A record-breaking 136 projects are fighting for a share of 3 million Danish Kroner (approx. 550,000 USD) in the second round of applications for grants from this year’s Nordic game development pool. Only about six applicants will be successful.

Rift: Planes of Telara is a graphically stunning online game is set in a world being torn apart by dimensional “rifts” that tear into the land of Telara, releasing powerful forces that threaten the very existence of the entire universe.

Live and breathe as Ezio, now a legendary master assassin, in his struggle against the Templar order. Lead your own brotherhood of assassins and strike at the heart of the enemy, Rome.

WH 40k: Dawn of War II takes players to the brutal frontlines of war where they’ll experience intense action and visceral combat through a non-linear single player experience and a fully co-op campaign. Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II – Retribution  adds a multiple-race single player campaign, new multiplayer units, maps and an entire new playable faction.

The Ball is a first person action-adventure game featuring a full single-player experience. As a swashbuckling archaeologist working on the slopes of a dormant volcano somewhere in Mexico, you get stuck in a cavern. It doesn’t take long before you realize this is more than just a cave.

Civilization V reinvigorates the classic turn-based strategy genre with a new engine built from the ground-up. Players are introduced to a new combat system, deeper diplomatic interactions and a cavalcade of expanded features that deliver a fully immersive experience.

Kinect, previously known as Project Natal, is the controller-free gaming and entertainment experience from Microsoft for its Xbox 360 console. Earlier today Konami revealed its launch titles, and now Microsoft has unveiled the entire list of titles you'll be able to wave at upon launch.

Trine 2 is an physics-based action platformer that takes the original's beloved triad (the powerful knight, the swift rogue, and the crafty wizard) and puts them into an all-new adventure filled with more action, more puzzles, and the introduction of online support for the series's popular cooperative 3-person gameplay.

Fallout: New Vegas, the follow-up to 2008's Game of the Year Fallout 3, brings this franchise to a location only Fallout could do justice: Vegas. Fallout: New Vegas takes all the action, humor, and post-apocalyptic grime and grit of this legendary series, and raises the stakes.

Time Crisis: Razing Storm delivers an intuitive point & shoot experience as players have the option to use the PlayStation Move motion controller or Guncon 3 for exceptional precision, while a introducing a new multiplayer online battle mode, destructible environments, engaging combat, and includes Deadstorm Pirates and Time Crisis 4.

Valve announced the latest growth data for its digital distribution platform Steam, revealing new account growth of 178%, sales growth of over 200%, over 200 Steamworks games shipped to date, and more.   

Nintendo added two WiiWare, one Virtual Console, and four NDSiWare titles to the Shop Channels. Nintendo owners with online access can redeem points to download: ThruSpace, Happy Holidays Halloween (Wiiware), Snapdots, Armada, Academy: Tic-Tac-Toe, Music on: Playing Piano (NDSi), and Final Fantasy: Mystic Quest(VC)

MicroBot is a unique gameplay experience taking players inside the human body, challenging gamers to control a microscopic ship--a MicroBot--on a mission to destroy a biotechnological infestation.

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:

• Kirby’s Epic Yarn (Wii)
• Winter Voices: Avalanche (PC)
• Grotesque Tactics: Evil Heroes (PC)

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

In Crysis 2, New York is under the attack of a unique and frightening alien species that combines deadly weaponry, exceptional sensory abilities and intelligent collaboration to present players with the most challenging opponents ever seen in a first-person shooter.

Beginning today, Netflix members in the United States an Canada can stream content through their Wii consoles with Netflix installed on their Wii Menu, replacing the previous requirement of the Netflix disc.

Krome Studios, known for Ty the Tasmanian Tiger, PS2/Wii versions of Star Wars: The Force Unleashed, and most recently Blade Kitten, had a good year in 2006. After first acquiring the remainders of Ratbag Games and setting up a new studio in Adelaide, it also took over Atari's Melbourne House that same year. Fast forward to Aug. 2010 and Krome Studios is in financial trouble and it is shutting down the Adelaide Office while handing out pink slips in the other. All in vain according to Aussie website Tsumea, which reveals Krome Studios is shutting down with only a a few contractors remaining to finish up some work.

Bit.Trip Fate is an on-rails side-scrolling shoot-‘em-up that has CommanderVideo riding the vibe to discover his fate. CommanderVideo will need a little help from the friends he made in Bit.Trip Runner to thwart the Mingrawn Timbletot who has mutated the world into an ugly technological nightmare.

THQ has entered into a new multi-year, licensing agreement with Nickelodeon, granting it the worldwide rights to develop and publish video games based on the SpongeBob SquarePants franchise, with a new title scheduled for release in 2011

Dead Frontier, previosuly a a 2D game, combines 3rd person survival horror action with more traditional role-playing elements to create a totally unique MMO experience. Players will need to have their wits about them as they struggle for survival in the decaying, zombie infested city of Fairview.