Ubisoft has finally opened the lid on Rainbow Six Vegas 2, the forthcoming sequel to their popular tactical shooter series. Currently in development for PC, PS3 and Xbox 360 for release in March 2008, the game will expand on the original by featuring more multiplayer modes, as well as new maps, two new adversarial modes, more rewards and a more intuitive matchmaking system; customizable experience; improved co-op mode, allowing the second player to join in the middle of the game; advanced AI; eleven new weapons and more.

The game will also feature even more of the sin city, letting players explore all new hot spots and more. Below are the first two screenshots from the title; a trailer was also released.

The very first trailer from Rainbow Six Vegas 2, the upcoming sequel to the tactical shooter.

Imitation may be the most sincere form of flattery, but when it involves the murder of a little girl, it’s gotten way out of hand. Two teenagers from Colorado have been arrested after killing a seven-year-old girl on whom they practiced moves from the Mortal Kombat fighting franchise.

The two teens were supposed to be babysitting little Garcia, on December 6, when they seized the opportunity to drink alcohol and immitate Mortal Kombat moves on the child.

Trujillo, according to released documents, admitted she’d “punched her in the stomach, karate chopped her lower arms, punched and pinched the victim’s thighs, kicked her in the shins, slapped her stomach and buttocks and poked at the victim’s chest.”

Witnesses say Roberts performed a back kick on Garcia, from which she did not get up. He then cracked an egg in her mouth, apparently to check if she was faking unconsciousness.

When Garcia regained consciousness Trujillo sent her to bed, according to the documents, but she stopped breathing 15 minutes later.

They reportedly tried to revive Garcia, but she later died in hospital. The autopsy showed she had suffered a broken wrist, bleeding in the neck, swelling of the brain and more than 20 bruises.

The teens are being held and will face trial for child abuse causing death, which could mean up to 48 years of imprisonment.

Here are the patches:

• Combat Mission: Shock Force v1.05 on Battlefront

• Galactic Dream: Rage of War v1.1H on RageofWar.NET, AtomicGamer, FileFront and Gamer’s Hell

• Guitar Hero III (Mac) v1.1 on Aspyr

• Hellgate: London v0.7 on the Official Website

• Neverwinter Nights v1.69 beta 2 on BioWare forums

• Space Empires V v1.66 on AtomicGamer, FileFront, Gamer’s Hell and The Patches Scrolls

• The Witcher v1.2 on ActionTrip, AtomicGamer, ComputerGames.ro, FanGaming, FileFront, FileShack, Gamer’s Hell, The Patches Scrolls and PixelRage

The final trailer for Devil May Cry 4 has been released, showing off both gameplay and cinematic moments from the coming game. Spoilers inside, so beware!

In even more release date news, Team Ninja disclosed that Ninja Gaiden Dragon Sword (DS) will come out in March 2008. The first portable entry in the series has players control the legendary ninja through the handheld’s touch screen. A downloadable demo of the game is currently available through the DS Download Stations scattered throughout retailers.

Publisher Eidos sent out word that Conflict: Denied Ops will be released on PC and Xbox 360 on February 12, 2008. The game, originally dubbed Crossfire, focuses on a co-op experience, having players take on the role of one or both main characters.

Earlier this year The Romantics, a band and not a hippie group, sued Activision on the grounds that the cover of their song in Guitar Hero ’80s was a little too accurate. It has been reported that their injunction for the publisher to stop the sales of the game has been denied in a preliminary hearing.

“Activision is pleased with the ruling and thinks that the case is without merit,” the publisher stated. “The company believes video games represent a growing opportunity for the music industry to reach new audiences and a strong source of potential license revenue for both bands and music publishers.”

Quite a few new songs have been available on both Xbox Live and PlayStation Network for Guitar Hero 3 since last week. The first batch of new songs is “No More Sorrow” by Linkin Park, “Pretty Handsome Awkward” by The Used and “Sleeping Giant” by Mastodon. The songs are available as a track pack for 500 Microsoft points ($6.25); there is also a free track - a cover of “We Three Kings” by Steve Ouimette.

There are also three individually released tracks - Extremoduro’s “So Payaso”, Trust’s “Antisocial” and Die Fantastischen Vier’s “Ernten Was Wir S?en” - that are selling for 200 points ($2.5) each.

It has been announced that Dwight Little, the director behind Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid and Free Willy 2, has been chosen to helm the upcoming live-action film adaptation of Tekken, Namco Bandai’s popular fighting franchise.

“The film plays out as a science fiction story set in the near future, about a rebel who rises up against the Tekken Corp. to seize freedom for his people,” Little said to Variety. “It’s a gladiator story, but the video game has a complicated enough storyline that it provides the template for a martial arts spectacular.”

The movie’s script has been penned by Alan McElroy (Spawn, Halloween 4) and will begin production on February 4, 2008.

1C Company sends word that it has acquired one of the most famous Russian developers Ino-Co, creator of the award-winning Star Wolves and Fantasy Wars. The studio is now renamed to 1C: Ino-Co and is currently working on the sequel to Fantasy Wars called Elven Legacy. The game is scheduled for release next year; they are also working on two undisclosed projects based on world-class IPs.

The European publisher also announced that they are holding a Fantasy Wars tournament, giving players the chance to win a custom painted PC case.