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It's tough to read through rumors and figure out which is possible and which is too bizarre to care about. Yet every so often a rumor comes along that'll make you calmly say "Yeah that could work." This week such a rumor appeared on EuroGamer. The rumor is that Rockstar Games is all over the Hollywood researching for the next GTA title.

This is a rumor that could be right on the money. Rockstar spends years researching for their games and if I was a researcher for RockStar Games I wouldn't say no to the idea of researching in L.A. but there's one major issue, L.A. Noire.

For some reason EuroGamer and most of the other sites covering this rumor have forgotten about the yet to be released L.A. Noire. Now it is true that that game has been in the works for a sometime but there is a great possibility that the developers of that game could be trying to finish things up and are looking for some extra help. On the other hand it is possible that RockStar Games is doing some research for the next GTA but I was really just hoping for a new Vice City title.

When you see a track list for a game like Guitar Hero you instantly think of what song your friends should sing and when. With the new list of songs to be featured in the upcoming Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock you'll get a good idea of what I'm talking about.

Amongst my circle of friends I know we'll probably have the Bad Brains, Pantera and Rise Against songs mastered on the first night. As a goof one of us will throw on Unskinny Bop but it'll get uncomfortable the instant everyone realizes I know every word. The 80s was a strange time to grow up.

Full list after the jump.

Running a successful MMO in this age of WoW isn’t easy. Everyday a new or old MMO is throwing in the pay-service towel and reinventing the game with a free-to-play service. The newest of these games is Everquest II Extended but Sony Online Entertainment isn’t ready to fully take the free-to-play plunge.

This new iteration of Everquest II will be free-to –play but there is a catch. There will be elements of the game that are free but the game will run on a subscription tier system. Bronze or Free will have access to the full game but they will be restricted to two character slots and only a few spell tiers. The other paid subscription tiers give you move access to the game with the most expensive tier giving you full access to the game. There are three paid subscription tier starting at $10.00 a month, $14.99 a month and $200 a year for the top tier.

Not only is EQII going free-to-play but it’s also becoming easier to get started. To streamline the process of registration and game installation, players will have the opportunity to download a web based client so players won’t have to deal with a large download. This should let gamers get into the game quicker than most games.

This is an interesting way of taking a game with a less than desirable user base. I don’t know if it’ll help expand the user numbers beyond the free-to-play audience since the players that want to pay for the game should already be playing for the game. Either way, I know I’ll be checking it out when this free-to-play version finally shows up.

Today is an amazing day in gaming. On this day we finally get our first chance to play the final release of StarCraft II. This may sound trivial to non-StarCraft fans but for fans of the series and the Real Time Strategy genre, this is a day that's been ten years in the making.

Over the course of the last few years, fans of the StarCraft series have been itching just to hear about this new title. Back in February, some fans got that chance with the release of the StarCraft II beta. Since then thousands of fans have put thousands of hours into fighting against each other and against the game's AI. Now those fans are about to heat up the StarCraft Universe again with the release of the final game with its full multiplayer and all new singleplayer story mode.

Now with the game fully intact players can finally enjoy the way the good people at Blizzard intend. Hopefully fans of the game will find everything they wanted and more. You can find StarCraft II at most of retail stores near you or online but you can also pick this game up at Battle.net. Look for our review very soon.

What would a Halo release be without a huge amount of fanfare? You can't simply release a Halo title, you have to release new controllers, action figures, cups at 7-11 and not to mention a new Xbox 360 bundle. This time around, Microsoft has a new edition of the Xbox 360 which means that an all new Halo title is going to need an all new Xbox 360 bundle to beat all previous bundles. That bundle was recently announced.

So as the summer comes to an end Microsoft will heat things up with not just release of Halo: Reach, on September 14 but they will also release a new Xbox 360 Halo: Reach Bundle on the same day. This new bundle with feature the new Xbox 360 with a Halo styled paint job along with a custom controller.

So if you need a new Xbox 360 or you never had one before, this is the Xbox 360 to get. Not just for the new Xbox 360's larger hard drive and thin design but it's a great place to start enjoying Halo. Look for Halo: Reach and the new Halo Reach Xbox 360 Bundle on September 14.

Over the weekend Capcom turned Comic-Con on its head with the announcement that Street Fighter X Tekken was in development. This new take on the Versus style of play that Capcom is so well known for wasn’t a shocking omission for most hardcore gamers.

When you think about digital distribution as a gamer you might think you’re paving the way with this form of commerce. Almost daily we’re inundated with new downloadable games, sales on sites like Gamersgate, Direct2Drive and Steam, and let’s not forget about micro-transitions. Gamers might be patting themselves on the back as the world goes all digital. However, it looks like the real movers and shakers in the world of digital distribution come from a very unlikely source.

A few weeks ago, Major Nelson announced Destination Arcade. This new take on the current Xbox LIVE Arcade setup was a change that had most gamers feeling hopeful that the Xbox 360 would be heading in the right direction. While talking about the new Destination Arcade some expressed their disdain for the current Xbox Dashboard while others were concerned this new app would fall flat. Either way, any kind of change was welcomed with open arms.

A week later it was announced that Destination Arcade would be released one week later than expected and would only be available during Microsoft’s annual Summer of Arcade event. For those that download the app, they will have access to the app after the event but is it worth downloading in the first place?

Each current generation consol has its selling points. For the longest time, Microsoft’s big marketing tool for the Xbox 360 was Netflix. This service gave the Xbox 360 the perfect advantage over both the Wii and PlayStation 3. Fortunately for gamer’s with other systems or multiple systems, both the PS3 and Wii finally have the ability to use the Netflix service. The only drawback was the need for a Netflix disc to use the service. Soon that should be a thing of the past for the PS3. In a recent conference call, CEO Reed Hastings was heard making some powerful statements about the matter.

"Before our next call in October, we expect to be launching a major new version of our Sony PS3 user interface which doesn't require a disc and is dynamically updated continuously with the latest Netflix UI improvements,"

This is huge news for PS3 owners begging for both a higher quality service and the remove of the Netflix disc. For those with multiple systems the remove of the disc isn’t as important as the upgrade to the Netflix UI since the disc is a superficial complaint next to the low grade Netflix UI on the PS3. As for Wii owners that also have a problem with the disc. Your still going to need that disc and it doesn’t look like that’s going to change. The Wii’s internal memory is a little too low for a non-disc solution at this time.

Source: 1up