Rolling Stone is famous for its covers, and perhaps Rolling Stone Drum King will be as well. Developed by Arc System Works and released last month in Europe as We Rock: Drum King, the Wii game features a selection of 29 songs that players can drum out to using their Wii remote and nunchuck as virtual drum sticks. Now the North American release, due out later this spring, gets a healthy dose of credibility with the Rolling Stone rename.

"For more than 40 years, Rolling Stone has been a staple in the voice of American music culture and entertainment and we are pleased to collaborate with 505 Games as we venture into video games for the first time," said Will Schenck, Publisher of Rolling Stone magazine. "With more people playing console video games than ever before, this was a natural next step for the Rolling Stone brand."

We'll see how that step pans out for them. While the musical selection is rather nice, people these days aren't too fond of music games that can't spring for master tracks. Check out the full track listing below.

The Songs:

All Star - Inspired by Smash Mouth
Banquet - Inspired by Bloc Party
Be My Baby - Inspired by The Ronettes
Blister in the Sun - Inspired by Violent Femmes
Born to Be Wild - Inspired by Steppenwolf
By the Way - Inspired by Offcuts
Can't Get Enough - Inspired by Bad Company
Can't Stand Losing You - Inspired by The Police
Cissy Strut (instrumental) - Inspired by The Meters
Click Click Boom - Inspired by Saliva
Direction - Inspired by Starting Line
Feel Good Inc. - Inspired by Gorillaz
Fight the Good Fight - Inspired by Triumph
I Fought the Law - Inspired by The Clash
In Too Deep - Inspired by Sum 41
Let There Be Drums - Inspired by The Ventures
Lifestyles of the Rich and the Famous - Inspired by Good Charlotte
Mickey - Inspired by Toni Basil
No One Knows - Inspired by Queens of the Stone Age
On Top of the World - Inspired by Boys Like Girls
Pull Me Under - Inspired by Dream Theatre
Saturday Superhouse - Inspired by Biffy Clyro
She Sells Sanctuary - Inspired by The Cult
Song 2 - Inspired by Blur
Soundgarden - Inspired by Spoonman
Stay With Me - Inspired by Faces
The Take Over, The Breaks Over - Inspired by Fall Out Boy
The Final Countdown - Inspired by Europe
We Will Rock You - Inspired by Queen

Irrational Games was purchased by Take-Two back in early 2006, and then were "rewarded" with a name change to 2K Boston and 2K Australia in November of 2007, following the success of the original BioShock. Now a trademark application filed on March 27th for the name Irrational Boston, along with some t-shirts that were floating around during the Game Developers Conference last week (as seen on Joystiq) seem to be pointing towards a changing of the names.

While the trademark application and the t-shirts are certainly not a definitive announcement, it would be nice to see Irrational's name popping up in our posts once again. Besides, this way Take-Two could re-reward them the 2K Boston name once BioShock 2 comes out. Everybody's happy!

Take-Two has filed a trademark registration for Irrational Boston [Superannuation]

The Homecoming of Silent Hill

Konami's first Silent Hill® title for Xbox 360 and PLAYSTATION®3

Konami Digital Entertainment GmbH has announced the official title of its first Silent Hill game for PLAYSTATION®3 and Xbox 360. Entitled Silent Hill: Homecoming, the game will be released end of September this year across Europe.

The sixth installment in the classic video games series, Silent Hill: Homecoming introduces another protagonist to the mythos. The story follows Alex Shepherd, returning to his hometown of Shepherd's Glen to investigate the sudden disappearance of his brother. From Shepherd's Glen to Silent Hill, Alex must face the darkest of horrors in order to find his brother. Struggling with his own grip on reality, Alex must unravel the mystery behind his nightmares, discover the truth behind his brother's disappearance, and confront the evil lurks in the seemingly empty streets of Silent Hill.

Homecoming is the first Silent Hill title for the new wave of 'next generation' consoles, featuring all-new graphics that bring the fear and terror of Silent Hill alive like never before. Alex must survive attacks from the misshapen denizens of the town using an all-new enhanced combat system that provides a wide array of attacks and counters. Along the way, Alex will encounter a variety of weapons to battle these horrific monsters and must also solve deadly puzzles as he uncovers the darkest secrets of Silent Hill.

Silent Hill: Homecoming also features an all-new soundtrack by acclaimed series composer Akira Yamaoka.

Regardless, I doubt highly that they would dare change it yet again, but the rumors are flowing like wine:

We have received over 200,000 e-mails with complaints about the Wii, and the console name has been commonly associated with urine. We have been the target of many jokes, and we strongly believe that it's a bad thing for the company's reputation.

This from a mysterious "Mike" at the Nintendo marketing department. Nintendo vehemently denies the mere suggestion that they are considering other names, and dares you to say that to their face.

I could not reach Nintendo for comment on this particular post, but as soon as I got tired of their hold music (a Limp Bizkit cover of the Yoshi's Island theme) and hung up, I got a text message from Joel that just said: "get laptop & leve hous now dnt look outsde gt out now!!1"

I started to hear scrabblings at my door, and recognized the potent aroma of Nintendo fanboy wafting up from the street. Thank god for my innate ability to scale vertical surface using an exuded sort of bio-glue on my fingertips, or I never would have escaped.

Thanks Joel for the warning, and for reminding me to bring my laptop so that even in terrified exile, I can update your goddamned site.

More here [GamesforWii, via NintendoGossip]