July 9th News in Gaming

Modern Warfare 2 Readds Call of Duty Prefix

Activision-Blizzard announced just months ago that this was going to be a Call of Duty-less Modern Warfare, and a separate IP from Call of Duty completely. News today confirms that the final cover art for Call of Duty 6: Modern Warfare 2 retains the Call of Duty prefix ahead of the Modern Warfare 2 subtitle. Some suggest that this comes after a study announced that interest had dropped over 20% after the name was removed from the title. Keeping in mind that Gamestop has announced recently that the pre-orders for the game are mounting up on both consoles (360 and PS3), this seems like hogwash to me. Regardless, the final copy released on November 10, 2009 will retain the Call of Duty brand.

Source: Gamespot

Command & Conquer 4 Officially Announced

After slipping up beforehand, Electronic Arts officially announced Command and Conquer 4 today, also stating that it would be the final chapter in the Tiberium saga. Whether this spells the end for Command and Conquer games as a whole or just the Tiberium saga which was started in 1995 with the original Command & Conquer.

Source: EA Games

Guitar Hero 5 Confirmed Songs for Setlist

Thus far we have heard very little other than about 8-10 songs that would be on the setlist for the game. Today, Activision-Blizzard released a boatload of hidden gems.
Band of Horses--"Cigarettes, Wedding Bands"
Beastie Boys--"Gratitude"
Beck--"Gamma Ray"
Billy Squier--"Lonely is the Night" Blur--"Song 2"
Children of Bodom--"Done With Everything, Die for Nothing"
Coldplay--"In My Place"
Darkest Hour--"Demon(s)"
David Bowie--"Fame"
Deep Purple--"Woman from Tokyo ('99 Remix)"
Elliott Smith--"L.A." Iggy Pop--"Lust for Life (Live)"
Jeff Beck--"Scatterbrain (Live)"
John Mellencamp--"Hurts So Good"
Queens Of The Stone Age--"Make It Wit Chu"
Rose Hill Drive--"Sneak Out"
Santana--"No One to Depend on (Live)"
The Bronx--"Six Days a Week"
Thrice--"Deadbolt"
Vampire Weekend--"A-Punk"

Along with the ones that had already been previously announced;
The Rolling Stones--"Sympathy for the Devil"
Bob Dylan--"All Along the Watchtower"
The White Stripes--"Blue Orchid"
Tom Petty--"Runnin' Down a Dream"
Johnny Cash--"Ring of Fire"
Kings of Leon--"Sex on Fire"
Wolfmother--"Back Round"

Source: Gamespot