Red Octane co-founder Charles Huang revealed in an interview with C-NET that it plans to bring Guitar Hero the the NDS. While it will be unlikely that a plastic guitar is involved Huang promises a unique gaming experience, with both Red Octane and Nintendo are looking into possibilities to add some sort of controller. The goal is to make Guitar Hero DS affordable, and playable where gamers usually go to play their handheld.

Former Red Storm Creative Director Christian Allen revealed that he is leaving his position at Red Storm and has accepted a Design Lead offer over at Bungie, to work "on something a bit different than Ghost Recon." Christian Allen, a former US Marine, joined Red Storm in 2002, and worked his way up from Assistant Designer to Creative Director, but having worked on 7 different Ghost Recon titles, all good things come to an end.

Tripwire Interactive announced that it is preparing the release of a summer update for its WWII online action game Red Orchestra: Ostfront 41-45. The free update adds a new map Krivoi Rog (including the Panzer IV G tank), adaptive bloom system, in-game AA/AF tweaking, and the usual bug fixes and tweaks...

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:

• Far Cry 2 - Developer Blog #2
• Team Fortress 2 [ALL] - Technology Trailer
• Turning Point: Fall of Liberty [PS3/X360/PC] - Gameplay Trailer
• Skate [ALL] - Player Progression Trailer
• Galactic Assault: Prisoner of Power - Trailer #4
• Anacapri: The Dream - Trailer
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  We will update this throughout the day when new trailers become available. Read more for download links ..

Boogie will have gamers dancing, singing and starring in their own music videos. Players can also choose and customize different characters in the game to best show off their dancing style and karaoke skills. According to a product listing on online rental outlet GameFly, Boogie might make an appearance on the PS2, scheduled for November 2007. Most likely a wrong entry, but interesting nonetheless ...

Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Heroes offers 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 feudal Japan, it was kill or be killed for the samurai. Kengo: Legend of the 9, known in Europe as Kengo Zero, lets you battle as one of nine famous samurai warriors while mastering expert techniques to gain an advantage over your foes. Become a Kengo Master as you fight your way through lush, high-definition Japanese environments.

K2 Network announced its lineup for this week’s Gen Con Gaming Convention in Indianapolis, featuring its online titles such as Sword of the New World: Granado Espada, Red Stone and War Rock.

In the name of Kane! Revealed yesterday, EA officially announced that the Command & Conquer series continues to thrive with Command & Conquer 3: Kane’s Wrath. As the expansion pack to Command & Conquer 3 Tiberium Wars, this RTS game returns to the Tiberium universe with Kane at the center of an epic new single player campaign.

Contrary to popular beliefs that online gamers are asocial, introverted loners, a study by researchers at Nottingham Trent University claims the opposite. 75% of online RPG players make good friends with the people they meet in their virtual worlds, with almost 50% meeting in real-life situations and one in ten going on to develop physical relationships.

Revealed a few weeks ago, the Blitzkrieg 2: Liberation add-on is set near the end of the WW2 and will add two new Western Front campaigns set in Italy, Belgium, the Netherlands and France, and will of course include plenty of new units, maps, and game modes.

A few days ago gossip magazine The Inquirer claimed that it had received information regarding the upcoming DirectX10.1 update not being compatible with current DX10 hardware. Microsoft's DirectX lead program manager Sam Glassenberg debunked that rumor as false, and confirmed that all DirectX10 enabled cards will work fine with the minor DX10.1 update, it may just be that the new features are not incorporated.

Codemasters' Leipzig Games Convention 2007 showcase booth (Hall 4, F01) will feature playable premieres for Clive Barker’s Jericho, Turning Point: Fall of Liberty, new downloadable content for Overlord, Colin McRae: DiRT on PS3, and an area dedicated to LotR Online: Shadows of Angmar's Book 10 content update, and Fury.

Experience the new high-def., next-gen sights and sounds of Beautiful Katamari as the Prince takes on a new high-rolling adventure, with his famous cousins in tow, to save the Katamari universe once again after the King of All Cosmos has a very un-royal and unfortunate accident.

EA Mythic’s MMORPG, Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning, will be playable in the GOA booth at Games Convention in Leipzig, Germany on August 22-26, during which the first details about High Elves and Dark Elves, the final two armies in WAR, will be revealed.

Medal of Honor Airborne, next-gen debut of the series, is set to redefine the series by introducing players to an entirely new way of experiencing a WWII FPS – namely the fully interactive Airborne experience.

EA Tiburon, known for Madden NFL Football and NCAA Football titles, is developing the latest installment in the Tiger Woods franchise. Tiger Woods PGA Tour 08 will include two new features, GamerNet And Photo Game Face. Read more for details...

Auran's Fury takes the best elements of an MMO - combat, advancement and teamwork - and blends them with the best elements of an FPS - instant action, fast pacing and diverse game types. Fury's 'Challenge' is the richest prize pool ever for an online role-playing event with more than USD$1,000,000 in prizes.

When the moon is no longer lighting the night sky, two rabbits — Cookie & Cream — are put in charge of discovering where the nighttime orb has gone to. Their investigation leads them to a mysterious trap-filled island. They'll have to work together if they hope to rescue the errant lunar object in time for the Moon Festival.

After we previously had one of the PGR4 developers speaking out about their game being limited by the HD DVD (even though it was retracted shortly thereafter) Epic's VP Mark Rein made a similar statement. At the Edinburgh Interactive Festival Rein stated, "We'll compress some things. But you know, we may have fewer maps on the 360 version...Blu-Ray has definitely given us a lot of legroom."

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company announced that Microsoft has started production of the Xbox 360 graphics-memory subsystem using the TSMC 90nm embedded DRAM process, featuring a high-density macro design (80Mb) and fast performance to 500MHz.

Majesco announced that its Nintendo DS video game, Cooking Mama, has shipped more than 500,000 units to retail since its launch 11 months ago.

For decades, mankind has contemplated what would have happened if two historical icons had battled…with balls. Finally, there’s a studio brave enough to tackle this difficult question. Blazing Lizard announces its first console downloadable game, Pirates vs. Ninjas Dodgeball.

D3 Publisher has signed an worldwide exclusive license agreement to publish and distribute Illusion Softworks', known for Mafia and Hidden and Dangerous, yet-to-be-announced next-gen title based on new IP currently under development.

KwonHo: The Fist of Heroes is a free to play MMO allowing users to create their own unique fighter using a myriad of customization options along with their character’s fighting style with five different martial arts to choose from. Players can select between Tae Kwon Do, Muay Thai, Tai Chi Quan, Ba Ji Quan, or Judo fighting styles.