Celebrities from the music, film, art and sport worlds have used their creative talents to design and personalize 30 Guitar Hero II controllers for Rock, Paint, Bid, an online charity auction, starting today through April 13, by Activision and Red Bull Energy Drink.

Nintendo has taken the world’s most popular sports and made it even better by throwing in some of its most popular characters, 5-a-side teams and well and truly throwing out the rulebook! With Mario Strikers: Charged Football you really can compete in a world cup, thanks to the multi-player mode via Wi-Fi.

Ace Combat 6: Fires of Liberation goes online via Xbox Live for the first time, where players will be able to experience Ace Combat on a massive worldwide scale as it features an in-depth multi-player online experience that includes a variety of action-packed online modes.

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:

• Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction [PS3] - Trailer
• The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar - Dev Diary Trailer
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Eidos confirmed today that production on the Hitman movie commenced on March 27 and will continue in and around the Bulgarian capital of Sofia for 12 weeks before moving on to locations in South Africa, St. Petersburg and London. Timothy Olyphant (Deadwood) stars as Agent 47 and Dougray Scott (MI: II) portrays the antagonist.

StreamBase Systems announced that BioWare has adopted the StreamBase Stream Processing Engine to enable and accelerate the development of its next-generation Massive Multiplayer Online (MMO) gaming platform.

Lost Planet is a sci-fi action shooter set within the merciless frozen tundra of a hostile planet, humans struggle for survival as conflicts arise between man, the surrounding indigenous creatures and the monstrous beings that have invaded. Capcom will release the 2nd downloadable multiplayer map pack (Hive Complex and Trial Point) this Friday, coming in at 400 Microsoft points.

Today Nintendo added yet another 3 classic games to the Wii's Shop Channel. Wii owners with a high-speed Internet access can redeem Wii Points to download the following titles: Star Fox 64, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Dragon's Curse.

Cenega announced that is has signed NecroVisioN, a next-gen FPS that starts in the rage battlefields of World Word I and leads player to much darker and brutal underground world of vampires and demons.

The Godfather Blackhand Edition offers countless choices for solving the family's problems with brutal violence, skillful diplomacy, or a cunning mix of both. Use your powers of loyalty and fear to earn respect through interactions with police, businessmen, racket bosses, other mobsters, and more.

Bethesda has released The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Construction Set, allowing you to create your own content for its imminent RPG. This application is not included in the retail game, requires the original, and only works with the PC edition. This v1.2 adds a spellchecker and fixes a few bugs.

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:

• Heatseeker [PSP/PS2/Wii] - Trailer (3)
• Bioshock [X360/PC] - Trailer
• Odin Sphere [PS2] - Trailer
• Code Lyoko [NDS/Wii] - Trailer #2
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SCEA today will serve up a fresh batch of PS3 goodies on the PlayStation Store with a video of PlayStation Home, a free demo of Major League Baseball 2K7, and brand-spankin' new trailers of Warhawk and Super Rub'A'Dub. Trailers for some of the year's hottest upcoming movies will also be available for download.

Auran Games announced completion of a AUD$4M capital raising with China's CDC Games, invested primarily in Auran’s upcoming competitive online game, FURY.

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:

• Spider-Man 3 [PS3/X360] - Intoxicated Trailer
• Grand Theft Auto 4 [PS3/X360] - Trailer
• DIRT: Colin McRae Off-Road [PS3/X360/PC] - Gameplay Trailer
• Super Paper Mario [Wii] - Story Trailer
• Penumbra: Overture - Innovative Gameplay Trailer
• Theatre of War - Trailer #9
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Brian Lara International Cricket 2007 will capture all the thrills and intensity of world-class international cricket, now also online. This patch fixes an issue where the Brian Lara DVD asked for cd-key upon install, caused by a specific brand of DVD Drives.

Merscom announced Ingenious in which players place hexagonal chips of six different colors on a hexagonal board, scoring points, blocking opponents' tile placement and trying to protect themselves from being blocked by their opponents.

Konami announced that actor David Hayter returns to provide the voice for an aging and exhausted Solid Snake in the latest chapter of Hideo Kojima's tactical espionage action video game series, Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots for the PS3.

Super Paper Mario is not a 2-D sidescroller but an action-adventure fusing 2-D and 3-D perspectives, not to mention RPG and platformer elements. The action sprawls across eight worlds filled with traps, puzzles, bizarre mysteries and items that often draw themselves out of thin air.

Roma Victor developer RedBedlam announced The Escalation, the first expansion for its MMORPG. It features significant updates for the guild and encounter systems, including a sophisticated mechanism for player elections, founding new settlements and even introduces the possibility of conquering, pillaging and looting these player-run settlements.

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:

• DIRT: Colin McRae Off-Road [PS3/X360/PC] - Trailer
• Spider-Man 3 [PS3/X360] - Intoxicated Trailer
• Guitar Hero II [X360] - Launch Trailer
• Combat Mission: Shock Force - Trailer (2)
• Code Lyoko [NDS/Wii] - Trailer
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  We will update this throughout the day when new trailers become available. Read more for download links ...

Battlestations: Midway follows the story of naval recruit Henry Walker, whose first assignment as a gunner at Pearl Harbor is the starting point of an incredible career at the heart of the US Pacific Fleet in 1942. Eidos has released 2 new historical battle maps and brand new vehicles now available on Xbox Live Marketplace.

BioShock is 2K Games' hybrid first-person shooter, which is in development at System Shock 2 developers Irrational Games and combines elements of sci-fi and role-playing genres. 2KGames' Elizabeth Tobey claimed that if the online petition asking for a Collector's Edition reaches 5,000 signatures, Take Two would listen to the masses and make it happen, although she failed to specify what sort of extras it would include....

2K announced Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword, the latest expansion pack for Civ IV franchise. Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword will focus on the late-game time periods after the invention of gunpowder and will deliver 12 challenging and decidedly different scenarios created by Firaxis Games, and the Civilization Fan Community.

Crave Entertainment announced Pinball Hall of Fame: The Williams Collection faithfully recreates eight of the most memorable tables from the golden age of pinball in stunning, photorealistic 3D.