Late Night Consoling

After months of slow trickles of news regarding the track list for Harmonix's upcoming Guitar Hero 2 (PS2, Xbox), the full list of music to be included in the game has been revealed. It includes selections from Danzig, Motley Crue, Wolfmother, Nirvana, Kansas, Iggy Pop and the Stooges, Black Sabbath, Rolling Stones, Guns N' Roses, Rage Against the Machine, Primus, the Allman Brothers, Rush, Dick Dale and His Del-Tones, Megadeth, and many others. It even has Lynyrd Skynyrd's Free Bird, a song against which the first Guitar Hero (PS2) recommended playing.

For the names of all 40 songs, separated by in-game themes, check out the full list. It may be worth noting that Free Bird is the last song in the highest category.

This August, Sega stated that iit would be revisiting one of its "vintage brands" on PSP, courtesy of developer Planet Moon, responsible for Giants: Citizen Kabuto (PS2, PC), Armed & Dangerous (Xbox, PC), and Infected (PSP). Today, the company revealed that the game in question is classic arcade flight combat game After Burner. Planet Moon is currently developing After Burner: Black Falcon for Sony's portable console. Black Falcon will consist of a single-player campaign as well as a multiplayer component featuring cooperative and versus modes. Nineteen real world military planes have been licensed for the game. "As huge fans of the original After Burner, we are delighted to re-imagine this classic arcade franchise," said Planet Moon CEO Bob Stevenson. "Building After Burner: Black Falcon from the ground-up enables us to craft the game with PSP® features in mind with all-new multiplayer modes, customisable jets and over-the-top gameplay. Most importantly, it’s approximately 9000% more portable than the original arcade cabinet."

After Burner: Black Falcon is set to ship in spring 2007.

Last month, 3D Realms announced that the new downloadable content for both the PC and Xbox 360 versions of Human Head's Prey will be free of charge. Today, the Xbox 360 content went live via Xbox Live Marketplace and, as promised, it is free. It includes four new multiplayer maps--Gravity Labs, Space Oddity, Topillogical, and Tunnel Rat--as well as five multiplayer characters--Becky, Elhuit, Elite, Hunter, and Jen.

Microsoft today announced that Namco's Xbox 360 port of its classic arcade game Dig Dug will be this week's Xbox Live Arcade title. It will be downloadable for 400 Microsoft Points ($5) as of 1am Pacific time on Wednesday, October 10.

Electronic Arts today announced that EA Tiburon's delayed movie adaptation Superman Returns: The Videogame has finally been locked down for a final ship date. The game will be released for PlayStation 2, Xbox, Xbox 360, and Nintendo DS on November 20. A separate Game Boy Advance version entitled Superman Returns: Fortress of Solitude will be released on the same day. Previously announced GameCube and PSP versions of the game appear to have been cancelled.

GameSpot chats with designer Tim Schafer (Day of the Tentacle, Full Throttle, Grim Fandango) about recently announced plans to bring Double Fine's Psychonauts (PS2, Xbox, PC) to Steam as well as his thoughts on digital distribution in general.