Whilst Dungeons & Dragons Online will soon become a free-to-play title in North America; in Europe there are currently no such plans.

An upgrade will be released this summer which will allow those in North America to play the game for free, in Europe the MMORPG will remain as it is though, and users will continue to have to pay to play the game.

Dungeons and Dragons Online: Eberron Unlimited is the game that North American gamers will be treated to for free, and whilst there will be a paid option which will unlock extra features; the basic no-frills game will be completely free to play. Good news for American gamers, not so fantastic fun for those of us that live in Europe.

A playable demo of Overlord II is now available for download at the Xbox Live Marketplace.

In the Overlord II playable demo you become the Overlord, and have a team of minions to help you accomplish your tasks. The demo begins as you defrost a Yeti, frozen in a block of ice, and you then give chase as the Yeti runs off in the snow.

If you liked the first Overlord game, then it’s probably well worth checking out the demo for the second. If you didn’t like the first game, why not give the demo a go anyway – what’s to lose?

Click here to find the Overlord II Xbox 360 demo.

Guitar Hero 5 is due out later this year, and a full list of the artists that will feature in the game has now been released.

It’s a rather extensive list, and whatever your musical tastes may be; the Guitar Hero 5 roster is sure to impress.

Here is the full list of bands and artists that Guitar Hero 5 will feature:

• 3 Doors Down
• A Perfect Circle
• AFI
• Attack! Attack!
• Band Of Horses
• Beastie Boys
• Beck
• Billy Idol
• Billy Squier
• Blink-182
• Blur
• Bob Dylan
• Bon Jovi
• Brand New
• Bush
• Children of Bodom
• Coldplay
• Darker My Love
• Darkest Hour
• David Bowie
• Deep Purple
• Dire Straits
• Duran Duran
• Eagles Of Death Metal
• Elliott Smith
• Elton John
• Face to Face
• Garbage
• Gorillaz
• Gov’t Mule
• Grand Funk Railroad
• Iggy Pop
• Iron Maiden
• Jeff Beck
• Jimmy Eat World
• John Mellencamp
• Johnny Cash
• Kaiser Chiefs
• King Crimson
• Kings Of Leon
• Kiss
• Love and Rockets
• Megadeth
• Mötley Crüe
• Muse
• My Morning Jacket
• Nirvana
• No Doubt
• Peter Frampton
• Public Enemy Featuring Zakk Wylde
• Queen & David Bowie
• Queens Of The Stone Age
• Rammstein
• Rose Hill Drive
• Rush
• Santana
• Scars On Broadway
• Screaming Trees
• Smashing Pumpkins
• Sonic Youth
• Spacehog
• Stevie Wonder
• Sublime
• Sunny Day Real Estate
• T. Rex
• The Bronx
• The Derek Trucks Band
• The Duke Spirit
• The Killers
• The Police
• The Raconteurs
• The Rolling Stones
• The Sword
• The White Stripes
• Thin Lizzy
• Thrice
• Tom Petty
• Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
• TV On The Radio
• Vampire Weekend
• Weezer
• Wild Cherry
• Wolfmother

After the success of the Guitar Hero video game series; Activision is branching out, and a launch party was held on June 1st for its DJ Hero video game which is all set to hit the shelves later this year.

Eminem and Jay-Z closed the party in supreme style with their incredible MC ability, and such stars were in attendance as Leonardo DiCaprio, Ali Larter, Vanessa Minnillo, and even rock stars Mark Hoppus and Pete Wentz.

Travis Barker and DJ AM opened the show with their mixing, and Warren G was also there to please the crowds with his DJ skills. It was only right that the DJ Hero launch party should include such a fantastic selection of talented DJ stars, with DJ AM actually one of the DJs to have provided original mixes for DJ Hero, along with DJ Shadow, DJ Z-Trip, and Daft Punk.

Despite the quality bill of DJ talent; the best was most definitely saved till last at the DJ Hero launch party, and it was almost midnight by the time that Jay-Z and Eminem took to the stage to wow the celebrity masses.

Jay-Z was up first, and launched through a set which included such tracks as ’99 Problems’, ‘Encore’, ‘H To The Izzo’, and ‘My President is Black’, before combining forces with Eminem for ‘Renegade’. Eminem then bounced through a few tracks of his own from his new ‘Relapse’ album, closing the set with ‘Lose Yourself’ and well and truly getting the LA crowd on their feet.

It was a very successful night of entertainment for the launch of the new video game, and Activision was able to show off its new DJ Hero video game, complete with a fantastic line-up of talented musicians to lighten the mood and make sure that all in attendance enjoyed their evening.