nDreams Ltd, founded by SCi/Eidos' former creative director Patrick O’Luanaigh, announces Venus Redemption, an episodic casual game created for 30+ female gamers, with a rich plot written by a noted novelist, featuring a powerful storyline, deep characters, emotion-based interactive conversations and exciting adventure gameplay.

City Interactive's Overspeed, developed by Groove Games, gives the player an opportunity of participating in illegal street-races in the USA - the tracks invite you to speed down the L.A. avenues at night-time. A wide scale of tuning options is one of the most important game elements.

Microsoft unveiled Microsoft Surface, a new category of surface computing products from Microsoft that turns an ordinary tabletop into a vibrant, dynamic surface that provides effortless interaction with all forms of digital content through natural gestures, touch and physical objects.

Juiced 2: Hot Import Nights features unparalleled vehicle customization, an adrenaline packed drift racing experience and ultra-realistic Driver DNA.

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:

• Shadowrun (X360/PC)
• Crush (PSP)
• Atelier Iris 3: Grand Phantasm (PS2)
• Mortal Kombat: Armageddon (Wii)
• Tamagotchi: Party On! (Wii)
• UFO: Extraterrestrials (PC)
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Super Smash Bros. Brawl is Nintendo's latest incarnation in the popular Super Smash Bros. series of titles. Super Smash Bros. Brawl for the Wii will feature all new characters ranging from Kirby and Wario to Samus, and even Metal Gear Solid's Snake.

Forge of Freedom allows players to refight the American Civil War from either side in this grand strategy wargame. This v1.923 update includes 2 new scenarios, more historical orders of battle and historical economic and population levels, and a vastly improved AI opponent.

Matrix Games has released a new patch for its naval warfare sim Harpoon 3: Advanced Naval Warfare, adding a streamlined game interface, tweaked and improved gameplay, and reinforcing Harpoon 3’s level of realism.

In Crysis, shooter fans will face a new kind of gameplay challenge requiring adaptive tactics and customization of weapons and armor in dynamic, hostile environments as mankind struggles to survive in the face of a horrific alien invasion.

GameFlood announced a new mod and mapmaking contest allowing users to submit, nominate, and vote for their favorite mods and maps, with a chance to win a share of $25,000 in cash and prizes and gain recognition from developers, and gamers.