Rock Band is a music video game developed by Harmonix Music Systems, published by MTV Games and distributed by EA Distribution. The game was released for multiple platforms, including Playstation 2 and 3, XBox 360, as well as Wii. In Rock Band, players form a virtual band with up to 4 players playing 3 different music instruments - guitar, drum and microphone. Hundreds of new songs are downloadable for XBox 360 and Playstation 3 versions. Read the review at gamespot
Spore is a single-player online game developed by Maxis and to be released by Electronic Arts for the PC. Basically, players in the game is to develope a species from a microrganism to a complex being, which then interacts with the other beings in the galaxy. There are five phases to be played, from the cell phase, followed by creature phase, tribal phase, civilization phase and lastly the space phase. The title will be released this September. Read the preview at Gamespot