They heard us crying loud... I can hear Billie Joe Armstrong singing "When I Come Around" while I'm typing this down. Growing up to the music of their Dookie album has that kind of effect. Anyway, as previously announced, Green Day is gonna make their July 7 schedule into Rock Band 2 (Xbox 360, PS3, Wii, PS2), for the Wii version at the very least. "When I Come Around" may not be in the first batch, but I'm still hoping that the Dookie album will have its day.

The artists who rocked out at this year's Penny Arcade Expo will also be performing right in your living room! Okay, not literally, but Harmonix and MTV Games have announced that tracks from three of the PAX 2008 bands will be released as downloadable tracks for Rock Band (Xbox 360, PlayStation 3). More in the full article.

Wondering what's cooking for this year's Penny Arcade Expo? Among other details, the PAX organizers have announced that 2K's Ken Levine will be keynoting this event. The rest of the details are available in the full article.

A recent Valve party near the ongoing Game Developers Conference grounds has confirmed that Still Alive will indeed be making it to Rock Band as a future DLC.

The news was announced by none other than song composer Jonathan Coulton. You can view the announcement's details over in the full article.

Songs help express the emotions present in the ending of a game - especially if the ending is a creepy one. Meet the people who helped bring Portal's (PC, PS3, Xbox 360) GLaDOS to life as musician Jonathan Coulton talks about what it was like working together with Ellen McLain and Erik Wolpaw on Valve Corporation's puzzle game.

Meet the crew after the jump!

More informations makes itself known for the Penny Arcade Expo (PAX) for this year, as we disclose details for the event's Omegathon competition, keynote speaker, and headliner band.

For the pre-registrants of Penny Arcade's upcoming PAX 2007 event, we imagine one thing you'll be looking forward to (or dread) is the Omegathon event. This yearly PAX event pits 20 randomly chosen "Omeganauts" from the pre-registered crowd in multiple bouts of tabletop, videogame and computer game matches, culminating in a final match conducted onstage in front of PAX's thousands of (expected) attendees.

This year's Omegathon grand price is a trip for two to the Tokyo Game Show (September 22 to 23), plus US$ 5,000 in travel money. Not exactly a new truck, but given the price of gas these days, we like it.

On the matter of PAX's keynote speaker, the organizers have managed to pick up Wil Wheaton - trekkies will remember him as Wesley Crusher from Star Trek: The Next Generation. Outside his acting role, Wheaton has also authored two books: Dancing Barefoot, and Just a Geek.

As for tunes, PAX 2007 is expected to dance to the tunes of The Minibosses - gamers will this band for its rock revisions of  the music of classic titles  like Mega Man, Metroid, and Castlevania. Other musical guests expected to make it to the event are The OneUps, MC Frontalot, Jonathan Coulton, Freezepop, The Neskimos and Optimus Rhyme.

This year's PAX will be held from Aug. 24 to 26, at the Washington State Trade and Convention Center in Seattle. Ticket prices for both pre-registration and on-site registration should be available at Penny Arcade's PAX site (read link).