Tony Hawk’s Motion and Hue Pixel Painter utilizes the Motion Pack to feature accelerometer technology so gamers can twist, tilt and turn through numerous skateboarding sessions and for the first time in franchise history, the game brings snowboarding.

Sunday, Aug. 31, 2008, marks the 13th anniversary of the Command & Conquer franchise, and to celebrate, EA will be giving away the original C&C Red Alert for free. EA is also offering Red Alert 2 for free for those who pre-order Red Alert 3 before Oct. 27, so C&C fans can walk away with all three titles for the price of one.

Battlefield: Bad Company drops gamers behind enemy lines with a squad of renegade soldiers who risk it all on a personal quest for gold and revenge. Earlier this month EA added the new conquest mode to Bad Company, and later this fall DICE will release four new maps, two of which are determined by the fans themselves.

Microïds' Still Life 2, developed by Gameco Studios, is a real-time 3D adventure game where you play FBI agent and profiler Victoria McPherson, investigating some of North America's most difficult and darkest crimes.

Harmonix and MTV Games announced the addition of up and coming rock band Locksley to the Rock Band Music Store catalog of downloadable content, contributing a 3-pack of songs from their 2007 album Don’t Make Me Wait including title track Don’t Make Me Wait, All Over Again, and She Does.

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:

• Mercenaries 2: World in Flames (PS2/PS3/X360/PC)
• Azada: Ancient Magic (PC)
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The Lord of the Rings Online: Mines of Moria expands the online world of Middle-earth to let players explore the ancient underground cities of the dwarves, battle epic characters in the depths, face off with the Watcher, be a part of the fateful release of Durin’s Bane and more!

In Divinity 2: Ego Draconis you will take on the role of a young Dragon Slayer and ultimately become a Dragon Knight, a legendary hero with unique abilities. Discover a detailed world full of twists and turns in which your actions can make a real difference. In a recent interview Larian Studios' Swen Vincke revealed that there will be no multiplayer in the game because "we had to screw up the story so much that we killed it."

EA Black Box's Need for Speed Undercover is an intense action racing title, starring movie star Maggie Q as the lead character in the live-action sequences that propel the original story forward, taking the franchise back to its roots and re-introduces breakneck cop chases, the world's hottest cars and spectacular highway battles.

NHL 2K9 will offer fans the opportunity to play like the pros using the Wii Remote controller as a hockey stick, and play hockey in a wholly unique experience like never before.

Age of Empires: Mythologies allows players to strategize as legendary heroes, commanding massive armies and shaping the destinies of three unique cultures in both single and multi-player campaigns.

Tank Universal creates a huge virtual ‘Tron-like’ world where you take part in immense 3D tank battles involving scores of units both friendly and not so friendly in wide open levels!

In the bold and often-bloody Dead Space, gamers will step into a third-person sci-fi survival horror experience that promises to deliver the ultimate in psychological thrills and gruesome action. Originally scheduled for release in Europe on Oct. 31, the console versions will launch a week early, while the PC edition's date remains unchanged.

Namco Bandai's Wii exclusive action/flight sim game, based on the upcoming animated movie by Mamoru Oshii, known for such productions as Ghost in the Shell, Blood: The Last Vampire and Innocence : Ghost in the Shell 2. The Sky Crawlers is set in an alternate reality and chronicles the adventures of an elite squadron of fighter pilots.

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. Blizzard co-founder Frank Pearce revealed that early on in the development it was decided to focus on the existing races, but that a fourth race may be introduce in a future addon.

Death Tank is a fast-paced action game requiring quick reflexes and cunning strategy. Devastating weapons and unique items give your tank unlimited destructive power.

To address the growing demand for up-to-date curriculum materials that stimulate student interest in learning science, the Monsanto Fund has partnered with developer Tabula Digita to create an immersive video game that teaches standards-based, fundamental science concepts.

Sins of a Solar Empire will feature several micro-expansions over the next year, starting with Entrenchment which promises to bring fans a Starbase defense platform, turret upgrades to make them more powerful, mine fields and a Subspace Inhibitor platform that will slow enemy ships within its range.

Drive, fly and splash your way across Incan rain forests, bustling cities and spooky graveyards in this brightly colored racing game that combines exciting gameplay with the fun and accessible Buzz! buzzers, so absolutely anyone can join in the fun.

Stardock announced today the Gamer's Bill of Rights, a statement of 10 specific “rights” that video game enthusiasts can expect from Stardock, and that it hopes will encourage the PC game industry to adopt standards that are more supportive of PC gamers.