Gears of War 2 picks up six months after the events of the original, thrusting players back into humankind's epic battle for survival against a nightmarish force of underground creatures known as the Locust Horde. Epic has released the promised new title update which fixes various bugs and adds a new ranking system.

Cross Edge is a RPG co-developed by Nippon Ichi Software, Idea Factory, Gust, Namco Bandai, and Capcom featuring infamous characters from each of the company, such as Etna (Disgaea), Aurica (Ar tonelico), Marie (Atelier Marie), Meu (Spectral Souls) and Morgan (Darkstalkers).

Tripwire Interactive's Killing Floor is a first-person co-op survival horror, set in and around London after a mad scientist’s “specimens” have broken loose and gone on the rampage.

Another day, another batch of games shipped to stores. Instead of giving them all their own posts, we grouped them, and so far there are announcements for:

• Cate West: The Vanishing Files (Wii)
• Fallout 3: The Pitt (X360/PC)
• Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Echoes of Time (NDS/Wii)
• GONG! Goal or No Goal (PC)
• Last Remnant (PC)
• Lux-Pain (NDS)
• Monsters vs. Aliens (NDS/PS2/PS3/X360/PC)
• MotoGP (Wii)
• Ultimate Ninja 4: Naruto Shippuden (PS2)
• Wallace & Gromit's Grand Adventures: Fright of the Bumblebees (PC)
• Wanted: Weapons of Fate (PS3/X360/PC)
• WWE Legends of WrestleMania (PS3/X360)
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While Madden NFL 10 has yet to be announced, EA has released the first visual for the latest installment in the football franchise, saying that the Madden team has taken great strides this year and gone deeper on features and details than they've ever done before.

RockFree is a free, browser based, online multiplayer rock game, where you will be able to create custom rocker avatars, open a rock club and battle against other people around the world. In the end, it's all about who rocks, who sucks and more importantly, who gets the coveted title of Rocker God!

Bigfoot Networks launched Killer Xeno, its next-generation voice chat-enabled network interface card for online gamers.

The original Mob Ties Tokyo game was made on a tiny indie budget, so having the graphics level of a high-end multi-million dollar title was not an option for the two-person development team, who intend to keep the retro style going in their next game.

Hard to be a God is an RPG with adventure and espionage elements based on a storyline of the novel with the same name by Strugatsky brothers. The main hero is a graduate of a medieval secret service high school, and his mission is to scout and report the situation in the Kingdom of Arcanar, an independent anarchical state.

The PC Gaming Alliance issued a report titled The PC Gaming Alliance Presents the PC Gaming Industry in 2008, providing an overview of the PC gaming market and the growth of the largest single platform with annual revenue of approx. $11 billion.

Another day, another batch of game trailers was released. Instead of giving them all their own posts, we grouped them, and so far there are trailers for:

• Need for Speed Shift [ALL] - Trailer
• Scratch: The Ultimate DJ [PS3/X360] - Trailer
• Wanted: Weapons of Fate [ALL] - Launch Trailer
• Wheelman [ALL] - Fly High Trailer
• CrimeCraft [PC] - Weapons Vendor Trailer
• Aion: The Tower of Eternity - Ishalgen Zone Flythrough Trailer
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WWE Legends of WrestleMania is poised to deliver an impressive lineup of Legendary Superstars and Managers, a new combo fighting system and a historically accurate representation of WWE telecasts during the '80s and '90s.

While there is no official announcement yet, the existence of DJ Hero isn't exactly a secret, especially now that a teaser website has been launched. Earlier this year Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick already confirmed that DJ Hero is coming out later this year, and features a turntable that you actually can play competitively and spin discs and mix songs.

Lighthouse Interactive, known for titles such as Ship Simulator and Sword of the Stars, has been shut down, according to Dutch newspaper Het Parool. All personnel have been notified, and according to the curator, the business will not continue. The writing was on the wall recently, when Rhiannon rights reverted to the developers, and Paradox picked up East India Company. Lighthouse was formed in 2005 and did well for a few years, but last year's sale to Silverbirch turned out to be a bad move, as the parent company got into financial trouble and its shares were put on hold at the Toronto Stock Exchange.

In Underwater Wars you and your squad are members of US Navy elite division. Your mission, to protect freedom and to provide peace and the law and order on all planet. The game is set approximately 5 years from now, and develops over the course of an additional 2 years.

Last week Zombie Studios announced it was working on Blacklight, an Unreal-engine powered covert military action game, which then begged the question, what happened to Bethesda's Rogue Warrior? Zombie Studios confirmed that it is no longer working on the story-driven tactical FPS and has not been for a while, but declined to comment on whether the game was canceled. We contacted Bethesda, who confirmed that Rogue Warrior is still in development, obviously by another team, and that an update on the status of the game is coming soon.

Think fast and stay on your toes – when you’re up, your cards will be played automatically. Keep an eye on your opponent’s cards, predict the flow of play, and sort your own hand in the best possible order for the ultimate defeat. Be your virtual-self! Play Uno Rush as your own Avatar with up to four-players in the same room or with anyone around the globe over Xbox Live.

Microsoft announced the best Xbox Live games of 2008 thanks to the Xbox Live community's votes in the 2nd Annual Xbox Live Arcade Awards! The Behemoth Castle Crashers remains number one in fans' hearts and wins the top honor of Best Game of the Year along with awards for Best Original Game and Best Co-op Mode.

Rock Band Track Pack: Classic Rock is a standalone software product that allows owners of Rock Band and Rock Band 2 to keep the party going with more hit songs from the pantheon of rock music. The 20-song pack features an outstanding mix of Rock Band fans’ favorite classic rock hits including songs by mega artists The Who, Rush, Boston and Police.

The Sims 3 gives you the freedom to create unique Sims and immerse them in your own living neighborhood of endless possibility! Fans who pre-order will receive a customized pre-order box, plumbob sticker set, redeem code for one free downloadable music track and a double sided concert style poster of the band or recording artist.