Harmonix and MTV Games will be electrifying the coming summer’s concert season by putting their hit franchise, Rock Band, on the road. This best-selling video game will be going mobile, bringing cool music to the masses by hitting State Fairs across the country and some of this year’s biggest tours and festivals. Among these include Bonnaroo, the Vans Warped Tour and Crue Fest, so get your party mode on already!

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Square Enix is at it again, rolling out yet another confirmed classic - Final Fantasy Tactics A2: Grimoire of the Rift, for the DS platform this time round. This is the latest instalment of the Ivalice Alliance series which so far consists of Final Fantasy Tactics: War of the Lions and Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings. FFTA2 has already begun to ship to retailers across North America already, so if you’re quick enough you ought to be able to find a copy and invest the whole of next week finishing up the title, with or without a walkthrough.

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Atari aims to bring Alone in the Dark to the Xbox 360 platform, many years after the seminal title made an appearance on the PC platform. Of course, the original had me pissing in my pants even though I did not have enough dough to purchase a sound card, relying on the measly PC speaker to come up with all the scary sound effects. The sequels failed to impress me, really, and around half a decade back we had yet another Alone in the Dark title on the PC, but that wasn’t anything to shout about either. Of course, this time round, the Xbox 360 won’t be the only platform with the Wii, PC, PS2 and PS3 platforms getting their fair share of horror gaming time as well.

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Vivendi Games Mobile has just released Cake Mania 2: Bake Off! for mobile handsets, expanding the platform where this highly exciting game will appear on. This hugely successful PC franchise is the bane for many an employer since casual gaming took off in a really big way, offering much more than just Solitaire or Minesweeper. So far Cake Mania has even made an appearance on the Nintendo DS platform, and it has also clocked more than 70 million downloads for the PC. In Cake Mania 2: Bake Off!, players will need to show off their baking skills in the zany and exciting new baking experience for cell phones.

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Meez is a thriving social entertainment community that allows people to come up with custom 3D animated avatars. These can then be used to play casual games and socialize. With the launch of Meez Nation, users will be able to immerse themselves in a rich, multi-tiered virtual world that was specially designed to engage a wide range of users. According to Sean Ryan, CEO of Meez, “The number one request from our community of more than 7 million users has been to add a virtual world. Meez Nation is a significant addition to our already potent mix of 3D avatars, a virtual economy and casual games. It will significantly boost user involvement and brand engagement on Meez.”

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PlayFirst, Inc. is the company behind the DASH game series, and they have just released Fashion Dash to further expand the franchise line. This is a classic DASH title featuring a low learning curve despite having challenging-to-master time management mechanics. Folks who are jumping aboard the casual gaming bandwagon for the first time will definitely find this a delight, while devoted DASH fans will not find their skills from previous games in the series go unused. is the keyword here for a game such as this, and it will be interesting to see just how much productivity levels drop as folks install this on their respective computers.

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Majesco Entertainment has just announced a brand new title for the Wii (seriously, their releases most of the time to date have been for the Wii and DS - do they not know that there are other consoles out there like the PS3 and Xbox 360?). If Enter the Museum sounds familiar to you, that’s because it is based after the popular online hunt and find game from Gogii Games. Like majority of the other casual Wii titles, Enter the Museum will be available at retail outlets this holiday season for $19.99.

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Sierra Online has just launched Sea Life Safari for the Xbox LIVE Arcade for the Xbox 360 console, where players are thrown into the role of a deep sea photographer who is challenged to snap the most vivid wild sea creatures possible. I guess a game of such exploratory nature will appeal to folks who love all things underwater, while others who prefer nothing than to zap aliens will find this title to be rather boring. More on the game description right after the jump.

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Sony PSP owners will rejoice knowing that Secret Agent Clank has just been made available on an exclusive basis for that particular platform, and knowing the fact that it was developed by the same team behind the seminal Ratchet & Clank: Size Matters team, High Impact Games, one can expect the same high quality in that title to be translated over in spirit to Secret Agent Clank. Inside this game you will find trademark Ratchet and Clank “tongue-in-cheek” humor, as Secret Agent Clank pays homage to classic spy movies in a virtual adventure that sees Clank rack up the frequent flier miles, heading off to the far reaches of the galaxy in order to acquit his best friend, Ratchet.

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Deer Hunter is one of the biggest hunting game franchises of all time (partly due to the fact that there aren’t many other titles of the same genre around), and Atari will be bringing the franchise to the world of high definition by rolling out Deer Hunter Tournament for the Windows-based PC and the Xbox 360 console. With today’s graphical firepower found on both computers and console, it is no wonder that the latest outing in this franchise will aim to bring the most intense virtual hunting experience ever created for gamers. Heck, you don’t have to go at it on a solo basis either since Deer Hunter Tournament was specially designed to create a massive network of Deer Hunter players by offering for the first time ever in hunting games organized, constantly updated online tournaments for both Xbox LIVE online entertainment network and via Windows-based PCs.

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