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While we’d love for Double Fine to be quietly working on a sequel toPsychonauts, that doesn’t look like it’s happening any time soon. But even having their hands full withBrutal Legend, Psychonauts is not forgotten. “Psycho-pedia,”an online compendium of all thingsPsychonautsrelated has launched in a pre-release phase over at Double Fine’s official Web site. It looks like it will be home to all thingsPsychonautsrelated, including game information, fan artwork, and more....

Moments ago we received a press release touting quite possibly the most clever way to push soundtrack CDs we’ve ever seen. According to the release, theGuitar Hero III: Legends of Rock Companion Pack— which up until now had been merely known as a soundtrack for the game — will apparently also include three songs playable within the Xbox 360 version. The songs include AFI’sCarcinogen Crush, Flyleaf’sTinaand Marilyn Manson’sPutting Holes In Happinessas remixed by Nick Zinner, a gentleman who has been much closer to Karen O than I ever will be....

A few days ago we heardthat a newGuitar Hero World Tourperipheral was in the works, and the folks at G4 guessed it was a keyboard of some sort. Well, it’s not a keyboard. Neversoft project director Brian Bright spoke withJoystiqrecently in an interview. It was there that Bright shot down the keyboard rumor forWorld Tour: “There are reasons why we haven’t included a keyboard controller,” said Bright. “Not all of our songs have keyboard parts, so we didn’t want someone to come into a game, pick up the keyboard controller, and then have nothing to do in any of the songs that are selected....

Van Halen is a rock band.Guitar Herois a game that has rock bands in it. The two can thus go together, and when two things can go together and make money, Activision is there.Guitar Hero: Van Halenhasn’t really been a well kept secret, but it hasn’t been officially announced yet either. That is where the always early ratings boards come init seems. This time it’s a German one revealing that the game does indeed exist and has been filed....

Halo 3is out, and itseems like it’s selling alright so far. While everyone is talking about how it looks and plays, we haven’t heard much about howHalo 3sounds. TheHaloseries of games have always been amazing-sounding titles, but the third version seems to be the most accomplished of the scores. Music4Games interviews composer Marty O’Donnell to get some insight into what it was like to create the score for what could be one of the biggest console games of all time....

Halorecreated inMinecraft. Can you believe it took this long? “We’re currently running this on a simple hMod server, using Kits for ammo and a weapon as you spawn,” writes YouTube user SidolaTehNerd. “The server also uses a plugin that allows us to link several teleports to one point which acts like the ‘Spawn’ button and sends you to a randomized spawn-location.” Admittedly, this doesn’t look very fun. But, the promise is certainly there....

Attention RTS fans who also loveHalo: It appears as if a small sliver of an update has landed across the Internet this morning forHalo Wars. According to some Ensemble Studio and Microsoft peeps, the game is playable and looking lovely (not like they’d say it sucked or anything). Here’s what was said: “We made sure we had a fairly polished build of our game ready for these folks to play, including some wicked new UI work by Ensemble Studios Artist Andy Gotcher and Programmer Billy Khan....

According to a report over atgameindustry.biz, French developerIn-Fusiois alleging that Microsoft are seeking to terminate a $2 Million mobile phone deal. The game in question?Halo. Last September, Microsoft and In-Fusioannounced a partnership that would bring content from theHalouniverse to mobile phones. Specifically mentioned were wallpapers, ring tones, and other mobile applications. In-Fusiohad hinted at a mobile phoneHalogame, but nothing was officially announced. The lawsuit alleges that the content was a “prelude” to a full-on mobile game, but Microsoft wasn’t quite as cooperative as In-Fusiowould have liked....

TheHalo: Reachbeta is next week! Bungie is gearing up for all they got cooking and starting tomorrow, actress Aisha Tyler will be givingHalofans a walkthrough of all that they’ll be experiencing in the beta throughHalo 3: ODST. The beta starts on May 3 and you’ll have access to three playlists at first, which will be 4v4 ranked Team Slayer games, free-for-all and “Grab Bag” playlists. On May 7, the Spartan vs....

Before we get anotherSmackdown vs Raw, THQ is going to be delivering an over-the-top, arcade-style wrestling game in the way ofWWE All Stars. ThisWWEgame is about getting into the action fast with twitch-like controls and overly stylized moves. You’ll likely recognize a lot of the moves, but expect a very cartoon-y result. Imagine The Big Show power bombing someone which then results in the opponent getting launched 12 feet into the air from the impact....

I love love LOVEHenry Hatsworth in the Puzzling Adventurefor the DS. It’s easily going to be one my favorite games of this year as it’s a perfect blend of action platforming and puzzles. Not only do I know that this is going to be one of my favorite games of the year, butHenry Hatsworthis also going to have one of the best weapons in a videogame this year. After you fill up your Super Meter while Henry is in his young form, players will get access to a robot suit by activating Tea Time....

Heavy Raindirector David Cagehas voiced frustrationat attempting to showHeavy Rainoff at trade shows, claiming it’s “very difficult” to demonstrate how the game plays, especially when compared to well-established genres like first-person-shooters, that everybody understands. “It’s this type of game that is really difficult to demonstrate at a trade show, because when you do a shooter, it’s very simple. You put that on a booth and everyone can play and everyone knows what you’re talking about,” explains the developer....

If you haven’t tried the PlayStation Network download titleHigh Velocity Bowling, you should; it’s amazingly decent. I’ve had it on my PlayStation 3 for awhile, and finally fired it up a few weeks ago. To my surprise, the game uses the SIXAXIS motion control, and has you tilting and “rolling” the ball using the controller. It’s like the bowling game onWii Sports, only shinier and there are far more options....