Another upcoming game that we only caught a quick teaser from back during E3 is Rock of Ages, a unique looking strategy title from ACE Team, the Chilean indie studio that brought us Zeno Clash.

Today these released a more extensive gameplay trailer, and well I'm still not completely sure what you do in this game, but it involves rolling things at stuff down a hill and have some nifty design and art direction.

See what I'm talking about here on AusGamers.

As the worldwide release date of September 14 2010 creeps ever-closer, Bungie and Microsoft Games have released a new trailer promoting the hotly anticipated Halo: Reach. Titled "Battle Begins", the latest clip takes a peek at Noble Team's epic planetary battle that will serve as the game's singleplayer campaign narrative.

Watch it now, right here on AusGamers.

After having the obligatory debut with a pre-rendered cinematic clip, SEGA and Creative Assembly have now released the first gameplay trailer for Shogun 2: Total War, their Feudal Japanese strategy sequel and the sixth game in the long running series.

Shogun 2: Total War will feature enhanced full 3D battles via land and sea, which made a name for the series, as well as the tactical campaign map that many refer to as the heart and soul of Total War. Featuring a brand new AI system inspired by the scriptures that influenced Japanese warfare, the millennia old Chinese “Art of War”, the Creative Assembly brings the wisdom of Master Sun Tsu to Shogun 2: Total War. Analysing this ancient text enabled the Creative Assembly to implement easy to understand yet deep strategical gameplay.

Watch the new clip right here on AusGamers.

Just because they're hard at work on the revitalised sequel doesn't mean BioWare are forgetting about the current release.

The Dragon Age website has information for the next bout of DLC headed to their popular RPG fantasy world called "Golems of Amgarrak".

Delve deep underground to save a missing dwarven expedition in search of ancient secrets for creating monstrous constructs. Only you can uncover the gruesome fate that befell them.

Put your Warden back in action and adventure through new environments, meet new characters and defeat never before seen creatures. With an engrossing new storyline and challenging puzzles this is one add-on you don't want to miss!

• Import your character from Origins or Awakening or create a new, high-level hero!
• Face an all-new terrifying creature
• Earn powerful rewards that transfer into your Awakening and Origins campaign
• An advanced challenge for even the most experienced adventurers

I wish more companies followed BioWare's aggressive and proactive post-release model.

"A lot of sessions are trying to serve a song," says percussionist Davey Chegwidden of working on the Red Dead Redemption soundtrack. "Whereas this is trying to come up with an emotion."

Rockstar today let loose even more post-release Red Dead propaganda, though this developer diary is likely going to get music aficionados very excited as we go behind the scenes for the music composed for Rockstar San Diego's epic Western opus, with an in-depth look at the myriad crazy instruments brought on board (some truly bizarre) along with the uber-talented peeps.

The best parts are watching harmonica legend Tommy Morgan. Check it out embedded below.

After emotionally walking away from The Hobbit, Guillermo del Toro has decided to set his sights on the games industry, telling MTV News "one of the things we're announcing in the next few weeks is a big deal with a big company. We're going to do games that are going to be technically and narratively very interesting".

Exactly who the "big company" is, is anyone's guess, though if I had to put my money on anyone, it would be Warner Bros. Interactive.

"It's not a development deal," he continued. "We're going to do it. We're doing them. And we're going to announce it soon enough."

High Moon Studios have delivered their first bout of DLC for their well-received Transformers: War For Cybertron. The new content opens up the game's already robust multiplayer with four all-new maps and five new transformers to play as.

The additional TRANSFORMERS characters entering the pack include SCATTERSHOT, ONSLAUGHT, SHOCKWAVE, DEMOLISHOR and JAZZ. Players have access to all five characters in the game's adrenaline-pumping, four-player co-op Escalation mode, and will be able to select their chassis to create their own TRANSFORMERS character in competitive multiplayer.

The content is available now from both the PlayStation Network and Xbox Live Marketplace for AU$15.95 and 800MS points respectively.

Activision have decided to shrink down the Black Ops experience for delivery on Nintendo DS.

