Shinedown is the featured act on Rock Band this week, with a three pack of songs arriving as downloadable content today.

I was thrilled to learn that its first DLC expansion pack, The Legend of Dead Kel, centers around my favorite genre — pirates! I was even more thrilled to discover that it’s one of the fullest DLC expansions I can remember playing.

It’s a retro week for Rock Band with classic tracks from Men at Work and Santana arriving as this week’s downloadable content.

Three Days Grace is this week’s featured act on Rock Band, with a three pack of songs hitting the downloadable roster today.

This week brings three more singles to Rock Band, each from a different band. You can get these tracks from Everclear, Good Charlotte, and Mastodon for $1.99 (160 Microsoft Points) each today, across gaming platforms.

Unless you’ve been away from the planet for a couple of months, it’s been impossible to miss the hype inducing juggernaut of Mass Effect 3. The conclusion of BioWare’s spacefaring trilogy will be in stores on Tuesday, and we’re featuring the series for the second time in this week’s Fan Art Friday.

“The Power of Love” was one of Rock Band 3′s most keyboardtastic on-disc tracks, so it only makes sense that Huey Lewis & The News would be back for some DLC songs. That time has come, and a new 3-pack of tunes from the band is this week’s downloadable content, now available across consoles.

The beloved SSX snowboarding franchise makes a return to store shelves next Tuesday with an all new game for current generation consoles. To celebrate its release, this week’s Fan Art Friday looks at some cool artwork inspired by the game series.

Every console cycle brings improvements over the previous generation. But there are still a few things that are still with us today, even after decades of improvements and refinements. Below are my top three things that need to be done with in gaming.

The long awaited first release from Curt Schilling’s 38 Studio has arrived, and it delivers all the fantasy trappings we could hope to see.