Rock Band 2: First Guitar Looks. We've extracted a couple of looks at the new guitar for Rock Band 2 from IGN to get a feel for what they're going for.

Spiderman: Web of Shadows Wants You to Choose Box Art, Psyche. Activision has put two potential covers up on the official site for Spiderman: Web of Shadows for you to vote on.

PS3 Firmware 2.40 Goes Live. The much-anticipated PS3 Firmware 2.40 - has gone live, as promised, just as July 2nd rolled around. The update includes: XMB access in-game Trophy Support Expanded Gamer Profiles.

Resistance 2 Shows off Screens, Tells You to Get a Job. A couple of screens have been released by Sony for the FPS sequel with high expectations Resistance 2, in development exclusively for the PS3.

Latest PS3 udpate causing problems, pulled by Sony. The latest firmware 2.40 put out just Tuesday for the Sony Playstation 3 was apparently pulled shortly after its release due to multiple reported problems caused by the update.

Wii Fit Suffers the Same Fate as Most Exercise Equipment: Survey. Ever buy a piece of home exercise equipment? If you have, you've probably also experienced the typical result: after a brief spurt of usage, the equipment ended up in the garage, or at least unused. It's often the fate of gym memberships as well. The Wii Fit has sold millions of copies in Japan and elsewhere, but the question has been: how long would people stay with it?.

Video games, FTW! Report shows gaming surpassed DVD, box office sales in 2007. Hello? Movie industry? Video games, here. You've been put on notice after new research shows gaming sales surpassed DVDs and the box office in 2007.

This party game must be stopped. Alexander Downer's family must be pleased. Last weekend's byelection result makes it easy for him to retire from politics, safe in the knowledge that his seat will remain in Coalition hands.

Website of the Day: Button Hero. Guitar Hero and Rock Band are fun party games when you are surrounded by friends and a kit, but what's a geek to do when you're at your computer and supposed to be working, but feel the need to rock out? Put on..

LucasArts & SOE Star Wars Galaxies Trading Card Game. LucasArts and Sony Online Entertainment announced a new Star Wars Galaxies Trading Card Game to celebrate the 5th anniversary of the Star Wars Galaxies video game.

Poker machines confiscated after shooting. Charleston County Sheriff's deputies said they confiscated nine arcade-style poker machines from a home where a man was shot with a rifle this weekend.

LucasArts and SOE gear up for Star Wars Galaxies anniversary. The MMO game Star Wars Galaxies is a popular game, though it has seen far from World of Warcraft levels of popularity.

Vikings Played Board Games in Death. No Seriously. A pair of scientists have been hard at work excavating a Viking Boat Grave in Sweden over the past few months, and look what they found! " The excavation uncovered 23 very rare amber gaming pieces, which..

Gambling men: McCain's dice, Obama's cards. Fun story in Time about the gambling habits of McCain and Obama: McCain is slightly addicted to risk, and likes to play craps at casinos -- betting a few thousand a roll in a game that's all about chance but,..

Dealerless Poker - Casinos reduce risk with automated table games / Bill Geoghegan. When I go into a restaurant, hotel or casino restroom and find faucets that turn themselves on when I put my hands under them, paper towel dispensers that offer a single towel as I pass my hands near them, and..

Poker: Pros say this could be their year at main event. LAS VEGAS - Watch out, online poker whizzes and leisure players with deep pockets.

Read the story. Louisiana lawmakers have filed their required 2007 financial disclosure forms, the last time they report income from just two sectors: governments and gambling interests.

Gears of War 2: Screenshot Overload. Rejoice! Over 20 new screens have landed from the highly anticipated third-person shooter sequel Gears of War 2. If you are one of innocence I suggest you go play with your dolly, this are big boy pictures..

NVIDIA Releases Beta PhysX Drivers. You'll recall last week NVIDIA announced that its 177.39 drivers would provide PhysX support on the GeForce 9800 GTX, 9800 GTX+, and GTX 260/280 cards. You'll also probably recall the big dust-up over whether or not NVIDIA was cheating in terms of optimizations for various benchmarks. Whether or not you believe that, and likely AMD / ATI will, and NVIDIA won't, for end users, the real question is: "where are the drivers? I want to try them.".

PS3 Movie Downloads Stateside this Summer. Sony PlayStation executive Kaz Hirai has announced a movie download heading to the PS3 this summer for the US, with similar service for Europe and Japan at a later date.