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Rock Band Next Week: The White Stripes
5:40AM Mike Fahey | Four players will play songs performed by two people next week, when dynamic divorced duo The White Stripes make their Rock Band debut. More »
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Konami Might Buy Music Label
6:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Game maker Konami is currently in talks with JVC Kenwood over the sale of music subsidiary Victor Entertainment Inc., reports Japanese newspaper The Daily Yomiuri. More »
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REO Speedwagon: The Game: No This Is Not A Joke
10:30PM Luke Plunkett | An REO Speedwagon game. Mull that sentence over for a while, and your mind darts between reactions. Namely, from amused, to confused, to bewildered, then back to amused, via a short stop-over utter disbelief. More »
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Sliding Like Tom Cruise Is “Not Easy”
8:00PM Brian Ashcraft | No, you haven’t stumbled onto Gawker.com. Fall Out Boy emo rocker Pete Wentz described the Risky Business-esque floor sliding for Band Hero as “not easy”. More »
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New 30 Seconds To Mars Single Debuts In Dragon Age
3:20AM Mike Fahey | 30 Seconds to Mars’ new album, “This Is War,” doesn’t hit stores until December 8, but you can get a sneak peak at the title track in Dragon Age: Origins. More »
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Final Fantasy XIII Soundtrack CD Dated For Japan
7:00PM Brian Ashcraft | On January 27, Square Enix will be releasing the Final Fantasy XIII soundtrack in Japan — one limited edition, and the other not. More »
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Game Tech Now Good Enough For Hans Zimmer
4:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Composer Hans Zimmer has standards. He likes things big. Just look at the movies he has scored: Gladiator, The Last Samurai and The Da Vinci Code. Big films! So how and why did he make the leap to games? More »
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“Margaritaville” Trademarked For Video Game Use
2:00PM Owen Good | Another cull of patent and trademark filings turns up this gem: Jimmy Buffet’s “Margaritaville,” the soundtrack for public drunkenness and amphitheater-humping for more than two decades, has been trademarked for use in a video game. More »
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Assassin’s Creed II Soundtrack On Sale This Month
2:40AM Mike Fahey | Award-winning composer Jesper Kyd returns to score the soundtrack to Assassin’s Creed II, available later this month at fine digital music download websites everywhere. More »
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