The upcoming EA Sports game “Fight Night Champion” soundtrack will have a distinct hip-hop flavor to it. Game hits X-Box 360 and PS3 on March 3rd with a mix of up and comers like Chiddy Bang to the always classic The Roots. Check the full soundtrack here:

1. “I Need A Dollar” – Aloe Blacc
2. “The Loser Wins” – Atmosphere
3. “Round Of Applause” – Black Milk
4. “Old Ways” – Chiddy Bang
5. “Meanstreak (In 3 Parts)” – El-P
6. “I’m The Best (Funky Fresh In The Flesh)” – Lyrics Born
7. “The Problem Is…” – Murs & 9th Wonder feat. Sick Jacken and Uncle Chucc
8. “I Wanna Jam” – N.E.R.D.
9. “What You Gonna Do” – Plan B
10. “Keep Shining” – Shad
11. “Sinister Kid” – The Black Keys
12. “The Fire” – The Roots
13. “How I Got Over” – The Roots
14. “Make Your Move” – Thunderball feat. Mustafa Akbar
15. “Intro” – Tinie Tempah

Activision has officially put a stop to their DJ Hero franchise including the development of 2011′s DJ Hero 3. The news comes with the announcement that the video game publisher is also putting a stop to Guitar Hero as well. Activision states:

“Due to continued declines in the music genre, the company will disband Activision Publishing’s DJ Hero business unit and discontinue development on its DJ Hero game for 2011.These decisions are based on the desire to focus on the greatest opportunities that the company currently has to create the world’s best interactive entertainment experiences.”

Guess this finally means the death of those music instrument based games. Even Eminem and Jay-Z couldn’t save the DJ Hero franchise. Time to put it to bed.

In a music and digital gaming first, Interscope Records has teamed up with online game developer Zynga to promote Dr. Dre’s highly anticipated album Detox with the social networking game Mafia Wars. The game will feature Dr. Dre inspired game experience with music content and limited edition virtual goods within a portion of the game titled “Hustlin’ wit Dre.”

“We felt it was a perfect fit for Dre to be the first musical experience for the millions of Mafia Wars players to enjoy while gaming,” Interscope’s CEO Jimmy Iovine stated. “We’re always looking for innovative and interesting ways for fans to discover great music and with an artist of Dre’s cultural significance we really wanted something special that’s never been done before.”

Listen to Dre here in this short intro video explaining the partnership.

The officially endorsed and licensed video game Michael Jackson: The Experience hits stores today on the Wii where everyone will get a chance now to replicate MJ’s famed dance moves. Check the in-game footage from “Don’t Stop Til You Get Enough.”

The next 007 movie might be delayed until MGM figures out their financial situation but that doesn’t stop the gaming world from getting their dose of Bond. And what better way to introduce the new Goldeneye game for the Wii than having Nicole Scherzinger sing the theme song.

“I absolutely love all the Bond music. I think it creates this whole other world,” stated Nicole. “James Bond and the Bond girls are just the epitome of cool.”

Listen to the song in the Goldeneye intro in the above vid and check out Nicole behind the scenes after the jump…
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I think it was every guy’s fantasy to be one of the dancers in Michael Jackson’s “Smooth Criminal” video. Well now…your wildest Michael Jackson fantasies can finally come true (so wrong I know). Check this in-game demo of Ubisoft’s upcoming Michael Jackson the Experience dance video game. Soon you can be a “Smooth Criminal” yourself…or amuse all your friends as you try.

Cube is no stranger to the movie and TV business but looks like he will be jumping into video games as well. And not just any video game…we are talking Call of Duty: Black Ops…probably the most anticipated game of the year. Cube recently Tweeted:

Check me out in Call of Duty: Black Ops, I’m Corporal Bowman.

This Tweet got me excited for two reasons. One, I’m a big fan of the game so it will be cool to hear Cube’s distinctive voice in it. And two, it’s nice to know that a rapper can actually form a somewhat complete sentence on Twitter. COD: Black Ops hits stores November 9th. Via: Kotaku

This seems to be a rising trend…bundling music albums with video games. Part of the reason? Every album that is bundled with a game counts as an automatic sale since games are non-returnable by retailers. Lil Wayne and Def Jam have announced that Wayne’s new album I Am Not A Human will be bundled with Def Jam Rapstar at Best Buy from Oct 12 to Oct 19th. This will be sure to boost Wayne’s numbers since, according to Billboard‘s logic, if a million Rapstars were packaged and shipped with Wayne’s album into Best Buy that would count as a million sales of the album as well. Let’s see if this type of deal can really move the needle for the game though. Will be interesting to see the results.