PAX is a three-day celebration of games and gamer culture. The festival includes an exhibition floor filled with playable builds of upcoming tabletop, console and computer games; a conference program of game industry speakers; music concerts; freeplay areas; industry parties; game tournaments and more.

Independent game developer CCP today unveiled its fourth game development studio, CCP Newcastle. Located in Gateshead Quays, CCP Newcastle will focus on console game development, charting new paths for gameplay and business models that will breathe new life into connected consoles.

Alan Wake, the game's protagonist, is a bestselling horror writer, who writes a novel about his darkest nightmares. In the game, those nightmares come true.

Lost Planet 2's story has advanced beyond Wayne Holden as players will now follow the exploits of their own customized snow pirates on their quest to seize control of E.D.N III. Players will move their heroes through different stories creating a truly unique and interactive experience.

J.A.S.F. is an intense modern flight action sim featuring an epic 16-mission story gaming experience that will take air combat to the next level with engaging enemies, flight battles, expansive battlefields and 30 authentic licensed fighters.

Close Combat: Last Stand Arnhem is a highly enhanced new release of Close Combat, using the latest Close Combat engine with many additional improvements. This is the most ambitious and most improved of the new Close Combat releases, but along with all the enhancements it retains the same addicting tactical action found in the original titles!

Now that watching soccer is somewhat over — we might watch the World Cup finale — we're back to watching tennis with our favorite Kim Clijsters beating her big rival, Justine Henin. Too bad these matches are at 5am, so we'll have to adjust our wacky sleep schedule a little bit.

Since we were rocking out with Danzig last night, we had to record the season premiere of Entourage. We watched it tonight, and Ari Gold is still the man!

Half a century after the Red Faction resistance and their Marauder allies freed Mars from the brutal Earth Defense Force, harmony on Mars is again threatened but this time by a lethal force shrouded in mystery. THQ revealed that there's going to be a Red Faction Arcade game that ships about 3-4 months before Armageddon, with TV show-related content, building up to the new game.

Rugby League Live is the fifth title in the NRL Rugby League video game series but the first one to appear on current gen consoles. Previous developers Sidhe Interactive are supported the new studio by providing commentary, stadium and motion capture data.

Sony is about to release a new v3.40 PS3 and v6.30 PSP firmware, adding the PlayStation Plus subscription service package, enhancements to the connection between users’ PlayStation Network and Facebook accounts and other new features.