Xbox Live connects more than 17 million members across 26 countries to each other and the entertainment they love. Home of more content from one remote than can be found from any device connected to the TV, Xbox Live is also a unified online social network bringing friends together, no matter where they are — in the living room or across the world. Amazon.com is now offering a 12 month subscription for $29.97, instead of the official $49.99.

Prepare yourself for a Ninja adventure like you have never seen before! Join Hiro, the smallest hero on the biggest adventure, as he embarks on an epic and electrifying quest to restore harmony to a world on the brink of chaos. Use your skills and mighty Ninja training to battle a magical army of evil Samurai.

MadWorld is a 3rd person action game with a unique black & white style depicting a sharp backdrop that straddles graphic novels and 3D worlds, mixing irreverent humor and over-the-top violence. The Australian Classification Board rated it MA15+, but what is more interesting is that the listing also mentions it is a "Multi Platform" title. Probably a typo or clerical error, but we can hope.

Guitar Hero: Metallica will feature an Expert+ difficulty setting for people with two kick pedals, pop-up video style tracks, new guitar and bass tones, allowing you to play a Metallica member in single instrument or band career game modes, and apart from 28 Metallica tracks will also include tracks from bands such as Slayer, Foo Fighters, Judas Priest, Kyuss, Machine Head, etc... Fans who pre-order at Gamestop will get an extra foot pedal with splitter.

Inspired by the film and Mario Puzo's Corleone family drama, The Godfather II game goes beyond the film's story by setting players in the world of organized crime in 1960s Florida, Cuba and New York. In a recent interview exec producer Hunter Smith revealed there will be no downloadable demo, instead the team is already working on DLCs.

Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II will take players to the brutal frontlines of war where they’ll experience intense action and visceral combat through a non-linear single player experience and a fully co-op campaign.

Dark Sector thrusts players into the role of an elite black-ops agent sent on a dangerous mission into a decaying Eastern European city that hides a deadly Cold War secret. Ever since the early development of the game it has been asked whether Dark Sector would come to the PC, and each time it has been denied. Now almost a year after its official launch on consoles, Eastern European publisher/distributor nd.ru now has a PC entry in its database.

Call of Duty: World at War completely changes the rules of engagement by redefining WWII gaming and thrusting players into the final tension-filled, unforgiving battles against a new ferocious enemy in the most dangerous and suspenseful action ever seen. Treyarch’s community manager revealed it is working on v1.2, and expects it to be released early February.

Earlier this week rumors started floating around that Rockstar was already preparing a new installment in its open world action series, not a DLC or a collection, but a full retail game, and that it could come as early as end of 2009, based on GameInformer's Loose Talk column section. With Rockstar still working on two DLC episodes for GTA IV, this seems very unlikely, and today the developer sent out word it is currently focusing on the downloadable content, and nothing else.

Following the fun and colorful path set by the first Dragon Quest installment in the Zenithia Trilogy, Dragon Quest: The Hand of the Heavenly Bride now journeys onto the NDS as a high quality remake of the classic Dragon Quest V, packed with exciting new features and a truly genre defining story.

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:

• Equilibrio [Wii] - Trailer #2
• Sonic and the Black Knight [Wii] - Trailer #2
• Skate 2 [PS3/X360] - Take back Squad Trailer
• Afro Samurai [ALL] - Launch Trailer
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  We will update this throughout the day when new trailers become available. Read more for download links ...

GamersGate announced that it has entered into a digital distribution agreement with global games publisher SEGA, offering its users titles such as Football Manager 2009, Universe at War, Condemned: Criminal Origins, Rome: Total War Series, and Outrun 2006: Coast to Coast.

Developed by InnoGlow, former Stormregion, Codename: Panzers series leaves the World War II stage to take the story into Cold War East-West conflicts fought on fictitious battlefields, with a special emphasis on deep story lines and rich battle effects.

Call of Duty: World at War changes the rules of engagement by redefining WWII gaming and thrusting players into tension-filled, unforgiving battles against a new ferocious enemy in the most dangerous and suspenseful action ever. All weekend long the Co-Op Nazi Zombies playlist for XBL and PSN public games have been unlocked, and you'll get Double XP in multiplayer.

Encompassing a variety of different characters while exploring many exotic locations and cultures across the game's universe of parallel worlds, Suikoden: Tierkreis will expand the bounds of the handheld RPG.

Sony Online Entertainment has signed a distribution agreement with Valve to bring its MMO titles to Steam, starting with the EverQuest and EverQuest II collections, as well as Vanguard: Saga of Heroes and Pirates of the Burning Sea.

Set 20 years after the events of the original, Star Ocean 2 also receives the full remake treatment aboard the PSP. The title takes the next step with fully animated movies, new character designs, extra playable characters, fully voiced dialogue, and more.

Rock Band 2 builds upon the original to introduce co-op band gameplay, multiple instruments, online multiplayer, unparalleled downloadable content and raises the bar by delivering an entirely new level of depth, connectivity, authenticity and features.

Resistance: Retribution is a 3rd person adventure with an all new story, levels, weapons and enemies, as well as a proprietary targeting system and game engine that pushes the system to its limit, allowing more detailed characters, special effects, and terrain that captures the look and feel of the Resistance universe. Pre-order at Amazon or GameStop and get a demo download code, which features single player as well as Resistance Connect with both the Infected mode and Resistance: Retribution Plus.

Resident Evil 5 promising to revolutionize the survival horror series by delivering an unbelievable level of detail, realism and control. The Collector's Edition ($89.99) includes a Tricell messenger bag, Chris Redfield figurine, BSAA patch and Kijuju-inspired pendant. The game itself will be packaged in a custom made steel case featuring a two disc set including a bonus disc with The Making of feature, an digital art gallery, and a Resident Evil Degeneration trailer.