The new Game Room on Xbox LIVE, which will be the place to relive the glory days of arcade games, with over 1000 games being released throughout the next three years. Microsoft stated that "new games will be added to the service every week, starting in late April," but in the meantime they are requesting feedback so they can improve the service as well as "feedback on the current set of games and the games you’d like to see in the future."

Blacklight: Tango Down is a fast-paced FPS based in a new fictional universe called Blacklight. The game's near-future setting is brought to life with disturbingly detailed and old-world architecture dripping with modern sci-fi lighting and brightly lit advertisements, an effect that causes each environment to appear both futuristically alien as well as hauntingly familiar.

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:

• Splinter Cell: Conviction [ALL] - Launch  Trailer
• Dead to Rights: Retribution [ALL] - Behind the Game Trailer
• UFC Undisputed 2010 [ALL] - Combat System Trailer

We will update this throughout the day when new trailers become available. Read more for download links ...

Encounter unprecedented depth across six distinct fields of medicine: play as a general surgeon, diagnostician, E.M.T., orthopedic surgeon, endoscope technician, and medical examiner. Follow the story as never before with all-new dynamic story sequences inspired by Japanese animation and comics; each dramatic chapter comes vividly to life with distinct style!

Tournament of Legends is a weapon and magic based 3D-fight game featuring some of the biggest playable characters on Wii. Each fighter is based on a legend from world mythology:  the Minotaur, a powerful Gladiator, Gorgon, Stone Golem, Valkyrie and other well-known and powerful characters.

Mythical Legend is a 2D game where players alternate turns with their opponents. Based on a classic, ancient Chinese fantasy novel called Fengshen Bang (The Investiture of the Gods), Mythical Legend offers gamers a combination of a comic and classical Chinese-style game, with PvP gameplay.

EA Sports 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa will feature all the emotion and passion of the fiercest national rivalries battling on the world’s biggest stage, with all 199 national teams that took part in qualification, all 10 official stadiums to be used in South Africa and stadiums from each qualifying region. The free feature/service allows you to replay crucial moments from the actual tournament hours after games have been played.

Red Dead Redemption is a Western epic, set at the turn of the 20th century when the lawless and chaotic badlands began to give way to the expanding reach of government and the spread of the Industrial Age. The story of former outlaw, John Marston, Red Dead Redemption takes players on a great adventure across the American frontier.

Darksiders is an action/adventure game that gives players the ability to experience the supernatural destructive power of WAR, one of the four horsemen of the apocalypse, as he explores a demon ravaged world -- seeking revenge and ultimate redemption with a vast array of modern and mythical weaponry. THQ and Vigil Games has confirmed to us that is bringing the console game to PC, which is currently being optimized and will include increased graphical quality.

Hearts of Iron III will follow the series' tradition of most detailed and complete strategic game on WW2 while focusing on satisfying veteran players through a multitude of new features and systems, including a huge map with more than 10,000 provinces.

Blade Kitten, based on Steve Stamatiadis' comic book series, is an action adventure game that invites players into the world of Hollow Wish, where they take on the role of Kit Ballard, one of the best bounty hunters in the business.

The game is an extension and expression of Green Day’s most-defining albums and key moments throughout their career to date. It will feature likenesses of Green Day members Billie Joe Armstrong, Mike Dirnt, and Tré Cool, as well as select venues and art specific to the band's history.

Super Street Fighter IV features the full roster of 25 characters from Street Fighter IV such as Ryu, Ken, Crimson Viper, Abel, El Fuerte and Rufus, while adding about eight characters new to the world of Street Fighter IV, such as classic combatants from previous SF games like T. Hawk as well as all-new characters such as the mysterious and deadly female fighter, Juri.

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:

• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Stimulus Package (Xbox 360)
• Samurai Shodown Sen (Xbox 360)
• Cabela's Monster Buck Hunter (Wii)

We will update this throughout the day when new announcements become available. Read more for details ...

Arc Rise Fantasia is a new turn-based RPG with a beautiful, anime-inspired Japanese art style. Players will jump into the shoes of L’Arc, a calm and composed mercenary, who sets out to defend the Meridian Empire from an impending invasion of ferocious creatures.

Naughty Bear is a cheeky action game featuring a unique blend of comic mischief and astonishingly bad behavior. You take on the role of Naughty Bear, a bear driven to seek vengeance after the other bears don’t invite him to the big birthday party, and is now hell bent on manipulating and terrorizing the blissful bears inhabiting the Island of Perfection.

Raskulls is an entirely original and exciting puzzle platformer with a rich single-player campaign and an incredibly addictive online multiplayer component.

The Swarm is a 3D action/adventure game, where the player will face the challenge of surviving in a wasted Moscow that shows the scars of the alien attack, defending himself against other humans looking for scraps of food, and from the dangerous aliens. Renamed into MorphX on the X360, the PC edition is said to have been canceled according to a PR rep for 505 Games, even though a Russian demo was released way back.

Mytheon is an online micro transaction game that uniquely combines the best elements of action, strategy and RPG game-play with an emphasis on collectability and combat, set within a fantasy universe steeped in mythologies from across the globe.

Playlogic announced that its internal development studio, Playlogic Game Factory, is developing new motion control enabled products with Sony Computer Entertainment Europe.

A virtual gadget – a simple marker – is the hook between the player and the cartoon styled boy Max, who has to face, confront, and control himself in a classical Jump`n Run setting within a fantastic children’s book environment.

Frazer Nash has obtained the exclusive worldwide rights to develop and publish interactive entertainment games based on the British-made Parkland Pictures film The Heavy, directed and created by Marcus Warren, a political crime thriller about family rivalry and betrayal.

Scourge of War: Gettysburg is a Civil War combat command simulation, where you not only will be able to test themselves against the AI, online play will now make this one of the best strategic and tactical internet game challenges to date. Command your troops from the U.S. Army side, or attack Gettysburg as the Confederate rebels.

KillSkill is an absorbing multiplayer online third person shooter with RPG elements. The story of KillSkill unfolds in the distant future on the inhabited colonial planet & space stations. The players will engage each other in a fight to the death and will opposite to inimical alien races.

Iris Online is a 3D MMORPG set in a fantasy world where three races, human, spirit, and half-beast co-exist. While cute and charming on the exterior, Iris is a fully-featured MMORPG, including instanced dungeons with special PvP areas for players to explore and conquer, 22 dungeon themes and a monster summoning system!

With extra large screens, built-in software, and a full size, easy to hold stylus, the Nintendo DSi XL proves that the portable gaming experience just grew up.

April Fool's Day is quietly approaching, and I'm already on the lookout for early pranks. We've been quite good at avoiding any trickery over the past few years, but I always get extra suspicious right around this time. Some of the jokes are quite intricate, and I do enjoy reading about them, but hate to get fooled myself.

Didn't get much watching done last night. We had some company over, but we did manage to watch the 3rd episode of The Pacific, and while there was as good as no war-time action, it was still a powerful ep., showing a more behind-the-scenes look of what went on while GIs were on leave.