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A full standalone Green Day themed version of Rock Band will be shipping worldwide June 8th according to a release from Electronic Arts earlier this week, the game will feature 47 exportable tracks, rare access to the Green Day media vault with over 40 minutes of footage, artist likeness and more.

The game will feature the three-part vocal harmony technology Harmonix introduced in The Beatles: Rock Band, an incredible 47 strong list will be playable which spans the career of the band. Tracks include ‘Brain Stew’ , ‘Jaded’, ‘American Idiot’ and ‘Wake Me Up When September Ends’. All 47 tracks are fully exportable into Rock Band, Rock Band 2 and Rock Band 3. Green Day DLC already available in the Rock Band store will also be playable in the new game.

Green Day: Rock Band will be released on Xbox 360, PS3 and Wii everywhere on June 8th and is Rated T for Teen.

This weeks DLC announcement for Rock Band is a little more exciting than usual not only do we have songs by Grammy Award Winning artist Lady Gaga we also have songs by 3 Doors Down, Mute Math, The Subways and South Parks own Eric Cartman.

Oh and if you have never seen the South Park cover of Pokerface here’s a shiny You tube link.

Available on Xbox 360 and Wii (March 16) and PlayStation 3 system (March 18):

• Lady Gaga – “Bad Romance”
• Lady Gaga – “Just Dance”
• Lady Gaga – “Monster”
• Lady Gaga – “Poker Face”
• 3 Doors Down – “It’s Not My Time”
• Mute Math – “Control”
• South Park – “Poker Face (Cartman version)”
• The Subways – “Oh Yeah”
• The Subways – “Rock & Roll Queen”

(All tracks are original master recordings)

These tracks will be available for purchase as “Lady Gaga Pack 01” as well as individual tracks on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 system, and as individual tracks only on Wii. Tracks marked with “+” are also available for download in the family-friendly LEGO® Rock Band Music Store.

Price: £.99 UK (160 Microsoft Points for Xbox 360) per track
£3.49 UK (560 Microsoft Points for Xbox 360) for “Lady Gaga Pack 01”
(200 Wii Points™) per track

** Dates for Rock Band game tracks are tentative and subject to change. **

Years back when Westwood Studios originally made Command and Conquer and the Original Red Alert it sent RTS fans into a ‘Nerdgasm’ , they craved a real RTS game and that’s what Command and Conquer was it was the original household RTS franchise, now any fan will know that Westwood Studios was bought by Electronic Arts in 1998 and the first sole game developed by EA was Command and Conquer Generals as you can probably tell our friend above wasn’t impressed, neither where we. Now things did get better with Command and Conquer 3 and the long overdue re-appearance of Kane, fans where happy with what EA accomplished here, fine it had ‘issues’ with balancing but don’t most games?

Red Alert 3 was always destined to by a jaw dropping title, Hell March 3, Flying Bears and Rick Flair where only some of the lengths EA went to make the game popular but also keep long time fans too. Lets be honest here Red Alert 3 was truly awesome, it had the new features like Co-Op stories and good multiplayer, but it also stuck to the roots of the Red Alert universe and carried off the story with what was basically perfect execution.

Now CNC 4… We’ve seen the Beta and… Personally we think CNC 4 should also get the Generals ‘What the hell is this sh**’ face. I mean super serial seriously what the hell have they done?!?

That’s right. We’ll be at one of the biggest comic conventions in the Southeast of theUS today and there’s bound to a TON of video game related cosplay. We’ll update here as the day goes on!

Check out my twitter account here for constant updates!

It’s Saturday, and let’s face it, there’s probably some point in the day at which you have no idea what to do with yourself. You’ve already gamed, visited family, went out to the store, ate, watched TV and probably even had a nap. What now? Why not support a good cause, like the Halton Autistic Family Support Group, and watch a few friends game until . . . well, they either pass out or finish. It’s kind of like NASCAR. Except you die in NASCAR . . . or your car catches on fire instead of passing out from 72 hours of playing Metroid games. A little less exciting, but these guys are 20 times better than NASCAR.

You can join in on the chat here!

Bethesda sent us their latest cinematic trailer for Brink, their upcoming FPS. Watch, enjoy and don’t forget to tell us what you think in the comments!

Well in case you missed the announcement yesterday at GDC, Sony’s Motion Control technology will be called ‘Playstation Move’.

The whole package will launch for the holidays and will be available for under a $100 and will contain a game, the move wand and a PS Eye camera.

What’s more interesting is the ‘nunchuck’ like add-on Sony also showed us, yes folks it’s a nunchuck. Sony is looking to take on the Wii’s heavy market share in Motion Control and they think they can do it. And do it well.

“Nothing has ever been this precise, this responsive,” said Shuhei Yoshida, head of Sony Worldwide Studios.

He said that the device was “more precise, immersive and responsive” than rival controllers, and that it “breathes new life into new game genres”.

Sony’s Peter Dille, head of hardware marketing at SCEA, added that there was “not a high level of precision” in the Wii which gives PS3 Move the advantage as precision “drives the core gamer”.

Sony is already marketing Move aggressively with impressive on stage demo’s at places like GDC they are really trying to push it out the door and into Nintendo’s face.

A firmware update that will give the Ps3 ‘Full’ 3D capabilities will launch on June 10th according to comments from Sony via Reuters.

“The maker of the PlayStation 3 game console plans to release 3D game software around June in time for TV launch”

The update will coincide with the launch of Sony’s 3D TV range which they hope will rival Samsung, the update  will allow PS3 consoles to be able to display compatible Blu-Ray fulsm in 3D as well as Sony’s upcoming 3D range of games, users will need a compatible TV (Which apparently arrive in the UK in June, Convenient.) but we’re guessing Sony will only be to happy to supply you with one of those as well as a pair of 3D specs which you will also require.

To date Ubisoft’s Avatar is the only game to offer a 3D mode, though the upcoming Batman: Arkham Asylum Game of the Year Edition will also offer a limited selection of 3D levels but if the whole 3D hullabaloo kicks up again expect many new 3D capable titles to be on the shelf this holiday.

UPDATE: Reader Guy 3DTV dug up some information and it looks like the upcoming Batman title will not be in 3D. Check the comments section for more details!

Thanks, Guy 3DTV!

We are all looking forward to the incoming release of the new Command and Conquer title but what’s that I hear you cry, you want a digital download?

No problem CNC4 will be available for purchase via Steam, shipping March 16th the game will still require a ‘Persistent’ internet, an EA Account and a serial code. Registrations are limited to one EA Account per serial and are non-transferable.

Steam also list the system requirements for the game which are available after the break, also available via Steam is the full game manual available for download right now.

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With the announcement of the Playstation MOVE hot off the presses we have some new games to look forward to that will show off Moves power.

The first game in the list is a sports game called Sports Champions. This is evidently Sony’s version of Wii sports but in a lot better graphics. So far only two of the game types where shown and these where a Gladiator Type game mode where you get to smash enemy’s up in a arena with different weapons, it looks quite fun and bloody. The other game is Wii Table Tennis.. but I’m sure no-one minds playing table tennis again when it looks this much nicer.

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