Groove, party or connect with a friend. Xbox Live today announced that Facebook and Last.fm would be tailor-made for your TV, only on Xbox 360. Microsoft also announced Twitter for the X360 and Xbox Live Party for movies, which allows movie experiences to be shared on the couch or across the country over Xbox Live. Future updates will include Games on Demand, unlockable in-game Avatar Awardables, user ratings, and a continuation of XBLA games over the summer.

505 Games announced that everyone’s favorite culinary queen will return to the kitchen in Cooking Mama 3, with all new features added to the world famous game play recipe, 80 recipes, 200 mini-games, four player multiplayer and two totally new game modes.

Perimeter 2: New Earth is a real-time strategy game built on the concept of territory seizure using detailed terraforming and on the subsequent encircling of these zones with a special protective perimeter. This v1.01 patch fixes a number of game balance issues, corrects several AI scripts and a few GUI problems.

Tales of Monkey Island delivers a completely new epic storyline and swashbuckling flair that will unfold across five monthly episodes while The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition is a completely re-imagined version of the original that adds updated high definition graphics, a re-mastered musical score, and full voiceover to the classic adventure game originally launched in 1990.

Zephyr delivers humor filled missions and varying objectives, ranging from blustery mischief at a local trailer park to gale force feats in the middle of sprawling cityscapes. Diverse action packed gameplay provides both casual and hardcore gamers the ability to tear through towns in beautifully stylized high definition action!

Nintendo added a classic, two NDSi, and two WiiWare titles to the Shop Channels. Nintendo owners with online access can redeem Points to download: Final Fantasy IV: The Years After, Texas Hold’em Tournament (Wiiware), Boulder Dash (VC), Mighty Flip Champs! (NDSiWare).

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:

• Hinterland: Orc Lords (PC)
• Puffins: Island Adventure (NDS)
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World of Zoo takes players beyond the fences and into their own zoo, allowing them to care for and build relationships with numerous animals through hands-on interactive gameplay.

Revealed last month, in Cars Race-O-Rama, players will join Lightning McQueen and Chick Hicks in Radiator Springs as they prepare their academy of student racers to compete in the Race-O-Rama Exhibition.

Konami announced that Metal Gear Solid: Rising is currently in development for the first time on the Xbox 360. Raiden will star in the all-new title from Hideo Kojima. Raiden first debuted in MGS2: Sons of Liberty on the PS2 as a playable character and appeared as a non-playable cyborg in Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots for the PS3.

For the first time ever, you can customize the makeup of your band with any combination of instruments in-game: two guitars and two drums, or three guitars and a microphone, etc. GH 5 will also feature new gameplay modes like Party Play and RockFest putting fun, competition and control at center stage as fans tailor the experience to match their personal style and interests.

The talent from 20th Century Fox’s Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs feature film will reprise their roles. The game features the voices of Ray Romano, John Leguizamo, Queen Latifah and Josh Peck as members of an unlikely herd of prehistoric pals on a rescue mission across the tundra and beyond as they meet new friends and discover a mysterious world teeming with lush vegetation and fierce dinosaurs.

EA announced that it has agreed to a deal extension with Crytek to publish Crysis 2. Renowned for their technical excellence, artistic craftsmanship and commitment to quality, Crytek is building Crysis 2 on their new state-of-the-art multiplatform game development solution CryENGINE 3.

Based on the first four Harry Potter books and movies that tell the story of Harry’s first four years at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4 offers an engaging mix of magical gameplay and light-hearted humour.

StarCraft II will feature the return of the Protoss, Terran, and Zerg races, overhauled and re-imagined with Blizzard's approach to game balance, designed to be the ultimate competitive RTS game. At the Activision investors call on Sunday, Blizzard's Mike Morhaime revealed that it's currently aiming for an end of the year release, without of course committing to any specific date.

Trine is a fantasy action game where the player can create and use physics-based objects to beat hazardous puzzles and threatening enemies. Set in a world of great castles and strange machinery, three heroes are bound to a mysterious device called the Trine in a quest to save the kingdom from evil…

King of Pool takes you into the world of the pool shark, where you’ll be playing against some of the best in order to climb the career ladder and go right to the top, gathering together one of the greatest collection of pool and snooker challenges in videogames.

Pangya: Fantasy Golf features beautifully rendered fantasy golf courses, thousands of character and equipment customization options and 18 playable characters, thrusting players into a world of golf gameplay filled with beauty and unlimited imagination.

Black Bean Games and National Geographic Games have signed a multi-year agreement to create console games promoting knowledge about Nature, Wildlife, Mankind, Ancient Worlds and Culture according to themes central to National Geographic.

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:

• Dawn of Discovery [ALL] - Military Walkthrough Trailer
• Neir [PS3/X360] - E3 2009 Trailer
• Dragon Age: Origins [ALL] - E3 2009 Trailer
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