For the first time you will have the freedom to define your own character, story and style based on the choices you make, the paths you choose and the style of skating you use on the proving grounds from Philadelphia and Baltimore to Washington, D.C.

Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2 will feature changing climate, improved AI, an advanced Cross-Com system, air strikes from jet fighters, new weapons and a new soldier class, the Medic. The game also features an innovative PhysX hardware bonus level that delivers an action-packed, physics-intensive mission available exclusively to owners of the AGEIA PhysX accelerator.

Another day, another batch of game trailers was released. Instead of giving them all their own posts, we grouped them, and so far there are trailers for:

• DIRT: Colin McRae Off-Road [ALL] - Replay System Trailer
• Pro Cycling Manager 2007 - Trailer [French]
• Ultima Online: Kingdom Reborn - Trailer
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  We will update this throughout the day when new trailers become available. Read more for download links ...

Telltale and Valve today announced that Sam & Max: Season 1, Telltale's flagship episodic series, is now available on Steam for $8.95. Sam & Max: Season 1 is a story-driven game series starring a dog and rabbity-thing detective duo that dishes out their own brand of justice.

SouthPeak Games has confirmed that Monster Madness: Battle For Suburbia has been certified as an official Games for Windows title. This certification cements Monster Madness as being compatible with a range of hardware configurations as well as guaranteeing that the game lives up to Microsoft's security and stability standards.

Death Track: Resurrection is a combat racing title that plunges players into the not too distant future when the world is in chaos. The population is tired of traditional sports. Replaced by far more aggressive, violent and thrilling types of entertainment the public screams for more.

NCsoft and Cryptic Studios are bringing back one of the most popular in-game events that City of Heroes and City of Villains has ever seen: The Double XP Weekend. From June 15 to June 17, all City of Heroes and City of Villains players will get double the usual XP, Influence and Infamy when they take on adventures and battle crime or cause mayhem.

DIRT: Colin McRae Off-Road is set to be the most diverse and exhilarating off-road racing experience ever with sensational gravel, mud and dirt events the world over.

In PGR 4, you can tear through the streets of stunning Quebec and Nürburgring. These two locations, along with Shanghai and St. Petersburg, are four of 10 locations that will be available in PGR 4.

Star Assault is a space exploration action game, a mixture of Wing Commander and Battlestar Galactica. Throughout the game you have to complete 30 breathtaking missions, in between which you spend most of the time on a space station or a carrier equipping your space craft with lasers, rockets, shields, or different propulsions.

Ace Combat 6: Fires of Liberation goes online via Xbox Live for the first time, where players will be able to experience Ace Combat on a massive worldwide scale as it features an in-depth multi-player online experience that includes a variety of action-packed online modes.

Lost Planet is a sci-fi action shooter set within the merciless frozen tundra of a hostile planet, humans struggle for survival as conflicts arise between man, the surrounding indigenous creatures and the monstrous beings that have invaded. Capcom will release the 3rd multiplayer map pack (Lost Technology, Ruins and Ice Drop) Thursday, June 21, coming in at 400 Microsoft points.

dtp announces Memento Mori, the new PC adventure game featuring two main characters. With the help of Larisa Svetlova and Maxim Durand, it's the player's task to disclose the secret of the St. Petersburg art theft, a mysterious Finnish order and its machinations.

Hellgate: London is an RPG set in the immersive first-person perspective. With a completely randomized world that offers a unique experience every time you play, Hellgate: London introduces a demon-ridden place where the last survivors of the human race must meld science and magic to survive.

Electronic Arts announced that Boogie will be released for the Wii on August 7, 2007 in North America and August 31, 2007 in Europe. The game will ship to retail stores with a packed-in karaoke microphone peripheral and feature new versions of tracks made popular by bands like The Jackson 5, Kool & The Gang, M.C. Hammer, The Village People, Cyndi Lauper and Britney Spears.

With Ozzy Osbourne's newly released I Don't Wanna Stop single on the soundtrack, and Tennessee Titans quarterback Vince Young on the cover, Madden NFL 08 looks to be back better than ever...

Planet Puzzle League is a puzzle game featuring different-colored blocks on the playing field, and a two-block cursor that is controlled by the player. The goal is to cursor on blocks and drags left or right with the stylus to swap their positions, when three or more of the same-colored blocks line up, they disappear.

A fantasy voyage through the great mythologies, Loki, an action/RPG, allows you to take on the role of one of the 4 heroes of the game, each drawn from a different mythology : a mighty Norse fighter, a fierce Greek warrior, a powerful Egyptian magician or an Aztec shaman who masters the secrets of the spirit world.

Showtime Boxing utilises the Wii's innovative control schemes to put you in absolute of your boxer's attack and defence. Throw punches, dummy, dodge, block and duck all using the Wii Remote for the ultimate console boxing experience.

Ankh is a point and click adventure game in development over at German Deck 13. You play as Assil, a young Egyptian man in trouble, making his way through treacherous Cairo, avoiding evil Pharaohs, crocodiles and assassins, to lift his own death curse. This v1.0.1 patch fxes various Vista issues, but only works for the retail editions.

Transformers: The Game lets gamers control the outcome in the battle for Earth as they choose to protect it as Autobots or destroy it as Decepticons. Players will also experience the unstoppable power and massive scale of their favorite Robots in Disguise such as Bumblebee, Barricade and others.

Mass Effect is a science-fiction action-RPG created by BioWare, previously known for Jade Empire, KotoR, and Neverwinter Nights. Mass Effect will deliver an immersive story driven gameplay experience with stunning visual fidelity.

Based on the feature film, Spider-Man 3 allows players to experience the actions of heroic red-suited Spider-Man and, for the first time ever, his darker, more mysterious black-suited persona.

Valve's trilogy of episodic single player gaming continues with Episode Two where, armed with new weaponry and vehicles, Dr. Gordon Freeman must race through a countryside riddled with an increasingly fierce Combine threat. After previously canceling The Black Box, Valve comfirmed that Half-Life 2: The Orange Box will be released on October 9, 2007, at $49.99 for the PC version and $59.99 for the X360 and PS3 editions

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:

• Commander: Europe at War (PC)
• The Sims Pet Stories (PC)
• Zendoku (NDS)
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  We will update this throughout the day when new announcements become available. Read more for details ...

Super Smash Bros. Brawl is Nintendo's latest incarnation in the popular Super Smash Bros. series of titles featuring all new characters ranging from Kirby and Wario to Samus, and even Metal Gear Solid's Snake.