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The 15 Hottest Games of Summer

From the much-anticipated Spore to the newest Guitar Hero to shoot-'em-ups galore, here are our recommendations for the games you've got to play this summer.

Matt Peckham and Darren Gladstone, PC World

Guitar Hero: Aerosmith -- June 29

The Scoop: Guitar Hero: Aerosmith; By: Budcat Creations, Neversoft, Vicarious Visions; From: ActivisionFor: PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Wii, Xbox 360; Rating: Teen; ETA: June 29

Info: Plastic-axe-pickers follow 30 years of the band Aerosmith's hard rocking in chronological order, from fledgling radio hits to international megastardom.

Matt: The Guitar Hero shred-a-verse adds the eminently expressive Steven Tyler and crew to its arsenal of rock-revival rhythm games. What's not to love about key-slapping along with songs like "Back in the Saddle," "Walk This Way," and "Love in an Elevator"? The only thing that would make this game groovier is a bundled pair of press-on lips.

Darren: With all the plastic game guitars floating around my house, I feel like a roadie for Fisher-Price. Will I buy this? Yes. Will it rock? Probably. But if Activision dedicates a game to the career of Boston's "toxic twins," they really need to make this game play like a VH1 Behind the Music episode. I mean, think of the potential minigames!

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