Fresh from Bethesda Softworks’s underground bunker.

The time has come.

We’ve all been waiting for this moment. Starting tomorrow, the official Super SF 2 Turbo HD Remix beta will be released on Xbox Live. In case you haven’t heard, the beta was included as an add-on bonus for those who’ve purchased Wolf of the Battlefield: Commando 3 for Xbox Live Arcade. So yes, that means you’ve actually have to throw down a bit of e-funds to be among the first to relive this enhanced arcade classic.

I bet you wanna be among the first to play it don’t you? Well GotNext is giving (5) lucky winners for the 360.

Update @ 1:22 p.m.  We’ve just discovered PS3 owners won’t be able to participate, but we’ll still hand you a key to get Commando 3 for the PS3 if you’re eager to play it. Sorry for the confusion guys.

To qualify, simply tell us how the correct command on how to perform Vega’s Rolling Izuna Backdrop super move. (Oh, and we’re speaking about the domestic version, so no moves intended for Mr. Psycho Crusha or your entry will be considered GGPO.)

Send your entry to contests@got-next.com with the subject header “Super SF2 Turbo HD Remix”. All correct entries will be placed into a random drawing. Winners will be selected on June 25, 11:30 EST and contacted via email and announced right here on GotNext. Let me repeat that - you’ve got 24hours from the time of this post to enter!

So put away that e-dough and take a shot at our giveaway. Who knows, you may end up a winner and then you can show Seth Killian your awesome skillz.

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The beta is scheduled to run for approximately eight weeks, ending around August 20 (or whenever Capcom has decided that they’re sick of getting owned). Hm, me owning Seth Killian — I’d cherish that day.

So while you all start counting down the minutes, here’s a few new batch of screens featuring the Shotokan Duo to help fight that burning sensation to show the rest of the world just how awesome you really are. Check back tomorrow for two HD-quality videos.

Testing your tolerance for big plastic controllers.

Guitar Hero: Aerosmith is nearly upon us, coming with either just the game or bundled with yet another guitar, though it’s only a superficial reskinning of GH3’s all mighty axe.  So if you never got the GH3 bundle, or wrecked the guitar imitating the Who, then you can pick up this replacement, though I honestly think the game is overpriced with the skimpy amount of tunes it includes.  Worse, the guitar is going to be a relic come this fall.

That’s not the big problem though, looming ominously on the horizon like a Transformer fan’s plastic robot army.   The problem is one of space.  This autumn is going to see the release of Guitar Hero: On Tour and Konami’s Rock Revolution, with Rock Band 2 likely close on their heels.  Look, I’ve got a good sized condo.  I’ve even got a garage, and no way do I have room for three full sets of plastic instruments, which of course aren’t going to be compatible with their competing titles.  My Rock Band drum set sits in the corner collecting dust, occasionally dragged out for a drunken fumbling session.  The drum kit with GH:WT looks much nicer, but where am I going to put it?  Not to mention the new guitar it also comes with, whose special features make previous models obsolete.  I’ve got three plastic guitars already.  I didn’t buy these fake music games to be forced to go into a real instrument store to pick up a guitar rack.

Oh, Konami?  Too little, too late.  For years, you had the music genre pretty much to yourself, and plenty of time to bring over Guitar Freaks, but someone beat you to the punch.  Now you’re offering another set of instruments and no master recordings?  Are you out of your mind?

On the other hand, there’s Ultimate Band, which is exclusive to the Wii.  I have no idea how it’ll turn out, videos make it seem a little on the simple side, but it has the great advantage of not forcing you to buy more plastic than what already came with the system.  Sure, I’d have to actually buy a Wii, but when it’s smaller than a Rock Band guitar, I think I could find the space for it.

Jack Thompson, Spore porn, and more.

For those of you living the lives of busy, important people, here is a rundown of the biggest gaming-related stories of the past week.

Monday: Jack Thompson got a visit from a couple US Marshals in regards to a letter he wrote to a federal judge.  In the letter, he compared himself to detainees held at Guantanamo Bay, and stated, “I guess my ‘mistake’ was not killing 3000 people to make my point.”  The ever-tactful attorney is now furious that the judge sent the Marshals to explain to him the impropriety of such correspondence, and is even complaining to the House Judiciary Committee.  The Thompson saga is becoming like a bad VH1 Saturday afternoon reality show marathon.  I know it’s mindless, and I know it caters to the lowest common denominator…  but I can’t stop watching.

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While it may be fun to design rude creatures, EA doesn’t want them on their servers.

The Spore Creature Creator came out on June 14, give or take a day, and the first thing people did was start designing genital monsters of their very own. Ambulatory penises are the most common, but more creative beasties ranging from Goatse-saurus to creatures that look like copulating people, animals, or a bizarre combination of the two (and probably plants as well) have been popping up all over. Spore Creature Creator is completely freeform, an unrestricted toy to design just about anything your twisted, pervy mind can come up with. It was only a matter of time before the wonderful anything-goes anarchy began to be reigned in.

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