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Talk about getting the hype machine started early. At a press event for Wheelman, the game's creative director, Simon Woodroffe, spoke with VideoGamer.com about another project from Midway Games; an unannounced, secret game that's been in development for only three months. For obvious reasons, he couldn't go into much in the way of specifics, but he didn't hold back from letting us know how great he thinks it looks.

Rock Band gets an international flair today, as this week's bevy of downloadable tunes brings two songs from Spanish-language bands that, yes, feature Spanish lyrics. That'll make booze-fueled Rock Band parties very interesting, won't it?

Tom vs. Bruce #28: Gary Grigsby's World at War Two guys go head-to-head in the PC's most popular competitive games.By Tom and Bruce

Evidently not content being the champion of free downlodable content, Valve president Gabe Newell has now gone on record as a critic of stringent digital rights management too. Responding to a letter that was posted, of all places, on the "ih8evilstuff" LiveJournal page (via GamePolitics), Newell said that DRM strategies "are just dumb" because they only decrease the value of a game in the consumer's eyes.

Forget about any perceived similarities between Prince of Persiaand Ico -- they end at some base visual and thematic qualities and don't extend far into the realm of gameplay. More specifically, Princess Yorda's counterpart in Prince of Persia isn't merely a construct for a grand escort mission, but rather the embodiment of the time-manipulation mechanic from previous games -- a character who makes up for the Prince's shortcomings as opposed to enhancing them. Still, Prince of Persia shares some more distinct traits with a different Team Ico game, Shadow of the Colossus, in that each level's often your main enemy. The crux of the challenge falls upon your ability to complete a level using the Prince's acrobatic abilities to solve puzzles and bypass environmental hazards.