Burnout Paradise gives players license to wreak havoc in Paradise City, a seamless racing battleground, with massive traffic-heavy roads to abuse. The PC edition is customized with expanded online features, and community-driven content.

Aion is the ultimate MMORPG with strengthened interaction between players, consisting of 3 realms - the heavens, the devildom and the dragon realm. Players will experience dynamic communications with the world of Aion as they conduct strategic battles.

Ludia has signed a license agreement with CBS Consumer Products to create video games based on the seven-time Emmy award-winning The Amazing Race TV series.

In Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince you'll engage in exciting wizard duels, mix and brew magical ingredients in Potions class, take to the air to lead the Gryffindor Quidditch team to victory, get sidetracked by Ron's romantic entanglements and journey toward discovering the identity of the Half-Blood Prince.

Designed to reinvent the RTS genre by allowing all players to travel through time, Achron is a futuristic sci-fi game. You will be challenged to invent new strategies in a world where it is possible for you and your opponents to undo mistakes, change a strategy after committing to it, and alter the outcome of past battles.

Return to Mysterious Island 2 offers the player an experience comparable to that of Robinson Crusoe or one of Verne's characters, but in this new installment, survival is not all, you will also have to save the island from an environmental disaster.

Rock Band 2 builds upon the original to introduce co-op band gameplay, multiple instruments, online multiplayer, unparalleled downloadable content and raises the bar by delivering an entirely new level of depth, connectivity, authenticity and features.

PDC World Championship Darts 2009 completely rebuilds its Wii Remote throwing method, comes with greatly improved graphics, includes new game modes, and new champions to challenge.

Earlier this month, Square Enix and Eidos agreed to buyout terms, although approval was required by the shareholders, who were to vote at a meeting that was held earlier today. Today, Eidos and Square Enix announced that the merger was approved by the required majority of shareholders. On April 21-22, Eidos and Square Enix will implement various principal events to prepare for the merger to be official on May 6, pending court approval.

Marvelous is already working on the next installment in the Valhalla Knight franchise, and promised to improve upon the previous title with upgraded combat system and an overall enriched gameplay experience.

With World of Warcraft still going strong, we all know Blizzard is working on StarCraft 2, Diablo III and its next-gen MMO, but according to a recent job listing, Blizzard is looking for a Client Software Engineer who will be in charge of developing a new game engine from scratch, for a new, unannounced project that's not related to the aforementioned titles. Currently, the title is running on the World of Warcraft engine, but that is merely for testing purposes.

Tom Clancy's EndWar is a next-gen strategy game, set on the battlefields of WWIII, that pushes the envelope of technology, showcasing unprecedented AI, graphics, physics and animations. Ubisoft has released a free Veteran Map pack on XBL and PSN, adding 2 new missions on new battlefields playable in skirmish mode.

Otherland is an Unreal Engine 3 powered massively multiplayer online game, based on the best-selling novels by fantasy author Tad Williams.

TOMY Corporation and Collision Studios announced a strategic partnership to develop an original video game for Nintendo platforms.

Fallen Earth is a post-apocalyptic massively multiplayer online game that mixes FPS style with traditional RPG mechanics, where six factions are struggling to emerge from the collapse of civilization brought on by viruses and environmental disaster.

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:

• Tenchu: Shadow Assassins (PSP)
• Leisure Suit Larry: Box Office Bust (X360/PC) - Europe Only
• Broken Sword: Shadow of the Templars - The Director's Cut (NDS/Wii)
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Stalin vs. Martians is an over-the-top strategy game, the martians suddenly drop off somewhere in Siberia and attack the glorious people of Holy Mother Russia. You take control of the Red Army troops and start kicking the alien butts under Stalin’s guidance.

Vogster Interactive's CrimeCraft, powered by the Unreal Engine 3, 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. Fans interested in participating can now sign up for the upcoming closed beta test.

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.

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.