Darkest Hour is a stand-alone Hearts of Iron II game featuring a mixture of short and in-depth campaigns set across the darkest chapters of the 20th century, from the outbreak of the Great War up to the onset of the Cold War.

Happy Friday!

Two days of Microsoft madness are over! We saw lots of good stuff from a variety of publishers/developers for either PC, X360 or XBLA. Beyond Good & Evil HD looks nice, Fable III on PC and in 3-D looks amazing, Halo: Reach Defiant Map Pack was quite fun, Homefront had me glued to the screen for almost an hour, Crysis 2 in 3-D was spectacular, and, of course, you've already read our Gears Of War 3 coverage.

We've got some interviews coming with Epic's Cliff B. as well as Lester "Cole Train" Speight, so keep an eye out for them in the next few days.

Not sure what the plans are for this weekend, but they include watching "Unknown" and "The Eagle."

Super Monkey Ball offers a whole new level of interactivity and fun, whilst completely immersing you in the world of your favorite monkeys - AiAi, MeeMee, GonGon and Baby – as they truly come alive in front of your eyes.

ExerBeat offers an interactive fitness experience where players workout to the beat by utilizing the Wii Remote to perform more than 150 simple yet challenging exercises.

L.A. Noire is an interactive detective story set in the 1947 classic noir period situated in an exact recreation of mid century L.A. drawing players into an open-ended challenge to solve a series of gruesome murders, but also side missions based on real events from that period.

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:

• The Elder Scrolls V:  Skrym [ALL] - Gameplay Trailer

We will update this throughout the day when new trailers become available. Read more for download links ...

A white-knuckle blend of action and strategy, Orcs Must Die! challenges players to defend fortresses under siege.

Doctor Who: Worlds in Time is a free-to-play multiplayer online game which allows players to enter the TARDIS and be set a challenge by the mysterious Time Lord to help him defend civilized culture against infamous Doctor Who enemies.

Metal Assault is a fast-paced massively multiplayer online 2D shooter that promises to win over hardcore and casual players alike with a sizable helping of exciting player-versus-player and player-versus-environment game modes.

Mysterious creatures called the Twisted are trying to take over and destroy New York, and the only one who can stop them is Aya Brea. With her impressive selection of weaponry, the game is chock-full of action.