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. Red Octange has released new downloadable tracks split in 3 packs, each three songs, for 500 Microsoft points each. Read more for details...

Namco Bandai Games America announced Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Heroes, offering a furious fighting game experience with up to 3-on-3 team-based gameplay, intense single-player action, and a wireless multiplayer versus mode for up to two users, all within the Naruto universe.

In Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Harry returns for his fifth year of study at Hogwarts and discovers that much of the wizarding community is in denial about the teenager's recent encounter with the evil Lord Voldemort, preferring to turn a blind eye to the news that Voldemort has returned.

After a rich heiress is killed, Agatha Christie's famous detective, Hercule Poirot finds himself in the right place at the right time to investigate the crime with a boatful of murder suspects onboard the S.S. Karnak as it floats serenely down the Nile. Can the Belgian detective find the culprit before they reach port?

2K Sports' new sports title The Bigs adds more explosive excitement to baseball video games than ever before. This over-the-top baseball action title puts an entirely new spin on MLB as it blends outrageous visuals and intuitive gameplay mechanics.

Ubisoft announced that it has concluded an agreement to acquire SunFlowers, owner of the German bestselling Anno brand. This is not a surprising move after Sunflowers recently closed down Paraworld developer SEK.

French publisher Nobilis announces TV Giant, where, for the first time in a video game, you get to manage and develop your own television channel!

Funcom and Eidos announce that more than 100.000 gamers, half of those within 24 hours, signed up for the Age of Conan Beta test over the Easter holiday. Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures is an online action/RPG, mixing a deep, story-driven single-player experience and a massive and brutal multiplayer end-game brings forth the ultimate representation of the Age of Conan.

Magazine publisher Future announced that, in partnership with Sony Computer Entertainment, Official PlayStation Magazine will carry the world's first monthly playable Blu-ray covermount from June onwards.

World in Conflict is a strategy game that delivers intense action and coordinated team play amidst the war the world feared most – an apocalyptic showdown between the Soviet Union and the United States, with completely destructible 3D battlefields, aggressive team-based multiplayer action and a focus on fast, hard-hitting battles.