EgoSoft has released yet another upgrade patch for its space-combat exploration game X³: REUNION. This update brings any retail game to v2.5, and adds the new UPLINK facility to compare scores online, Mission Director (MD) mission development tool, fixes, and general improvements.

Enlight has released a new update patch for EgoSoft's sci-fi flight sim X²: The Threat. This update brings your retail game to v1.5 and adds the new UPLINK facility to export your game statistics to a file which can then be uplinked to the Egosoft servers for display and comparison.

Frogwares' Dracula: Origin is a gothic adventure game, where you, as Professor Van Helsing, are devoted to the elimination of Dracula. Preventing Dracula from finding and using the antediluvian manuscript; you must help everyone who crossed paths with the count and refused to serve him.

X Motor Racing is an arcade racing game with next generation physics model, including all classes of cars from old RWD to modern sports cars, physics, and various graphical features. This demo includes 3 tracks, one car and is now updated with improved 3D tire simulation and engine code, customizable physics accuracy etc.

Haze puts you in the boots of a new recruit in the privately run Mantel army. Your conflict begins in a war-torn country where you have been sent to fight a vicious rebel faction, the Promise Hand. At first glance, all is well, but things quickly begin to look a little strange. Recently pushed back until the first half of 2008, Ubisoft's webstore product page now lists an August release.

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:

• Yakuza 3 [PS3] - Trailer #4 [JAP]
• Devil May Cry 4 [PS3/X360/PC] - Prologue Trailer
• Star Ocean 4 [ALL] - Teaser Trailer
• Age of Decadence - Trailer
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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.

Kingdom Under Fire: Circle of Doom will take the franchise in a new direction as developer BLUESIDE and series director Henry Lee plan to create a truly next-generation action-RPG, departing from their well-known action-RTS formula. Microsoft has released a 1.2GB demo, now on XBL Marketplace. If you haven't yet, check our recent KuF: CoD preview ...

Sudden Strike 3: Arms For Victory will push the boundaries of the RTS genre with some notable interface innovations, huge troop numbers and enormous map designs that will demonstrate that size does matter. This v1.2 patch contains numerous improvements and bug fixes, as well as two multiplayer maps (all control points can be captured only one time) and a single-player mission.

Art of Murder: FBI Confidential, created by by the team who made Schizm, Sentinel and Reah, is a point & click adventure where the player takes on the role of an FBI agent, whose task is to solve a series of macabre murders of wealthy, well-to-do citizens.

Amazon.com announced the 2007 holiday season finished as its best ever, with its busiest day being December 10. In the run up to Christmas, Amazon sold Wii systems at a rate of approximately 17 per second when they were in stock, with the top-selling games being Super Mario Galaxy (WII) and Call of Duty 4.

Bleach: Heat the Soul 5 is the latest installment in the anime fighting franchise. The PSP version features 3D cell shading graphics, new characters such as Battle Characters' Senna and Ulquiorra, as well as the ability to select multiple characters as allies, and use the Tag feature to have them participate, and not just be strikers.

Devil May Cry 4 is the 4th installment in Capcom's series starring Dante, the gunslinging demon hunter, and introducing a new hero, Nero, who possesses a demonic arm that can pull in enemies or use them as projectiles. Last week Sony revealed its special DMC 4 bundle, and now Microsoft announced it also will be releasing a special bundle (37800 yen/230 €/$331) which will include a 20Gb Xbox 360, HDMI support, remote and a wireless controller, on top of the actual game itself of course.

At Jump Festa 2008 in Japan, Namco Bandai unveiled its newest title in the Tales Of franchise, scheduled for release in 2008. Apart from the apparent cel shaded graphics, no details were revealed, not even the platform(s) it will appear on, although it is known that Kôsuke Fujishima, credited for Tales of Phantasia, Symphonia and The Abyss, will be in charge of the character design.

Super Smash Bros. Brawl is Nintendo's latest incarnation in the popular Super Smash Bros. series of titles, featuring all-new characters ranging from Kirby and Wario to Samus and even Metal Gear Solid's Snake.

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:

• Naruto: PS3 Project [PS3] - Trailer [JAP]
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Dragon Ball Z Burst Limit is Namco Bandai's next title in the DBZ franchise. Burst Limit will be similar to the DBZ: Budokai Tenkaichi series (published by Atari in Europe and North America) and have online multiplayer, be cut-scene driven and support 16/9.

Crystal Chronicles: The Little King and The Promised Land will detail the events after the original Crystal Chronicles, and will follow The Young King Leo as he rebuilds his kingdom after it was destroyed by the Miasme. Too young to leave the village, you will have to rely on mercenaries and adventurers to do the work for you.

In Exit you assume the role of Mr. Esc, a masked individual tasked with rescuing people from buildings under a time limit, avoiding various traps and solving puzzles.

Savage 2: A Tortured Soul mixes RTS with FPS, allowing players to to opt for either the fast-paced action of a shooter game, or the more tactical planning of a RTS game, with squad-based features and enhanced RPG elements. Delayed several times over, Savage 2 will be available January 16, 2008, when a demo will be made available. Until then, you can still sign up to join the beta...