The Sims 2 fans can whisk their Sims away on a variety of magnificent vacations featuring a myriad of all-new activities to discover exotic locations, including the Far East, Rustic Mountaintops -- even a Tropical Island!

Revolutionizing your control of the five tools in baseball are brand new pitching, fielding and base-running controls and completely overhauled batting interface. Featuring a totally unique trading card mode, robust Minor League system, all-new Signature Style animations for 2008 and more, MLB 2K8 brings a new level of fun to the virtual baseball world.

Dark Sector is a new and original next-gen action-thriller, developed by Digital Extreme. It's a dark, gritty experience packed with fast action, incredible superpowers and an engaging story.

Players assume the role of Lyra, a young girl, along with her daemon Pan, as she travels through the frozen wastes of the North collecting special items in order to explore, evade and deceive her way through confrontations to rescue a friend. Sega has released a v1.1 patch for The Golden Compass, although there are no details as to what it fixes ...

Begin your odyssey at the dawn of life as a simple microbe just trying to survive, then evolve the creature from its microscopic origins into an intelligent, tool-using race, becoming a global civilization and choose whether to hunt or forage, attack or trade, be nice or play rough! Maxis announced that Spore will be available at retailers worldwide the weekend of Sep. 7, 2008!

Dynasty Warriors 6 will deliver the massive scale and realistic atmosphere that players have come to expect from the series, but will redefine the Tactical Action experience, with completely re-imagined character designs and weapons, yet maintaining familiar characterizations that are accurate to culturally depictions.

Square Enix has filed a federal lawsuit in the Central District of California against alleged infringers of Square Enix's intellectual property, a result of cooperation with the US Department of Homeland Security and Customs and Border Patrol, whose agents seized a crate of counterfeit replica swords.

Majesco announced Nancy Drew: The Mystery of the Clue Bender Society, developed by Gorilla Systems, the follow up to last year's The Deadly Secret of Olde World Park offering mystery buffs and Nancy Drew fans a fresh interactive caper with a wealth of new features.

The Fate of Hellas is an expansion for World Forge's 3D RTS Ancient Wars: Sparta, and will feature an updated engine with improved visuals, two new campaigns with 7 missions each, and a new playable faction, the Macedonians.

Epic announced that its Unreal Engine 3 technology and tools will be used for unannounced games in development by 2K Games.

EA announced an extension of its exclusive licensing relationships with the National Football League and NFL PLAYERS to develop, publish and distribute interactive football video games, providing EA continued rights to NFL teams, stadiums and players through the end of the 2012 season, which culminates in Feb. 2013.

He is the world's most popular astronaut, more famous than Neil Armstrong, Yuri Gagarin or John Glenn. Now, for the first time, the fictional hero will appear in his own adventure.

Ubisoft has obtained a $13.2 million judgment in a copyright and trademark infringement dispute against Bratz dolls owner MGA Entertainment.

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:

• Jumper: Griffin’s Story (PS2/Wii/X360)
• Penumbra: Black Plague (PC)
• Dungeon Explorer Warriors of Ancient Arts (NDS/PSP)
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  We will update this throughout the day when new announcements become available. Read more for details ...

Overclocked, developed by House of Tales team, known for The Moment of Silence, is a psychological thriller which uses many technical innovations and a surprising narrative approach to form an eerily real gaming experience.

Re-designed for the PC, Mass Effect invites players to take the role of Commander Shepard as they set out on an adventure to save the galaxy from imminent destruction. Wrought with treachery, heroism, difficult decisions and a universe filled with unique and colorful species, Mass Effect delivers a truly compelling storyline.

FIFA/Fussball Manager 08 allows you once again to control is everything in the world of football management, providing all the tools you need to make it to the big time. This second update adds new features, full database update, extra polishing, and fixes bugs. This patch brings your game's database up to date with all the latest team/player transfers.

Ubisoft announces the opening of its 18th internal development studio in Singapore, largely influenced by the country’s excellent technological infrastructure, thriving local game development industry and quality of its universities and training institutions.

Alone in the Dark returns with a heart-stopping survival experience realized through combining the use of real-time physics and environmental interaction to deliver an exhilarating action-orientated experience within a highly detailed, open environment.

The Entertainment Software Association filed a report with the U.S. Trade Representative, detailing how online piracy thwarts healthy game industry growth and development, highlighting persistent problems in countries like Canada, China, Malaysia, Russia, and parts of Europe