date for the first exclusive PS3 DLC. This comes in the form of Challenge Rooms – areas designed to test specific skills that the player will have learned as they explorer Rapture. The self-contained areas feature puzzles and difficult obstacles that can only be overcome in a set time limit by applying your hard-won skills. The DLC will be available via PSN on November 20th, although no pricing has yet been released. BioShock PS3 Challenge Rooms out November 20 [Video Gamer] More »

Next Week On Rock Band: Pure Nirvana

5:20AM Michael McWhertor | With next week’s batch of Rock Band downloadable content, Nirvana’s seminal grunge rock album Nevermind comes that much closer to a complete download. A trio of songs still elude us, but seven new tracks will be hitting the Xbox Live Marketplace and PlayStation Store starting next Tuesday. Ready the flannel! Cost to you is a mere $1.99 (160 Microsoft Points) per track, with the full Nirvana “7 Pack” priced at $10.99 (880 Microsoft Points). Cheap! • “Breed” • “Lounge Act” • “On a Plain” • “Polly” • “Something in the Way” • “Stay Away” • “Territorial Pissings” More »

Full Oasis Album Coming To Guitar Hero World Tour

12:40AM Mike Fahey | English rock band Oasis is gearing up for a large presence in Activision’s Guitar Hero World Tour. Not only is “some Might Say” from their 1995 album (What’s the Story) Morning Glory? shipping on the disc, three tracks from the band’s latest album Dig Out Your Soul will be available for download on November 6th for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. The Oasis Track Pack will contain “Bag it Up”, “Waiting for the Rapture”, and the hit single “The Shock of the Lightning”, with each track of course available for single purchase as well. Then come 2009 the entire album will be available for purchase. I haven’t really kept track of Oasis since the early days, but I’m sure this is a good thing for those fans still aware that they are putting out music. Just remember to pause the game before the fistfights break out. More »