Picking up where Guitar Hero left off, Guitar Hero II arrives with a new track list, new venues and additional play modes – including the ability to transform the original Guitar Hero SG Controller into a rhythm, lead or bass guitar. RedOctane is secretive about the more than 55 songs on the playlist, but today it revealed part of it ...

Matrix Games announced that it has signed baseball simulator PureSim Baseball 2007, featuring several improvements over last years’ model, including a massive overhaul of statistical tracking.

Teenage Goth-Metal girl designs extreme metal racing video game based in Hell…. Earache Extreme Metal Racing will feature ten evil Earache racing teams burning a lot more than rubber through hell and other wastelands.

SEGA announced that is has signed Bizarre Creations' next-gen game project The Club (working title), a 3rd person shooter. The UK-based developer, known for the Project Gotham Racing series, once again with SEGA having already enjoyed past success with Metropolis Street Racer.

Originally announced on PC, current, and next-gen platforms, Ubisoft's Rainbow Six Vegas seems to be slimming down. A more recent statement only mentioned next-gen, and when Ubisoft revealed its E3 lineup earlier this week no versions except PS3 and X360 were listed. A Ubisoft spokes person commented that the Montreal team is currently focussing on those two platforms only, thus in effect cancelling the PS2 and Xbox versions of Tom Clancy's latest tactical shooter.

Another day, another batch of game trailers was released. Instead of giving them all their own posts, we grouped them, and so far there are trailers for:

• Heroes of Might & Magic V - Dynamic Battle System Trailer
• Sin Episodes: Emergence - Story Trailer
• LEGO Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy [ALL] - Trailer
• Bullet Witch [X360] - Trailer #2
• The Ship - Trailer
• War Front: Turning Point - Exoskeleton Trailer
• Rush for Berlin - Russian Trailer
• Tabula Rasa - E3 2006 Trailer
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  We will update this throughout the day when new trailers become available. Read more for download links ...

Paradox Interactive announced today that two extra scenarios for MadMinute Games' strategy game Take Command: 2nd Manassas are now available through the start menu of the retail and download version of the game!

Paradox Interactive announced today that they have signed a deal for publishing rights to KDV Games' RTS title Perimeter: Emperor’s Testament in North America and Scandinavia. The player is once again drawn into the battle between the Emperor and the Spirits.

Rogue Trooper is a mix of intense 3rd person action and next generation stealth elements, with complex line-of-sight AI, multiple game paths, full tactical use of your bio-chip operated equipment and both single- and multiplayer online gameplay.

Exteel is an online game featuring stylized action in a universe filled with robots on a far off world where the exiled survivors of a lost war struggle against each other for control of the planet's resources. Exteel features easy-to-access gameplay and a unique merging of strategic combat and high-speed action.