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Above is the official box art for the upcoming multi-platform Rock Band game Beatles RockBand.
Activision have released the official trailer for their upcoming Guitar Hero game Guitar Hero: Smash Hits, formally known as Guitar Hero: Greatest Hits, it’s due for release June 16th. See the trailer below.
EA has officialy announced that Godfather 2 (now gone gold) despite the delays will now be officially released on the April 10th.
Codemasters have released new screens and a trailer for their latest games today of their upcoming multi-platform title Overlord 2.
Activision has released new screens of Guitar Hero: Metallica. Check them out below!
Snoop Doggy Dogg has been signed up for Rock Band 2 tracks.
Interesting, there has been the likes of the Beastie Boys who have joined Rock Band and Guitar Hero: World Tour but their songs have guitars. I wonder what Snoopy can bring us?
Activision has planned a compilation game, due to be released this year.
The information came in a conference call from Activision CEO Mike Griffith, so there’s not much information to go on other than it’ll be released in Q2 this year.
It will also include “full-band versions of some of the most popular songs from previous Guitar Hero games and will be made available for the 360, PS3 and Wii.”
A study conducted by the European Parliament Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection found that games can be good for children.
According to the report, games can encourage children to be more creative and cooperative.
The study also failed to find a definitive link between games and violence, although it did say that violence in some games could “stimulate” violent behaviour in certain situations.
“Videogames are in most cases not dangerous and can even contribute to the development of important skills,” Toine Manders, the Dutch lawmaker who drafted the report, told Reuters.
“(They stimulate) learning of facts and skills such as strategic reflection, creativity, cooperation and a sense of innovation,” added the report.
The report also called for the European Union’s 27 member states to work collectively to strengthen the PEGI rating system, and proposed the development of a “red button” that would give parents greater control over what their children play and for how long – doesn’t one current-gen console already have one of those that dictates the length of gaming sessions?
Via CVG
