If soda drinking isn’t your cup of tea, you can always enter the video contest and make your own Rock Band music video for a chance at an MTV Video Music Award Moonman. More details about the sweepstakes can be found on the official website.

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Contrary to speculations that Grant Theft Auto may be jumping to the Nintendo DS side, Sony has made it clear that is has no plans to remove the popular franchise from their sleek portable unit.

According to what SCEA head of PSP marketing John Koller told MTV Multiplayer, GTA is “a tremendous franchise for PlayStation in general,” which means PSP owners will once again see a handheld installment on the PSP in the near future.

“No one should sleep on that franchise. That’s a tremendous franchise for PlayStation in general. We’ve had two that are the top two sellers on PSP right now. So, there’s definitely continued conversations with ['GTA' development studio] Rockstar on all their brands. That’s nothing that’s left the PlayStation family.”

All of these rumors started to come about when Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars was ready to go for the Nintendo DS. But then again, it only makes sense to bring one of the most popular video game franchises in history to as many different platforms as humanly possible, and of course, that does include the PlayStation brand.

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It seems Harmonix is getting ready to kick production into overdrive as it was recently reported that by years end they are expecting to have a library of up to and over 5,000 songs.

Seems a bit high, considering the game has been out for over a year and has just recently passed the milestone of 500 songs, doesn’t it? 

To fulfill MTV’s prediction 4,500 songs would have to be released in 2009 alone, you do the math.

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Starting this February you can start downloading shows like The City, South Park, SpongeBob SquarePants and Rock of Love Bus with Bret Michaels. Later on other titles will probably arrive. These shows are a cool addition to the PlayStation Network which already shows about 1200 movies and over 3000 TV shows episodes. As with the rest of the available shows, you will have to purchase the MTV content you want to download but you will also get to transfer it between any PS3 and PSP systems you own.

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The statistics reveal that over 28 million track downloads have been made to date. There are 345 tracks by 239 artists on the Rock Band store right now. Harmonix added that it has hit the 500 total song mark for the Rock Band games.

Wow, just wow! That’s a lot of money for Harmonix and MTV Games.

The $30 release will be a full standalone product, though those who buy the PS3 and Xbox 360 versions will be able to download its songs for use in Rock Band and its sequel. The tracks:

• Avenged Sevenfold – Afterlife
• Blondie – Call Me
• Weezer – El Scorcho
• Devo – Girl U Want
• Maximo Park – Girls Who Play Guitars
• Disturbed – Indestructible
• Angels & Airwaves – It Hurts
• The Cars – Just What I Needed
• The Police – Message in a Bottle
• Pixies – Monkey Gone to Heaven
• Duran Duran – Rio
• Motley Crue – Saints of Los Angeles
• Lynyrd Skynyrd – Simple Man
• Red Hot Chili Peppers – Snow ((Hey Oh))
• Nine Inch Nails – The Perfect Drug
• Fall Out Boy – This Ain’t a Scene, It’s an Arms Race
• Papa Roach – Time Is Running Out
• Garbage – Why Do You Love Me
• Judas Priest – You’ve Got Another Thing Comin’
• Smashing Pumpkins – Zero

The company has apparently hit an “unexpected delay with getting the content online from Microsoft” and “have suspended sending out the token codes until the content becomes available,” according to a forum post.

"We hope to have this resolved in the next 24 hours and apologize profusely for the delay," wrote community manager Sean Baptiste. "Again, we apologize for the delay and are working our butts off to get the content out to you."

PS3 owners will start to receive their codes later this week.

This MTV Multiplayer report takes a look at the issue. It notes that XS Games was forced to come up with a Wii Remote wrap-around controller instead of a full-blown plastic guitar just to get retail space for its game.

Music games aren’t the only culprit either, with Wii Fit packing the huge balance board peripheral. Heck, the next Tony Hawk game is expected to pack a skateboard of its own.

The show is reportedly being led by Mark Burnett, creator of successful reality shows like Survivor and The Apprentice. The program is being billed as the “first show based on the new video game Rock Band 2.”

According to the listing, MTV is looking for four people to form their own band and “show us their stuff live on stage for the chance to win the Ultimate Rock Band Experience,” whatever that is. The four should live in Southern California and be at least 18 years old; no musical experience is required.

Rock Band 2 was released this week on Xbox 360.

The author notes that this directly contradicts what he was hearing. Nevertheless, Kotaku reports a rumor that EA will publish the game. It is yet to be confirmed by either parties.

This comes straight from the game’s store as well as retailer GameStop who lists the bundle as shipping in October – the same day the PS2, PS3 and Wii versions are set to arrive.

The Special Edition bundle offers the microphone, drums, guitar and the game itself for $199.99 whereas buying the instruments separately would cost a grand total of $249.99.

Harmonix, MTV and EA are yet to comment on the matter.