Pandemic has constructed a whole new "playground of destruction" from the ground up, fully stocked with the hottest vehicles and weapons. Set in a new exotic hotspot, you can be your own boss in a wide-open world with only one rule: everybody pays.

Dragon Age: Origins represents BioWare’s return to its roots, delivering a fusion elements of existing fantasy works with emotionally-driven narrative, heart-pounding combat, powerful magic abilities and credible digital actors. The Dragon Age Toolset provides players with developer-grade tools that will allow them to produce their own epic stories and fate-defining conversations.

Valve let us know that every Rockstar game and games pack is currently available for a 50% savings, including the classic Grand Theft Auto and Max Payne games, but only this weekend, so have at it while they're cheap.

Later this fall Microsoft is overhauling the Xbox 360's dashboard, called the New Xbox Experience, changing the look of the user interface, adding new features, avatars and plenty more.

Nintendo has plenty in store to keep your Wii Remote and touch screen busy in the coming months. Whatever sort of games you like to play there is something for everyone. Wii owners will rock out with Wii Music, Animal Crossing, new Wiiware titles like Wario Land: The Shake Dimension, while NDS gamers get Professor Layton, Pokémon Ranger, Gauntlet, and plenty more ...

Kivi's Underworld is a casual, hack and slash game where you can explore the mysterious underworld as a mighty Warrior battling opponents toe to toe, rain down fire on your enemies with the dangerous Fire Mage, sneak disguised with stealth to confound your foes as a Scout, unleash the fury of the Berserker, or adventure with any of the other sixteen playable characters.

MTV and Harmonix announced that next week's addition to the Rock Band Music Store will be the Red Hot Chili Peppers' Blood Sugar Sex Magik album (1600 Microsoft Points/$20 for the full album, or 160 Microsoft Points/$2 per song), excluding the Give It Away tracks which is already included on the RB 2 disc.

Geon is a fast paced arcade sports/collect ‘em up played in a world that consists of a semi transparent geometric grid covered with hundreds of small spherical pellets of energy.

Rockstar's open-ended crime series returns the franchise to New York with Grand Theft Auto IV, situated around the mysterious protagonist Nikolai. Rockstar and Microsoft are teaming up for a GTA IV Xbox Live Weekend starting today until Sunday, giving North American and Canadian Gold members a chance to win exclusive prize packages just for playing with friends on Xbox Live.

BioWare is creating a stylish blend of strategy and speed for Sonic’s first RPG, Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood, mixing a rich story, hand-painted visuals, fast-paced team combat, and wireless collectible trading into a uniquely compelling adventure.