Marking the return to the Prince of Persia: Sands of Time storyline, The Forgotten Sands will feature many of the fan-favorite elements from the original series as well as new gameplay innovations that gamers have come to expect from the Prince of Persia brand.

Science fiction and fantasy meld in this continuation of tri-Ace Inc.'s RPG franchise. The refined gameplay features team-oriented combat, while improving upon the innovative real-time battle system that has become a trademark of the Star Ocean franchise.

The Steam Early Holiday has begun, featuring a daily line-up of select games at deep discounts for just one day each. The Early Holiday Sale continues today with eight great deals: Dawn of Discovery (30% off), Quantz (80% off), The Secret of Monkey Island: SE (75% off), Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood (30% off), The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena (50% off), Mirror's Edge (75% off), Section 8 (50% off), and Evil Genius (75% off)

Digital distribution outlet GamersGate kicked off their holiday shopping season with a massive Cyber Monday sale with discounts up to 70% off. Titles such as Hearts of Iron 3 (60% off), Dragon Age: Origins, Need for Speed Shift (20% off), Risen (25% off), Sims 3(20% off), Tropico 3 (25% off) and many more are on sale today only.  For a complete list of Cyber Monday deals, please visit GamersGate.

Available via online download only Reign of Augustus will include a brand new campaign comprising of 12 missions, new maps and a wealth of enhanced gameplay features.

Football Manager 2010 features new tools and changes across the board including some big additions to improve ease of use, navigation and feedback from the game with the introduction of a brand new match tactics system, the debut of a Match Analysis tool, a completely new look and new User Interface among other features.

Revealed a few weeks back, SouthPeak Interactive officially announced that it has pinned a new deal to the mat to publish games based on the popular professional wrestling brand Total Nonstop Action and its flagship weekly television program TNA iMPACT!

For 2 days only, Paradox will be bringing anybody who’s anybody in the PC strategy gaming industry, to Stockholm, Sweden. The event is closed to the general public, but Paradox wants to give one lucky winner + friend a chance to join them!

There is no better way to close out the year than with Guitar Hero and one of the hottest line-ups of DLC this December.  Tracks, never-before available in a Guitar Hero game, from Taylor Swift, Maroon 5, The Fall of Troy, OneRepublic and indie artists Nada Surf, Pavement and Spoon are just some of what fans can look forward to this holiday season.

Puzzle Quest 2 features a blend of match-3 gem matching and fantasy, with a simple but meaningful role playing experience, using all-new weapons, spells, and shields that make every decision meaningful and never passive in the deepest puzzle adventure yet.

Nintendo added two VC, three NDSi, and four WiiWare titles to the Shop Channels. Nintendo owners with online access can redeem Points to download: Tales of Monkey Island: Chapter 4, My Zoo, Copter Crisis, Christmas Clix (Wiiware), Foto Face: The Face Stealer Strikes, Bookworm, Master of Illusion, Express: Mind Probe, Sudoku Challenge! (NDSiWare), The Combatribes and Solomon's Key (VC).

Future Wars is a round based strategy-title that will bring the game back to the genres’ roots by creating definite rules, a rich story and classic gameplay elements. Players of the older generation, fans of customizing and also newbies of the genre will feel themselves homelike in Future Wars.

Raskulls, developed by Australian based Halfbrick, is an entirely original and exciting puzzle platformer with a rich single-player campaign and an incredibly addictive online multiplayer component.

Machinarium is a point & click adventure where game's protagonist is a little robot who has been unjustly expelled to the scrap yard behind the city. Players must guide the little robot back into town to rescue his robot-girlfriend and stop the bad guys from the 'Black Cap Brotherhood' before they can bomb the central tower that houses the city's ruler.

Prison Break: The Conspiracy is an action adventure game where you play Company agent Tom Paxton, sent to the Fox River State Penitentiary to find out why Michael Scofield (the hero of the TV series), a man without a previous criminal record, became a bank robber.

Colin McRae: DiRT 2 benefits from tuned-up car-handling physics system, a new damage engine effects, a new level of visual fidelity, with cars and tracks twice as detailed as those seen in the original, as well as a roster of off-road events, taking players to the most diverse and challenging real-world environments.

CrimeCraft is an MMO that combines the action of a tactical shooter with the strategy of an RPG. Set in a modern world you take part in the political, economical and social life of a big city.

Following the story of the previous game, A Twist of Fate is also very much an independent adventure, allowing those that have never played a Runaway game before to fully enjoy this brand new experience. Also, for the very first time in the series, the game will allow you to control Brian as well as Gina who has an important part to play in the story.

In Yakuza 4, you encounter the gritty atmosphere of Kiryu Kazuma's experiences, and three other characters are also available to play, each with an engaging backstory and a gripping, interwoven plot.

French publisher/distributor Anuman Interactive announced that it has acquired Microids, founded in 1985, known for titles such as Syberia, Amerzone, and Still Life. On Nov. 23, 2009 Anuman Interactive finalized the purchase of the Microids brand and all of its IP, which will become effective as of Jan. 1, 2010. Anuman CEO Stéphane Longeard confirmed the acquisition, as well as Microids president Emmanuel Olivier.