Microïds announced that it has acquired the intellectual rights of the former Cryo video games catalogue as well as the Cryo brands such as the historical adventure games series like Atlantis, Jules Verne (Return to Mysterious Island, Journey to the Center of the Moon and Secrets of Nautilus) and Egypt, but also games like Hellboy, Salammbo or Thorgal.

Meridian4 and Hermitworks Entertainment Corporation announced their unique, habit-forming action/trading game; Space Trader: Merchant Marine has gone gold.

Mata Hari as a classic point-and-click PC adventure game that will tell a story based on the legendary dancer and spy, Mata Hari. The story and game design will be created by Hanover-based studio, 4Head.

Global Conflicts: Latin America is a mix of the role-playing and adventure genres but is based on real personal accounts from people living in the region. The game puts you in the place of a freelance journalist who must write revealing articles about major problems in Latin American countries.

Nintendo added two classics and two WiiWare title to the Wii's Shop Channel. Wii owners with online access can redeem Wii Points to download: Tetris Party (Wiiware), The Incredible Maze (Wiiware), Secret of Mana (VC), and Street Fighter II: Special Champion Edition (VC).

Relive the original 2D classic Mega Man experience with maniacally themed environments, power-ups, and classically inspired bosses, each with their own unique weapons and weaknesses. As promised, Capcom is releasing the second downloadable content packs this week, adding Hard Mode, Expert Mode, and Special Time Attack Stage.

Tom Clancy's EndWar is a next-gen strategy game, set on the battlefields of WWIII, that will push the envelope of technology, showcasing unprecedented AI, graphics, physics and animations.

Set in a modern day survival-horror universe, the co-operative gameplay of Left 4 Dead casts four "Survivors" in an epic struggle against hordes of swarming zombies and terrifying "Boss Infected" mutants.

Following the latest presidential debate on Oct. 15, casual games platform NeoEdge asked its players how they planned to vote in the upcoming election. According to the poll, Sen. Barack Obama (59%) has widened his lead among casual games -- an overwhelming majority of which are women -- over Sen. John McCain (32%).

SF IV features a mix of returning favorites such as Ryu, Ken, Chun-Li and Guile along with new characters created for this game, such as Crimson Viper, Abel, El Fuerte, and Rufus. Characters and environments are rendered in stylized 3D, while the game is played in the classic 2D perspective with additional 3D camera flourishes.