What’s summer without a little fun in the sun? Grab your toy soldiers and watch out for monkeys as you dive into three great new downloadable games and game add-ons, coming to Xbox LIVE Arcade. Microsoft is also discounting albums, track packs and songs for Rock Band, Guitar Hero 5, Band Hero and Lips.

In Diablo II players return to a dark world plagued by evil forces. After possessing the body of the hero who defeated him, Diablo resumes his nefarious scheme to shackle humanity into unholy slavery by joining forces with the other Prime Evils, Mephisto and Baal.

Miner Wars is a 6DOF underground and space shooter played in a fully destructible environment and is a combination of single player story game and MMO.

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:

• APB: All Points Bulletin (PC)
• The Last Airbender (NDS/Wii)
• LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4 (NDS/PSP/Wii/PS3/X360/PC)
• Naughty Bear (PS3/X360)
• Singularity (PS3/X360/PC)
• Sniper: Ghost Warrior (X360/PC)

We will update this throughout the day when new announcements become available. Read more for details ...

Natsume Inc. announced that the company will be exhibiting some of its key 2010 titles at the Anime Expo from Thursday, July 1st, through Sunday, July 4th.

Pangya is a casual online multiplayer golf game that simulates the exciting sport of golf in an anime-inspired style with an immersive fantastical storyline.

Beginning July 16 with a large-scale kick-off event in Liberty State Park in New Jersey and culminating in a national championship event in Los Angeles Sept. 3-5, the Wii Games: Summer 2010 competition will include tournament events in 24 markets across the nation.

GOG.com has signed a digital distribution agreement with Presto Studios, expanding its catalog with the second entry in the adventure games series The Journeyman Project 2: Buried in Time for only $5.99 and completely DRM-free.

Puzzle Agent combines accessible Professor Layton-inspired puzzling with generous doses of Nordic folklore, enigmatic gnomes, and dark David Lynch and Coen brothers sensibilities.

PAX is a three-day celebration of games and gamer culture. The festival includes an exhibition floor filled with playable builds of upcoming tabletop, console and computer games; a conference program of game industry speakers; music concerts; freeplay areas; industry parties; game tournaments and more.