Steam news is reporting that the official Dawn of War II soundtrack is available to download. Simply go here, scroll down, and download the archive. The 20 tracks are in 320Kbps, so that should keep all but the most avid audiophiles happy. Game soundtracks, for me, are in a strange category. They’re most often brilliant, [...]

Guitar Hero: Metallica has finally been confirmed, after a series of rumours about the game. The game allows players to play in some “famous settings” with 28 Metallica songs and some Alice in Chains, Foo Fighters, Slayer, Machine Head and Queen ones, too. Also featured is “an all new Expert+ difficulty setting featuring two bass [...]

I’m checking out Famitsu this morning and what do I see but an interesting slightly non gaming news article about EXILE and Takaratomi toy company of Japan releasing a collaboration Optimus Prime as they call it.

Prince of Persia games have a history of being an all-around awesome gaming experience (unless you happen to be playing on PSP). So it’s not surprising that the music also excels in quality. A mix of traditional eastern instruments with a dash of the all-time American favorite electric guitar and some orchestral flair gives you [...]

LittleBigResistance: Delay of Sackboy The recent controversy surrounding Sony’s decision to delay the release of LittleBigPlanet, over a Qur’an reference made in one of the tracks, has many gamers flexing their memory muscle in an attempt to illustrate a double standard. The belief is that Sony’s 2006 decision to essentially ignore the Church of England’s [...]

Dave Chappelle once said, “Nobody likes getting their ass beat to a soundtrack.” Dave never played FaceBreaker. EA’s arcade-style boxing game’s soundtrack has been announced, and it’s full of Grateful Dead and Jack Johnson. You know — good, mellow stuff. OK, I lied. The FaceBreaker soundtrack contains tunes with such auspicious names as “Sucker Punch,” [...]

We all know the feeling, you’re sat at home in your boxers playing Resistance: Fall of Man and you start thinking “you know, I wish I could watch that latest Rihanna music video, but I’m so lazy to simply go to YouTube in my PS3′s browser, I wish there was another solution”. Well, Sony have heard [...]

Flyleaf (pictured above, minus singer Lacey Mosley) join Guitar Hero as DLC If you’ve played through every track on Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock, there are now some fresh tunes courtesy of Interscope Records. The Interscope Track Pack offers up three new songs: Flyleaf’s “Tina,” “Carcinogen Crush” by AFI, and a remix of goth [...]

Nothing says hardcore hip-hop like the Nintendo DS (snicker!) but Ignition Entertainment is now serving up a web demo of their upcoming Breakdancing game for the DS, Red Bull BC One. It plays like Elite Beat Agents, only instead of tapping in time to the music, you’re playing connect-the-dots against the clock. From this demo, [...]

Ripten is lucky enough to be joined by Anthony Putson, a freelance video game composer who is part of a company with over 30 years of experience in producing game audio, amalgamating into one of the largest portfolios in gaming history. Their output includes Driver 1 and 2, Rollercoaster Tycoon 2, the Duel Masters trilogy, [...]

At CES Sony had something nice to announce for all you avid PSP users, a huge 16GB Memory Stick Pro. This is great for people who use their PSP as a portable media centre that holds all their favourite movies, music and photos.