UPDATE: Apparantly the simultaneous EU/US release was not all as it seems. “There was a misunderstanding and there is no confirmed date for Europe,” an unnamed spokesperson from EA told Eurogamer. Im sure the rest of the EU can join us in being 100% Not. Happy.

Just as the dust from the (semi) Europe release of Rock Band 1 has settled, EA and Harmonix have confirmed that Rock Band 2 is due for release in September. Undercutting Guitar Hero World Tour by several months.

Harmonix have confirmed that the EU and US versions will both release in the same month although, not neccessarily on the same day.

Among the confirmed features is the ability to play all DLC from Rock Band 1, from now untill infinity. Harmonix have said that new instruments will be released in a bundle pack featuring several upgrades, although they refuse to comment on what exactly these upgrades are.

We’ll keep you updated.

Achievements for Alone in the Dark listed and supplied by www.xbox360achievements.org

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Treyarch have announced today that they will be releasing exclusively to the xbox360 marketplace the trailer for Call of Duty 5: World at War including in game footage. But it will only be available from a short period between the 21st and 22nd of June so if you do want a sneak peek then don’t delay as it won’t be there for ever. If you can’t wait till then 9 screenshots have been leaked breaking the embargo that was supposed to last till the 23rd, you can find these screenshots here (link) enjoy.

Midway have now confirmed that Unreal Tournament 3 will be hitting UK stores on 4th July. This will be great news for any Xbox360ers who have been waiting for this and felt let down by the PS3 getting it first.

BUT to console you when you buy the Xbox version you will be receiving a plethora of extra content giving you a new split screen mode, all the DLC so far released and 5 brand new levels.

2 big demos have become available this week free of charge in the European and US markets these are:

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Are you ready to rock from this Friday?  Rock Band officially gets released this friday in the UK and Xbox Live has already launched all the tracks that are available in America onto the UK Marketplace.  After the break there is a complete list of tracks and packs including prices. 

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Breaking news across the interwebs today as news surfaces of GTA IV being leaked. It looks as though an unsavoury group of people by the name of iCON have managed to get hold of whats believed to be a copy of Asian origin. Its only compatible with PAL regions but theres rumoured to be a NTSC version in the next 48 hours. On behalf of all sane minded humans we at Xboxer360 strongly suggest that you dont download the game. Just think what a massive dis-credit it would be to the dev team behind this nigh-on perfect game.

Also a warning to all those seeking new GTA info, Massive clips and files of gameplay have been posted all over the internet so all us law abiding people best put on our anti spoiler goggles.

Once again people, Please resist the urge to download! Theres only 5 full days left!

Harmonix have finally announced a UK street date for Rock Band, as well as all the current DLC. The game is released on May 23rd, and the DLC will be surfacing on May 27th. The curious thing is the that you cant get everything in one box, the game and instruments are sold seperately. Retailing at £39.99 and £99.99 respectively. After the DLC hits on the 27th then, all the new DLC will be simutaneous UK/US releases.

I for one am absolutely wetting my pants in glee, how about you? Let us know by leaving a comment!

Just a reminder to let everyone know that the new Call of Duty 4 maps are in. The ‘Variety Map Pack’ is available off the XBL Marketplace for a reasonable 800 MSPoints. Remember that if you download this pack youcant take part in the Double XP weekend. Well worth it

Australian ratings board OFLC have recently rated a newer iteration in the Geometry Wars franchise. Sticking with the Retro Evolved title, although not with its home console. The rating states that this title is going to be a multi-platform release and to be published by Activision rather than Bizarre Creations, so lets hope that this one is a true sequel rather than just a name..

Fantastic news, Even more DLC is being released for Two Worlds this week. The pack is said to include 35 more quests for you to complete, giving a total of 70 bonus quests when combined with the last DLC; and more PVP is here. Although the PVP section has exactly the same description as the last hit of DLC so its hard to tell whether your paying for more, or just more of the same. Exactly the same.

This content will set you back 600 MSPoints if you really must download it, God only knows how much more they’re going to milk this already dying ‘cash cow’…

Over christmas XBL was ‘problematic’ and Microsoft gifted us all with a free download of Undertow to say sorry. Conviniently, Heres comes the expansion too.. Named Path of the Elect and weighing in at 400 MSPoints, the pack promises five levels in the single player campaign, a new race (the elect) as well as more multiplayer maps. The original was reasonably fun, so this expansion may well be worth a whirl.

The pack will be available on March 5th via XBL.

The Club seems to offer a unique gameplay scenario, Like Project Gotham, Only with guns. Bizarre have told us plenty of times how this is the next big thing in shooters, but we’re here to ask, Is it?

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Heres the first in the line of our ‘Arcade Wednesday’ coverage, where we review all of the new arcade games hitting live so that you dont have to waste any money or worry about poor trials. This weeks review is for Triggerheart Exelica.

Triggerheart Exelica is an Anime styled shoot ‘em up which has been out for over a year on other platforms and in arcades and now its on XBLA for 800 MSPoints, is it worth the plunge? Continue reading →

Pre-Ordered GTA IV yet? Well, Rumour is that if you pre-order your copy of GTA then you can expect to recieve 4 exclusive gamerpics not available to the public. Sketchier rumours state that if you make your pre-order via an actual shop rather than the web, you’ll get a limited edition case too. Finally, inside the case there will be an entry form for a competition due to start by mid-april on xbox.com.

Remember, these are rumours but we are trying to bring you more information as we get it. Stick around for updates…

It has been officially announced in a press release from Ubisoft that Rainbow Six Vegas 2 will hit our shops on 21st March 2008.  Theres also mention of new guns, a sprint function and a few other items that we will report when we get the information.

Those of you checking the XBLA this morning will notice that REZ HD and Chessmaster Live have finally arrived!

REZ is a Hi-Def ‘Remix’ of the original classic, where firing to the beat and furiously dodging fire are the name of the game. Having downloaded it, I promise you that you’ll struggle to find anything as original and insanely fun as this for a long time; Although, you may want to keep this one away from all the epileptics, and granny.

Chessmaster is just what it says on the tin, A Live based Chess game. Not much else to say really, it looks pretty enough and the CPU oppenents are significantly better than, say, Spyglass for instance, but at the end of the day, this is still just Chess.

Turok was the root of a lot of criticism lately, namely due to the fact that players would be awarded an achievement for killing team mates. The achievement ‘Grab Bag’ required that playes kill ‘1 Enemy, 1 Creature, 1 Team mate and Yourself.’ Masses of gamers let the developer, Propaganda Games know exactly what they thought of the achievement and as a result, Propaganda have removed the achievement via a patch that will be downloaded on first play of the game.

It would seem that gamers are getting tired of these ridiculous achievements, Hopefully prompting other developers to put a bit more thought into the process. Hopefully.

EA’s upcoming shooter Bad Company, the next installment in the Battlefield series; noted for its ‘revolutionary’ new destruction based gameplay has slipped from its March ‘08 release to a general, Sometime in 2008. We’ll be sure to keep you posted on any updates we get, although a late summer release looks likely.

Those lucky people over at IGN have managed to get a 90 minute preview of the upcoming blockbuster, GTA IV. Loads of little details have become clear including a new autosave system, smooth frame-rate, street names, signature humour, better populated cities, as well as those gorgeous visuals. Just a few short months now!

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