As a special treat for the Holidays, looks like Harmonix and MTV Games will be releasing a new track pack as a holiday gift for your special gamer. The bulk of the tracks contain the ever awesome Foo Fighters with a couple of a songs from other bands as well.

Pricing is as follows...

The track pack will be available on December 23rd.

Two famous voice actors return to reprise their roles, as many will be familiar with Mark Hamill who will reprise his role as the Joker. Kevin Conroy will also return to play the infamous Batman as many remember the duo from the ever awesome Batman: The Animated Series cartoon (which you can now find on DVD) in the 90s.

Featuring an original story penned exclusively for the game by famous Batman author, Batman: The Animated Series writer and five-time Emmy award winner, Paul Dini, Batman: Arkham Asylum, developed by Rocksteady Studios, will launch worldwide on Xbox 360, PLAYSTATION®3 and Windows PC in the Summer of 2009. With intensely realistic graphics and a gothic, moody and extraordinarily detailed setting, Batman: Arkham Asylum offers diverse gameplay options to push the envelope for all action, adventure and superhero games in the future. Batman: Arkham Asylum exposes players to a unique, dark and atmospheric adventure taking them to the depths of the ARKHAM ASYLUM.

Let's hope the gameplay is just as good as the story and hopefully takes entertaining advantages of the Unreal 3 Engine.

So, while Harmonix/MTV Games continue to release their DLC week by week, it looks like Activision will be following suit in an entire month. So, at one time they decided to let us know about the following track packs that will be available during the month of January with one final track pack launching in December.

December 23rd (Nickelback and Rev Theory)

• Nickelback ~ "Because of You"
• Rev Theory ~ "Light it Up"

January 8th: Country Track Pack

• Rascal Flatts ~ "Me and My Gang"
• Brad Paisly's ~ "Ticks"
• Brooks and Dun's ~ "Hillbilly Deluxe"

January 15th: 3-Song Track Pack

• Travis Barker ~ "What's My Age Again" [Blink 182]
• Travis Barker ~  "Lycanthrope" [+44]
• Single-Project Flo-Rida ~ "Low"

January 22nd: Australian Band Explosion

• Silverchair (1995) ~ "Tomorrow"
• Wolfmother ~ "Dimension"
• The Vines ~ "Outtathaway!"

January 29th ~ Oasis Dig Out Your Soul Full Album

Oasis full album will be available for $18.99 on the Playstation Network and 1520 MS Points.

The track packs themselves will range in pricing too 440 MS Points and $5.49 on the Playstation Network. Also as single tracks they will be priced at 160 MS Points or $1.99 on the PSN as well as 200 Wii Points.

It's thursday and you know what that means? Your Playstation Network update is here. The Playstation blog has updated to let us know of the following additions and price updates.

Price Update:

• Supersonic Acrobatic Rocket-Powered Battle-Cars (Price drop to $9.99)

Downloadable Games:

• Crash Commando ($10)

• Penny Arcade Adventures: On The Rainslick Precipice Of Darkness: Episode 2 ($15)
  

Add-on Content:

LittleBigPlanet

• Santa Hat & Beard (free)

• Festive Pack ($3)

High Velocity Bowling

• Darryl ($1)

• Gage ($1)

• Beatrice Holiday Costume (free)

• Carl Holiday Costume (free)

Check out more at the Playstation Blog and via Joystiq

Is it official to say that Nintendo is trying to slowly take over the world? Especially given the fact that the Nintendo Wii has still been selling like hot cakes only 2 years after its release? Nintendo has announced that through its efforts it has taken over parts of Toys R' Us and has opened a "Store within a store".

The store is located at the large Toys R' Us center in Times Square, New York City. The store is averaged at about 1,000 square feet with an interactive Wii wall for shoppers. Shoppers can get a chance to play select Wii games before purchase. Also available is line of 8 Nintendo DS' if shoppers wish to try out the handheld experience.

“What we’ve been seeing all year long is the expansion of video game fun to people of both genders, and all ages and tastes—there’s literally something for everyone,” said Cammie Dunaway, Nintendo of America’s executive vice president of Sales & Marketing. “But in recent weeks, Nintendo products appear to be appealing to even more people, as every form of fun is being measured against a price tag. And that’s what makes this experience in Toys“R”Us so compelling—all the fun and information is available right at your fingertips.”

“Toys“R”Us Times Square is the premier New York City destination for families, and Nintendo offers the ultimate family gaming experience, making a partnership between our two brands the perfect match,” said Bill Lee, Vice President, Divisional Merchandise Manager, Toys“R”Us, U.S. “The new, dedicated Nintendo department at Toys“R”Us Times Square allows us to offer customers an exceptional interactive experience for testing out the latest Nintendo products.”