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This year's Electronic Entertainment Expo (commonly known as E3) has begun and the line-ups from developers and publishers have been unveiled. Microsoft, Nintendo and Sony are keeping their main course secret though. Their line-up will be announced on their respective press conferences.

Here is the list:

Activision

• Bee Movie Game (Xbox 360, Wii, PS2, PC, DS)
• Call of Duty (DS)
• Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (PS3, Xbox 360, PC)
• Enemy Territory: Quake Wars (PC, PS3, Xbox 360)
• Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock (PS3, PS2, Xbox 360, Wii, DS)
• Spider-Man: Friend or Foe (Xbox 360, Wii, PS2, PC, PSP, DS)
• Tony Hawk's Proving Ground (PS3, Xbox 360, Wii, PS2, DS)

Atari

• Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 3 (Wii, PS2)
• Godzilla: Unleashed (Wii, DS, PSP)
• Jenga (Wii)
• The Witcher (PC)

Bethesda Softworks

• TBA

Capcom

• MotoGP 2007 (PS2)
• Devil May Cry 4 (PC, PS3, Xbox 360)
• Rocketmen: Axis of Evil (PC download, PSN, Xbox Live Arcade)
• Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo HD Remix (PC download, PSN, Xbox Live Arcade)
• Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix (PC download, PSN, Xbox Live Arcade)
• Talisman (PC download, PSN, Xbox Live Arcade)

Codemasters

• Cliver Barker's Jericho (PC, PS3, Xbox 360)
• HEI$T (PC, PS3, Xbox 360)
• Rise of the Argonauts (PC, PS3, Xbox 360)
• Turning Point: Fall of Liberty (PC, PS3, Xbox 360)

D3Publisher of America

• Ben 10: Protector of Earth (Wii, PS2, PSP, NDS)
• Dark Sector (Xbox 360, PS3)
• Dead Head Fred (PSP)
• Dragon Blade: Wrath of Fire (Wii)
• Naruto: Clash of Ninja Revolution (Wii)
• Naruto: Path of Ninja (DS)

Eidos

• Age of Conan (PC, Xbox 360)
• Kane & Lynch: Dead Men (PC, PS3, Xbox 360)

Electronic Arts

• Army of Two (PS3, Xbox 360)
• Boogie (Wii)
• Burnout Paradise (PS3, Xbox 360)
• Crysis (PC)
• EA Playground (Wii, DS)
• FIFA 08 (PS3, Xbox 360, Wii, PS2, PC, PSP, DS)
• Half-Life 2: The Orange Box (PC, PS3, Xbox 360)
• Hellgate: London (PC)
• Madden NFL 08 (PS3, Xbox 360, Wii, PS2, PC, PSP, DS)
• Medal of Honor Airborne (PC, PS3, Xbox 360)
• Mercenaries 2: World in Flames (PS3, Xbox 360)
• MySims (Wii, DS)
• NASCAR 08 (PS3, Xbox 360, PS2)
• Need For Speed: ProStreet (PS3, Xbox 360, Wii, PS2, PC, PSP, DS)
• Rock Band (PS3, Xbox 360)
• The Simpsons (PS3, Xbox 360, Wii, PS2, PSP, DS)
• Skate (PS3, Xbox 360)
• SimCity Societies (PC)
• Tiger Woods PGA Tour 08 (PS3, Xbox 360, Wii, PS2, PC)

Gamecock

• Dementium: The Ward (DS)
• Dungeon Hero (PC, Xbox 360)
• Fury (PC)
• Hail to the Chimp (PS3, Xbox 360)
• Mushroom Men (Wii, DS)
• Unannounced title (possibly Section 8)
• Unannounced title (TBC)

GSC Game World

• "The next game in the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. series."

