Publications on and off the Internet hand out “Best of E3″ awards every year, but the Game Critics award is the definitive one. Comprising journalists from major gaming publications, the Game Critics awards the best playable games on the show floor. This year’s Best of Show award was won by Nintendo’s Wii, which also picked up the Best Hardware award, among others.

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RedOctane today announced that it has begun shipping a limited number of solo Guitar Hero SG Controllers into stores throughout Europe. Modeled after the Gibson SG, the guitar controller for the game is available for £30.

In multi-player mode, two guitarists compete for the ultimate rock accolade as they thrash off individual sections of each song. Tunes alternate between the guitarists, with each player being judged on accuracy, timing and judicious use of Star Power. The player with the highest score at the end of the track wins - but with clever use of the game’s multipliers and bonuses, evenly matched guitar heroes will be contesting victory until the very final note.

Guitar Hero for the PS2 is priced at £50 complete with a Gibson replica Guitar Hero SG controller. A sequel is on the way.

Those who are looking forward to the upcoming Spy Hunter movie can now mark July ‘07 in their calendars, according to Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson. He will be starring in the upcoming film that is “well written” and “not overly complicated”; it also aims to capture the same essence of Indiana Jones, however impossible that may be.

The interview with Hollywood Byte also has The Rock saying that it “all comes down to the writing”, referring to movie scripts. So what about the Doom movie? Apparently, he’s happy with what it turned out to be, as it was “very straightforward and that’s the way it should have been.”

Spy Hunter: Nowhere to Run, for which Rock did motion capture and contributed his signature moves, will be out for the PS2 and Xbox this Summer.