Guitar Hero fans will channel their inner rock god, experience new features and explosive content including a new multiplayer action-inspired battle mode, grueling boss battles, a bevy of exclusive unlockable content and authentic rock venues. Revealed last week, Activision has released the first 2 downloadable song packs (500 MS points), Foo Fighters and Velvet Revolver.

Another day, another batch of games shipped to stores. Instead of giving them all their own posts, we grouped them, and so far there are announcements for:

• Alpha Prime (PC)
• Build-A-Bear Workshop (NDS)
• Cabela's Big Game Hunter (PS2/Wii/X360)
• Dora the Explorer: Dora Saves the Mermaids (NDS)
• Fantasy Wars (PC)
• F.E.A.R. Files (X360)
• F.E.A.R. Perseus Mandate (PC)
• Go, Diego, Go!: Safari Rescue (NDS)
• Panzer Killer (PC)
• Swashbucklers: Blue vs. Grey (PC)
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Kane & Lynch: Dead Men is a violent and chaotic journey of two men — a flawed mercenary and a medicated psychopath — and their brutal attitude towards right and wrong. This volatile partnership combined with innovative technologies allow for an unparalleled gaming experience.

The Check Mii Out Channel lets people show off their Mii creations, those cartoonish caricatures of friends and family that can be used in games like Wii Sports, and vote on those created by others. The Check Mii Out Channel will launch Nov. 11, and will be freely downloaded from the WiiWare section of the Wii Shop Channel.

FlatOut: Head On takes advantage of the PSP's recently enabled faster processing power and the instant pick up and play arcade style, boasting the most four-wheeled mayhem ever seen on PSP, with no less than nine different game modes, including carnage challenges, full career, destruction derbies, multiplayer party mode and the bone-crunching ragdoll stunt mode.

Bowser has captured Mario and his friends, shrunk them to miniature size in pursuit of magic crystals. The mini-heroes have to find the crystals before he does, making their way through giant environments filled with enormous creatures.

Sony Computer Entertainment America unveiled its 2007 holiday line-up, including first-party and third-party software offering for the PS3, PSP and PS2 and a variety of hardware bundles for all PlayStation platforms.

Mass Effect is a science-fiction action-RPG created by BioWare, previously known for Jade Empire, KotoR and Neverwinter Nights. Mass Effect will deliver an immersive story driven gameplay experience with stunning visual fidelity.

Empire Earth III allows players to build and rule an empire from the ancient world to the distant future, battling it out across the globe through the eons in a bid for worldwide control, offering continuous free-form gameplay that will allow players to keep units from one battle to the next. Barely pout in stores, Sierra has already released the first v1.1 patch fixing a slew of issues.

Art of Murder: FBI Confidential, created by by the team who made Schizm, Sentinel and Reah, is a point & click adventure where the player takes on the role of an FBI agent, whose task is to solve a series of macabre murders of wealthy, well-to-do citizens.