Call of Duty: Black Ops for the Nintendo DS will feature six-player online multiplayer mode with a new Perks System, as well as a unique two-player Co-Op mode and Arcade and Challenge Modes that allow gamers to replay the single-player missions to earn extra points to unlock additional achievements.

The DS version is being handled by the competent n-Space, who have worked with the hardware extensively over the years. It's surprising though, that Activision haven't opted to wait a bit to push this on 3DS, which seems like a better fit for the first-person handheld experience.

Call of Duty: Black Ops for DS will ship November 9.

We posted up our video for the AusGamers Mafia 2 Jack Scalici interview last week, but in case you missed it, or couldn't watch it, we now have the full interview available in transcribed form.

In case you missed our lengthy interview with Jack, he goes into detail about crafting a vibrant, detailed game-world to work alongside a strict narrative that stays vehemently true to its source material. He also talks about platform parity, casting voice-actors, cars and driving and even hints at a possible third game in the series. Hit the above link for the full interview.

Mafia II is due to arrive on PC, PS3 and Xbox 360 August 26.

Flexing their pulling power, Activision and Neversoft have released a new developer video for Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock, featuring Joan Jett and Alice Cooper talking about re-recording their classic hits for the game, and utilising the game as a tool to get the young 'uns into old-school rock.

Once again though, the focus is on maintaining that this iteration of the series comes with a story, and Neversoft are sold on the idea it's a big point to tout, while in the background they also talking about including CBGBs as the only real-world location and that to pay homage to such a historic venue, they went to great pains to make it look as authentic as possible. Joan is impressed, either way.

Check out the video below.

Looks like the fantasy genre is making an impactful comeback, solidified further by today's debut trailer for Dungeon Siege 3 from Obsidian Entertainment.

There's no gameplay on offer in this debut video, but it shows the game will clearly focus heavily on story (a must for any fantasy title, really) as well as maintaining the series' lineage. It's also important to note that Square Enix and Obsidian have made a point to mention the developer's hand in both Fallout: New Vegas and Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II; throwing some proverbial RPG weight behind the teams involved. Either way, it's all boding quite well for the franchise.

Unfortunately, we'll have to wait until next year, but in the meantime, check out the trailer below.

For fans of Remedy's Alan Wake who feel the game (and story) left them slightly hanging (albeit deliberately), the wait is *almost* over as the first of a string of planned DLC episodes is now *almost* available from the Xbox Live Marketplace.

The Signal kicks things off right where you left them (as well as fixes a few bugs, apparently); serving up more of that signature creepy Alan Wake atmosphere, while also fleshing out the game-world and rich lore the guys have made. You can queue up the content now by clicking here, and it's currently available in North America, with Australia to follow, basically any minute now.

Check out the trailer below for more.

We attended the very successful launch of StarCraft 2 last night in Brisbane, which drew a massive crowd and showed you could very easily maintain the attention span of some 2000-odd hardcore gamers for more than two-hours. We'll have some awesome video of the night coming up soon, but today Dan and I will be heading out to catch up with SC2 producer, Kaeo Milker, to talk to him about everything StarCraft 2, Blizzard and Battle.net.

What we want from you, is any questions you'd like answered during said interview. And remember, this guy has been living and breathing this game and Blizzard lore in general for a long time, so it doesn't matter how hardcore your query is. Drop us a line in the Comments section to shoot us a question to throw Kaeo's way.

Also, be sure to check out two new SC2 vids we've posted up today: "Campaign Overview" and Battle.net Overview".

Valve have sent through confirmation Square Enix has pushed the PC version of their gritty crimetastic sequel, Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days, through the Steam service to take advantage of "a host of Steamworks features and offering the highly anticipated PC title electronically to the more than 20 million Steam gamers around the world".

Releasing August 20 in PAL territories, Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days takes bold steps in presentation and art-direction while keeping in line with a strict shooter ethos that works very well, immediately pushing this sequel beyond its predecessor in terms of gameplay and engagement. You can head over to Steamworks to pre-order the game and get 10% off right now.

