Shigeru Miyamoto has an impressive record when it comes to successful games. The Mario franchise alone is as big a cash cow as a game franchise can get. Still, the man has his share of disappointments. The Star Fox series is one of them.

Ever since The Beatles: Rock Band (PS3, Xbox 360, Wii) made its psychedelic appearance on E3, it was announced that all proceeds earned from downloading the track "All You Need is Love" will go straight to Doctors Without Borders. Well there has certainly been a lot of love going around, with the track hitting the 100,000 mark on charitable downloads.

Time to take that walk in the historic Abbey Road as MTV Games, Harmonix and Apple Corps, Ltd. announced today the launch of Abbey Road (1969) as the first of the Beatles' album to be released as downloadable content. The DLC will be landing in The Beatles: Rock Band (PS3, Xbox 360, and Wii)Music Store on October 20 for the Xbox 360 and Wii, and October 22 for the PS3.

It may not be their very own Rock Band title, but Queen will still make its presence felt for Rock Band. MTV Games and Harmonix today announced the Queen track pack for the game, adding ten more tracks from the iconic music group.

The Beatles: Rock Band (PS3, Xbox 360, and Wii) has been a resounding success, so which band will Harmonix and MTV Games be shining the spotlight on in the next Rock Band game? It's all fog and haze at this point, but according to guitarist Brian May we can now add Queen to the pool of candidates.

Now that the groundwork has be laid for the integration of social networking apps into the Xbox 360 Dashboard, Microsoft has given out a date for when gamers can try out the console's new online features.

Harmonix has just released a patch for Rock Band 2's Xbox 360 version that adds support for wireless mics, background downloading, and an audition mode for Rock Band Network, among other things. A PS3 version of the patch is now undergoing the certification process and will be out ASAP. There's no word yet on a Wii patch, however. Hit the jump for the patch notes.

Since it first wowed the world at E3 back in June, Project Natal became commonplace when talks came to motion control. Nearly four months later at TGS 09, it seems that the elite publishers of the industry have seriously considered those talks - Microsoft has announced that the crème de la crème of the gaming industry is going to support Project Natal.

Pearl Jam is getting their own Rock Band title, apparently, and they're building up some early hype for their upcoming Rock Band game by releasing their new album, Backspacer, as downloadable content on the same day the album hits stores.

Fans of Jay-Z and Eminem? You might wanna check this out - it's a new special edition of the turntable trip DJ Hero (PS3, Xbox 360), and it goes by the title DJ Hero: Renegade Edition, brought to us by the two rap artists.