A lot of controversy has surrounded Harmonix and Rock Band 3 since its release last year, particularly with MTV Games dropping the developer and then turning around and suing shareholders for taking too many cash awards from its success.  But that hasn't stopped millions of gamers from rocking out to its selections, as well as its downloadable content, which continues on a weekly basis to this day.  But now MadCatz is looking to do a little banking of its own, as it's repackaging the game just in time for this season's holiday rush.

Despite a recent string of down months in U.S. video game sales at retail this year, a new report from research firm Gartner paints a very rosy picture for the global video game industry. When adding in revenues from burgeoning online, mobile and digital gaming sectors, Gartner estimates that worldwide spending on the gaming ecosystem will exceed $74 billion in 2011, up 10.4 percent from the $67 billion spent last year. By 2015, spending is expected to reach $112 billion.

LOS ANGELES – While most people who attend E3 are there for work, one lucky pair of attendees were the recipients of a very cool prize. T-Mobile flew Mike and his girlfriend to Los Angeles as the winners of the T-Mobile LG G2X E3 contest. But once at the video game convention, Mike proposed to his long-time girlfriend with the help of game developer Harmonix.

LOS ANGELES– For the first time ever, GamerLive.TV will broadcast 3D video coverage of the E3 Expo, the premier game trade show in the U.S., to gamers and tech enthusiasts around the world.  The high-quality, stereoscopic 3D video will be viewable via the YouTube video player for users with NVIDIA® 3D Vision™ PCs.

The New Orleans Saints are Super Bowl XLIV Champions. With the memorable Super Bowl ads now available online, MTV Games and Harmonix are allowing gamers to relive The Who half-time show with new downloadable content for Rock Band. A special recording of the performance The Who from the Bridgestone Super Bowl XLIV Halftime Show is now available for purchase for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and Wii.

The Fab Four are back -- in virtual form. Reunited by publisher MTV Games and developer Harmonix, The Beatles: Rock Band, celebrates the journey the world’s most famous band took by allowing up to four gamers at a time to step into their shoes.

The game, which is available across Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and Wii, comes packed with 45 songs, including “A Hard Day’s Night,” “If I Needed Someone,” and “Ticket to Ride.” Fans can extend the gaming experience by downloading new singles like “All You Need Is Love” (available exclusively on Xbox 360) and entire albums like Abbey Road (October 20th), Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Heart’s Club Band (coming in November), and Rubber Soul (available in December).