Rock Band Disc Export Title Update Goes Live

Halo 3 With a Cover System. We discuss it here.

No Nevermind in Nirvana

Smashing Pumpkins to Debut on Guitar Hero World Tour

PS3 Gets Exclusive Mirror’s Edge DLC

Bungie has unvelied the map previously known as “Purple Reign.” It’s now called Assembly. Unfortunately they won’t/can’t say anything about how or when it will be released. Here are some screens of it though:

Here is some interesting, and disturbing, info from MTV.com:

Earlier this month, a hacker bragged that he’d gained access to the Xbox Live identity — or gamertag, as it’s known — of “Halo 3″ multiplayer producer Joe Tung. This allowed him access to Tung’s account and personal information. Tung isn’t alone.

While there’s been a lot of talk over the last few years about the inevitable death of the album format, the videogame industry doesn’t appear to be listening. On Sept. 12, Metallica will release a gameplay version of their new record, Death Magnetic, through Guitar Hero , and two days later, Rock Band 2 debuts, and with it, the promise of 500 tracks by year’s end. Stocking the digital bins, EW.com has learned exclusively, will be seminal full albums by Foo Fighters (The Colour and the Shape ), Red Hot Chili Peppers (Blood Sugar Sex Magik ), Jane’s Addiction (Nothing’s Shocking ), Megadeth (Peace Sells… But Who’s Buying ) and Stevie Ray Vaughn (Texas Flood ), along with a specially-compiled No Doubt Best Of collection. All are slated to roll out in the coming months, according to MTV Games.

Not long ago we expressed enthusiasm about Rock Band’s Rush DLC. It turns out that there has been some sort of problem and now it won’t be available for a few weeks. According to the Rock Band Forum:

From Shacknews:
Bungie recently shot down its own rumors that bots–artificial intelligence opponents–would be added to its hit Xbox 360 shooter Halo 3. The studio behind Halo had created the bot buzz in a video acceptance speech for an EDGE Magazine award.
In denying the rumors, community manager Luke Smith blasted select members of Bungie’s famously devout [...]