Konami has announced the official tournament for Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence; it will take place between July 29 and September 17. The tournament, which is being sponsored by iGames, will let gamers across North America compete for a chance to win a selection of incredible Metal Gear prizes and bragging rights. Interested gamers will have to register through iGames’ nationwide centers or website.

The tournament will consist of a series of solo and team games in which contestants can participate from home or from iGames centers nationwide. More details:

Tournament matches will be held regularly each weekend, and players can participate in as many matches as they wish. Each player will be rated using the ELO ranking system that judges their overall skill level rather than just wins and losses. The players and teams with the top rating each day will win Metal Gear memorabilia such as shirts, games and accessories, while the players and teams with the best rating over the course of the entire competition will earn entry into a final elimination stage. The team and solo game winners from this stage will become Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence champions and will win prizes such as HDTVs, special in-game awards and rare Metal Gear memorabilia.

Breaking the pricing convention of triple-A Xbox 360 games, Atari today announced that Test Drive Unlimited will retail for $40 when released. “Innovation should be available to everyone, not a privilege for those who can afford high price tags,” said the financially ailing publisher’s CEO Bruno Bonnell.

In addition to the above, the company also laid out plans for post-release support, stating that they begin releasing “car packs” six weeks after launch on Xbox Live Marketplace. Test Drive Unlimited will ship with 90 vehicles, but players clamoring for more can download the packs which will feature six or more cars complete with genre-specific radio stations, with each featuring between 10-20 songs. These packs will be released monthly.

Following the release of the Portal trailer, Valve also shot off a teaser trailer for Team Fortress 2 that will be available with Half-Life 2: Episode Two when it hits this Holiday season. The video showing off the various player classes can be found on 3D Downloads, 3D Gamers, FileFront and Worthplaying.

LucasArts and Sony Online Entertainment have announced Star Wars Galaxies: The Complete Online Adventures, a bundle pack that will be available starting this November for $30. Compiled for Star Wars junkies, the bundle will include Star Wars Galaxies: An Empire Divided, along with all three of the game’s expansions: Jump to Lightspeed, Rage of the Wookiees and Trials of Obi-Wan. It will also feature new content and gameplay enhancements.

In addition, the bundle will also include a bonus DVD filled with premium content featuring an exclusive in-game item - a personal AT-RT vehicle as seen in Star Wars Episode III; never-before-seen concept art and screenshots set to “beautifully orchestrated in-game music;” interviews with Star Wars Galaxies production staff; in-game movie featurettes produced by fans; excerpts from “From Pencil to Pixel” book that chronicles the art of the MMORPG; cinematic trailers and ads produced for the game; and a demo of Star Wars: Empire at War.

A new update for Supreme Ruler 2010 is available offering a new mission “taken directly from today’s headlines.” Scoop:

Update 6 features an exciting new Mission taken directly from today’s headlines - Operation Sand Storm, an assault in the Persian Gulf tasked with the capture and destruction of a Secret Nuclear Facility, deep in the heart of Iran. Lead elite US troops on a special mission into hostile territory, forced to bring supplies with you as you go. Mission is based on actual force deployments in the Persian Gulf today.

Additionally, the game has had its price dropped to $20 and can be bought for the budget price from any retailer now.

Known best for its success on old-school 2D shooter Alien Hominid, The Behemoth has announced its next game: Castle Crashers, a 2D cooperative beat-’em-up game with gameplay similar to classics such as Streets of Rage and Double Dragon. Set in a medieval world, the game will be available on Xbox Live Arcade sometime next year and will offer co-operative play between 4 gamers.

Further details, including screenshots and videos, can be found on the game’s official website.

More GC lineup news comes our way, courtesy of Schanz International. The company will present its portfolio to publishers and press in pre-scheduled meetings; amongst the titles will be Grotesque - Heroes Hunted and The Shadow of Aten.

Schanz will be set up at the Business Center/Halle 2, D41. GC 2006 will be held in Leipzig, Germany late next month.

Following up on the PS3 manufacturing story, Next-Gen reports that Asustek has issued a “sternly worded” warning to the media about the reports, stating that it would sue any news outlets that “damaged [its] relationship with clients.”

This basically proves that Asustek is indeed manufacturing PS3 units, though the company refused to comment directly on the issue. It was also stated that the company has toughened up its policy on employee leaks.

Introversion Software has sent word that DEFCON, the next title from the Darwinia developer, will be released this September. The game, inspired by the 1983 cult-classic Wargames, has players assuming the role of a General hidden deep within an underground bunker, his mission being to successfully exterminate the enemy.

Looking forward to it!