2K Sports has signed three-time NHL All-Star and captain of the Columbus Blue Jackets, Rick Nash, as the cover athlete and spokesman for NHL 2K9. Visual Concepts has taken over the development and are building a brand new experience from the ground up to create an additively fun sport simulation of the NHL.

Summon Night: Twin Age is a fully stylus-driven action RPG set in the popular Summon Night universe featuring beautifully animated graphics, and addictive action RPG gameplay. The stylus is your key to the world of Clardona, whether as your swinging sword or your shimmering wall of fire.

Women's Murder Club: Death in Scarlet, which features the characters from the WMC books and an all-new, never-before-seen storyline, is a thrilling seek-and-find adventure letting fans experience the suspense of James Patterson’s stories interactively.

Order Up!, developed by SuperVillain Studios, is a full-featured cooking and restaurant management video game that promises players a much richer and more entertaining experience by expanding beyond basic slice and dice gameplay.

High Impact Games is working on a new installment in the Ratchet & Clank series, but this time Clank is going solo. As it has not yet officially been announced details are thin, but in Secret Agent Clank, Ratchet has been imprisoned and you have to clear his name by going all James Bond spy-like.

Check out the following new screens and trailers from Konami's 2008 Gamers Night lineup:

• 'Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia' (NDS) Announced - Screens
• 'Lost in Blue: Shipwrecked!' (Wii) Announced - Screens
• 'Silent Hill: Homecoming' (PS3/X360) - 14 New Screens
• 'Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots' (PS3) Bundle Confirmed for North America
• 'Rock Revolution' (NDS/Wii/PS3/X360) Announced - Facts, Features, Screens & Trailer
• 'Hellboy: The Science of Evil' (PSP/PS3/X360) - 8 New Screens & Trailer
• 'New International Track & Field' (NDS) - 12 New Screens & Trailer
• 'DanceDanceRevolution X' (PS2) Announced - Screens & Trailer
• 'Metal Gear Online (PS3) - 13 New Screens
• 'Critter Round-Up' (Wii) - 30 New Screens
• 'DDR Universe 3' (X360) Announced - Facts, Features, Screens & Trailer
• 'DanceDanceRevolution Hottest Party 2' (Wii) Announced - Screens & Trailer
• 'Lost in Blue 3' (NDS) - 7 New Screens

Sharpen your blades and relive past grudges with the start of the definitive console 3-D fighting franchise. Prove your worth against the world with dozens of leaderboards spanning every character and mode. Hone your fighting instincts in Arcade, Survival and Training modes or challenge a friend in local-play Versus mode

From 21 to 24 August 2008, the Leipzig Exhibition Centre hosts the 7th Games Convention. With considerably more than 500 exhibitors (2007: 503 exhibitors), the fair organizers expect another record. Interest is particularly strong among international game publishers and developers.

Last night SEGA gathered the press in San Francisco to announce its multi-title agreement with Platinum Games (former Capcom/Clover developers). While the fourth title remains a secret (by Resident Evil creator Shinji Mikami), MadWorld (Wii), Bayonetta (PS3/X360), and Infinite Line (NDS) were announced.

An expansion to Warhammer: Mark of Chaos for the PC, Warhammer: Mark of Chaos - Battle March builds upon the game's tactical foundation to offer new units for each army as well as an original campaign and new online modes. The Xbox 360 version, a standalone game that also include the original content from Warhammer: Mark of Chaos, is scheduled for later this year.

Blast Works: Build, Fuse & Destroy, is a frenetic geometric side-scrolling shooter that lets players craft the game to their liking by building their own levels, ships and enemy ships. In addition, players can absorb the pieces and weapons of destroyed enemy ships to bolster their own defenses during battle.

CBS CEO Leslie Moonves announced that it has agreed to buy online technology news and entertainment company CNet Networks Inc. for about $1.75 billion, which includes News.com, TV.com, Mp3.com, MySimon and GameSpot.

MGS4: Guns of the Patriots is set in a war-torn future where huge conglomerates, including those in the Middle East and South America, fight for supremacy using armies of hand-picked mercenaries.

It has been rumored quite a few times already that while Bungie may be taking a break from the Halo franchise, it doesn't mean a fourth installment is out of the question. On the contrary, Brothers in Arms developer Gearbox Software, who ported the original Halo to PC, is said to be secretly working on Halo 4. According to The Space Oddity the game will be a prequel, possibly titled Halo: Forerunner, and an announcement is to be expected very soon.

Paradox Interactive has signed Mount & Blade, a single-player, third- or first-person action/role-playing game with a focus on medieval combat. A new beta demo is also available...

High-end flight simulation developer Shockwave Productions has rebranded its corporate name to Air to Air Simulations in order to avoid any further confusion with online gaming website Shockwave.

The Sims 2: IKEA Home Stuff brings a selection of must-have items from IKEA to key living spaces in your Sims’ home focused on the bedroom, the living room and the home office. Now you can give your Sims’ home a makeover with new furniture and décor based on stylish designs by IKEA!

Set in a seriously twisted fantasy world, Overlord: Raising Hell is an action adventure that has players being ruthless, determined, and even a little despotic as they pillage lands and conquer kingdoms in order to be proclaimed the all-powerful Overlord. Codemastes has released a demo for its twisted fantasy game on PlayStation Network.

Back in 2006 Texas based Anascape Ltd. filed suit against Nintendo and Microsoft for infringing on one of its patents (3D controller with vibration) it had filed in 2000. While Microsoft immediately settled out of court, Nintendo decided to go all the way and fight the lawsuit. Now Federal court has ruled in favor of Anascape and awarded it a settlement of $21 million. Nintendo plans to file an appeal in order to reduce the penalty.

Space Chimps, based on the upcoming CGI-animated movie, is a 1-2 player action/adventure game that chronicles the quest of Ham and Luna as they overcome the perils of an alien planet in search of Earth's lost Infinity Space Probe.