Madden NFL 09 marks the 20th anniversary of the franchises, and the game will feature adaptable gameplay tailored to every type of gamer, online enhancements and a broadcast style presentation delivering an authentic NFL experience.

Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness, will be a comic adventure game, the first chapter of the planned episodic series which will feature characters from Penny Arcade, including the well-known Gabe and Tycho. At Comic-Con Penny Arcade revealed during its panel discussion that its adventure game will span 4 installments, with Ep.2 coming this fall.

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:

• SNK Arcade Classics: Vol. 1 (PSP/PS2/Wii)
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Star Trek Supremacy allows you to play up to 6 major races over a massive galactic map, putting you in charge of every aspect from handling Diplomacy, conducting Research, Colony Development, engaging in Espionage and controlling your entire military. You have a Galaxy to Explore and enemies to conquer, but be cautious, they will have you fight for your every breath.

Children of the Nile: Enhanced Edition is the updated version of Tilted Mill's city building simulation/strategy game putting you in charge of your civilization's well being, development and evolution. The new version adds new content, support for Vista, plus a host of user interface and user experience enhancements.

Splatterhouse combines visceral, adrenaline-soaked combat with horror elements to deliver an original gaming experience that defies the boundaries of the traditional action category with over-the-top gore and shocking new gameplay mechanics. Developer BottleRocket Entertainment has licensed the Gamebryo engine, known from TES IV: Oblivion, Warhammer Online, Civ IV, etc..

Namco Bandai's Eternal Sonata boasts gorgeous graphics, 3D character models, and a groundbreaking battle system. The PS3 edition of Eternal Sonata will include extra content, such as new events to help move along the story line, Crescendo and Serenade as playable characters, and the ability to freely change your characters' costumes.

Revealed last week, in Wallace & Gromit's Grand Adventures you assume the roles of both Wallace and Gromit, and spend each episode exploring a vivid world, assembling intricate contraptions, and getting the duo out of the sticky situations they frequently find themselves in.

Based on the animated TV series, Afro Samurai is the cutting edge game that delivers a new kind of cinematic game experience, a living episode that offers addictive, immersive and compelling gameplay that's dripping in style.

At last year's Tokyo Game Show Tecmo revealed that a new title in the Fatal Frame franchise, known in Europe as Project Zero, is under development specifically for the Wii by Grasshopper, known for the recent No More Heroes, and once again produced by Keisuke Kikuchi.

Xbox Live Arcade is celebrating with the hottest lineup of games ever, starting on Wed., July 30 with the retro shooter Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved 2. Also on Wednesday, XBLA users can earn entries into the Summer of Arcade Sweepstakes by playing the trial or full version of the featured XBLA game of the week for a chance to win 100,000 MS Points, an X360 Elite, etc...

Brothers in Arms: Hell's Highway, the third entry in the series, has you reprise the heroic role of Sergeant Matt Baker, a soldier of the 101st Airborne Division, during Operation Market Garden in the late stages of World War II. Originally scheduled for Aug. 26, Gearbox confirmed that the game won't appear on store shelves until Sept. 23. A Ltd. Edition includes a SGT Matt Baker figurine with 13 accessories, a the first issue of the BiA comic Book (with bonus content) and a Poster Map of Operation Market Garden.

LEGO Batman features all of the characters from the LEGO Batman construction sets, plus a few new additions. Gamers will have the ability to roam the streets of LEGO Gotham City as Batman or Robin, and even take control of the villains while manipulating gadgets and building/operating vehicles in co-op gameplay.

Kombat forces friends to fight, worlds to collide, and unlikely alliances to be forged. In order to save all they know, the heroes and villains of Mortal Kombat must wage war against the combined might of the DC Universe. Four additional characters have been confirmed, The Joker, Kitana, Jax and Green Lantern.

NCsoft is teaming up with stored-value gift and prepaid products distributor InComm to bring many of it's games to consumers on prepaid Game Cards. Target, Best Buy and Rite Aid will be the first stores to offer titles such as City of Heroes, Richard Garriott’s Tabula Rasa and Exteel on Game Cards.

Empire Interactive's new character-driven crime detective adventure, Unsolved Crimes, brings a new level of gaming excitement to the NDS integrating the thrills of an action game with the mental challenges of a 3D crime investigation.

Optical motion capture provider PhaseSpace announced that 3G Studios has implemented a large PhaseSpace Impulse motion capture system in its studio for its current Wii title, Jillian Michael's Fitness Ultimatum 2009, as well as an unannounced next-gen title.

Atlantica Online is bringing back turn-based and strategic gameplay to give a fresh face to the MMO world, a thinking person's game, giving you the chance to really strategize using the combat, mercenary and city/country management system.

Multiwinia will combine elements of Darwinia, with the addition of multiplayer support which will enable both co-op and competitive battles between massive Darwinian armies.

More brash and aggressive than his Delta Force squadmate Nomad, you'll experience Psycho’s parallel story during the events of the original, finding that life on the other side of the island is even more intense and explosive than you could have imagined.