The ESA has sent out the invites for the E3 Media & Business Summit will be held July 15-17, 2008, but has once again moved from last year's Santa Monica location to good old Los Angeles Convention Center (LACC). While certain companies could still be in negotiations, the exhibitors list is blatantly missing various high-profile companies, such as Activision/Blizzard, Bethesda and Warner Bros. NCSoft had already announced last year they would not be present.

Lost Planet: Colonies adds an 11 mission campaign, Score Attack and Time Trial Battle Mode, four new multiplayer maps, four new playable characters, 10 new weapons and no less than seven new game modes, such as Akrid Hunting and Akrid Egg.

Sony has rolled out new PlayStation Store content, starting with the release of its PS3/PSP puzzle game echochrome ($9.99), Smashing Pumpkins and The Mother Hips tracks for Rock Band ($1.99/each), and more Karaoke Revolution Presents: American Idol Encore downloadable songs ($1.99/each). Also available are a new demo for Digital Extremes' Dark Sector, the usual slew of new game/movie trailers, and wallpaper/themes.

Fire up the fret board, crank the amp to 11 and get ready to rock this way with Guitar Hero: Aerosmith. Play through Aerosmith's career, bands they performed with, venues they played.

Nintendo and Westin Hotels signed a partnership that will allow guests to experience the Wii with a specially designed version of the console, pre-loaded with Wii Sports and several other titles, ideally suited for use in the WestinWORKOUT fitness centers.

Set 500 years after the original game, Fable 2 will offer even more choices and features, while building on the core gameplay theme of Fable where every choice continually defines who you become, allowing you to truly live the life you choose.

As society succumbs to a worldwide energy crisis, a new global depression takes hold. Amidst this desperate backdrop, two superpower alliances emerge. Join the battle on the frontlines of tomorrow as the Western Coalition or the Red Star Alliance. Kaos Studios revealed it has started internal testing on the 1.1.0 patch which will finally include the previously revealed Punkbuster integration and the newly redesigned server browser.

Project Origin continues F.E.A.R.'s supernatural suspense story of an escalating paranormal crisis that threatens to destroy a major American city. Alma, whose rage against those who wronged her triggered a chain of events that have spiraled completely out of control, now has free reign, and the consequences will be unimaginable.

Mario and all his much loved pals are planning to make a return in this definitive version of Mario Kart, where you will have to master a host of 16 new tracks in addition to 16 classic tracks from previous Mario Kart games. Every few weeks, a new tournament will appear on the Mario Kart Channel, each time a different challenge with different rules.

Steamworks is a complete suite of publishing and development tools that offers PC game developers and publishers free access to the game features such as product key authentication, copy protection, auto-updating, social networking matchmaking, anti-cheat technology, and more.