PopCap Games announced that James Gwertzman, longtime senior business development executive with the company, has been promoted to Vice President of Asia/Pacific and has relocated to Shanghai to direct PopCap’s expanding operations throughout the Asia/Pacific region.

GarageGames' Fallen Empire: Legions is a first person shooter that combines distinctive freedom of movement with fast paced first-person combat to create strategic, team-oriented gameplay. Fans interested in participating need to sign up for a free InstantAction acct.

Viva Piñata: Trouble in Paradise invites gamers to return to magical Piñata Island. Unfortunately, not all is well on the island, as Professor Pester along with his gang of Ruffians have wiped out Piñata Central’s computer records, which poses a threat to parties everywhere.

Begin your odyssey at the dawn of life as a simple microbe just trying to survive, then evolve the creature from its microscopic origins into an intelligent, tool-using race, becoming a global civilization and choose whether to hunt or forage, attack or trade, be nice or play rough! The Spore Galactic Edition includes the game, Making of DVD, How to Build a Better Being DVD, The Art of mini-book, Spore poster, and a 100-page Galactic Handbook.

The team that brought Final Fantasy III to NDS comes together once again to breathe new life into a classic, Final Fantasy IV for DS will feature full 3D graphics, fully voiced dramatic cut scenes, and added content.

Another day, another batch of games shipped to stores. Instead of giving them all their own posts, we grouped them, and so far there are announcements for:

• Alone in the Dark (PS2/Wii/X360/PC)
• Cake Mania 2 (NDS)
• Final Fantasy Tactics A2: Grimoire of the Rift (NDS)
• Hail to the Chimp (PS3/X360)
• Hellboy: The Science of Evil (PSP/PS3/X360)
• Mega Man Star Force 2 (NDS)
• Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Heroes 2: The Phantom Fortress (PSP)
• Overlord: Raising Hell (PS3)
• Top Spin 3 (NDS/Wii/PS3/X360)
• Wacky Races: Crash & Dash (NDS/Wii)
• WALL-E (NDS/PSP/PS2/Wii/PS3/X360)
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  We will update this throughout the day when new announcements become available. Read more for details ...

Asda Story is a free to play colorful, bright and cheerful fantasy-style anime 3D MMORPG game that features a unique 'Soul Mate System,' giving two players the ability to team up, wear unique costumes and use special skills, while the 'Real Costume System' gives players extensive personalization and design options.

French publisher Ubisoft keeps on opening new studios all over the world, and announced it is opening shop in Brazil to start yet another new game studio, Ubisoft São Paulo, which will initially focus on creating NDS titles aimed at girls between the age of 8 and 14. Ubisoft further plans to open up additional studios in Rio de Janeiro and Florianópolis.

Safecracker is a puzzle adventure game that requires you to use your wits, deductive reasoning, and puzzle solving skills to crack the master safe! Hired by the wealthy family of recently deceased billionaire, Duncan W. Adams, you must find the deed to his riches in one of 35 extraordinary safes.

Hardened shooter veterans will find a wealth of options in their arsenal in Novastrike, a sci-fi war zone that puts players in the cockpit of an experimental Scythe fighter against an onslaught by the world-conquering Draelus. Tiki Games is working on an update to add a new difficulty mode, a secondary control layout, 15 trophies, a Fine-Aim mode, etc.