A five-song AFI track pack is coming to Rock Band 's in-game music store next week along with one from '80s all-female band The Bangles. Handheld rockers are also getting two new tracks; one each from Dead Kennedys and Sleater-Kinney.

Brother/sister (no, not really) duo The White Stripes will be making their Rock Band debut next week via a track pack featuring three of their songs. For the handheld rhythm gamers, No Doubt and Dropkick Murphys are also on the way to Rock Band Unplugged's in-game music store.

To this day, Yasunori Mitsuda's work remains among the best music known to gaming. In case you didn't know, Mitsuda's the guy behind the accompaniment of Chrono Trigger and Chrono Cross. Now, the crew of OverClocked ReMix pays tribute to the composer with the re-imagination of his work on Xenogears.

Ahh video game music. We love hearing the ones from our favorite games even after we've heard them over and over in-game. For Final Fantasy XIII (Xbox 360, PlayStation 3), we haven't even played the game yet, but those who are about to play this vid will be treated to an orchestral performance of the game's music. Sweet.

Since the death of Michael Jackson last week, the internet has come alive with tributes for the late King of Pop. One of them is this mod of Left 4 Dead (PC, Xbox 360), where the game music is replaced by some of Jacko's most popular songs. And when it comes to the Left 4 Dead, it doesn't get any cooler than Thriller.

You may or may not know the name Norihiko Hibino. For those who don't know him, he's the guy responsible for the cinematic and in-game music in the Metal Gear Solid games. Now, why is he so important? It's because his body of work has inadvertently revealed some new game titles for the PS3, PSP, and Xbox 360.

The Hollywood Music Awards hailed the greats of mainstream and indie artists once again, and thankfully, giving video game music a slice of the pie. Inside are the winners for "Best Original Score," "Best Original Song," and "Outstanding Music Supervision" of the video game category.

Viacom, the parent company of MTV, is all smiles these days. Its investments on Harmonix's Rock Band (Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii) is paying off big with great sales figures from the game's hardware (bundle) and software ends. The company is optimistic that more great things are to come in the near future. Details in the full article up ahead.

It was recently revealed that Mobb Deep will be showcasing one of their songs on the Grand Theft Auto 4 (Xbox 360, PlayStation 3) soundtrack.  If you want to know what that song is, you're going to have to head on over to the full article. You can do that by clicking on the "read more" link below.

Yesterday, we reported that Harmonix's Rock Band (Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3) would soon get an in-game music store. The devs said that the patch carrying it would come soon, but we were still surprised to see it come this soon. The update is available now on both Xbox Live and PSN, and you can find out just what you're getting when you read the full article up next.