RedOctane today launched their worldwide search for the next guitar hero! The Be a Guitar Hero II competition offers independent musicians the opportunity to have their song featured in game play for the upcoming title Guitar Hero II for the PS2.

In GRAW you command the Ghosts and Special Forces equipped with the IWS in the quest to save the president of the United States, recover stolen nuclear codes and eliminate a vicious band of renegade soldiers hell-bent on unleashing catastrophe. This demo features the second mission of the game, playable in singleplayer and co-op (LAN) with 3 other players.

Infernal, previously known as Diabolique: License to sin, is a 3rd person action adventure that is set in a present day scenario, with stunning environments and strong characters. The story relates to the eternal conflict between good and evil, confronted in supernatural intelligence agencies.

SEGA announced Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz developed by SEGA Studios for the Nintendo Revolution. AiAi and all his friends have rolled their way onto Nintendo's new console with new mind-blowing puzzle levels and a wealth of new and exciting Party Games specifically designed to fully exploit the innovative Revolution controller.

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 :

• Titan Quest - Trailers (2)
• Lost Planet: Extreme Condition [X360] - Trailer #2
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Various online sources are claiming that a leaked Bethesda release schedule reveals that The Elder Scrolls IV is headed for Sony's next-gen PS3 console, as well as its PSP, and would be scheduled for November 2006 (thanks Modojo). When contacted, Bethesda's PR guru Pete Hines said there were no announced plans to bring Oblivion to any platforms other than PC or Xbox 360. This doesn't mean it's not true because if it were announced, it would not be a rumor. Bethesda has not yet released its E3 lineup, so that might shed some light on the matter ...

Delivering on the franchise's compelling story, unrivaled authenticity and intense squad-based action, Brothers In Arms Hell's Highway drops you into Operation Market-Garden, the largest airborne operation of World War II. Gearbox has launched a teaser website where you can unlock screens by answering WW II related questions, but we thought we'd save you the trouble.

Electronic Arts today announced a settlement on overtime wages for current and former programmers of its California studios. Under the agreement, claims will be dismissed, and EA will make a $14.9 million payment to cover claims by the class members, plaintiffs' attorney fees, incentive payments, and administrative costs.

Boasting incredible 3-D graphics to accompany classic 2-D game play, this fast-paced adventure will have Mario fans cheering as they make their way over fields, under water, through castles and into the air. New and familiar enemies are everywhere, not to mention mind-blowing challenges made possible by the dual screens of the NDS, and also wireless multiplayer with a friend.

2K Games has released a new patch for Croteam's Serious Sam II. This update brings your retail game to v2.070 and fixes a few bugs but more importantly includes the the Serious Editor 2 allowing the mod community to create their own content.

Created in collaboration with award-winning developer Digital Legends Entertainment, Soccer Fury is just one of NCsoft's new multiplayer games that will be part of an online gaming hub at PlayNC.com. All PlayNC titles will be fully-featured, high quality PC games that are playable over the Internet.

Hugh Jackman, Patrick Stewart, Alan Cumming and Shawn Ashmore will reprise their X-Men film roles and lend their voices to Marvel’s world famous mutants – Logan/Wolverine, Professor Charles Xavier, Kurt Wagner/Nightcrawler and Bobby Drake/Iceman – in Activision's X-Men: The Official Game.

Super Monkey Ball Adventure is an all-new narrative driven and platform based style of gameplay, along with brand new Monkey Ball abilities and a bunch of fresh new characters, adding 50 new and original puzzles to this new and exciting gaming experience. The all-new Super Monkey Ball World is your one-stop destination for all things monkey luvin'

Agon is an adventure game that consists of 14 episodes. The new episodes arrive approximately every two months, you can travel to exotic locations around the world, you can get to know village people, urban societies, their cultures, ways of life and their board games from the previous century.

UberSoldier is a high-tech first-person 3D shooter, which takes place in an alternate universe where the fascist Germany won in the Second World War. A soldier of the German Resistance, Karl Stolz, turns out to be involved in the deadly play of mysterious powers, and at stake is control over the entire world.

Deer Drive is a stage-based 3D action hunting game, tailored for casual players, but with elements appealing to hardcore gamers. Play the full game for 60 minutes after which you can purchase a registration key to unclock the full game.

EA and DICE issued a statement saying they are aware of people experiencing problems with the headset communicator and are working on a patch to resolve the issue. A temporary workaround is to log out of Xbox Live and then log back in. People with the full retail version and the marketplace demo may have issues with cross-game invites. To correct this, just delete the marketplace demo from your Xbox 360, since all of the demo content is contained in the full retail version.

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 :

• Prey [X360/PC] - Super Trailer
• Project Offset - GDC 2006 Tech Demo
• Project Gray Company [PS3/X360/PC] - Dev Diary #1
• Cossacks II: Battle for Europe - Trailer
• LostMagic [NDS] - Trailer
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Enemy Territory: Quake Wars pits the armies of Earth against the invading alien Strogg in the ultimate online strategic shooter. Activision today revealed the available player classes for the GDF and Strogg.

Set in the year 2020, years before the original Perfect Dark, Perfect Dark: Zero reveals the origins of Joanna Dark, one of the most lethal special agents. Microsoft and Rare today announced that a free demo will be available via Xbox Live allowing you to play the Outpost in solo mode, split screen co-op, or Xbox Live. There will also be a free update with eight new bot personalities, and a premium (paying) package with 4 new multiplayer maps.

X-Men: The Official Game ties in with the upcoming movie X-Men: The Last Stand and provides the backstory. The new X-Men game, written by screenwriter Zak Penn and comic book writer Chris Claremont, lets you play as either Wolverine, Nightcrawler, or Iceman.

IDDK and G5 Software announce a new tank simulation to be set during the Second World War. WWII Battle Tanks: T-34 vs. Tiger tells the story of the great triumph of the Soviet Army during the summer campaign of 1944.

Already revealed last year, Atari announced Bandai’s brand new Dragon Ball title, Super DBZ, set for release on PS2 throughout Europe in June 2006. Super DBZ is a new, highly intense DBZ fighting experience unlike any previous DBZ game, featuring an all new arcade-style fighting system.

God of War II is a groundbreaking, PS2 exclusive combat action-adventure videogame based on Greek mythology, where you will get reacquainted with the vicious ex-Spartan warrior Kratos and embark on the continuing epic odyssey. If you haven't yet, also check out yesterday's screens...

At a GRAW fan event last week, Ubisoft confirmed a demo is scheduled to be released this week, speculations are on the 27/28th. Whether this will be a singleplayer demo only, or also include coop/mp was not revealed. In GRAW you command the Ghosts and Special Forces equipped with the IWS in the quest to save the president of the United States, recover stolen nuclear codes and eliminate a vicious band of renegade soldiers hell-bent on unleashing catastrophe.