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Developer Harmonix announced last month that continued DLC content for Rock Band would be ending in April, and that time is slowly approaching, sadly. The developer has announced the last song to come off the Rock Band DLC assembly line, which will be Don McLean’s 1971 classic “American Pie”. The song will be available for download on April 2.

Of course, “American Pie” is one of the greatest songs out there that you can use to signify an ending to something, although my love for 90s rock says that Semisonic’s “Closing Time” is also up there on the list. Either way, Rock Band gamers will be able to sing off the weekly DLC of the game come early next month.

This marks the end to an over 275 consecutive week run consisting of more than 4,000 songs that have been released on Rock Band for gamers to play along with. The song was announced at PAX East during a party hosted by Harmonix. The developer also said that the song they’ll be releasing will be the full 8-minute version.

Harmonix says they have several new titles in development, and they want to start putting more focus on those in the future, which means that they have to give up some of their time and resources from other games, and Rock Band just so happened to get the ax this time around. No further plans for Rock Band have been discussed, but we’re guessing the series will be no more after the ending of the DLC.

[via Polygon]

Rock Band’s last downloadable song will be Don McLean’s “American Pie” is written by Craig Lloyd & originally posted on SlashGear.
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Blizzard Entertainment has announced that an expansion pack for StarCraft II is now available. The expansion pack is called StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm. The expansion pack follows the arrival of Kerrigan and her brood as she aims to destroy Arcturus Mengsk.

The expansion pack is available in retail stores around the U.S., Canada, Europe, and a number of other countries. Blizzard says that the expansion pack will launch in mainland China at a later date. The expansion pack is available for Windows and Macintosh computers for $39.99(USD). A download version is also available for the same price.

A Digital Deluxe version is also available for download for $59.99(USD) and includes a StarCraft II Torrasque, portraits and decals, a World of Warcraft in-game pet, and Diablo III Blade Wings and Banner Sigil. In retail stores, a Collector’s Edition that includes digital and physical bonus items is available for $79.99. The physical bonus items include a hardcover art book, behind-the-scenes DVD, and a soundtrack.

Angry Birds Trilogy for the PlayStation 3 Xbox 360, Nintendo 3DS has received its second DLC pack titled “Fowl Tempered.” It features a whopping 135 new levels that are based on the game’s episodes Back to School, Bad Piggies, and Haunted Hogs. The DLC pack also features a new bird named Stella, who can trap enemies in pink bubbles and carry them away.

This is the second DLC pack for Angry Birds Trilogy, the first of which was the “Anger Management” DLC pack, which added 130 levels to the console game back in December. It also added new cutscenes and new orange bird that inflates. Angry Birds Trilogy was released in September for the Xbox 360, PS3, and Nintendo 3DS, with versions for the Wii and Wii U coming later this year.

The new DLC pack is available now for the Xbox 360 and PS3 at a price of 400 Microsoft Points or $4.99 on the PlayStation Network. No word on whether or not the DLC will come to the 3DS, but seeing as how Activsion only released “Anger Management” for PS3 when it initially launched, we doubt that 3DS users will get this second pack.

While the console version of the game is still a paid game, Rovio recently made the iOS version of Angry Birds free. You can download the game now on iOS and save yourself a dollar (or a few dollars if you’re getting the iPad version). Rovio also launched Angry Birds Space on Steam today for $3.99.

[via One of Swords]

Angry Birds Trilogy “Fowl Tempered” DLC out now with 135 new levels is written by Craig Lloyd & originally posted on SlashGear.
© 2005 – 2012, SlashGear. All right reserved.

For those of you who are avid fans of the Call Of Duty: Black Ops 2 title on the PS3 as well as Windows-powered computer, here is a snippet of good news that should get you drooling all over. Access to the title’s first ever DLC Map Pack, known as Revolution, is now open to owners of the game who play on either the PS3 or the PC. Call Of Duty: Black Ops 2 Revolution is said to offer an unparalleled amount of variety as well as content for all types of Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 players, where among them include a quartet of all-new multiplayer maps that will see you visit different locations around the globe.

Hydro is located in Pakistan, where the hydro-electric plant will feature a lethal spillway which floods with very little warning, while Grind will see you thrown into a skate park in Venice Beach (where skateboarding began), sporting quarter-pipes and curved surfaces that provide ample cover. Want to bring temperatures down a little notch? Downhill will pit you in a ski resort in the French Alps, where there is a moving gondola system that offer both cover and the ability to crush you (or your opponents) to death. Last but not least, Mirage will place you in the unforgiving Gobi Desert, albeit in the midst of a sandstorm ravaged luxury resort.

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There hasn’t been an ending to a game as controversial as Mass Effect 3′s as BioWare had to go back and deliver an extended cut DLC in order to calm its rabid fans from completely destroying the Internet. New pieces of DLC have been published for the game over the past couple of months after the release of Mass Effect 3, and today, EA is announcing two pieces of DLC for the game.

The first DLC is called Mass Effect 3: Reckoning and is a completely free piece of DLC content that can be used in the game’s multiplayer mode to access new character, weapons and upgrades. EA didn’t specify what those would be, but they did say it would be available on February 26, so we guess we’ll all learn at the same time once it’s released. (more…)

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