Like any high profile release these days, EA's Medal of Honor reboot is going to have a big demo multiplayer beta. Want to know how to get in on the action?

If you're a Battlefield Bad Company 2 VIP, and preorder Medal of Honor, you'll be able to enter the beta on June 17. Which is this Thursday.

If you're a Regular Joe, you can simply sign up along with everyone else and start playing on June 21. There'll be two maps available, and the beta will run on the Xbox 360, PS3 and PC.

If you need any further motivation, remember, Battlefield specialists DICE are the ones responsible for Medal of Honor's multiplayer.

EA is taking its recent hit shooter Battlefield: Bad Company 2 on a tour of Vietnam, launching an expansion named—get this—Battlefield: Bad Company 2: Vietnam this winter, just announced at its E3 press conference.

Only one screenshot for Metal Gear Solid: Rising was released today. Bummer. Ah well, here it is! Update: We have four more shots of Rising for you, snapped by us at the Xbox 360 E3 press briefing.

Dead Space's engineer protagonist Isaac Clarke returns! this time taking players to "The Sprawl", which is an expansive mining colony.

Isaac is outfitted with a new set of tools that he must use against the alien enemies. "Necromorphs" are the alien creatures from the first game; however, this time around expect to see a new twist on them — spiderlike and even tiny, cherubesque necromorphs. In Dead Space 2, Issac battles dementia as he is thrown into the midst of a huge necromorph invasion. As with the first game in the Dead Space survival series, Issac explores room after room, surrounded by cries and screams. The game's publisher, EA, promises bigger battles and scarier scares.

"The story of Isaac, the necromorphs and the whole Dead Space fiction has much more to reveal. Dead Space 2 adds another dimension to the complex world and characters that inhabit this universe," said Executive Producer, Steve Papoutsis. "We were honored and humbled by the response to Dead Space and Dead Space Extraction, and we could not be more excited to add another chapter to the annals of the horror genre."

The original Dead Space was released in October 2008. Dead Space 2 will be released on January 25, 2011 on the PS3, Xbox 360 and PC.

I unboxed a new Xbox 360 today. And then I shot a video showing all of the key changes and features. Enjoy this on-the-fly Kotaku video special and learn things about the brand new model of the Xbox 360.

Touch-buttons! New harddrive! Smaller brick! Quieter?

In this new cinematic trailer for Star Wars: The Old Republic, we're supposed to feel sorry for Alderaan, as it's enslaved by the Sith Empire. I don't know. They're only occupying it. It's not like they blew it up.

I'm still not sure if this game can stand against the might of World of Warcraft, even with the Star Wars license, but I'm glad more publishers are learning the value of a good trailer for their MMO, even if it does mean squat in terms of how you'll actually play the game.

Dead Space 2 hits consoles on Jan. 25 in North America and Jan. 28 in Europe, EA unveiled today.

At today's EA press conference, the latest entry in the Need for Speed series, Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit was unveiled.

The game is classic cops vs. robbers chases and features, what Kotaku's own Michael Fahey calls, "slow-motion crashes like in Burnout". The game features solo play or online play via an all new online network called "Need for Speed Autolog", which logs scores and even provides personalized gameplay recommendations.

"At Criterion, we've been playing Need for Speed since it was first introduced on 3DO. We are honored and excited by the opportunity to reinvent the franchise for today's connected audience," said the game's Creative Director Craig Sullivan in an official release. "Our goal has been to create cops vs. racers pursuits that are so fun, fast and exciting it really brings to life the adrenaline and intensity of the high speed cop pursuit experience with your friends."

Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit will be released on November 16 on the PS3, Xbox 360, PC and Nintendo Wii.

Microsoft is promising 15 games at launch for its new motion controller Kinect, which hits first in North America on November 4. Those games include Sonic Free Riders, Dance Masters, another dance based title and at least four fitness games.

Microsoft's games include Kinectimals and Joy Ride, while third parties kick out their own mini-game compilations and something from Konami known as Andrenalin Misfits.

• Kinect Adventures (Microsoft Game Studios)
• Kinectimals (Frontier Studio/Microsoft Game Studios)
• Kinect Joy Ride (Big Park/Microsoft Game Studios)
• Kinect Sports (Rare/Microsoft Game Studios)
• Dance Central (MTV Games)
• Your Shape: Fitness Evolved (Ubisoft)
• EA Sports Active 2 (EA)
• Deca Sports Freedom (Hudson)
• Dance Masters (Konami)
• Adrenalin Misfits (Konami)
• Zumba Fitness (Majesco)
• Sonic Free Riders (Sega)
• The Biggest Loser: Ultimate Workout (THQ)
• Motion Sports (Ubisoft)
• Game Party: In Motion (Warner Bros.)

Sega Rally creator Tetsuya Mizuguchi is probably most loved for his 2001 synaesthetic shooter, Rez. This is Child of Eden, which will be published by Ubisoft. Same guy, same game, just for the PlayStation Move and Kinect.

I'm not reaching with that statement. Gameplay looks identical, and even sounds identical (listen closely for Rez's targeting noises), only there's now a calming "planet earth" theme instead of frantic computer glitches.

When people who want more from their motion controls than party games complain, I imagine this is what they're ultimately pining for. Now if only any of us had TVs big enough for this trailer to look "real".