FizzPow Games’s latest iPhone and iPod touch game release, PandaMania: Legend of the Fu Manchu, puts the power of the new “bow defense” genre into the palm of your hand with original arcade action that will have both casual and hardcore gamers hooked in no time! It’s available now for a special introductory price of $1.99.

Next week’s new Rock Band downloadable releases will include a four-pack from X, as well as individual tracks from Little Fish, Ace Frehley, Carrie Underwood, and OneRepublic.

Asheville, North Carolina will be the site of 2010 ActionFest — “The film festival with a body count,” as the festival’s Web site proclaims. ActionFest is the world’s first film festival devoted exclusively to action cinema as well as those individuals that make action films possible.

Boston area street tap group The Boston Tap Company is holding a special encore performance of its popular show, Rhythm in the Night, on April 2nd at 7:00pm at the Anthony D. Perkins Community Theater in Dorchester, MA.

Hard-rocking Finnish band HIM will take time out from preparing for their next U.S. tour to play Xbox LIVE Gold Members in Rock Band 2 on Thursday, March 25th. Band members will be available between 9:00-11:00pm EST (6:00-8:00pm PST) to rock out with Xbox LIVE Gold Members.

The 2nd annual Get Out of the Garage Music Contest, sponsored by Journeys, Converse, and Guitar Center, will showcase its winners — Twank Star and Southern Backtones — at a concert in Austin, TX on March 18, 2010.

This week’s Rock Band downloadable releases are all about Lady Gaga. In addition to a Gaga four-pack, you’ll be able to play the South Park version of “Poker Face.” If Lady Gaga isn’t your style, there are several individual tracks this week from the likes of 3 Doors Down, Mute Math, and The Subways.

It’s hard to keep track of all the new show names being thrown around during pilot season, but here are a few you might want to keep in mind if you want to see what some of Joss Whedon’s former cast members (many of whom have also appeared in other genre shows) will be up to.

Green Day: Rock Band’s June 8, 2010 release date was announced last week, along with some great details about the standalone music video game that we wanted to share with our readers.

If you’re at MegaCon in Orlando this weekend, keep an eye out for us. We’ll be making the rounds, sitting in on panels, interviewing guests, and generally being all-out geeks. And if you’re in the Orlando area and not already at the convention, come on over!