Like last week's metal-heavy Rock Band store update, this week's update is dominated by songs previously released at retail -- in this case, the six new songs were originally part of the Rock Band Country Track Pack disc, with the rest of the previously exclusive songs on the disc already available for download. Here are the new songs out this week:

Kenny Chesney – “She Thinks My Tractor’s Sexy”
Montgomery Gentry – “Gone”
Rascal Flatts – “Me and My Gang”
Sara Evans – “Suds in the Bucket”
Trace Adkins – “Swing”
Willie Nelson – “On the Road Again”

Each song is available individually for $1.99 (160 Microsoft points/200 Wii points), though you can grab the entire six-pack for $9.99 (800 Microsoft points) on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. These songs are available now on Xbox 360 and Wii, and will hit the PlayStation 3 on Thursday, February 4.

Publisher THQ announced today that its mixed martial arts hit UFC 2009 Undisputed has been deemed a Platinum Hits title on Xbox 360 and Greatest Hits title on PlayStation 3, with the fighter dropped to $29.99 on each platform.

"Reaching 'Platinum Hits' and 'Greatest Hits' status is an honor that speaks to the strength of our software and the power of the UFC brand," said Brian Coleman, vice president of Global Brand Management at THQ. "With a reduced price point, more players can now step into the Octagon and take part in the ultimate virtual UFC experience."

The move comes just days before the follow-up, titled UFC Undisputed 2010, is set to make its debut at the UFC 109 pay-per-view event this weekend in Las Vegas, Nevada. UFC Undisputed 2010 is expected in stores on May 25, though it won't be the only new mixed martial arts game out this year -- EA Sports MMA is slated to make its debut later this year, as well.

According to Develop, casual and social games developer Playfish has confirmed that the studio is currently working on a new project based on a "well-known" Electronic Arts property. Electronic Arts recently acquired Playfish for over $300 million, citing the importance of social games in their vision of their company's future.

Playfish games regularly appear on social networking platforms such as the iPhone, Facebook, and My Space. CEO Kristian Segerstrale spoke to Develop in December, sharing that he was looking forward to "the opportunity to work with some of the most loved franchises in the video game industry, and perhaps bringing those onto social networks." Most speculators seem to agree that the company is working on a Sims game, which makes sense given that The Sims is so beloved by the same demographic that tends to be drawn to gaming on social networking platforms.

We'll be sure to report on more details as they emerge, but for now, consider the implications for your productivity if The Sims come to Facebook.

The video game version of the literary classic Dante's Inferno is set to come out next week for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. Electronic Arts, the game's publisher, has already received a fair amount of attention for provocative and controversial publicity stunts, so it doesn't come as a huge surprise that the ad that the company submitted for the Super Bowl got rejected by the censors employed by CBS to review the commercials.

The objectionable material is apparently the game's tagline, "Go To Hell," and it will instead be replaced by "Hell Awaits" for the big game on Sunday. This news is unlikely to come as a disappointment to Electronic Arts as all the media attention that their ad campaign has received likely provides better advertising than their actual ads.

Via Game Politics

Last year major retailers Walmart and Best Buy announced their intentions to enter the used game market. The used game sector has been largely dominated by the retailer GameStop, which generates roughly half of its revenue through used game sales. Both Walmart and Best Buy had opted to use a third party company called E-play to set up kiosks in select stores to begin testing out how used game trading and sales might work in their stores.

Yesterday E-play ceased operations and both Walmart and Best Buy claim to be suspending their used game programs for now. Most reports indicate that the stores' experiment with the used game kiosks was largely unsuccessful and that the trade traffic that they generated was underwhelming.

Via Industry Gamers