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RedOctane has announced that Guitar Hero II will feature two rather awesome headline tracks - Freebird and Sweet Child o' Mine.

Leipzig isn't the only thing kicking off today - EA Sports has also chosen this morning to unveil the highly anticipated next-generation version of FIFA 07, due out later this year on Xbox 360.

Electronic Arts today unveiled the next-generation version of FIFA 07, promising a completely new experience based on an engine that's been two years in the making.

Amazing what you find wandering around trade shows the day before they open their doors. When Sony recently said it had taken the decision to hold off letting the general public gets their hands on PlayStation 3 until Tokyo Game Show at the end of September it really wasn't lying. We walked around the PS3 section of Sony'stand at Games Convention in Leipzig, Germany today and saw logos, screens and seats, but nary a controller (or PS3 hardware) in sight.

In a speech delivered at the Leipzig GCDC this morning, Lionhead boss Peter Molyneux has declared it's time to revolutionise combat games - and guess what, he's got some ideas on how to go about that.

The Battle of Waterloo has been reproduced in videogame form on more than a dozen occasions and yet so far no-one has got round to modelling one of the most important factors in the French defeat - Napoleon's colossal haemorrhoids. (It's said that chronic piles limited the Little Corporal's mobility during the battle by keeping him out of the saddle). Developers GSC had the opportunity to rectumify this grievous situation with this standalone expansion for Cossacks II, but - criminally - they've parsed it up.

First things first: Germany is a wonderful place for firsts. I had my first beer there (later I had my first yard of ale, and my friend had his first stomach-pumping). I had my first schnitzel there, and my first sauerkraut, somewhat stereotypically, but less so was my first jaywalking charge. And my first sighting of a transsexual man throwing a spaniel at a police car. This week should prove another good'un for firsts, with the Leipzig Games Convention set to host a number of big games. Quite a large number in fact.

THQ has championed the use of Xbox Live Marketplace to distribute pre-release demos of Xbox 360 games, revealing that the recently released Saint's Row demo was downloaded 350,000 times during its first week online.

The road block has turned into a pile up this week, as Cars keeps the lead and prevents any movement in the top end of the all-formats sales chart for a fourth consecutive week.

The Nintendo DS version of Final Fantasy III is due out in the USA on November 14th, Square Enix has announced.

Fresh from announcing GUN Showdown, Activision's leapt onto the retro compilation stagecoach with the promise of Activision Hits Remixed for PSP.

Guitar Hero II will be released in Europe this November, shortly after its American release date.

Koei has tweaked the content of the PAL version of Atelier Iris 2 based on feedback from Japanese and US audiences, and will include a Japanese voice option in Disgaea 2 as well.

Microsoft has distanced itself from suggestions that it plans to officially cut the price of the Xbox 360 Core System in the next few days, arguing that retailers have already chosen to do this of their own accord.

As promised, Electronic Arts has officially unveiled Digital Illusions' latest title for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. Called Battlefield: Bad Company, it promises to bring a single-player focus to the series most renowned for its online game, and it's due out in 2007.

Electronic Arts has revealed it expects the Nintendo Wii to retail in the US for around $170.

Sony has announced the launch of a new limited edition pink PS2 console, designed to capitalise on the success of titles such as SingStar and Buzz and capture a wider gaming audience.

Sony will cut the price of the PlayStation 2 to GBP 94.99 in the UK and EUR 129.99 across Europe at this week's Leipzig Games Convention, with memory cards cut to EUR 19.99.

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Less than three months before the scheduled tri-continent launch of Sony's PlayStation 3 console, SCEA president Kaz Hirai has stated that retail shortages in each territory are inevitable.

SUNFLOWERS and SEK have taken a break from piling enormous objects on their capslock keys and released a demo of forthcoming real-time strategy title ParaWorld.

Fans of Midway's rather enjoyable console shooter Area 51 will be pleased to hear that some job-ad indiscretions suggest a sequel is in the works.

Electronic Arts is primed to reveal details of DICE's Battlefield: Bad Company, with US mag GameInformer previewing the previously unannounced game in its September issue.

New publisher Lexicon, which recently signed up Bad Day LA for European release, has announced a time-bending DS side-scroller called Chronos Twins.

Fireglow Games has released a 127MB demo of forthcoming World War II strategy title Sudden Strike III: Arms for Victory.

Electronic Arts has joined the ever-growing list of Unreal Engine 3 licensees, further boosting the profile of Epic Games' versatile next-generation technology.

Popular World of Warcraft undoubtedly is, but Mythic is determined to prove there's room for more than one fantasy-themed MMO in the market. And if the rush amongst EG-ers this week to view the updated and extended trailer for Warhammer Online is anything to go by, they might be right.

Despite similarities, Geometry Wars clone Grid Wars - shut down at the barrel of a legal gun this month - began life quite detached from the game it ended up imitating.

Remember Epyx Games, the publisher behind ancient classics such as California Games and Impossible Mission? Well, Epyx is set for a comeback - and its old franchises are returning, too.

The organisers of the London Games Festival have announced details of some of the awfully exciting events they've got planned for us gamers.