Damnation features open environments, frenetic combat, daredevil acrobatics and high-octane vehicle-based stunts. Presenting players with an intense test of reflexes, quick thinking and rapid-fire conflict, Damnation will feature vast landscapes, each covering miles of distance and thousands of vertical feet.

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:

• Warriors Orochi 2 (PS2/X360)
• Nikopol: Secrets of the Immortals (PC)
• Hi! Hamtaro: Ham-Ham Challenge (NDS)
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Buka's Chronostorm: Siberian Strike, developed by Ulysses Games, is a dynamic RTS game about the hot battles that could happen in the near future at the eastern boarders of Russia.

A departure from the traditional online settings of high fantasy, outer space, or military, Global Agenda is a fast-paced action MMO using Unreal Engine 3 set in Earth’s near future, a spy-fi world of advanced technology and player-driven conflict.

Bungie has finally revealed the first, scant, details about their next project. While mostly a teaser, the trailer shows Orbital Shock Drop Troopers, aka helljumpers, raining down on Lumumba. While the trailer only sports a Halo 3 logo, the Xbox Live Marketplace tags it as "High action and deep mystery await players in this new Halo 3 campaign experience." with a hidden Jan. 6, 2009 date. If this is the same project as the pulled E3 presentation, this could be the first signs of the rumored Halo Recon game. Said to be a mix between Gears of War and Ghost Recon, it follows the bloody, violent, and grim exploits of a squad of colonial marines vs. the Covenant.

With an extensive range of features Runes of Magic prepares to redefine the standard of free-to-play MMO games. Even at the beginning Runes of Magic conveys its absorbing story in over 600 quests embedded in an atmospheric world.

Luminous Arc 2 is an epic strategy RPG loaded to the brim with content, including a wealth of new characters (and the return of a few favorites), hand drawn graphics, a score from composer Yasunori Mitsuda‘s Procyon Studio, local and online multiplayer support, multiple endings, a redesigned user interface, etc...

In UT3, you assume the role of a futuristic warrior engaged in contests of intense shooting battles against skilled opponents, controlled by human contestants online or by AI, fought with the most powerful sci-fi weapons and vehicles. More than 6 months after the first patch, Epic has released a new title update addressing plenty of issues.

Diabolik: Original Sin is a 3D point 'n' click stealth-adventure game with a new, innovative real time game system that manages to be faithful to the classic genre of graphical adventures in works over at Italian dev. studio Artematica.

UK based organization Learning and Teaching Scotland carried out an analysis of the effect of Nintendo's Dr. Kawashima's Brain Training on pupils' math ability, and found a daily dose of the video game improved pupils' attainment in maths and their concentration and behavior levels.

Crazy Mini Golf; known the world over as the thing you do when you’re at the seaside, when the kids are bored or when adults have had far too many drinks and see themselves as the next Tiger Woods………

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. Starting Sept. 29 students will have the chance to play GoW 2 early during the 6 weeks BEST BUY G3 Tour, hitting colleges and universities across the country.

3D gesture recognition software developer Softkinetic is collaborating with EA at WIRED NextFest to show off a new gesture-based gaming experience that allows users to simulate shooting a basket against a professional basketball player.

Tenchu 4 will use the Wii Remote to fight, dash, jump and kill like a true ninja. Players will continue the saga of Rikimaru and Ayame, elite ninjas who must use their lethal skills to keep the peace in feudal Japan.

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. For the $150 however you get the game, special Ultra Limited Edition packaging, Dead Space Downfall animated movie, bonus content DVD, lithograph art, 97-pg art book, 160-pg graphic novel, and a Ishimura crew patch.

Madden NFL 09 marks the 20th anniversary of the franchises, and features adaptable gameplay tailored to every type of gamer, online enhancements and a broadcast style presentation delivering an authentic NFL experience. EA has release a new patch for the PS3/X360 editions of the game, fixing various glitches ...

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:

• Gears of War 2 [X360] - Delta Blues Trailer
• Zubo [NDS] - Trailer #3
• White Gold: War in Paradise [X360/PC] - Trailer #3
• Tomb Raider: Underworld [ALL] - Trailer (2)
• Far Cry 2 [ALL] - Africa Diary Trailer #2
• Golden Axe: Beast Rider [PS3/X360] - The Lynth Trailer
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Dynasty Warriors and Samurai Warriors meet again in an unforgettable crossover event. Adding a Versus mode, characters from both franchises must team up to wage war against a new, powerful force. KOEI issued a statement saying that the x360 edition of the game may experience unusual slow-downs during battle scenes, and that a patch is forthcoming...

Begin your odyssey at the dawn of life as a simple microbe just trying to survive, then evolve the creature from its microscopic origins into an intelligent, tool-using race, becoming a global civilization and choose whether to hunt or forage, attack or trade. It's not all bad news for EA, as Spore has sold through more than one million copies worldwide, while fans have created more than 25 million creatures.

WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2009 will unleash a new tag team experience, allowing players to build momentum and attributes, eliminate opponents with high impact double teams and finishers, as well as get the “hot tag” for the win.