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.

Just like Chaos and Cosmos fighting over control of the balance, Amazon and GameStop will be fighting over control of the Dissidia: Final Fantasy sales. If Cosmos called upon the Final Fantasy heroes to meet their Chaos nemeses, the two retailers will also have aces up their respective sleeves to turn the tide over to their side. Hit the link to find out what they are.

Rock Band Unplugged is all set and rarin' to go (is in fact leaked already) as the full track list and DLC are revealed. There are a wide range of music to choose from, spanning five rockin' and rollin' decades, with the first batch of ten DCL tracks coming your way via the in-game music store once the game hits you on June 9, 2009.

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.

Ready for more features on your CFW? Of course you are! It's one of the classic homebrew apps out there used by thousands. So here you go, with love from Cpasjuste! Custom Firmware Extender v3.1 is very welcome indeed - especially since PSP Phat owners finally get to join in on the fun!

Download: Custom Firmware Extender v3.1
Visit: QJ.NET PSP development forums

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.

Tantric's Gameboy emulator (GB/GBC/GBA) Visual Boy Advance GX 1.0.1 is here, featuring a couple new improvements. You'd be glad to know that GBA games now run at full speed, among other things.


Download: Visual Boy Advance GX 1.0.1

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.

Still got that box of Doom Legacy collecting dust on the shelf? It would probably be more useful to you if all those Doom titles could tail along with you on the road. Good news for you if you're a oldie game-lover on-the-go: homebrew developer kgsws, known for porting games such as Hexen, Heretic, and Quake (the one with adhoc multiplay, no less) to the PSP, has ported that same game for the Playstation Portable. Check it out at the full story.

Download: PSP Doom Legacy