A patch for Rock Band on the PS3 is being released this week, that will add compatibility with Guitar Hero guitars.

Ever wanted to know what playing Expert-level drum tracks from Rock Band on a real drum kit sounded like? Click through for the video.

With numerous retail sources pointing at an October release for Rock Band in Australia, our Aussie readers might be pretty excited - until they hear this rumor regarding the price.

Metronome-like 22-year-old Sean Feica has Expert full combos on 56 of the 194 songs in Rock Band. Even scarier? He just played the game for 26.5 hours live on ustream.tv.

Harmonix's own "hmxsean" has announced next weeks downloadable content for Rock Band - one track each from Scars on Broadway, Staind, Testament and The New No 2.

Nextonex over at the ScoreHero forums has added three cymbals to his Rock Band drum kit using just $16 worth of materials and a little MacGyver.

With EA and Activision scrambling to differentiate their rival music game franchises, we're seeing some fantastic progress - like Activision mentioning guitar compatibility for the first time. On the other hand, we have Bandmates - custom statues of your Rock Band avatar.

Before their recent appearance on The Colbert Report, prog rock band Rush attempted to play their song Tom Sawyer on Rock Band...on expert. Click through for the video.

Harmonix and MTV Games have announced next week's Rock Band DLC - a Nine Inch Nails pack and two individual tracks from Shinedown. Standard track prices of $1.99 (160 Microsoft Points) apply, with the NIN pack available for $5.49 (440 Microsoft Points).

Harmonix has announced that Rock Band will be released in a further seven countries across Europe on July 24 - Italy, Switzerland, Sweden, Spain, Belgium, Luxembourg and Netherlands. As with other European releases, the game will initially be released on the Xbox 360, with PS3 release dates yet to be announced.