Soundgarden is releasing their first album in 13 years on October 5, but you can get Telephantasm: A Retrospective a week earlier, packed inside launch copies of Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock.

When Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock launches on September 28 for the Wii, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360, fans will gain access to Soundgarden's Telephantasm: A Retrospective not only as downloadable content for the game, but with a full retail version of the CD packed inside the game.

The album features 11 tracks from Soundgarden's storied career, from "Black Hole Sun" and "Spoonman" to those other songs that weren't "Black Hole Sun" or "Spoonman." It also contains one entirely new track, "Black Rain," which is like "Black Hole Sun," only damper. "Black Rain" is one of the more than 90 tracks included on the Warriors of Rock game disc.

Soundgarden's 'Telephantasm' gets 'Guitar Hero' welcome [USA Today - Thanks Zack!]

Until last summer, 27-year-old choreographer Chase Brock didn't know much about video games. Now he's responsible for one of the best-selling Wii games in Britain.

Broadway has been kind to Brock, but Ubisoft's Dance on Broadway has been kinder still. Last year the young artist's agent got him together with Longtail Studios, the developers of Ubisoft's Dance on Broadway. As a dancer and choreographer on Broadway shows, he was exactly the sort of person the developer was looking for to help create a new sort of video game dancing experience.

"We didn't have a lot of precedent to work off of," said Jeff Lindsay, a producer at Longtail Studios, the game's developer. "There were other dance games out at the time, like Dance Dance Revolution. But they were much more about fast execution and really extreme dancing."

Wild motions work just fine for your average dancing game, but for a game featuring performances based off popular Broadway musicals, that wouldn't do. Such a game needed style and finesse. Such a game needed Chase Brock.

Brock and his small dance troupe, the Chase Brock Experience, signed on to help with the game's development. Brock handled the choreography aspects, while his dancers acted as models and motion capture actors.

The game play in Dance on Broadway is pretty simple. Players mimic the moves of on-screen avatars while holding the Wii remote to track movement. Up to four players can play at once, though other Broadway hopefuls are encouraged to dance along.

This wasn't a normal choreography job however. Technical limitations and game specifications influenced Brock's work at every turn. Song selections had to be based on the idea that up to four players would be participating, so with a few exceptions, duets were out. He also needed to create dances with a strong focus on the right arm, as the Wii remote is helped primarily in the right hand.

Brock made it work however, and the end result was a rousing success, especially in the UK, where Dance of Broadway topped the Wii charts.

For Brock, the Dance on Broadway gig was more than just a way to keep him and his dancers working for several months, though that certainly helped. Brock says the project helped define the path he plans to take as a choreographer.

"I'm totally not ashamed to say I'm interested in speaking to a wide audience," he said. "The populist nature of this appealed to me," he added later. "I was thinking, wow, this might be some kid's first exposure to dance, or first exposure to Broadway and what live theater can be. It's not a dying art - but maybe there are new ways in."

A Video Game on Broadway, With Taps, Too [The New York Times]

With more than 1.5 million copies sold within the first 48 hours of release, StarCraft II is the fastest-selling strategy game of all time, and the best-selling PC game of 2010.

With Blizzard's track record, I could have just written "Blizzard released a new PC game last week," and you guys could have filled in the rest, but that would have left Kotaku readers unfamiliar with Blizzard in the lurch, and we like those people.

Eight-thousand stores across the planet opened at midnight on July 27 to sell the long-awaited sequel to StarCraft, and fans on five different continents showed up in droves to get their hands on a copy. More than a million copies of StarCraft II were sold within 24 hours. In 48 hours, the game had sold more than 1.5 million copies.

According to Blizzard's press release, that makes it the fastest selling PC game since 2008's World of Warcraft expansion Wrath of the Lich King.

"We launched StarCraft II in 11 different languages and on 5 different continents because we wanted to make sure as many players as possible were able to log on and play on day one," said Mike Morhaime, CEO and cofounder of Blizzard Entertainment. "We're pleased that so many people around the world have already picked up a copy of the game, and we look forward to welcoming even more players to Battle.net in the weeks and months ahead."

