There’s nothing like a slick-looking wallpaper — be it an in-game rendering or artwork — from an upcoming and highly anticipated game. We’ve put together our top 10 wallpapers of upcoming games, although they may vary on your list. Just click the images for a high-res version (it’s easier if you open in a new widow or tab).

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Despite facing a delay at the end of July, Frozenbyte’s Trine will officially make its way onto the North American Playstation Store this October 22nd.

Make note that European PS3 owners have had their hands on side scrolling platformer for almost 2 weeks now so it’s nice to see that Frozenbyte and Nobilis (publisher) are taking the woes of North American gamers into account.

No word on pricing but we’ll let you know as soon as it’s made known.

via Joystiq

Fans of the popular English rock band Queen will be happy to hear that Harmonix is gearing up to add 10 of their songs to the Music Store for use with Rock Band.

The 10 songs that are coming, sometime towards the end of October, are listed below:

Another One Bites The Dust

Crazy Little Thing Called Love

One Vision

Fat Bottomed Girls

I Want It All

I Want to Break Free

Killer Queen

Somebody to Love

Tie Your Mother Down

Under Pressure

If you’re a fan of classic rock, this pack is sure to please you.

via Destructoid

Final Fantasy XI was probably one of my favorite MMOs of all time, alongside WoW. I don’t play either of them any more (World of Warcrack) but when I did, FFXI was one of my favorite. I for one, chose to play it on the PC but there were other options as it was also out for the PS2 at the time.

Now, with Final Fantasy XIV‘s upcoming simulatenous release on both the PS3 and PC, the game is sure to reach a much larger audience. Despite access to this large audience, Square Enxi doesn’t seem to be taking full advantage of it recently letting us know that the public beta for the game will in fact be for the PC only.

Of course, there is no telling exactly when the beta will even hit with FFXIV’s director Hiromichi Tanaka telling us that the studio is aiming to have a small (10,000 people) closed beta up and running by Summer 2010 with a more widespread public beta soon to follow.

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Kotaku recently sat down with Microsoft’s Phil Spencer to have a bit of a chat about the forthcoming motion controllers and what consumers can expect from them. Spencer, for one, is very optimistic about motion controllers’ future saying we will most likely seeing them accompany consoles in living rooms everywhere.

Below is a quote from Spencer regarding his stance on the subject:

“Much like with multiplayer, I think it will become the norm. If you are a racing game without multiplayer the game just didn’t sell. We think that motion control, we think voice recognition, should become a part of gaming as well.”

While I agree, motion control is definitely the future (showcased by the Wii’s success) I don’t know how fast the generation of gamers who grew up with a normal control will move on. For instance, playing Halo with Project Natal? Sounds like a nightmare to me.

Amazon has recently thrown the the limited edition of Tekken 6, which includes a wireless fight stick and art book, up for pre-order at $149.99 for both the Xbox 360 and PS3. If Amazon isn’t your favorite retailer don’t fret as companies such as GameStop have also put the $149.99 bundle up for pre-order.

Tekken 6 will be the franchise’s first major title for the current generation consoles and includes a rather large roster of characters at 42. As for a release date, well, you’ll be seeing both the standalone Tekken 6 along with the above mentioned bundle hit store shelves for the PS3 and 360 on October 27th, 2009.

Fans of the hack ‘n’ slash aspect of God of War III will be happy to hear that the game’s Director successfully fended off the idea of changing the franchise into a first person shooter.

The idea for an FPS God of War came from SCEA Art Director Ken Feldman who said the following:

“I tried unsuccessfully to convince [Director] Stig to make ‘God of War III’ a first-person shooter. Unfortunately he didn’t see the genius in the idea.”

The genius in the idea? Perhaps you are working on the wrong game, Mr. Feldman.

via thatvideogameblog

USA Today has recently reported that Activision and Infinity Ward are gearing up to air a brand new Modern Warfare 2 during Sunday Night Football this weekend.

According to the report it will air during the game that will pit the San Diego Chargers against the Pittsburgh Steelers at 8PM ET. Of course, if you can’t tune in you can always just check YouTube or anywhere else as it’s sure to be plastered across the internet.

Not to be outdone by Valve’s Left 4 Dead 2 pre-order, EA has started offering pre-orders to the upcoming PC version of Battlefield 1943. The PC version will support 32 players, joystick support and will come with a server browser, according to EA.

Battlefield 1943 was released on Xbox 360 and PS3 earlier this year, but the PC version was delayed to 1Q 2010, which is almost a year later.

Valve has started offering pre-orders for Left 4 Dead 2. The ones who pre-order will not only get early access to the demo (which is kinda pointless, since they’ve already bought the game), but they’ll also get an exclusive in-game melee weapon: an American baseball bats. And if that’s not enough reason, pre-orders come with a 10% discount.