Neil Patrick Harris (aka "Doogie Howser", "NPH") will reprise his voice-acting role as Spider-Man for the upcoming Beenox-developed Spidey title, Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions.

Harris voiced the wall-crawler in the 2003 Spider-Man: The New Animated Series, and will take on Peter Parker talking duties as one of four Spider-Men split across four unique universes; each derived from comic-book dimensions within the Spider-Man universe. These include Amazing, Noire, 2099 and the newest reveal, Ultimate. Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions is due for all consoles barring PSP and PC this September.

THQ have announced that the previously console-only action title Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine, currently in the works at Relic Entertainment (Company of Heroes, Dawn of War), will now also be shipping on Windows PC, in addition to the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.

Combining intense melee and ranged combat, Space Marine puts players into the boots of one of humanity's elite soldiers, genetically engineered and equipped with state of the art weapons and armor. Players are dropped right into the action as they battle to defend an Imperial Forge World, from an invasion by the savage and brutal Orks, using the most devastating weaponry mankind has at its disposal.

Jonathan Dowdeswell, General Manager of Relic Entertainment commented: "The loyal PC audience is incredibly important to us here at Relic so we are delighted to be able to announce the PC version of the game."

Travis Plane, Vice President of Global Brand Management commented: "Delivering great content the fans want to play is the key goal in the core games division at THQ so we are pulling out all of the stops to make this the best possible game for PC and console audiences alike."

The press release doesn't mention any disparity between the different platform's release dates, so at this stage based on THQ's recent multi-platform launches, we can probably assume a simultaneous release for both console and PC in "early 2011".

For more details and media, stop by our Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine game page.

Our new video has nothing to do with the confirmation that Boba Fett will actually appear in Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II, that bit of info came via Eurogamer, but it's excellent news nonetheless. Apparently he's in there due to fan screams, and has been hired by Darth Vadar to track down Starkiller's love interest, Juno. Tasty.

Today's video is a developer diary with Senior Executive Producer, Haden Blackman, and Executive Producer Julio Torres, who both continue to resonate the awesome amount of info we gleamed from LucasArts with our extensive interview a few months back.

Check it out embedded below, or hit this link.

As Comic-Con draws to a close, the last bits and pieces of info are slowly leaking out of the popular geektastic event. Earlier today (or over the weekend, depending on your levels of nerddom) it was revealed Tekken and Street Fighter would finally join forces to create to cross-over games, fulfilling fighting game fantasies the world over.

Beyond that announcement though, Capcom's Yoshinori Ono also revealed two new bits of info. One that we'd be seeing DLC in the not-too-distant future for Super Street Fighter IV featuring all-new attire for the SF cast (including some Catwoman Cosplay for Cammie), and the second that we'd be seeing a return of Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike Edition.

There's no other info other than the game being on the Capcom development radar, and that Ono is urging fans to start throwing their two cents into the proverbial ring for new features. We'll give you more when we have it.

If you're like me in that you love a good, well directed stylish piece of FMV (full motion video) showing off your favourite characters, or fictional universe or whatever, then there's a god chance you're going to love the opening FMV to DC Universe Online from Sony Online Entertainment.

However, the downside to having such incredible videos thrown at us is, of course, that the final product will look anything but so good. Still, it shows the potential for movies or more stemming from such high production values, and while fleeting, it's a brief moment of awesome for the geeky of us out there.

At any rate, check out this six-minute plus video for DC Universe Online.

These guys were already kind of subtly revealed earlier last week, but over the weekend Comic-Con ensured more surprises for fighting game fans, with two trailers showing of both Thor and Okami's Ameratsu as playable characters for the highly anticipated third installment in the Marvel Vs Capcom series.

Thor was a bit of a no-brainer given the upcoming movie, but Ameratsu was a pleasant surprise, and her new video showcases some seriously awesome fighting skills. Comic-Con was also host to four other characters being unveiled, Super-Skrull, Dr. Doom, Chun-Li and Devil May Cry's Trish.

Watch the Ameratsu trailer below, and click here for Thor.