A rather lengthy piece about The Beatles: Rock Band on the New York Times' online equivalent has revealed that the game will be getting three albums as DLC after it launches early next month. Details after the jump.

Joshua Atkins and Amy E. Gilbert sent out a notice of their upcoming marriage last weekend. Congratulations to the now-newlywed couple. But perhaps you're wondering why their wedding is of any importance to this site. That's because the notice for their wedding published on the New York Times practically confirmed the existence of Fable III.

If you were hoping that Grand Theft Auto IV's expansion will give you some bonding time with Niko Bellic, think again. When asked if Michael Hollick will return to voice Bellic for The Lost and Damned, Rockstar replied "Hell no!"

Ouch. Find out why after the link.

I know a lot of our readers have been disputing Grand Theft Auto 4's (PS3, Xbox 360, PC) GOTY status, so it may come as a disappointment to that part of the gaming masses that Rockstar's latest GTA has been crowned as THE game of 2008 in the New York Times' own Best of 2008 list. Yeah, it's not exactly earth-shaking news, but what caught my eye in this list wasn't the GOTY, but the more unconventional awards that were handed out.

Photograper Robbie Cooper shows us all just how focused young gamers can be while playing with actual clips of kids of various ages while they're playing games. Watch all the triumph, the anxiety, the joy of the kill, and a little girl with no emotion. Catch all the different faces in the video.

The AC/DC Rock Band title sure is real, after all. No less than The New York Times itself has confirmed the existence of the title, as well as the title launch that's happening on MTV tomorrow.

The flow of adaptation is not limited to having books being transformed into movies or videogames, or videogames being turned into movies. We complete the love triangle today as Epic Games and Del Rey Publishing reveals that they are adapting the beloved Gears of War video game title into a novel. Oh, and not just one. We mean a full trilogy. Check out the details at the full article.

Microsoft Game Studios Vice President Shane Kim discussed several choice topics during the recent DICE Summit in Las Vegas last Thursday. Among the things he mentioned were the company's move to expand its userbase into the casual gaming market, more Halo projects and some other small tidbits discussing the state of the gaming company and its plans for the future (a portable handheld gaming console, perhaps?). Read more about what Shane Kim had to say in the full article.

Psychology expert and self-help author Cooper Lawrence who appeared on the segment that featured EA's Mass Effect in bad light has admitted her mistakes, saying she "misspoke" about full nudity and graphic sex scenes in Mass Effect. Lawrence is currently weathering a storm raging on the internet caused by her remark on Fox News. More details at the full article.

Those of you who were expecting to get downloadable content for your Nintendo DS will be sadly disappointed at this bit of news we have today.

A Nintendo representative retracted Reggie Fils-Aime previous statement about the top-selling handheld getting downloadable content through a future Wii channel.

For more information, read the full article!