Microsoft announced the 3rd annual Dream-Build-Play global game development competition that encourages aspiring and hobbyist developers to create new and innovative games for X360. The XNA Game Studio is getting updates later this spring so developers will be able to take advantage of new partner additions and Xbox Live features.

Last week Titmouse Games announced Seven Haunted Seas, but that seems not to be the only title in development. Based on a Heavy Metal magazine property, Fistful of Blood is an over-the-top action game about an Alien Bounty Huntress who comes to earth in search of the creature that killed her father, only to find herself caught in a blood feud between rival gangs of Vampires and Zombies.

R.U.S.E. is a strategy game in which the players use their brain as the ultimate weapon, fighting a war of perception, where the ability to deceive and mislead the enemy determines success. A first in a strategy game, R.U.S.E. reinvigorates the genre by using deception to give new-found depth to the game play.

P.U.R.E. is a real time strategy game set in a world where Humanity is attempting to wrest their devastated civilization from the evil AI known as the Overmind. The game features giant armies, a fast-paced gameplay, and awesome super-weapons.

Fight Night Round 4 features an all-new physics-based gameplay engine that brings the most authentic interpretation of the sweet science to the video game world. The action inside the ring will be faster than ever, delivering a true representation of the sport's incredible speed, accuracy, timing and power. According to Eurogamer, an FNR4 demo is expected in late May or early June.

Valve announced a new set of advanced features delivered in its free publishing and development suite Steamworks, headlined by Custom Executable Generation, a complimentary technology to the already existing anti-piracy solution offered in Steamworks.

BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger, developed by Guilty Gear studio Arc System Works, is a 2D fighter featuring twelve, extraordinarily detailed, hand-drawn characters in true HD glory, each with unique “Drive” attacks that can turn the tide of battle instantly.

Simutronics announced the release of HeroEngine 2009 Vol. 1, the only realtime collaborative development platform for massively multiplayer online games and virtual worlds, making it support more than 100,000 concurrent players in a single shard.

Hellion: Mystery of the Inquisition uses the latest technology to present an outstanding reality, authentic locations and impressive combats within the 13th century. Hellion also represents an epic plot set in a lively medieval world charged with upgradeable exorcisms and uncompromising brutality according to this period.

inFamous is an open-ended, free-roaming game puts you in the shoes of Cole, an everyday guy and urban explorer, in the aftermath of a huge disaster that destroys his hometown of Empire City. As Cole, you must first learn to use new found powers and then decide how you will use them.

Windows gaming took center stage at the Game Developers Conference, as Microsoft announced new features coming to the Games for Windows Live online gaming service and community, such as anti-piracy solution, in-game marketplace, and roaming.

OnLive is a revolutionary, on demand video game platform delivering the latest and most advanced games instantly, on any TV via a sleek, inexpensive MicroConsole, or on almost any PC or Mac.

In Toy Story Mania!, players experience the fast-paced, zany fun of the Toy Story Mania! theme park attraction, which is an interactive experience requiring 3D glasses and involving rapid or quick-firing shooting galleries.

FIFA Manager 09 gives you full control over the management of a football club. You are responsible for the line-up, the tactics and the training of your team – as well as for signing the right players, improving the club facilities and the stadium.

Guitar Hero: World Tour will feature guitar, vocals, drums, the ability to create your own songs (and upload them on GHTunes), four-player on/offline co-op, and an eight-player battle of the bands multiplayer mode (4vs4).

Precursors, developed by Boiling Point's Deep Shadow, is a sci-fi action game that leads you into unexplored regions of space, where he can fly with huge battle ships from planet to planet.

All Points Bulletin is an MMO freeform combat and driving-based game, designed by the creator of the original GTA franchise, bringing players into a living, breathing city where cash is king and territory equals respect.

An "Online Video Advertising Effectiveness" study by NeoEdge Networks announced preliminary results from a three month study, revealing that online gaming provides substantially better performance and consumer perception than traditional TV advertising.

Hannah Montana is the stage name of Miley Stewart, a teen pop sensation known to millions. Her best friend Lilly is the only one who knows the truth or so she thinks. Someone is threatening to reveal Hannah's secret! Miley and Lilly and you investigate their school, the boardwalk, stadium and the beach to uncover clues.

Gears of War 2 picks up six months after the events of the original, thrusting players back into humankind's epic battle for survival against a nightmarish force of underground creatures known as the Locust Horde. Epic has released the promised new title update which fixes various bugs and adds a new ranking system.