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• Rumour: Project Rap Rabbit unites Parappa and Gitaroo Man developers

  There may be a rhythm game project in the works that unites some of the genre’s best.

• Listen to the song Ellie was playing in The Last of Us Part 2 reveal trailer

  The full, original song Ellie sang in that Last of Us 2 trailer.

• Buy the Destiny: Rise of Iron soundtrack from Bungie, get an exclusive emblem and a discount

  Destiny fans: the Bungie store has updated with stacks of new merch, including a special digital edition of the anticipated soundtrack.

• DJ Yoda teams with Gamer Disco for History of Gaming AV show and tour

  First gig set for IMAX in October.

• 30 years on, Metroid's composer reflects on the score

  Metroid composer Hirokazu Tanaka has shared a message with the game’s fans to celebrate Metroid’s 30th anniversary.

• Get ready for No Man's Sky with the complete soundtrack

  No Man’s Sky is out next week, but the soundtrack is currently available on YouTube for free.

• Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA X arrives in Europe next month, demo out August 9

  SEGA has great news for those in Europe itching to try Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA X.

• Rock Band 4's first expansion includes a playable rockumentary

  Rock Band 4 expansion Rock Band Rivals is more than just an excuse to issue new hardware.

• Watch this ace documentary about Japanese video game music

  It’s Friday. Watch the first part of this awesome game music documentary.

• Music to heist to: Payday 2's musical masterpiece

  Payday 2 is an intense heist-em-up. To hammer home the epic action and tense stealth play it needed a great soundtrack and boy does it have one hell of a score. VG247’s Sam Clay spoke to the composer Simon Viklund to get a peek inside his mind.

• Bungie releases entrancing song from Destiny soundtrack

  At the Activision booth at E3 they had a 122-ft. superwidescreen projection screen called the Ronut (it wrapped around where viewers stood to watch) showing off their games. It had a sort of demo reel for Destiny in the rotation, and Bungie today released the track from the game that played over the reel. It’s […]

• New Silent Hill Downpour trailer debuts at TGS

  A new trailer for the latest installment in Konami’s long-running Silent Hill series debuted at TGS this week.

• Report: Sony debuting an iTunes-like media service for PS3 and PSP later today

  Connect is dead. Long live whatever this thing is gonna be called!

• Monster SingStore update for March 7

  According to this, Sony’s SingStore – home to tracks for SingStar PS3 – is going to receive 48 new tracks on March 7. And here they are. Aha “The Sun Always Shines On TV” Alice Cooper “Poison ” Big Brovaz “Nu-Flow” Bill Joel “Uptown Girl” Blu Cantrell “Hit ‘Em Up Style (Oops!)” Blur “End of […]