'Lego Rock Band' latest game in the franchise

The Electronic Entertainment Expo, the video-game industry's biggest party, is a little more than a month away, but companies are already jumping the gun with early announcements of some huge titles for this holiday season and beyond.

Two of the most popular franchises in the business are joining forces for Warner Bros. and MTV Games' "Lego Rock Band." As you might guess, the collaboration between developers TT Games and Harmonix will let you build your own combo out of Lego blocks, then rock out to "chart-topping songs and classic favorites suitable for younger audiences." Apparently (judging from an early set list), that means yes to "Kung Fu Fighting," no to "There Goes My Gun."

Expect some more big sequels. Ubisoft will have "Assassin's Creed 2" ready this year, with a new protagonist and a new setting, Renaissance Italy. And Sony's Insomniac Games studio will deliver its biennial "Ratchet & Clank" chapter, after the boys fall through "A Crack in Time."

No surprises there. However, one announcement that has raised some eyebrows is Bethesda's "Fallout: New Vegas," which will come out next year. It's being developed by Obsidian Entertainment, the studio behind "Neverwinter Nights 2" and "Knights of the Old Republic II." Bethesda says it isn't a sequel to last year's award-winning "Fallout 3," but "simply another 'Fallout' game in that universe."

Now if only we could get "Lego Fallout."