Last week, Activision teased with an upcoming announcement that it would reveal the Guitar Hero franchise's "leap forward," but it seems the latest Game Informer issue is ahead of the game. The June issue reveals that GH4 will add vocals and a six-piece drum set (3 pads, 2 cymbals and foot pedal) on top of the usual guitar/bass line. More importantly, it will feature the ability for gamers to create their own tracks from scratch, sans vocals, and share it with other users. So far Van Halen, The Eagles, Linkin Park and Sublime are confirmed to be contributing songs.

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.

On the heels of a successful first quarter in which revenue exceeded an aggressive sales forecast, casual games developer MumboJumbo plans to release Little Farm (a farm-fresh matching game), Discovery (a seek-and-find, travel game show), Elf Bowling Hawaiian Vacation, and Little Home on the Hill.

Packed with the most powerful race cars - new and classic, circuit and drift - players will compete in urban street races, as well as conquer official racetracks and championships over three continents. GRID's multiplayer content will feature 32 online race events on 80 circuits at 15 intercontinental locations for up to 12 players, with full damage.

The Hardy Boys: The Hidden Theft, previously known as The Tower Treasure, is an adventure game that remains true to the original stories and characters with varied environments, challenging and thought provoking puzzles in an easy-to-use gaming interface. Teen idols Jesse McCartney and Cody Linley have signed on to lend their voices to Frank and Joe Hardy.

Step into the world of Too Human, Silicon Knights' third-person epic action game. As the cybernetic god Baldur, players are thrust into the midst of an ongoing battle that threatens the existence of mankind.

Featuring pick-up-and-play gameplay, Aces of the Galaxy is an old-school arcade thrill-ride where you are thrust into the midst of epic space battles, experiencing over-the-top action in their battle for survival! Original scheduled for winter 2007, Aces of the Galaxy is set for June 11.

Live Gamer, marketplace for real money trading of virtual items, has entered into an agreement with Sony Online Entertainment to offer real money trading (RMT) in The Agency and Free Realms.

With over ten different exciting game modes including the traditional Practice, Exhibition, League and Home Run Challenge modes, MLB Power Pros 2008 will bring fans closer to the action than ever before.

Genius Products' Line Rider 2 is built upon the simple premise of what happens when a boy and his sled are sent traveling along in a world drawn by the player. Line Rider 2 will take players far beyond the original game with new game modes, new riders, new community features and new creative tools.

Numen: Contest of Heroes is an action/RPG that will plunge the player deep into the amazing world of Greek mythology, the realm of almighty gods, brave heroes, fabulous creatures, and great deeds.

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:

• Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots [PS3] - Trailer #9
• LEGO Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures [ALL] - Trailer #4
• The Incredible Hulk [ALL] - Action Movie Trailer
• Facebreaker [X360] - Steve Trailer
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The non-linear plot of Officers preserves the established facts of the origins of WWII and allows gamers to lead any of three sides to victory: USSR, Germany and Allies (GB and USA). The game recreates the real structures of all participants' armies, using the real arsenal, equipment and military techniques.

Check out the following new screens and trailers from Electronic Arts' Spring Break 2008 lineup:

• 'BattleForge' - Screens & Trailer
• 'Mass Effect' (PC) - 8 New Screens
• 'Battlefield: Bad Company' (PS3/X360) - Screens
• 'Skate It' (NDS/Wii) - Screens & Trailers
• 'Battlefield Heroes' - New Screens
• 'Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning' - 6 New Screens
• 'Rock Band' (Wii) - 9 New Screens

Manage a team of elite war machines through a campaign of intense military conflicts. Advanced upgrade and customization options combine with challenging objective-based gameplay to offer a fresh new strategy RPG and a daring new vision of the long-running Zoids universe. Commanders, start your engines (of war)!

On June 3rd, 2008 hard-rock band Disturbed will release its new album Indestructible, and if you pre-order through Best Buy, you will get instructions on how to download their hit single Indestructible and Inside the Fire through Xbox Live Arcade.

Heresy War is a combat space simulator set in a future where the humanity has reborn from the ashes after a catastrophic world war. The game puts the player in the cockpit of the most technologically advanced fighters in the human military fleet as he witnesses the start of a civil war.

Skate It has players riding with the skate pros, owning the best spots in San Vanelona and pulling off the sickest tricks using the popular FlickIt controls. Loaded with all-new gameplay features, Skate It supports the Wii Balance Board which gives players a fresh way to create their own signature skateboarding style.

Check out the following new screens and trailers from Microsoft's Gamers Day 2008 lineup:

• 'Gears of War 2' (X360) - Facts, Features & Screens
• ''Penny Arcade Adventures: Ep. 1' (X360/PC) Gets Release Date - Screens
• 'Fable 2' (X360) Coming This Holiday - 14 New Screens & Trailer
• 'Too Human' (X360) Coming in August - 20 New Screens & Trailer
• 'Viva Piñata: Trouble In Paradise' (X360) Announced - Facts, Features, Screens & Trailer
• 'Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts' (X360) Announced - Facts, Features, Screens & Trailer
• 'Ninja Gaiden II' (X360) - 15 New Screens & Trailer

Alone in the Dark returns with a heart-stopping survival experience realized through combining the use of real-time physics and environmental interaction to deliver an exhilarating action-orientated experience within a highly detailed, open environment. Eden Games' Lead Designer Hervé Sliwa tells us more about the development process ...

WH 40K: Dawn of War - Soulstorm features an extensive interplanetary campaign spanning an entire star system in the WK40K universe, as well as introducing two all-new factions for an unprecedented total of nine playable races.

SilverBirch Studios and G4Box announced that they have secured English language rights, in several major markets, to develop and publish CrossFire, a military-themed free-to-play online shooter that has rapidly become a major success in Asia.

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 that brings forth the ultimate representation of the Age of Conan

Atari announced the forthcoming European release of Namco Bandai's Wii exclusive Family Trainer letting all the family and friends get physical by engaging the whole body in a variety of easy-to-understand, fast-paced and wildly entertaining activities.