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.

This week on the US PlayStation Store: The video store is getting new and improved content starting today - count theatrical trailers, movie bonus footage and free TV episodes into that list. As for the DLC, there's a truckload for BlazBlue and Cross Edge - if you're playing those, you'd want to take a look. The PSOne classic, Bloody Roar, is also making a comeback today, Hugo and the gang ought to add some flavor to fighting game fans. The rest of the list is just a click away.

You know you're a gamer when you find yourself humming to the music of your favorite games, or when you recognize some stranger's SMS message tone to be from Metal Gear. Ah yes, the games we play and the music that comes with them. For Austin Wintory, composer of the music of flOw, his fill of game music didn't come in the form of mere hums and ringtones - he got the Golden State Pops Orchestra to play them.

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.

Making waves in the video game world is the delay of LittleBigPlanet due to the in-game music that contained words from the Qur'an. But, as is often the case with religion and politics, there's a twist to the story.

The president of the American Islamic Forum for Democracy recently spoke out against - yes, against - the delay. Read more after the link.

The PlayStation Store for the PC and PS3 has just been updated and it carries a slew of trailers, demos, music and the very interesting Fatal Inertia EX full game. Downloadable content for your favorite games are also in the house to deepen the experiences with them even more, so go check out the full article.

If you're the type of gamer who enjoys arcade shooters, you won't be disappointed by this week's serving of downloadable goodies on the PlayStation Store. Gamers in North America will be glad to know that two new downloadable PSN titles are now up for grabs, as well as the first issue of the Qore Digital Magazine, covering the latest news in the PlayStation world. Check out the complete list of PlayStation Store DLC in our full article.