First Planet Company announced the results of the public auction of the Crystal Palace Space Station. The winning bidder acquired the property for a record-breaking $330,000.00 USD., breaking its own previous record (listed in the Guinness World Records book in 2008) when another piece of property in the Planet Calypso game was bought for $100,000 USD.

Back to the old routine, which is not always a bad thing. Slow news days are rather boring, so while the light news during the holidays was a welcome reprieve from the daily madness, I'm equally happy when things go back to normal.

Played a bit more Torchlight and, of course, CrimeCraft, and looking forward to check out Divinity II. Maybe I'll get an extra copy of Darksiders; been hearing good things about it.

We were debating between watching Up or Echelon Conspiracy, but eventually settled on the newest episode of NCIS. We're lazy!

Rage of the Gladiator is a first person fantasy fighting game where you control a gladiator, fighting for your life in an arena. Armed with your magical warhammer and a trusty shield, you must defeat fantastic bosses including a Chimera, Beholder, and a Dragon.

BattleForge is a new fantasy online RTS game where you assemble your own army with collectible trading cards. Win, trade and buy your cards online to create your ultimate deck.

Deadly Premonition is a third-person survival horror action game which puts players in the role of the intuitive FBI Agent Francis York Morgan. In the process of investigating a murder, players will examine a series of interlocking mysteries in a remote rural town and will encounter an array of complex characters pivotal to the unraveling of the storyline’s mystery.

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:

• Star Trek Online [PC] - Exploration Trailer
• Trauma Team [Wii] - Gameplay Trailer
• Army of Two: 40th Day [ALL] - Multiplayer Trailer

We will update this throughout the day when new trailers become available. Read more for download links ...

LEGO Universe, MMO developed by NetDevil, will include expansive social and community features, as well as character advancement where you'll be able to customize your mini-figs and interact in the universe as any character you choose.

S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat unfolds shortly after the end of S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl. Having discovered about the open path to the Zone center, the government decides to hold a large-scale military "Fairway" operation aimed to take the CNPP under control.

Matt Hazard: Blood Bath and Beyond is a flood of carnage that the classic 8-bit side-scroller era didn’t want gamers to see.  Recreated today with next-gen 3D graphics, it’s nonstop run-and-gun action at its finest. Take a suspenseful ride in single player or co-op through a pirate hideout, an ancient Japanese castle, the Old West, Siberian ice mines, and even the moon

As everyone looks ahead to the possibilities in store for 2010, Nintendo of America is looking to extend the glow of the holidays with some fresh December sales information.