Hudson

• Fishing Master (Wii)

Konami

• Castlevania: The Dracula X Chronicles (PSP)
• Contra 4 (DS)
• Dance Dance Revolution Hottest Party (Wii)
• Dance Dance Revolution SuperNOVA 2 (PS2)
• Dewy's Adventure Wii)
• Fishing Master (Wii)
• Hellboy: The Science of Evil (Xbox 360, PS3, PSP)
• Konami Kids Playground (PS2)
• Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (PS3)
• Silent Hill: Origins (PSP)

LucasArts

• TBA

Majesco

• Blast Works: Build, Fuse & Destroy (Wii)
• Holly Hobbie & Friends (DS)
• Kengo: Legend of the 9 (Xbox 360)
• Nancy Drew and the Deadly Secret of Olde World Park (DS)
• Operation: Vietnam (DS)
• Turn It Around (DS)
• The Wild West (DS)
• Zoo Hospital (DS)

Microsoft

• Blue Dragon (Xbox 360)
• Halo 3 (Xbox 360)
• Lost Odyssey (Xbox 360)
• Mass Effect (Xbox 360)
• Project Gotham Racing 4 (Xbox 360)

Midway

• Aqua Teen Hunger Force Zombie Ninja Pro-Am (PS2)
• The Bee Game (Wii, DS)
• Blacksite (PC, PS3, Xbox 360)
• Cruis'n (Wii)
• Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends: Imagination Invaders (DS)
• Game Party (Wii)
• Hour of Victory (PC)
• John Woo's Stranglehold (PC, PS3, Xbox 360)
• The Lord of the Rings: Shadows of Angmar (PC)
• Ultimate Mortal Kombat (DS)
• Unreal Tournament 3 (PC)
• The Wheelman (Xbox 360, PS3, PC)
• TNA iMPACT! (Xbox 360, PS3, Wii, PS2)

Nintendo

• TBA

Namco Bandai

• Ace Combat 6: Fires of Liberation (Xbox 360)
• Beautiful Katamari (Xbox 360)
• Culdcept SAGA (Xbox 360)
• Digimon World: Dawn/Digimon World: Dusk (DS)
• Digimon World Data Squad (PS2)
• Dynasty Warriors: Gundam (PS3, Xbox 360)
• Eternal Sonata (Xbox 360)
• .hack//G.U. Vol. 3 Redemption (PS2)
• Namco Museum DS (DS)
• Namco Museum REMIX (Wii)
• Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Heroes (PSP)
• Naruto: Uzumaki Chronicles 2 (PS2)
• Smash Court Tennis 3 (PSP)
• Soul Calibur Legends (Wii)
• Space Station Tycoon (Wii)
• Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology (PSP)
• Time Crisis 4 (PS3)

NCsoft

• Aion (PC)
• Dungeon Runners (PC)
• Guild Wars: Eye of the North (PC)
• Richard Garriott's Tabula Rasa (PC)

Paradox Interactive

• Combat Mission: Shock Force (PC)
• Galactic Assault: Prisoner of Power (PC)
• Hearts of Iron Anthology (PC)
• Tarr Chronicles (PC)

Rockstar Games

• TBA

SEGA

• Bleach: Shattered Blade (Wii)
• Bleach: The Blade of Fate (DS)
• The Club (Xbox 360, PS3, PC)
• Condemned 2: Bloodshot (Xbox 360, PS3)
• Ghost Squad (Wii)
• The Golden Compass (Xbox 360, PS3, Wii, PS2, PC, PSP, DS)
• Iron Man (Xbox 360, PS3, Wii, PS2, PC, PSP, DS)
• Mario & Sonic at the Olympics (Wii, DS)
• NiGHTS: Journey of Dreams (Wii)
• SEGA Rally (Xbox 360, PS3, PC, PSP)
• Sonic Rush Adventure (DS)
• Space Siege (PC)
• Universe At War: Earth Assault (Xbox 360, PC)
• Virtua Fighter 5 (Xbox 360)

Sierra

• Crash of the Titans (Xbox 360, Wii, PS2, PSP, DS, GBA)
• Empire Earth 3 (PC)
• Geometry Wars: Galaxies (Wii, DS)
• The Legend of Spyro: The Eternal Night (Wii)
• SWAT: Target Liberty (PSP)
• TimeShift (PC, PS3, Xbox 360)
• Unannounced title (TBC)
• World in Conflict (PC)

Square Enix

• Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker (DS)
• Dragon Quest: The Masked Queen and the Tower of Mirrors (DS)
• Final Fantasy II Anniversary Edition (PSP)
• Final Fantasy XI: Wings of the Goddess (Xbox 360, PS2, PC)
• Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings (DS)
• Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Ring of Fate (DS)
• Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of the Lions (PSP)
• Front Mission (DS)
• Heroes of Mana (DS)

