Here’s a roundup of today’s news found elsewhere on the internet:

Music DLC still selling despite genre decline (gamesindustry.biz) - While sales of music games continue to decline radically, downloadable songs for titles such as Guitar Hero and Rock Band are still enjoying a lot activity over services such as Xbox Live.

During November Activision's music genre sales in the US fell 65 per cent compared to last year, with DJ Hero, Guitar Hero and Band Hero pulling in USD 55 million for the publisher. Sales of EA and MTVs Rock Band for the month were USD 31 million, down 59 per cent compared to last year.

"Sales of music genre games have suffered mightily in 2009, with sales through November totalling USD 620 million, compared to USD 1.19 billion in the same period a year ago," detailed Wedbush Morgan's Michael Pachter. "The USD 570 million decline in year-over-year music sales is responsible for two thirds of the overall decline in software sales thus far in 2009."

However, Microsoft's David Dennis told GamesIndustry.biz that while High Street retail wasn't enjoying such a buoyant music market, sales of songs and track packs on Xbox Live were still going strong.

Warner to publish Batman: Arkham Asylum sequel (gamesindustry.biz) - A sequel to critical and commercial hit Batman: Arkham Asylum has been announced at the Spike Video Game Awards, with Warner Bros taking over the role of publisher from Eidos Interactive.

Both the trailer and an official press release names Warner Bros Interactive Entertainment as the sole publisher, with original developer Rocksteady Studios (who were named Studio of the Year at the Spike Awards) also on board.

Original publisher Eidos Interactive appear to have been squeezed out of the process though, the first game having been signed before the company's acquisition by Square Enix.

Aliens vs. Predator to be Re-Reviewed in Australia (kotaku) - Australia's Classification Review Board will meet on Friday to reconsider its earlier refusal to classify Aliens vs. Predator, effectively forbidding it for sale in that country. A news release says Sega asked for the reconsideration.

Aliens vs. Predator got the big thumbs down on Dec. 3, primarily for its depictions of gore and violence. Its developer, Rebellion, has said it will not modify the title in order to receive classification, so this amounts to a big "pretty please?" to Australia from Sega.

The Review Board has invited applications to be considered an "interested party" to the review, but reminds that this review and its reconsideration can only be within the scope of Australia's existing classification regulations. I.e., no one's being invited to complain about creating an R18+ rating category for games, as such an option is for lawmakers, not the review board, to implement.