Acquire is developing the next installment in the Way of the Samurai franchise, currently only scheduled for release in Japan this fall. Way of the Samurai 3 will feature over 100 weapons for you to wield in defense of the poor, lonely, while fending off rivaling samurai clans.

Rock Band 2 builds upon the first music game 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. Harmonix has opened a new specialty shop at the official website where you can create and order customized merchandise featuring their in-game Rock Band characters and bands.

Hot on the heels of launching its long in development RPG Too Human, Silicon Knights revealed today that it has temporary laid-off 26 employees today while they ramp up on other projects, indicating it might rehire those people back somewhere down the line as they ramp up production on the aforementioned projects.

Marvelous Entertainment and XSEED's Muramasa: The Demon Blade (known in Japan as “Oboro Muramasa Youtouden”) is a unique, highly stylized action RPG, is currently in development and will be released for the North American market.

In Tilted Mill's turn based strategy and real time tactical combat game Mosby's Confederacy you command small bands of skirmishers, scouts and guerilla fighters on opportunistic missions to scout, ambush, steal supplies and harass a larger and better armed force of Union soldiers.

Quantum of Solace blends intense first-person action with a 3rd person cover combat system that allows players to truly feel what it is like to be the ultimate secret agent as they use their stealth, precision shooting and lethal combat skills to progress.

Set five years after the original, San Vanelona's been rebuild after it was hit by a natural disaster. Equipped with double the bag of tricks, gamers are tasked to rebuild their career and revive the New San Vanelona skate scene.

Blizzard's two-day gaming festival, BlizzCon 2008, begins on Friday, Oct. 10, celebrating its Warcraft, StarCraft, and Diablo player communities by letting them play the latest versions of Blizzard's games as well as speak with developers in special panels, participate in tournaments and contests, and meet with fellow gamers and friends.

SEE Virtual Worlds announced a partnership with Entropia Universe developer Mindark to expand popular Hollywood properties into full, stand-alone virtual planets utilizing the Entropia Universe Virtual World Platform.

Seems the previously revealed Yakuza 3, set 400 years before the first two titles in the series, was nothing but a spin off while the real third installment in the franchise is still set in modern times, situated two years after Yakuza 2, set in Ôsaka and Okinawa.