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

Swords will be honed and weapons optimized in Soulcalibur IV, as it delivers new gameplay modes, characters and enhanced features with unprecedented 3D modeling and animation, making it the definitive fighting game experience. Namco Bandai will be offering Yoda ($6) and Darth Vader (400 points) as downloads on the respective platforms starting Oct. 23.

With its large range of features Runes of Magic: Rise of the Demon Lord will redefine the standard of free-to-play MMO games. Even at the beginning Runes of Magic conveys its absorbing story in over 600 quests embedded in an atmospheric world.

EA Black Box's Need for Speed Undercover is an intense action racing title taking the franchise back to its roots and re-introduces breakneck cop chases, the world's hottest cars and spectacular highway battles. Black Box sent us the first details about the all-new multiplayer mode Cops and Robbers.

X³: Terran Conflict is a brand new, stand-alone game set in the universe of X³. It is the culmination of the X trilogy, with a grand finale that takes us all the way back to Earth's own solar system.

Game Factory Interactive announces Clutch, a hardcore vehicular combat racing game developed by Targem Games, known for Hard Truck Apocalypse and Battle Mages.

Tale of Tales' The Path is a short horror story inspired by fairy tales examining the dark side things. What really happened to Little Red Riding Hood in those dark and scary woods?

Resistance 2 will feature 8-player, story-driven online co-op separate from the regular single-player campaign, 60-player online PvP (Heavy, Special Ops, Medic classes) and more vehicles, including The Chameleon, a Stalker with full cloak.

A jolly easy-going girl starts for a well-known trip to her grandmother, as we all remember it by a classic fairy-tale by Charles Perrault. Not everyone knows what difficulties she has faced on her way. To bake patties, you have to pick up berries, get flour and milk and knead dough – and that’s just a beginning.

A new study conducted by Sony Online Entertainment, published exclusively in the new November issue of Family Circle magazine, suggests parents across America are seeing improvements in hand/eye coordination, problem solving and typing skills.