Sony Computer Entertainment

• Killzone 2 (PS3)

Sony Online Entertainment

• TBA

Take-Two

• All-Pro Football 2K8 (PS3, Xbox 360)
• BioShock (PC, Xbox 360)
• The Darkness (PS3, Xbox 360)
• NBA 2K8 (PS3, Xbox 360)
• NHL 2K8 (PS3, Xbox 360, PS2)
• Sid Meier's Civilization Revolution (PS3, Xbox 360, Wii, DS)

THQ

• WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2008 (PS3, Xbox 360, PS2, PSP, DS)

Ubisoft

• Assassin's Creed (PC, PS3, Xbox 360)

Warner Bros. Interactive

• FEAR sequel (PC, PS3, Xbox 360)

THQ plans to release two new Destroy All Humans! games. Their announcement comes just before this year's E3 and it's expected that we're going to get more details during the games conference. The first of these new games will be released on Wii, PS2 and PSP and is called Destroy All Humans! Big Willy Unleashed. You'll play as alien protagonist Crypto and travel by spaceship, on foot or gigantic mechanised robot-shaped vehicle. The game makes use of the motion-sensing abilities of the Wiimote and is going to be released early 2008.

The second new game is Destroy All Humans! Path of the Furon. The story happens after Big Willy Unleashed and this game is announced for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 only. Here you'll once again play as protagonist Crypto in his mission to learn Kung Fu. Sounds like great fun! It's also scheduled for release early next year.

It's expected that both games will be filled with comedy - continuing the tradition from the first two games on PS2 and Xbox.

Baaaam, waaaaammm, baaaaaaam... as I told you in May the brilliant and very entertaining Guitar Hero is going back to the 80's! RedOctane and Activision have released the final tracklist for Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80s, which is due out for PS2 in the end of July.

Yeah, yeah, Anthrax is included in the bunch:

• Caught in a Mosh - Anthrax
• Balls to the Wall - Accept
• Electric Eye - Judas Priest
• Los Angeles - X
• Police Truck - Dead Kennedys
• We Got the Beat - The Go Go's
• (I Think I'm) Turning Japanese - Vapors
• Seventeen - Winger
• Because, it's Midnite - Limozeen
• Hold On Loosely - .38 Special
• No One Like You - Scorpions
• Only a Lad - Oingo Boingo
• Ballroom Blitz - Krokus
• The Warrior - Scandal
• What I Like About You - The Romantics
• Wrath Child - Iron Maiden
• I Wanna Rock - Twisted Sister
• I Ran - Flock of Seagulls
• Round and Round - Ratt
• Metal Health - Quiet Riot
• Holy Diver - Dio
• Heat Of The Moment - Asia
• Radar Love - White Lion
• 18 and Life - Skid Row
• Bathroom Wall - Faster Pussycat
• Lonely is the Night - Billy Squier
• Nothing But a Good Time - Poison
• Play With Me - Extreme
• Shaken - Eddie Money
• Synchronicity II - The Police

But we have to ask ourselves: For crying out loud, where is Jason Donovan?

Rockstar Games is very disappointed. Their latest game, Manhunt 2, has been banned in several countries including such big markets as USA, Ireland, Italy and now also the UK. The developer of the Grand Theft Auto series and Canis Canem Edit disagrees with the ratings board's decision and states in a press release that the adult consumers should be allowed to make up their own minds about the content of any game.

Rockstar Games writes:

"We are disappointed with the recent decision by the British Board of Film Classification to refuse classification of Manhunt 2. While we respect the authority of the classification board and will abide by the rules, we emphatically disagree with this particular decision.

"Manhunt 2 is an entertainment experience for fans of psychological thrillers and horror. The subject matter of this game is in line with other mainstream entertainment choices for adult consumers."

The reason for the banning is of course that the game is filled with violence, gore and murder. The ratings board would not give Manhunt 2 a rating because by issuing a certificate "would involve a range of unjustifiable risks, to both adults and minors".

The statement from Rockstar Games continues:

"We respect those who have different opinions about the horror genre and videogames as a whole, but we hope they will also consider the opinions of the adult gamers for whom this product is intended.

We believe all products should be rated to allow the public to make informed choices about the media and art they wish to consume.

