How often do voice-actors who contribute their talents to videogames actually know what they’re talking about when it comes to unannounced games? Not often. In fact, I can’t think of one who has ever predicted a game successfully. Now we have Craig Fairbrass, voice of the character Ghost in Modern Warfare 2, claiming a spin-off game about Ghost may be coming. Or, as I suppose, he wants more work so he’s trying to drum up fan support for the idea….

Source: That Videogame Blog

It seems like an April Fool’s joke, just judging from the headline, but further investigation reveals this to be true, though announcing such a thing on April 1st probably wasn’t the best idea. No matter, here’s the scoop: MTV Games and Harmonix have announced a new marketing endeavor with Paramount Pictures in anticipation of the new Star Trek movie, which opens on May 8th.

From Press Release:

Beginning today, fans can register for a 15-day sweepstakes that will give away 500 free Rock Band Music Store downloads each day from April 7th through April 21st for the Xbox LIVE Marketplace for Xbox 360(R) and PlayStation(R)Store for PlayStation3.

And if that’s not enough – fans will want to fire up Rock Band 2’s online Battle of the Bands mode to participate in the STAR TREK Ultimate Battle. Bands of three to four players can battle the Rock Band galaxy. The band with the highest score will win a STAR TREK hometown movie screening for their band and their friends. Additionally, twenty randomly selected players will win an awesome STAR TREK/Rock Band prize pack equipped with STAR TREK and Rock Band gear. The Battle of the Bands component will begin on April 20th and run through April 27th.

The Rock Band and STAR TREK promotion will culminate when the first-ever avatar creation contest launches on April 27th. Fans will be asked to create a futuristic avatar in-game and export it to RockBand.com for the community and Harmonix team to judge the winner. The Duke of Gravity will ultimately decide which avatar has what it takes to rock with the Enterprise crew. The winner will be chosen on May 11th and win “The Future is Now” prize pack including the top of the line Rock Band game accessories.

For more information on Rock Band and STAR TREK’s collaboration, visit www.ROCKBAND.com\StarTrek.