Since its highly-anticipated launch on September 22nd, it seems Halo 3: ODST has been flying off shelves and into Xbox 360 systems. USA Today reports that the Bungie FPS has sold 2.5 million units worldwide, amassing more than US$ 125 million in revenues

This one's definitely no rumor. Funcom itself has announced on their official homepage that they are cutting "around 20% of the staff...mostly in the Company's Norwegian subsidiary."

With no relation to Brad or Angelina whatsoever, an Anchorage-Pitt retail pack for Fallout 3 has been spotted in online retail stores. The expansion packs are obviously for both the Xbox 360 and PC versions of the game, including the Operation: Anchorage and The Pitt DLC.

If you're still itching for new Halo 3 content, then you better make sure to get Halo 3: ODST. Based on an IGN interview with Bungie community director Brian Jarrard, it looks like there will be no more Halo 3 content from Bungie after the expansion pack hits.

Capcom has laid out its timetable for the North American release of the alternative costume packs that'll act as the first batch of DLC for Street Fighter IV (PS3, 360). Each pack will be US$ 4, except for the discounted combo pack - which, incidentally, hasn't been dated yet - that contains all of the costumes. The schedule's in the full article.

After hearing the story of the Swede teen collapsing after 24 hours of playing Wrath of the Lich King, this news comes to no surprise for me. World of Warcraft's second expansion pack has sliced its way to second place in the UK charts, topped only by fellow newcomer, Call of Duty: World at War. In other news, LittleBigPlanet shot down form fourth place to 19th place. Ouch.

The rest of the top UK games after the link!

In the latest issue of Game Informer, Bungie has released the first details for Recon, Halo 3's upcoming expansion pack. Sounds like players will be in for a sci-fi Dick Tracy adventure.

Details after the link.

Guitar Hero got Aerosmith, and SingStar got ABBA, but Rock Band studio Harmonix got the cream of the crop. According to their press release, the studio got the rights to make a Beatles music game, with the blessings of Sir Paul McCartney, Ringo Star, Yoko Ono, and Olivia Harrison. Details after the link.

Remember that rumor saying that Ryan Payton of the Metal Gear Solid 4 team upped and joined the crew of Halo? Turns out to be true. Phil Spencer confirmed it today, just little over a week before the Tokyo Game Show starts. Incidentally, Microsoft also revealed that they have a big announcement in store for Halo fans at the event. Talk about building up hype. More in the full article.

Is there an AC/DC expansion pack for MTV Games and Harmonix' Rock Band 2 (Xbox 360, PS3, Wii, PS2)? A memo from Wal-Mart, leaked by an employee himself, appears to say so. See what it's got to say over at the full article.