SouthPeak Interactive joined the membership ranks of the Entertainment Software Association (ESA), the trade association for U.S. computer and video game publishers, the first new member of 2009.

From Software's Ninja Blade is a cinematic action game where, armed with an arsenal of specialized ninja weapons, tools and skills, players will be given the epic task of defending Tokyo and ultimately humanity from a horrific, genetically mutating disease.

Go Play City Sports recreates the experience of playing sports in a vast urban playground where manhole covers double as home plate. The all-new sports compilation allows players to compete against the best neighborhood athletes in six classic games, including stickball, kickball, handball, rooftop hockey, shootout soccer and jump rope.

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.

At the Game-Based Learning conference Slitherine introduce Horrible Histories: Ruthless Romans, the videogame adaptation of the bestselling book series Horrible Histories, written by Terry Deary and illustrated by Martin Brown.

Peggle for Xbox Live Arcade delivers a number of new and exclusive features to the X360 gamer, including the first-ever online multiplayer Peggle experience with Peg Party mode, where up to four players can compete simultaneously over Xbox Live.

WWE Legends of WrestleMania is poised to deliver an impressive lineup of Legendary Superstars and Managers, a new combo fighting system and a historically accurate representation of WWE telecasts during the '80s and '90s.

Emergent Game Technologies and NVIDIA announced that they have integrated the Emergent Gamebryo game development platform and NVIDIA PhysX technology for Wii game development.

Nintendo added a classic and one WiiWare title to the Wii's Shop Channel. Wii owners with online access can redeem Wii Points to download: Gradius ReBirth (Wiiware), and Alex Kidd: The Lost Stars (VC).

X³: Terran Conflict is a stand-alone game set in the universe of X³, the culmination of the X trilogy, with a grand finale that takes us all the way back to Earth's own solar system. X3: Gold Edition, known in North America as X³: Terran Conflict 2.0 – The Aldrin Missions, will feature a host of new missions, new ships and much more.

Rage is set in post-apocalyptic wasteland after a meteor hits earth and wipes out civilizations, RAGE is is an all-new take on the first person shooter, developed using id Software's new Tech5 engine. In a recent interview id Software CEO Todd Hollenshead confirmed that Rage is no longer expected this year, but currently set for 2010.

Football Academy offers an entertaining way to learn football strategy, positioning and technique. Players build their knowledge by completing tasks and take their improved skills onto the pitch to compete against their friends, offering a variety of mini-games.

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:

• New Play Control! Mario Power Tennis (Wii)
• New Play Control! Pikmin (Wii)
• MySims Party (NDS/Wii)
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  We will update this throughout the day when new announcements become available. Read more for details ...

Inspired by the film and Mario Puzo's Corleone family drama, The Godfather II game goes beyond the film's story by setting players in the world of organized crime in 1960s Florida, Cuba and New York.

Black Mirror 2, developed by former 4Head Studios now called Cranberry productions, is going to be a classical point & click adventure, based on so-called 2.5D technologies, using a combination of highly detailed 2D backgrounds and 3D characters.

In FIFA Manager 10, you will be able to see panoramic display resolution reaching max. sizes of 1920x1200, and the size of lawn projection will be changed from 85% to 100%, which will give full compatibility with FIFA 09 stadiums. If you start with a first division club, you get a higher manager level right from the start, so in case you get sacked, you still have a chance to find a good club again. Two other improvements implemented today were the reduction of the waiting time after interview questions and the option to print out the list of the most talented youth players.

'Taito's classic Space Invaders game gets extreme once again with new features that bring the retro franchise up to speed with the Joneses such as a new Bingo and Multiplayer WiFi mode.

Electronic Arts announced that "The Greatest of All Time," Muhammad Ali, and "Iron" Mike Tyson will share the cover of Fight Night Round 4.

In East India Company, players will enjoy building the world's most powerful trading empire and engaging in fierce battles in both single-player and multiplayer modes, all within a breathtaking cinematic environment.

Gamescampus.com is offering players of its free-to-play 3rd person shooter MangaFighter a chance to break down the barriers between paying and non-paying players. For a limited time, non-paying players will have the opportunity to earn in-game credit through in-game achievements and purchase all functional items in the game's item mall.