There's only one way StarCraft II will be dethroned as the best-selling PC game of 2010, and that's if Blizzard gets World of Warcraft's upcoming Cataclysm expansion pack out by the end of the year. It must be nice, being your own competition.

Attack of the Show's "Viewer Army" showcased engineering students from the University of Delaware who are attempting to help the disabled effectively use computers with the help of Nintendo Wii hardware. Us nerds can make a difference!

With the help of a hacked Wii remote, some glasses that have been fashioned with infrared sources and the Wii: Fit balance board, the physically disabled can effectively use the computer, hands free if needed. Or at the very least play Counter Strike hands free. Either way this seems to be a great project for a great cause. How long before we get NYU students to create "Kinecting People" or "MOVEment Assister?"

The adventures of Prince Stinkyninja the bunny would not be possible without National Geographic's Animal Jam, an online animal kingdom filled with learning and adventure. They say it's for kids, but Prince Stinkyninja says otherwise.

Animal Jam transforms children and curious adults into animals living in the exotic lands of Jamaa. Players first select an animal type, with rabbits, monkeys, wolves, tigers, pandas, and koalas to choose from. Then a name is generated, using a three-level roulette wheel mechanism, which will keep the names relatively clean.

Once you are in game you can explore the lands of Jamaa, playing mini-games to earn gems that can be used to buy clothing, furniture, or new character slots. Scattered about the game are leaf icons that can be clicked on to learn fun facts about the flora and fauna of Jamaa.

And of course, as an online game, there are other players wandering about, ready to chat with you about important nature facts, like what a dork you are, or how much furries suck. Parental controls are available to keep your small child from mingling with the mean video game journalists scoping out the joint as undercover rabbits. By default, chat is disabled.

Right now the game is completely free-to-play, though subscription plans are coming soon, giving paying customers access to premium content, such as new animals and more lands to explore.

It seems like a friendly little place. As I was sitting in the main area, a guide came on and walked the players in the area through earning a Bunny Commendation. Players had to hop, run around a fountain, and then follow him to the beach, after which they were given bunny hats to wear and told they were bunny scouts.

That's more game master interaction than I've had in nearly six years of World of Warcraft.

Check out the game for yourself at the Animal Jam website. Remember to bring your kids.

This video gives us a 15-minute taste of upcoming strategy third-person shooter Monday Night Combat with bonus developer commentary.

Monday Night Combat, due out on Xbox Live on Aug. 11 for 1200 points, has a lot of things going for it including fun weapons like a Product Grenade, which fills an enemies screen with ads, and power bacon. That's right, a bacon power-up.

In this video we get to watch a full match of six-on-six Crossfire. In this mode, players try to protect their Moneyball while trying to destroy the other team's Moneyball.

The game includes persistent stats, protags, endorsements and six upgradeable custom classes.

You know it, you love it, Dance Dance Revolution. Konami's rhythm game is apparently coming to the PS3.

Yes, that is an older model PS3.

Via its Facebook page, Konami revealed that the game is *finally* PS3 bound:

Yes, DanceDanceRevolution fans, it's true-we're bringing DDR to the PS3! And we're bringing YOU to the launch party. Thursday evening, August 12, in LA. Join us in person, on Twitter, or on Facebook for exclusive, interactive, fan-friendly, multiplayer Music & Motion fun.

No word on whether DDR will be hitting any of the other home consoles.

Facebook | DanceDanceRevolution's Photos [Facebook via NeoGAF via Eurogamer Thanks, Chris!]

This is still the place for you to talk about video games but it is also the start of a new user-generated Talk Amongst Yourselves. Thanks to reader Tanarchi for today's image. Submit yours at #TAYpics.

To: Crecente
From: Bashcraft
RE: My Dreams Were My Ticket Back Here

This evening, Mrs. Bashcraft and Mini-Bash returned to Osaka from their two-and-a-half week odyssey in America with my parents. They said they had fun! But I think they're happy to be back home.

Very happy to see them! Sucks that I'm getting a cold, though. Head has been in a fishbowl all day long. T_T

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