Apparently everyone got into the spirit of St. Patrick’s Day, including Activision. Activison sports their green colors through offering new Flogging Molly tracks to Guitar Hero 5 and Band Hero.

The tracks include ‘Requiem For A Dying Song,” “The Seven Deadly Sins” and “(No More) Paddy’s Lament.” Flogging Molly themselves are also in high spirits, given that they’ll be playing against the public in the next Game with Game competition. Gold members on Xbox Live should send a friend request to their gamertags (below) by 6:30pm ET on March 23rd.

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We’ve already presented you the March line-up for the Hero franchise from Activision. To remind you of the first set of tracks being made available, however, we’re bringing you this quick news update.

First up in the line-up, Guitar Hero 5 and Band Hero get three new tracks from blink-182 for you to rock out to on your 360, PS3, or Wii.

The track pack includes “All The Small Things” and “Adam’s Song” from the album Enema of the State, as well as “First Date” from Take Off Your Pants & Jacket.

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That is how the saying goes, right?

Activision would like to clue you in on the downloadable tracks they have ready for March.

If you’re playing for the Hero line with either Guitar Hero 5 or Band Hero, you can start seeing these tracks available from March 4th. Blink-182 starts March’s downloads with three songs including “First Date,” “All The Small Things,” and “Adam’s Song.”

March 11th continues the Thursday downloadable trend with three songs from OK Go. These tracks are “Here It Goes Again,” “Do What You Want,” and “Get Over It.”

Throwing in a mix to the rock tracks March will offer is Irish-infused Flogging Molly on March 18th with “Requiem For A Dying Song,” “(No More) Paddy’s Lament,” and “The Seven Deadly Sins.”

Polishing March off on the 25th is yet another three-pack featuring 80s tracks. You’ll get “Girls, Girls, Girls” by Mötley Crüe, “We Got The Beat” from The Go-Go, and finally “Sister Christain” by Night Ranger.

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The DLC news continues with the introduction of three new tracks from 30 Seconds to Mars on Guitar Hero 5 and Band Hero.

Two tracks from their A Beautiful Lie – “Attack” and “From Yesterday” – album along with a new single from This Is War – “Kings and Queens” – will be making an appearance on the downloadable track list.

For a taste before you decide to download them, you can check out two gameplay trailers below.

Ben and I covered several companies at the 2010 CES that had taken up residency in the new iLounge Pavilion. Well, it looks like 2011 there may be even more companies to cover, as the iLounge is doubling in size once again due to demand. So in 2011, the square feet of floor space will be upped to 50,000, and there should be many more than the 100 companies that we saw last year.  A couple of the companies we covered this year in the iLounge were GelaSkins and MusicSkins. [READ MORE]

Do you enjoy the musical stylings of Creedence Clearwater Revival? Wonderful, because Guitar Hero 5 and Band Hero now have a CCR track pack available for purchase. It includes three of their very best tunes, including "Proud Mary," "Bad Moon Rising," and "Travelin' Band."

They're available in a bundle for 440 MS Points/$5.49 on PSN/550 Wii Points, or individually for 160 MS Points/$1.99 on PSN/200 Wii Points.

Now where's my Ike and Tina track pack at?  Sorry, CCR. You take things nice and easy, but they never ever do nothing nice and easy. They always do it nice and rough.

 While you were tucked away in your bed, getting your beauty rest, TouchArcade released the news that Glu Mobile announced that they were bringing their previously released mobile game Transformers G1: Awakening to the iPhone / iPod Touch.  One thing that you should note, this isn't a game based on Michael Bay's interpretation of the Transformers... this is the REAL DEAL.   [READ MORE]

Don't you just hate it when soda (or pop, we aren't having that argument) companies have promotions where you have to buy a million bottles for a shot at one winning cap?  Dr. Pepper and Electronic Arts hope to change that feeling.. While it was previously announced in the news that the two companies would be teaming up to give away items, what they didn't tell you is that every one will be a winner.  Each and every participating bottle of Dr. Pepper that you purchase will be w inner.  According to the official promotion website every cap would contain a code that could be redeemed on the Dr. Pepper website for free DLC items for EA games.  You will simply need to enter the code from your cap on the website, select your system and title, and you will be given a redemption code to enter on your given system's online store to get your free DLC.  While the exact list of DLC items that will be included in the promotion has yet to be released, the following games are listed as being included: Mass Effect 2, Battlefield Heroes, Sims 3, Spore, and Battlefield: Bad Company 2.

How many licks does it take to get to the Tootsie-roll center of... wait a minute... wrong question. 

How many hours does it take to successfully develop an iPhone game, start to scratch?  The crew over at Dogtownstudios looks to possibly answer that question, or at least see if they can do it in 72 hours or less with Project 72.  This posting is a little late to the party as the project is about halfway through at this point, but there is still plenty of interesting progress to be seen.  The crew of four people are looking to build an original game, from scratch, for Apple's iPhone.  They started back on January 5, 2010 and have a website up that is following the entire project via blog postings and a live video feed, start to finish.  If you have ever wondered just what goes into the development of a game, even on a small scale, this project is worth checking out and following...

The Sims 3 online store has a few new updates to add to your collection. These include an Ultra Lounge, Regal Living, Jet Set clothing for the fashion-minded, and awesome Steampunk accessories and gadgets.

Registering your game will get you 1,000 free SimPoints with which to spend on said items. Take a look at the video below for clips of each new set or item.


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Hey hey hey, a new Guitar Hero 5/Band Hero track pack is out today.

Featuring three songs from the pop band, the OneRepublic Track Pack is available for 360, PS3, and Wii. You'll get "All the Right Moves," "Everybody Loves Me," and "Mercy." The pack will set you back 440 MS Points/$5.49/550 Wii Points. As per usual, the tracks are available in single servings for 160 MS Points/$1.99/200 Wii Points.

In an unprecedented move by publisher Activision, a new three-song pack was made available today for certain games of the musical persuasion.  If you've got Band Hero or Guitar Hero 5, you may purchase this "track pack" for Xbox 360, PS3, and Wii.

The Fall of Troy Track Pack has three songs from their new album, including "Panic Attack," "A Classic Case of Transference," and "Single." Together, they cost 440 MS Points/$5.49/550 Wii Points. Separately, they're 160 MS Points/$1.99/200 Wii Points.

Symantec is reporting that a second worm is in the wild that is targeting jailbroken iPhones. The worm is getting access to the devices by utilizing the default root password found on all iPhones after scanning and detecting a vulnerable device on open networks. Unlike the first ever worm for iPhones detected earlier this month, this one is going after banking information according to ArsTechnica.

While many still use jailbroken iPhones for various reasons, it may be time to make some basic security changes (or at least restore it to the factory settings) if you don't need the jailbroken features and to help prevent the device from being a virus petri dish in the future.