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Konami announced that 1 million players have now signed up and are playing Metal Gear Online.  Now I know that sounds like an impressive number to some people, but you have to remember that Metal Gear Solid 4 has sold at least 3 times that many copies so you would think more people would be playing.  I bet Konami is not too excited about those numbers, but at the same time, however, this is a nice little milestone for them.  Check out this article at Joystiq for more information.  Have you played the game online?  If so, what do you think?

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The new details about the Playstation 3’s Bioshock DLC has finally surfaced.  The content will be a measly $10, and will include 3 challenges.  These are the challenge rooms that you have been hearing about for a while now.  They are all self-contained and range from going through a gauntlet of baddie filled rooms to save a Little Sister to saving a little one from the top of a ferris wheel.

All three of them seem interesting to warrant a purchase of them together on November 20th.  I fail to see how this was supposed to sway people to buy the game for the PS3.  This seems like a wimpy release that I would have wished tied into the game somehow and contained a little more substance.

Check out Joystiq for more details on the content.

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MTV, Harmonix, and Apple Corps has announced a new music game based on The Beatles.  It is now been told that the game will not take the Rock Band moniker as originally thought, though it will play like a Harmonix game.  While details have yet to be fully released, the premise behind the game is a journey through the music and styles of the Beatles from their first to their last albums.  The music is even being produced by Giles Martin, producer of last year’s Love album. This game will be a completely stand-alone game custom built from the ground up.

I don’t know about you, but The Beatles are one of my favorite bands.  I think this will be a very worthy adventure (not to mean profitable) for Harmonix.  Looks like I’m going to have to save up some MORE money for games.  Maybe it’ll include some vintage Beatles guitars (yay, more plastic instruments!)!

What do you guys think about a Beatles music game?

[via IGN]

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It seems Activision and Red Octane have released a formal statement addressing the problem that some people seem to be having with the drum set for their game Guitar Hero: World Tour.  They state that the drum issue that effects the senstivity of the pads is probably a result of products made in the earlier manufacturing process and is isolated to just the drum controllers.  The statement also included a promise of a drum tuning kit for optimization.  I would rather it just work.  If you have problems you are also encouraged to contact their support staff using the info provided in the statement.

Have you guys had any problems with your drums?  Is that the only problems you have had?

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Now take this with a grain of salt — it comes from GameStop — but according to their Xbox 360 Mirror’s Edge page there will be a demo on November 6th.  I think I’ll not make any special arrangements for that day until I hear from someone like, um I do not know, EA on whether or not this is actually happening or not.  An interesting rumor to kick off this week of gaming goodness!

[via Kotaku]

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