Lips is set to receive a DLC pack to coincide with the Grammy Awards, which take place this Sunday.  The 3 songs included in the DLC pack are "Fallin'" by Alicia Keys, "In My Place" by Coldplay, and "Building a Mystery" by Sarah McLachlan.  Each of the three songs has won at least one Grammy award.

The pack should be released some time tomorrow, though no price has been announced.

• Halo Wars Demo: Free.

A new DLC pack for Scene It: Box Office Smash has been scheduled for release next week.  The Award Winners DLC pack will add more than 300 new questions to the game, and focuses on award winning movies.

The first of two new DLC packs, Award Winners is set for release on February 13th, and is expected to cost 560 MS Points.

Wallace & Gromit are set to land on the XBL Marketplace in a series of episodic adventures.  Wallace & Gromit’s Grand Adventures is currently under development by Telltale Games (creators of the Sam & Max and Strong Bad episodic series’).

Wallace & Gromit's Grand Adventures will deliver all of the humor and charm of the duo's popular animated films, with a monthly series of brand new interactive stories in Telltale's unique episodic format. Alternating between the roles of quirky inventor Wallace and his faithful canine companion Gromit, players embark on their own style of entrepreneurial business ventures, tinker with creative contraptions, and interact with an ever-expanding cast of fun and endearing characters in each episode.

"Our episodic series focus on story, character, humor, and cinematic presentation—very much like a television or film production. This all makes for a great living room experience through the gaming console," says Telltale CEO Dan Connors. "We're looking forward to expanding our catalog onto Xbox LIVE Arcade."

No price has been announced yet, though Wallace & Gromit’s Grand Adventures is expected to land on the marketplace in Spring.

A new episode of The Guild recently hit the marketplace.  As with all episodes so far, it's free to download.

Season 2, Episode 10 can be added to your download queue here.

Don't forget, Season 1 is also available for free.

• Rock Band – The Pretenders – Precious: 160 Ms Points.
• Rock Band – Pat Benetar – Hit Me With Your Best Shot: 160 MS Points.
• Rock Band – Nikko – Break My Heart: 80 MS Points.
• Rock Band – Nikko – Don’t Tell Me: 80 MS Points.
• Rock Band – Thin Lizzy Pack 01: 440 MS Points.  Individual tracks ("The Boys Are Back in Town (Live)," "Cowboy Song (Live)," and "Jailbreak (Live)") are available for 160 MS Points each.

According to 1UP.com this week’s XBLA title is R-Type Dimensions.

Players will be able to play R-Type or R-Type 2 with original or enchanced graphics. New features include cooperative player via Xbox Live, and the ability to give yourself infinite lives and plug through the game at your own pace.

R-Type Dimensions will be released on February 4th (tomorrow) for 1200 MS Points.

Good news for those of you with problems with your HDMI audio.  Major Nelson has just announced that tomorrow a new patch will be rolled out to address the issue.

Starting Tuesday morning at 0200 Pacific when you sign into Xbox Live you’ll be prompted for a mandatory dashboard update. The update addresses the issue that a few folks were having with audio and their HDMI connection.

This update will be rolled out to all Xbox LIVE members around the world over the space of a few hours, so you may not get prompted for the update immediately. Thanks for your patience.

• GTA IV - The Lost and Damned - Billy Grey Video: Free.

Details have emerged about the new Halo 3 map pack, “Mythic.”

• Sandbox combines large-scale vehicular combat with a limitless amount of Forge customization. Boasting a tiered, open-world layout, “Halo 3” players will be able to build their own unique game experiences using the Forge map editor. Sandbox is a map unlike any Bungie has ever created.
• Assembly is set in the heart of a Covenant Scarab manufacturing facility. With two identical bases on either side of this medium-sized map, it’s a perfect environment for both Slayer and objective games like Capture the Flag and Assault.
• Orbital, a small asymmetrical map, is set in the docking station of the Quito Space Tether. One-sided games like One Flag, and One Bomb are sure to become quick fan-favorites, but the Slayer faithful will also find plenty of action on this battleground.

