you may add Hole’s “Celebrity Skin,” Garbage’s “I Think I’m Paranoid,” the Yeah Yeah Yeahs’ “Maps,” and The Pixie’s “Wave of Mutilitation” to the list of 40 songs that will ship withRock Bandwhen it hits stores this November. In a recent hands-on,IGN had the opportunityto check out the new tracks while testing out the game’s head-to-head multiplayer features. In this mode, players duel using the same instruments (drums, in IGN’s case) to see who or who shouldn’t be kicked out of the band....

Gaming’s greats all wind up in a pinball table eventually; Samus, Kirby, Mario, Sonic, and all those Pokémon have all wound up in balls, ripe for the flipping. The amphibious adventurer is once again out to defeat RoboCroc, save the town, and all that jazz.Frogger Pinball,bound for iOS and Facebook later this month, features three tables, two modes, and the promise of competitive leaderboards and unlockable extras. The focus will undoubtedly be the competitive mode, One Shot, where you’ll aim to out-score your friends, though the Story mode will take you through the game’s three tables — Swamp, City, and Space Station — in the aforementioned quest to thwart RoboCroc with the help of some power-up items, attainable by leveling up and hitting the standard pinball fare....

Thank you I-Mockery. Thank you so much from saving me the pain from having to actually watch this movie. You may remember when I showed you all thetrailer for this movie a coupleof months back. Well, it finally came out this week andDr. Boogie at I-Mockerybraved the film to give the Internets a review: Matters are complicated by the fact that Charlie doesn’t have any enhanced abilities in the game world (apart from a better haircut and the ability to see without wearing his glasses)....

Screw it, I can’t think of any obscure nostalgia or British comedy to post this week, so you’re all getting The Hernandez again. You wish you had his style, his grace, and his killer perm. Only The Hernandez can make awkwardly messing about with a stick lookthisgood. God bless Him. And on that note, it’s time to indulge in the weekly self-importance that is Games of the Week. In this thrilling episode of Games of the Week, the Destructoid staff will tell you their games … of the WEEK!...

GameStop is celebrating the global recession in style. Earlier today the bastion of civilization announced the beginning of “Family Night In,” a weekly program designed to help families battle the high cost of having fun. On every Tuesday from now until September 1, participating stores will offer 20 percent bonus trade-ins that can be applied to “select Family Night In” titles. In addition to this, the company will be gifting ten lucky people a week gift cards to restaurants and offering Basket Robbins cake coupons for anyone who buys more than 15 dollars worth of crap....

GameStop has reversed its decision to refuse trade-ins forResident Evil: The Mercenaries 3D, explaining that Capcom managed to convince it that accepting them won’t be an issue. “GameStop did ask the US store base to stop accepting trades onResident Evil: The Mercenaries 3Das we evaluated the save system for the game,” said the company. “Upon further review of the process with our publisher partner, Capcom, GameStop will resume taking trades on the game effective Wednesday, June 29....

I don’t want to hear that you’ve got nothing to play, or that games are too expensive. This week’s Rockstar Games deal on Steam is simply too good to pass up. The service’s“Rockstar Collection”is now 50% off, which means you can get all of the following games in one package for the incredibly reasonable $42.49: Bully: Scholarship Edition, Grand Theft Auto, Grand Theft Auto 2, Grand Theft Auto 3, Grand Theft Auto IV, Grand Theft Auto Episodes From Liberty City, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, Manhunt, Max Payne, Max Payne 2, Midnight Club 2,andWild Metal....

If you’re lucky enough to be attending the Tokyo Game Show this year, you just may want to make a point of stopping by the Square-Enix booth (not like you would have missed it, but still) to check out a little something special besides the games: the Chrono Trigger museum, which sounds like the pinnacle of heaven to me. Spied by Spencer atSiliconeraas a part of the TGS floor map (see above),you’re able to apparently enter it from the outer edge or directly after the mobile pavilion....

WithKillzone 2‘s third DLC map pack, Napalm & Cordite, heading to the PSN today, Guerrilla Games producer Seb Downiehas revealedthat his team plans to back away from the game, claiming his they need some time to “reflect.” Fully understandable, considering this must have been the studio’s biggest focus for the past five or six years, and they’vestillbeen supporting it since launch. I’d be sick of the game as well. “Right now we’re going to take a step back fromKillzone 2,” Downie explains....

Do you own a PS3? Are you due a free copy ofGuitar Hero: Van Halen? Excited about that? Well, put the excitement back in the box for just a little while longer. Activision is currently shipping out free copies of the game to anybody eligible for one, but only on other systems. Those wanting a PS3 copy have been informed of a slight delay owing to a printing error. “Unfortunately, we made a printing error on the package ofGuitar Hero: Van Halen,” explains Activision in an email....

From the makers of theWiiXploded shirtcomes the newExploded 360 T-shirt! The Exploded 360 shows off the insides of the horribly designed Xbox 360. Hey, I love the system but all the RRoD nonsense is bullsh*t. The shirt is going for $17 with shipping around $6.Like the WiiXplodedshirt offer, Dion Briggs has been kind enough to extend free shipping for all US and international orders on the Exploded 360 shirt. After you’ve placed your order, send Dion Briggsan e-mailletting him know you found the shirt through Destructoid so he can give you the free shipping....

I’m not going to pretend to understandTekkenanymore. Heihachi Mishima kills Kazuya Mishima in the first game. Kazuya then kills Heihachi and the cycle repeats with every game. Last I remember, Heihachi was killed but now he’s back with black hair inTekken Tag Tournament 2and he’s working with Kazuya. Whatever, Namco Bandai. I’M OVER IT! Oh, and there’s a new mystery fighter joining the ranks. Hot. New Tekken Tag Tournament 2 Trailer[Press X Or Die — Thanks, Mason!...

High Voltage Software’s Wii-exclusive co-op shooterThe Grinderhas been set free! As revealed by president Kerry Ganofsky in an interview with IGN, the studio plans to make its newest game a multiplatform affair. That’s PC, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360 in addition to the already-announced Wii version. Huge news, but not completely unexpected. Back at E3, our very own Jonathan Holmes heardstraight from the sourcethat if a publisher were to give High Voltage the money required to makeThe Grinderaccessible to all, they’d be all over such an opportunity....