Shadow The Hedgehog, an exciting new spin-off from SEGA’s best-selling Sonic The Hedgehog series, is currently in development at SEGA Studio USA, under the direction of Takashi Iizuka, lead developer of Sonic Adventure, Sonic Adventure 2/ Battle, and Sonic Heroes.

TimeShift is an innovative FPS in which players control time to complete missions and defeat foes, is in development by Saber Interactive. TimeShift will leverage first-of-its-kind gameplay abilities and functionality, the latest graphics technology, and high production values to create a truly unique action game experience.

Outsource Media today announced that it has created the voice of Pac-Man – the world’s most recognised videogame character for publisher Namco Hometek, in the forthcoming Pac-Man World 3. In celebration of the 25th Anniversary of the global gaming icon, Pac-Man’s verbal abilities have been vastly expanded from its two famous sounds – “wocka wocka” - to a full vocabulary with a voice provided by Martin T. Sherman.

Full Spectrum Warrior: Ten Hammers builds upon the ground-breaking, genre-blending game play of the original, integrating an all new robust multiplayer system, player-controlled coalition forces, mechanized units and enhanced character abilities and advanced enemy A.I. Full Spectrum Warrior: Ten Hammers is scheduled to release this winter.

According to NPD's annual gaming report, PS2 and Xbox online gamers indicated an increased willingness to pay for online game play, as well as interest in paying for downloadable content. So while consoles are making gain, PC gamers who play online has experienced a two percentage point decline in usage penetration since last year.

Da Vinci Experience is a major adventure and investigation game, the first game created about the life and work of Leonardo da Vinci. It offers players the opportunity to grapple with the mysteries of the codes hidden within the works of the great Italian genius.

Auto Assault combines vehicular combat with role-playing elements. Players explore a post-apocalyptic future in customizable cars, motorcycles, semis and even tanks. Players battle other players both in arenas and in epic race vs. race wars for control of the regions in a devastated Earth.

In a surprise announcement, German publisher dtp revealed today that it has signed True Crime 2 and Tony Hawk: American Wasteland on the PC, scheduled for Q1 2006. No North American announcement, release date, or publisher, has been announced yet. True Crime: New York City will follow gang member turned NYPD officer Marcus Reed through the meticulously re-created streets of a real-life metropolitan area.

Comic Book Creator's Self-Publishing software will allow a gamer or comic book enthusiast the opportunity to "Make Your Own Comic". You, as the artist will now be able to easily self-publish and share your own comic book adventure captured and created from your PC based video game play.

Tri Synergy announced today it has signed a distribution agreement with Cenega to bring UFO: Aftershock to North American retailers. UFO: Aftershock features a vastly improved tactical and RPG design and a wide variety of new features.