The map pack will also be available for free to those who buy the limited edition of Halo Wars in February.  The Halo 3 Mythic Map Pack will, apparently, be the last map pack to be released for Halo 3; no price has been announced.

Ubisoft have announced a new DLC pack for Prince of Persia.  “Epilogue” will include: -

• New Region: The Underground Palace – A corrupted underground palace from which the Prince and Elika need to escape in a new epic journey.
• New Power: Energize – Reconstruct destroyed areas of the environment to create a path and rush through it before it vanishes.
• New high pace: The new trap challenge – The Prince and Elika will face more cunning foes, cleverer traps and level design, adding more to the difficulty level in over 3 hours of gameplay.
• New Attack: Sprinting Clash – A duel move that lets you or the enemy trigger a sprint attack, charging towards each other, clashing your weapons fiercely.
• New Unlockable Skins: Finish the game and unlock exclusively, from the early development of the game, the Prototype characters of the Prince and Elika.

No price has been announced yet, though the DLC pack is scheduled for release on February 26th.

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• Guitar Hero World Tour - Oasis "Dig Out Your Soul" Album: 1520 MS Points.  Individual tracks are also available for 160 MS Points.  Individual track titles: "Bag It Up", "The Turning", "Waiting for the Rapture", "The Shock of the Lightning", "I'm Outta Time", "(Get Off Your) High Horse Lady", "Falling Down", "To Be Where There's Life", "Ain't Got Nothin'", "The Nature of Reality", and "Soldier On."

According to the Banjo Blog, the sequel to the N64/XBLA title Banjo-Kazooie is set for release sometime in April.  Banjo-Tooie is expected to cost around 1200 MS Points, though no official price has been announced.

In what promises to be amongst the biggest and boldest – and certainly the bear-iest – releases on Xbox LIVE Arcade, Banjo-Tooie will be a note-perfect migration of Banjo and Kazooie’s second adventure. In their struggle against Grunty and her wicked sisters, the bear and bird can now rely on the extra grunt supplied by the Xbox 360, bringing with it silky-smooth frame rates and super-sharp HD graphics.

• Funtown Mahjong: 800 MS Points.
• FunTown Mahjong - Chinese Festival: 160 MS Points.
• New Avatar Clothes: Free.

If, like me, you wish you could see a preview of the new NXE Premium themes before you buy them, then I have good news for you.  A new community site has popped up that promises to show you exactly what all NXE Premium theme looks like, solving the problem of blind purchasing.

Check out NXE Themes.

A new episode of The Guild recently hit the marketplace.  As with all episodes so far, it's free to download.

Season 2, Episode 9 can be added to your download queue here.

Don't forget, Season 1 is also available for free.

• Rock Band - The Grateful Dead Pack 02: 800 MS Points.  Individual tracks (“Fire on the Mountain," "Doin' That Rag," "Cold Rain and Snow," "Uncle John's Band," "Hell in a Bucket" and "Don't Ease Me In") available for 160 MS Points each.
• Guitar Hero World Tour - Bruce Springsteen Track Pack: Free.
• Fallout 3 - Operation Anchorage DLC: 800 MS Points.

• Resident Evil 5 Demo: Free.

1UP.com are reporting that Halo Wars has gone gold, and to coincide with that feat a new Vidoc (Halo Times Ten) is available on the XBL Marketplace.

Details have also emerged on what to expect from the demo, when it launches on February 5th.

In addition to beginner and advanced tutorials, you'll be able to try the game's first two campaign missions and a multiplayer map to challenge the computer in (sorry, no online in the demo, folks).

• Lips - Hate That I Love You (performed by Rihanna feat. Ne-Yo): 180 MS Points.
• Lips - Look What You've Done (performed by Jet): 160 MS Points.
• Lips - Thnks Fr Th Mmrs" (performed by Fall Out Boy): 160 MS Points.