Rock Band 3 is getting re-launched this holiday season. No it isn’t coming with additional features or songs. This re-launch is the result of a new agreement that has been reached between Harmonix and Mad Catz. Rock Band 3 will be bundled with Mad Catz peripherals at retail.

Since November 30, 2010, Amazon has been running a 17 Days of Deals promotion in the video game section, with select games being discounted each day. And look! It’s December 16, 2010! The last day is upon us. Don’t get too excited though, as Amazon decided to defy expections and not make today a day filled with the best games on sale. Instead, six games and two weird stage-light accessories are on sale. Yup, you read that right, a stage light peripheral.

Here’s the full list of sale games. You can just glance over it. You won’t be missing anything super awesome if you don’t read closely…

Fight your way down memory lane with arcade classic and notable new PlayStation 3 game, Dragon’s Lair. There’s also Worms: Battle Islands for the PSP and ye giante liste of price updates, new games, avatars, demos and more…

You are a musician bordering on rockstar. In a few years time, you will graduate to rock God. Reaching this level won’t be easy. It requires extensive practice with some of the most popular songs ever created. Such feats are not possible with plastic guitars with numerous buttons. You need to use real instruments, and Rock Band 3 has you covered. Now nearly every MIDI keyboard and drum set you have can be used in Rock Band 3‘s Pro mode.

‘Tis the season of giving and sharing, but also of partying. And one way you can do both at the same time is by playing Rock Band at a hot nightclub in the name of charity. Ümloud! is a yearly concert held in San Francisco to raise money for Child’s Play, a charity founded by the immensely famous webcomic Penny Arcade. This year Ümloud! returns to San Francisco for another concert to raise money for some sick kids.

Bad new band members, your older copies of Rock Band are creeping towards obsolecense. All Rock Band DLC tracks and track packs will now only work with Rock Band 3. So that big Bon Jovi Greatest Hits: Rock Band Edition $20 pack that came out last week won’t work in Rock Band or Rock Band 2.

The shift began October 26, 2010. That’s when Harmonix declared all DLC is for Rock Band 3 players only…

The biggest mystery surrounding Rock Band 3 has been the price of the real Squier guitar made by Fender. This guitar is 100% real with strings, tuning pegs and everything else you’ll find in a guitar. Fender has finally announced the release date and price for its Rock Band 3 compatible guitar.

Target’s sales for October 24 – 30, 2010 aren’t exactly thrilling, but there are a few deals on older games and promotions for newer games that might make it worth checking out the ad, if not actually walking in the store. Their biggest draws are a sale on Wii Fit Plus with a balance board, which rarely goes on sale, and gift cards for three anticipated new games…

Choosing which console you want to buy Rock Band 3 for just got simpler. The majority of gamers out there have an abundance of plastic guitars, drums and microphones by now. At this point buying these instruments all over again is just silly. The Rock Band 3 keyboard is just one more peripheral we can add to our growing collection. But if you own a PlayStation 3 in North America, you won’t be able to buy both the game and keyboard in the same package.

Seven45 Studios has announced the complete set list for PowerGig: Rise of the Six String. The set list contains 70 tracks, more than 80% of which are from bands who are making their band game debuts on this game. Power Gig: Rise of the Six String will be out in October 2010 for the PS3 and Xbox 360.