Max Payne 3 tells the story of a retired police detective embroiled in a world of corruption, turmoil and intense violence. UK online retailer Play.com has a game listing that reveals Rockstar's Max Payne 3 is scheduled for Oct. 30, 2009, which has been confirmed as "a date given by the developers of the game."

New Star Soccer 4 is an action-packed football career game where you can become the best player in the world. Whether you choose to start out at a premier team or in the lower leagues you will need to prove yourself on the pitch and off it. Build your skills in the training mini-games then grab the headlines on match day.

Expected to make an appearance on the PS3, Capcom surprised everybody in Japan by announcing Monster Hunter 3 for the Wii instead. MH Tri-, pronounced as "try," is an action RPG series where you hunt down fantastical monsters.

Championship Manager 2010, in development for two years, is the definitive football management game featuring a host of unique, cutting-edge technology including a bespoke 3D match engine with over 500 individual player animations.

A steam-ship period tactical naval simulator focusing on fleet-scale battles in real time. Manage financial and strategic aspects while planning your squadron's structure. Scramble your fleet to gain sea supremacy.

With the last year's New Xbox Experience, Xbox 360 fans have been able to customize their avatars with various features and attributes. Major Nelson revealed in his latest podcast that Microsoft is preparing a new update, scheduled for later this year, that will make the dashboard faster, enhance performance, and overall make it better with a lot of very cool new features.

WW2: Time of Wrath is a turn-based grand strategy title, the highly improved and expanded sequel to WW2: Road to Victory, that puts the player in charge of the political, economic and military decisions of one or more Axis or Allied nations, including minor nations.

In a vast open world environment, Assassin's Creed II invites players to incarnate Ezio, a privileged young noble in Renaissance Italy who's been betrayed by the rival ruling families of Italy, and seeking vengeance.

L4D2 promises to set a new benchmark for co-operative action games, adding melee combat to enable deeper co-operative gameplay, with items such as a chainsaw, frying pan, axe, baseball bat, and more. Eagle eyes spotted a L4D 2 game listing on EA's PS3 section (in two separate places) including a mock up box covers, before it was taken down. It's not a secret Valve isn't a fan of PS3 development, so maybe EA is outsourcing the project like it did with the Orange Box.

When Ascaron filed for Chapter 11 a few months back, it revealed that an add-on for its recently released Sacred 2 was in development, as well as a 3rd installment in the franchise. When Kalypso acquired most brands, intangible assets and exploitation rights, it wasn't quite sure whether that included Sacred or not, but according to community manager Anca Adelina Finta, Ascaron still has the license for Sacred 2, and one of its subsidiary studios will continue working on the add-on.

Runic Games, former Flagship Studios developers responsible for Mythos, announced Torchlight, an adventure-themed action-MMORPG which emphasizes a simple and intuitive interface, fast and furious action, and a colorful and compelling game world.

Not only did Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo have E3 briefings, but to make up for its missing UbiDays, the publisher/developer decided give us a brief look at their upcoming titles, and what to expect from E3 itself. James Cameron was on hand to talk about Avatar, Pelé was introducing a new soccer game for kids, and plenty more looks at the 2009, and beyond, lineup.

ArmA II is set in the near future, year 2009, in a fictional post soviet country called Chernarus. Players will be sent as members of a US Marine Corps Force Recon squad to this country to prevent further civilian casualties and ensure ongoing stability there.

Exod Intervention is an FPS with tight controls, analog snap shooting, and arcade style action with light RPG elements.

Modern Warfare 2 continues the gripping and heart-racing saga with an unprecedented level of action as players face off against a new threat dedicated to bringing the world to the brink of collapse.

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:

• Arma II [X360/PC] - Launch Trailer
• Wolfenstein [ALL] - Hospital Trailer
• Mega Man Star Force 3 [NDS] - Red Joker Trailer
• SuperCar Challenge [PS3] - Silverstone Trailer
• Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood [ALL] - Ride Trailer
• Dawn of Discovery [ALL] - Mood Trailer
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  We will update this throughout the day when new trailers become available. Read more for download links ...

Original War, developed by Altar Interactive in 2001, is an RTS where the player can choose to play as one of three ‘tribes’: Americans, Russians or Arabs in an exciting plot that has the player making a one-way trip back in time to attempt to gain control of a rare mineral called Siberium.

Light of Altair is a sci-fi colony building game with a deep plot. Grow colonies from landing pod to metropolis, while sending off new spaceships to expand your territory to other worlds. You are not alone in space, 8 factions from different parts of the world are all following their own agendas in the solar system; diplomacy and orbital-combat are essential to learn.

While 'Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe' was not exactly a bad game, many fans were miffed over the fact that the franchise's trademark fatalities were severely toned down to fit with the DC license. However, the game sold rather well, and while it was already revealed quite a while ago that a new MK title is in development, its future is somewhat uncertain because of Midway's state of affairs. Nonetheless, creator Ed Boon revealed that work on Mortal Kombat 9 is proceeding and that a recent motion capture session promises to bring the series back to its M-rated roots with "sick" fatalities.

A witch with powers beyond the comprehension of mere mortals, Bayonetta faces off against countless angelic enemies, many reaching epic proportions. With magnificent over-the-top action and outlandish finishing moves that are performed with balletic grace, Bayonetta brings to life some fast-paced, dynamic climax combat.