Microsoft is launching a new initiative to get its free Xbox Live Silver members to sing up for Gold membership, and is temporarily reducing the monthly fee to $1. This, however, is not a lasting price; after one month, the subscription will auto-renew to the premium price (unless you cancel real quick).

MotoGP 09/10 will not only deliver all the bikes, riders and tracks from the 2009 championship, but brand new gameplay modes that offer rewards for not only winning but also driving style, plus the ability to update the game with accurate content from the 2010 championship, as the season unfolds at no extra cost.

Namco Museum Essentials collection will keep players entertained for hours in nostalgic glory with Pac-man, Galaga, Dig Dug, Dragon Spirit, Xevious, and the brand new re-envisioned Xevious: Resurrection, featuring 1080p graphics and enhanced gameplay.

Kalypso Media are now the majority shareholder in a newly founded games studio Gaming Minds Studios consisting of a team of fifteen developers formerly employed by Ascaron, who are currently working on The Patrician III.

SEGA announced a series of management promotions that will further unite it’s global markets to drive growth. Mr. Naoya Tsurumi will assume worldwide responsibility for SEGA’s Consumer Business, incorporating SEGA of Japan, America and Europe, while Mike Hayes is promoted to the newly created position of President & COO of SEGA of America & Europe

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:

• PDC World Championship Darts (NDS/PSP/PS2/Wii)
• Sword of the Stars: Argos Naval Yard (PC)
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Halo 3: ODST is a new game in the Halo saga that lets people experience events leading up to the epic story told in Halo 3 through the eyes of an Orbital Drop Shock Trooper, as they search for clues leading to the whereabouts of their scattered squad and the motivations behind the Covenant's invasion of New Mombasa.

All Points Bulletin (APB) takes the universal theme of Criminals and Enforcement and brings it to a persistent, open world multiplayer setting in a modern, crime-ridden city. Realtime Worlds currently employs 250 developers and is looking to recruit an additional 50 by early 2010.

In Tropico 3 you will again be able to play the role of “El Presidente” taking over the control of a tropical island. You decide whether you want to use your army to secure your power base in the best traditions of corrupt, unscrupulous tyrants everywhere, or alternatively to lead your people to prosperity in your role as generous elder statesman.

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

Completely remastered for PSP, SMT: Persona boasts a fully redone localization, all-new music from composer Shoji Meguro, beautiful new animated sequences overseen by famed artist Kazuma Kaneko, enhanced graphics optimized for the PSP system's widescreen aspect ratio, and extra content.

n the magical fantasy world of Nakiha mankind has unwittingly returned the Dragon Lords! The destiny of the dragons will decide the fate of mankind. The four ruling powers have selected their Champions, and entrusted each with a single Dragon Tome with which to control, banish, enslave or free the Dragon Lords.

Featuring five original cases craft by the writers of the TV show, CSI: NY will allow you to, for the first time in the CSI series, play as actual characters from the TV show. Actors from the TV show will lend their voices and likenesses to the all-new video game.

DJ Hero expands social gaming to all-new consumers with the addition new music genres including hip-hop, R&B, Motown, electronica and dance, as well as an all-new turntable controller. Band Hero features top-40 hits designed for a broad family audience who can play together as a band. According to Gamestop, the DJ Hero bundle will retail for $119, and Band Hero $199.

Ashes Cricket 2009 is set to build on the heritage that Codemasters has enjoyed with its Brian Lara series and will continue to lead the field with great batting, bowling and fielding gameplay and authenticity that made the series a hit with cricket fans the world over. Kevin Pietersen, will be the game’s cover star and joins Ricky Ponting, Shane Warne and Sir Ian Botham in playing a prominent role in the game.

Check out the following new screens from Disney's E3 2009 lineup:

• 'A Christmas Carol' (NDS) - 3 New Screens
• 'Disney Fairies: Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure' (NDS) Announced - Screens
• 'Disney Sing It: Pop Hits' (Wii/PS3) - 2 New Screens
• 'G-Force' (ALL) - 8 New Screens
• 'Pirates of the Caribbean: Armada of the Damned' (ALL) - 3 New Screens
• 'The Princess and the Frog' (NDS/Wii) Announced - Screens
• 'Spectrobes: Origins ' (Wii) - New Screens
• 'Split/Second' (ALL) - 3 New Screens
• 'Wizards of Waverly Place' (NDS) - 6 New Screens

A Farewell to Dragons is a classic Action/RPG that takes place in the universe based on the science-fiction book of the same name written by famous Russian writers Sergey Lukyanenko and Nikolay Perumov.

Equipped with a variety of unique weapons and gadgets, players will hunt, fight and capture a wide range of supernatural villains in a funny and frightening battle to save New York City from its latest paranormal plague. Earlier this week we revealed the PC edition of the game did not have multiplayer, today Threewave revealed that it was skipped in order to focus on the consoles.

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:

• Blood Bowl [ALL] - Launch Trailer
• Forza Motorsport 3 [X360] - E3 2009 Trailer #2
• Guitar Hero Smash Hits [ALL] - Launch Trailer
• IL-2 Sturmovik: Birds of Prey [ALL] - Trailer #5
• MAG [PS3] - Story Trailer
• Torchlight [PC] - E3 2009 Trailer
• Zero Security [PC] - Trailer
• Monster Hunter Freedom Unite [PSP] - Tutorial Trailer #4
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Gladiator A.D. is High Voltage Software's (know for The Conduit) tactical arena 3D fighting game set in the ancient civilization of Rome where you'll be put to the test against a wide variety of barbaric fighters using a wide range of upgradeable weapons and armor.