Combining 3D animation and 2D designs, A Vampyre Story follows the opera starlet, Mona, a woman kidnapped by Baron Shrowdy Von Kiefer and slowly becoming a creature of the night after coming under the vampire's spell.

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:

• Dead Space (PS3/X360/PC)
• Deer Hunter Tournament (PC)
• Europa Universalis III: Complete (PC)
• FIFA Soccer 09 (PSP/PS2/PS3/X360/PC)
• Golden Axe: Beast Rider (PS3/X360)
• Littlest Pet Shop (NDS/Wii/PC)
• Naruto: Path of the Ninja 2 (NDS)
• Saints Row 2 (PS3/X360)
• Sam & Max Season One (Wii)
• SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs Confrontation (PS3)
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Larger, deeper, and loaded with thrills, Persona 4 delivers an all-new story set in the Japanese countryside. A mysterious chain of deaths remains unanswered and only you and your team of gifted supernatural sleuths can uncover the truth. Will you thwart this hidden evil before it is too late?

Dead Rising: Chop Till You Drop follows the harrowing tale of Frank West, an overly zealous freelance journalist on a hunt for the scoop of a lifetime. In pursuit of a juicy lead, he makes his way to the small suburban town of Willamette only to find that it has become overrun by zombies.

The New Xbox Experience will give X360 owners a completely new Xbox 360 experience that is fun, social and simple to use -- and puts more entertainment at their fingertips than any other device connected to the TV. Since the NXE update will require 128mb HD space to install, Microsoft is offering people with little space, or a HD-less X360 Arcade, a refurbished 20 GB hard drive for $19.99 or a free 512 MB Memory Card.

With customizable ships and characters from the Klingon Empire and United Federation of Planets, ground, space and shipboard gameplay and unique options for player-generated content set in the Star Trek universe, Star Trek Online is the MMOG that allows you to boldly go where no one has gone before!

Adult Swim is exposing fans and music lovers to hip-hop straight out of Johannesburg, South Africa in the comfort of their own country. African Swim is a collection of some of the most innovative contemporary African hip-hop music, compiling 15 tracks from some of South Africa's most popular hip-hop artists, downloadable for free.

In MySims you can create original characters, build a town, grow a community and discover a world of your own. Start by personalizing the appearance of your MySims from head to toe and go on to unlock cool new items as you befriend and build relationships with your neighbors.

Buckle up and prepare to unleash anarchy in the ultimate burner’s paradise as Burnout Paradise gives players license to wreak havoc in Paradise City, the ultimate seamless racing battleground with a massive infrastructure of traffic-heavy roads to abuse. After an attentive fan spotted a billboard ad sponsored by Presidential hopeful Barack Obama, EA confirmed that "the Obama campaign has paid for in-game advertising in Burnout."

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:

• Quantum of Solace [ALL] - Launch Trailer
• Dead Space [ALL] - Art/Gore/Creature Dev Diary Trailer
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Check out the following new screens and trailers from Sony Japan/America's Tokyo Game Show 2008 lineup:

• 'Resistance 2' (PS3) - New Screens
• 'Patapon 2' (PSP) - Screens & Trailer
• 'LocoRoco 2' (PSP) - 32 New Screens
• 'Resistance: Retribution' (PSP) - New Screens
• 'inFamous' (PS3) - New Screens
• 'Bleach: Soul Carnival' (PSP) - Screens
• 'Derby Time Online' (PS3) - New Screens
• 'Destroy All Heroes 2' (PSP) - New Screens
• 'Dissidia: Final Fantasy' (PSP) - New Screens
• 'Dress' (PS3) - New Screens
• 'Dynasty Warriors 6 Empires' (PS3) - New Screens
• 'Enkaku Sousa: Sana e no 23 Hiai' (PSP) - New Screens
• 'Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children Complete' (PS3) - Screens
• 'Project Diva' (PSP) - New Screens
• 'LittleBigPlanet' (PS3) - New Screens
• 'Warriors Orochi 2' (PSP) - New Screens
• 'Gomibako' (PS3) - New Screens
• 'Juusei to Diamond' (PSP) - New Screens
• 'Monster Hunter Freedom Unite' (PSP ) - New Screens
• 'Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep' (PSP) - New Screens
• 'Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Storm ' (PS3) - New Screens
• 'WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2009' (PS3) Career Mode - New Screens
• 'Noby Noby Boy' (PS3) - New Screens
• 'Final Fantasy Agito XIII' (PSP) - Screens
• 'Macross Ace Frontier' (PSP) - New Screens
• 'Minna de SPELUNKER ' (PS3) - New Screens

Galactic Bowling is a new stylized sports video game, powered by the Vicious Engine, delivering stunning, detailed graphics as well as intuitive and fluid, lifelike game play. Pre-order now and take 10% off its regular price ($19.99).

Sins of a Solar Empire will feature several micro-expansions over the next year, starting with Entrenchment which promises to bring fans a Starbase defense platform, turret upgrades to make them more powerful, mine fields and a Subspace Inhibitor platform that will slow enemy ships within its range.

Shrouded in secrecy and feared for their ruthlessness, you play the role of Altair, an Assassin intend to stop the hostilities by suppressing both sides of the conflict and throw the environment into chaos and shape events during this pivotal moment in history. In a recent interview, animation director David Wilkinson revealed that animator Alex Drouin is currently "busy making Altair even more beautiful" and "was getting Altair to swim," confirming a sequel is in the works.

The US Army has released a new version for America's Army: Special Forces (Overmatch). This upgrade brings their team-based multiplayer game to v2.84, and contains the Every Soldier a Sensor (ES2) training mission, a new multiplayer co-operative mission, and improved performance of the AI to react in a more realistic manner.

Otherland is an Unreal Engine 3 powered massively multiplayer online game, based on the best-selling novels by fantasy author Tad Williams.

Cryptic Studios' MMORPG Champions Online is based on the popular pen-and-paper Champions RPG, giving players the power of total customization of their hero experience while they explore a vast universe of richly detailed 3D environments. Fans interested in participating in the closed beta test can now sign up.

Flowers and fireworks usually don't mix, but Flowerworks turns nature on its head in this accessible and original title. Flowerworks combines puzzle, exploration and action elements in an addictive, explosive adventure.

MotorStorm: Pacific Rift is moving from the rugged desert to a lush Pacific island with all of the vehicles familiar of the first game (ATVs, rally cars, buggies, motorbikes, race trucks, etc.), while adding a new monster truck class. Even though you can play your own music in-game, the game's soundtrack is twice as big as before.

In Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts the famous bear and bird duo return for a unique adventure of epic proportions. The Lord of the Games is tired of the petty squabbling between Banjo and the evil witch Gruntilda (aka Grunty) over the years, and has arranged a showdown to decide the rightful owner of Spiral Mountain.