The stories in modern videogames are as diverse as the stories in books, film and television. The adult consumers who would play this game fully understand that it is fictional interactive entertainment and nothing more."

The game was scheduled for release in July for PlayStation 2, PSP and Wii until Rockstar Games postponed the game.

Oh no, now that's bad news. Capcom has no plans of releasing Resident Evil 5 this year, even though a sequel is highly anticipated and could save the future of both Wii and PlayStation 3. The game is missing from this financial year's line-up. Unfortunately that means we won't be able to buy it before April 2008.

The publisher will rely on sales from strong games such as Devil May Cry 4, Devil Kings 2 Heroes, The Umbrella Chronicles and Resident Evil 4.

On the positive side there are six titles heading for PC, Wii and Xbox 360 while PS3 trail behind with only five. YEAH!

Rumours say that Tomb Raider Anniversary is heading to Xbox 360. The game has already been released or confirmed on PC, PS2, PSP and Wii and is basically a remake of the first game in the series released about 11 years ago.

The rumours come from the Entertainment Software Ratings Board website where the game has been listed for Microsoft's console. It suggests that four different missions - or maps - will be released - probably through Live Marketplace as add-ons for Tomb Raider: Legend.

No release date has been given yet and Eidos has yet to confirm the Xbox 360 version of the anniversary. The game is out now on PC and PlayStation 2 nonetheless. Try it out!

Wrooom wrooom. EA has announced the next game in the Need For Speed series. The new game is a street-racing based adventure game and is called ProStreet. It will hit Xbox 360, PS3, PC, Wii, DS, PS2, PSP and mobiles this autumn.

Canada-based EA Black Box is developing it and the franchise will yet again be rubbing shoulders with the underground racing world. The developers promise that the graphics have undergone an overhaul and look literally jaw-dropping. Every crash and bump will leave scratches on your car - which is fully customizable. There will also be "a revolutionary online mode that will redefine the meaning of competitive social play".

Larry LaPierre, execute producer of the game, says:

"Need for Speed ProStreet accelerates street racing culture by providing the ultimate stage for the pursuit of supremacy. This is a game about building the ultimate performance-tuned battle machine, taking it to multi-disciplinary showdowns all over the world and pitting your skills and reputation against the very best street racers."

Now we just have to wait.

The latest we've seen from the crazy people on MTV's Jackass is the feature movie entitled Number Two, which can be bought on DVD. My advise is of course that you buy it. There's both painful and very funny stunts involved this time around. Entertainment at its best.

The show is also made into a video game for DS, PS2 and PSP - with Empire Interactive as the publisher and Sidhe developing. The game is said to have 35 insane mini-games with some of the show's biggest stars, including Johnny Knoxville, Steve-O, Bam Margera, Wee-Man etc.

Some of the mini-games are based on stunts from the TV show while others are based on ideas that the crew has had but hasn't made it happen in real life. Knoxville is quoted this week for saying: "We just hope that our video game is as crappy as our movies."

Well, the chances for that are high!

There are things in life that are just inevitable. FIFA 08 is one those things. The guys at EA Sports have of course been working (hard) on another installment of their world football game - it is scheduled for release later in 2007.

Now they have announced what stars we can expect on the cover. Ronaldinho is of course present on sort of every single national version of the game, but he has to share the spotlight with local stars. Who said stars? Who the f*** are Andreas Ivanschitz (Panathinaikos FC) and Tranquillo Barnetta (Bayer Leverkusen), representing Austria and Switzerland?

The other announced players are Miroslav Klose (Werder Bremen) on the German sleeve, Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid) on the Spanish cover of FIFA 08 and Frank Ribery (Marseille) will join Ronaldinho for the French version.

My question is of course: Who is going to represent the English and Danish versions of the game? I hope Daniel Agger is the Danish star - even though his club Liverpool ran out of steam last night in the Champions League final. He's indeed a great player! My guess for the UK version is not surprisingly Manchester United's Wayne Rooney.

EA Sports will bring FIFA on the PS3 and the Wii for the first time, EA confirmed today. FIFA 07 launched on the PC, Xbox 360, PS2, PSP, DS, Xbox and GameCube, and it is expected that FIFA 08 is released on the same platforms except GameCube and Xbox.

The game will be available in fall. The stars on the cover are expected to be announced tomorrow. I'll let you know when that happens.