We\'ve got a ton of news regarding Resistance 2, Insomniac\'s next shooter for the PlayStation 3. Sony has announced that Resistance 2 will be available as both a regular and Collector\'s Edition. The latter version will feature both in-game and real world extras, including an exclusive weapon skin, a hardback book of artwork, and a Chimeran Hybrid action figure. Sony also revealed that a worldwide competitive online multiplayer and co-operative beta for Resistance 2 will go live in October. More details, including info on how you can sign up, can be found on our website, elecplay.com. Finally, Sony says that Resistance 2 will be available November 4th. I\'ve both seen and played Resistance 2 and believe me, it\'s got a lot more kick than the original.

Read More: The collector’s edition for Resistance 2 will be available for a suggested retail price of $79.99 CDN. The CE will contain the game and:

-An exclusive Chimeran Hybrid action figure with Bullseye weapon, created by DC Unlimited.

-A double-sided hard-cover Resistance 2 art book covering war-torn America from two unique perspectives.

-An exclusive in-game HVAP Wraith multiplayer weapon skin.

-A bonus DVD of exclusive Resistance 2 additional content including a preview of the upcoming Resistance novel, “Resistance: The Gathering Storm” by by William Dietz, a making of documentary, a chronology video, and a digital copy of Issue #0 of the Resistance comic book series published by Wildstorm.

Gamers interested in the worldwide competitive online multiplayer and co-operative beta can qualify for participation in one of three ways:

GameStop Pre-Order Program: Beginning in September, players in the U.S. and Canada can gain premier access to the Public Beta by pre-ordering Resistance 2 at a GameStop retail store or online.

Players who purchased Qore Episode 03 (single Episode) from the PlayStation Store will be guaranteed access to the Public Beta.

For open access, players can apply at beta.myresistance.net/apply.

The World Tour for Guitar Hero is gearing up. Activision has recruited MC5’s Wayne Kramer, Motörhead, and The Sex Pistols to redo some of their big hits for Guitar Hero World Tour. MC5\'s Kick Out The Jams, the Pistol\'s song Pretty Vacant, and Motorhead\'s Overkill will all be remixed for the upcoming game. Although many original band members were involved in remixing the tracks, Kick Out The Jams did get a little help from Jerry Cantrell of Alice In Chains and one time Guns N’ Roses rhythm guitarist Gilby Clark. The soundtrack to Guitar Hero World Tour is becoming more and more intriguing and we can\'t wait to play.

Purity is the mark of virtue, but there’s nothing puritanical about getting down and dirty. On the dirt-strewn tracks of Disney’s new racing game, Pure that is. A demo for the game goes live today on both the PlayStation Network and the Xbox Live Marketplace. The demo consists of Italy’s Mount Garda track where riders compete in three laps against 15 AI competitors. This game was named Best Racing Game at E3 this year. It’s definitely worth checking out.

READ MORE: Check out Jason MacIssac’s preview. http://www.elecplay.com/feature/12122

Amid all the rumours of new iPhone and iPod Touch models, one thing we know for sure is that Line Rider is coming to both. The new version of the game will be available through iTunes for three bucks and will feature the ability to upload and download tracks on the web at the official Line Rider website. I love my mobile games.

Here\'s a trivia question for you. Who owns Scene It? The answer: Paramount Pictures. Paramount Pictures has just bought Screenlife, the company that makes the Scene It? trivia games. Screenlife, which has sold over 25 million Scene It? games on DVD, mobile, and every platform imaginable, will continue to operate as a separate company. On a related note, don\'t forget that Scene It? Box Office Smash will be out for the Xbox 360 this fall.

The Watchmen will fight their biggest battle on January 6th, 2009. No, that\'s not the release date of the movie and they won\'t be fighting any supervillain. That\'s when the legal battle between Twentieth Century Fox and Warner Bros. finally goes to court. The heart of the legal battle concerns that Fox once held the rights to distribute a Watchmen film. Warner Bros. says the rights were bought out, but Fox says uh-uh. And now it\'s going to take some guy in black robes to sort this one out. Good thing it\'s not being presided over by Judge Dredd. The Watchmen film is set to open next March, but Fox is asking for an injunction preventing the release. Let\'s hope they work it out soon.

The Lord Of The Apes is set to return to the big screen and it looks like Stephen Sommers will direct. Sommers, the man behind the camera for both Van Helsing and The Mummy is in negotiations to not only direct Tarzan, but also to co-write the flick. The film is set for a 2010 release.

It looks like Jerry Bruckheimer is heading to World War II in his next feature. The producer of National Treasure and The Pirates Of The Caribbean series has acquired the rights to Steven Presley’s World War II novel, Killing Rommel. Bruckheimer is currently working on the feature film adaptation of Ubisoft’s Prince Of Persia: The Sands Of Time set for release in 2010.

Are the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles ready to appear in the flesh once again? Ninja Turtles co-creator Mike Eastman is talking to Imagi and Warner Bros. about a possible live action movie. The idea is to relaunch the characters, just like Batman Begins. The last live-action Turtles flick was 1993\'s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III: Turtles In Time, also a great game, by the way. Nothing is confirmed yet, but we like how this is sounding. But if we hear one word about Vanilla Ice appearing, we\'re out of here, dude.

Zack And Miri are making waves once again with a new red band trailer. We’d like to show you more of the new Kevin Smith film, Zack And Miri Make A Porno, but let’s just say the trailer is not ready for primetime. Needless to say, it features everything you love about Kevin Smith, sex and Star Wars. What could be better?

We\'ve told you before about the cross-border success of Canada\'s cop drama Flashpoint. And now it\'s becoming even more of an international hit. Britain\'s ITV has picked up the first season of Flashpoint and will air the series this fall. Hey, Doctor Who, Flashpoint, it\'s a fair trade. The drama about an elite police tactical team has been sold to over 50 countries now. The show airs on CTV and CBS, and we\'re eagerly awaiting season two, which begins shooting next year.

Gremlins are running amuck once again. At least in the U.K., that is. It looks like Warner Bros. is releasing the 1984 film next month on Blu-ray. No word yet on whether the studio will release a Blu-ray version here just yet.

Google has weighed into the browser wars. The Internet giant has released Google Chrome, their very own browser. The browser will compete with Microsoft\'s Internet Explorer and Mozilla\'s Firefox. Hey, as long as it takes you to elecplay.com, we\'re cool with it.

Could Big Brother be operating in the guise of Microsoft? Well, maybe it’s not quite the Orwellian dystopia of 1984 or even THX 1138, but Microsoft is trying to improve upon current online age gates by proposing the use of digital identity cards. The big hurdle is how to upgrade identity authentication without compromising privacy.

And finally, you can wind up the cord and put away your Classic Controller when playing games on the Wii. Nyko is set to release the Wing, a wireless controller utilizing the peripheral company’s dongle system. The Wing provides up to 10 feet of wireless range and up to 30 hours of playtime on two triple A batteries. The controller also comes equipped with a USB port and cable for rechargeable batteries.