We’ve got some cool new info about the upcoming Army Of Two: The 40th Day. According to Executive Producer Reid Schneider, him and the development team are looking at the sequel as the perfect opportunity to go back and correct the things they wanted to fix from the first game. Specifically, one of the things they hope to improve is the online co-op system by making the different moves feel more fluid and organic. Game Director Alex Hutchinson says that the sequel will be set during a massive urban disaster in Shanghai, where everything is collapsing and the only thing you can rely on is your partner. Urban chaos? Sounds great. Army of Two: The 40th Day comes out this winter.

Army Of Two: The 40th Day

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Beatles fans rejoice. Dhani Harrison, son of the late Beatles guitarist George Harrison, has told Billboard magazine that The Beatles: Rock Band will have exclusive music that has never been heard or released. Harrison is working with Harmonix and MTV Games on the upcoming music experience, as are surviving Beatles Ringo Starr and Sir Paul McCartney. The Beatles: Rock Band will be out September 9th. The living room worth of plastic instruments is optional.

The Beatles: Rock Band

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You may not be able to play Resident Evil 5 on the Wii, but get ready for three other Resident Evil titles for Nintendo’s console. The first is a sequel to The Umbrella Chronicles, titled Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles. Like it’s predecessor, the game will be a rail shooter, but set around the events of Resident Evil 2 and will also have enhanced co-op. The second and third are Wii-makes of two previous games in the series, Resident Evil 1 and Resident Evil Zero. You can expect all three titles to rise from the dead later this year.

Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles

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Speaking of new stuff for the Wii, the console might be getting downloadable movies and TV shows in the near future. Curt Mavis, president of digital media for Vancouver-based Lionsgate Entertainment, has told Variety that he thinks the Wii is a huge opportunity for digital distribution. Mavis added that he believes movies will be available on the console by the end of this year. Although the Wii already has a small video distribution service in Japan, there’s been no sign of it coming to North American. We’ll keep our eyes and ears open.

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Stephen King’s 1100-page novel It is being made into a new feature film by Warner Bros. David Kajganich, writer of the 2007 sci-fi thriller The Invasion, will reportedly adapt the epic novel into screenplay form. The book was previously turned into a miniseries back in 1990, we’ll have to wait and see if the new version stays truer to the book.

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EA Sports is getting into the game of Tennis. Grand Slam Tennis is a new game currently under development at EA Canada, the makers of the NBA Live and NHL series. The game will feature current tennis stars, and will also see the video game debut of tennis legend John McEnroe. Grand Slam Tennis will be a Wii exclusive and will also support the new Wii MotionPlus. The game will be served up on June 16th.

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Dennis Kucinich, Ohio Congressman and two-time potential Democratic Presidential nominee, has spoken out against America’s Army – Virtual Army Experience. Similar to the popular PC games, Virtual Army Experience is a recruiting tool used at large public events, and made available to children as young as thirteen. The game gives a naïve and unrealistic glimpse of what it’s like to be a soldier, according to Kucinich, and both glorifies and sanitizes the extreme violence of war. Kucinich has urged the House of Representatives Armed Services Committee to eliminate the game from its annual military budget.

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Sony has decided to kill some of their ads for Killzone 2. Print ads for the M rated game were featured at public bus depots in and around the Toronto area, with some of them posted very close to public schools. An elementary teacher has complained about the ads, claiming that they’re irresponsible, which has prompted Sony to remove them. Kyle Moffat of Sony Canada has said that, in the future, they’ll keep ads for violent games away from schools. Let’s see if those kids will enjoy the new Killzone 2 Sackboy character for LittleBigPlanet.

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Apple will unveil the iPhone OS 3 at a special press event tomorrow. The new operating system is expected to come with a handful of new features, but nobody knows for sure what they are. We’ll let you know when we find out.

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