Air guitars at the ready as Guitar Hero is set for an encore. Ironically we had planned this Toppers much before we broke the Neversoft news, but the timing couldn't be better. While the world waits for more detail on that, RedOctane talks to Game Daily about what has made Guitar Hero II such a smashing success.

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The popularity of The Sims franchise cannot be overstated. Even its expansion packs do quite well and The Sims 2 Pets is no exception. Rod Humble, VP of The Sims Division, gives us his "humble" opinion on why Sims fans love virtual animals just as much as virtual humans.

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It came to our attention that one of the MaXit forum old timers claims that Crysis is set for release on the 31st March. A second insider source also claims that the game is coming out or going gold at the end of the month. While we can't find any further official confirmation, it would be a great time for Crytek to release their much anticipated next generation game.

With Vista on the scene and direct x10 support out thanks to Nvidia graphics cards, gamers are itching to get their hands on the first graphical behemoth to test drive Nvidia's 8800 series graphic cards in real world direct x10 games. Crysis boasts some awesome in game graphics in one of the most powerful gaming engines PC gamers have ever seen. If you need convincing, a full showcase of the best Crysis movies can be found down in the MaXit forums.

So what do you say Crytek. Will we be playing Crysis at the end of March?

From the mind of Chris Taylor, the man who brought gamers Total Annihilation and Dungeon Siege, comes Supreme Commander -- a massive scale real-time strategy game that puts you in command of a robotic army of epic proportions.

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The hottest game in the Xbox 360 is now officially the biggest money maker. 

Gears of War is one of the standout titles of the holiday season, and all of 2006 for that matter. Having already sold 2 million copies worldwide, this new Xbox 360 franchise is off to a very hot start. We chat with Microsoft Game Studios about what put these Gears in motion.

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In a month of very few releases, but fueled by continued success of holiday blockbusters like Zelda and Gears of War, one game topped all in January - Lost Planet: Extreme Condition on the Xbox 360. Game Daily speaks with Capcom about what made this game turn heads and open wallets.

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The European model of the PS3 may not have the same backward compatibility as the U.S. and Japan models, but SCE Worldwide Studios President Phil Harrison has said that by launch, the PAL PS3 will be compatible with over 1,000 PS2 games.

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With 24 million people tuning into last year's finals, the World Cyber Games proved that e-Sports are becoming more mainstream. Now, they're hoping to increase their profile in the U.S. with a new sponsorship with a major retail partner: Circuit City. Details inside...

The following ten games will be contested in 70+ nations worldwide on Windows PC and/or Xbox 360 in WCG`s global tournaments that lead to the WCG 2007 Grand Final:

1. Starcraft : Brood War™(PC)2. WarCraft III: The Frozen Throne™ (PC)
3. Half-Life : Counter-Strike™(PC)
4. Command & Conquer 3 Tiberium Wars™ (PC)
5. Age of Empires III: The WarChiefs (PC)
6. FIFA Soccer 07 (PC)
7. Need For Speed™ Carbon (PC)
8. Gears of War (Xbox 360)
9. Dead or Alive 4 (Xbox 360)
10. Project Gotham Racing 3 (Xbox 360 ) 

Registration for the 2007 WCG USA Championship Tournament opens on March 5th at www.worldcybergames.com/usa. WCG global market registrations are locally driven, so international players should consult their own country`s respective WCG website, all of which can be accessed via www.worldcybergames.com. The WCG is still evaluating titles and may announce 1-2 extra Official Games shortly.

When it was first announced that Halo 3 Beta keys were being included in the retail release of an Xbox 360 game, I rolled my eyes. I assumed that whatever they were slapping that key onto was going to be a crappy bargain basement eyesore. It has been a great pleasure to learn that, maybe, they bundled the Halo 3 key with Crackdown so that more people would be exposed to the simple greatness this game contains. To be sure, the game has deep flaws; not much of a story, a few racial stereotypes, and somewhat unsatisfying boss fights marr the experience. At the core, though, this is a mindlessly fun game that does a lot of things right. If there's a sequel, and there's no reason not to think there won't be, it's good to know that Realtime Worlds has established an extremely solid base for future endeavors. Read on for my thoughts on this superjumping shooter.

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Steve Nix (right), Director of Business Development for id Software, thinks the Wii is "fantastic." While the latest id tech could not really be made for Wii, Nix said that some id brands could be brought to the console, which would "look better than any other Wii game." We talk about that and a whole lot more in this exclusive D.I.C.E. interview.

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