Deep Silver's teaser timer has run out, only to be replaced by another countdown clock that will expire in 14 days, probably to coincide with an official unveiling at the Leipzig Games Convention. What was revealed however is that Piranha Bytes' newest title is no longer known as Project RPB, but has an official title, Risen.

Ubisoft will publish From Software's 13th installment in its mech-based combat franchise, Armored Core for Answer.

Midway has been hanging on for dear life for quite a while, Atari déjà vu, and earlier this week posted yet another grim-looking financial report. To add insult to injury, Midway confirmed several key employees have recently left, such as director of media relations Reilly Brennan, VP of marketing Mona Hamilton, Senior PR Tim DaRosa (now at Six Degrees Games) and Mike Bilder, head of its Chicago studio, known for such titles as Blitz: The League, Stranglehold, and Mortal Kombat.

Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning will bring Games Workshop's fantasy world to life in a way that will allow players to create characters destined for great deeds and glory on the field of battle. Last month EA Singapore revealed a Sept. 23, 2008 release date, EA confirmed the day of reckoning will start a few days earlier, on Sept. 18, 2008 in North America & Europe.

In Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince you'll engage in exciting wizard duels, mix and brew magical ingredients in Potions class, take to the air to lead the Gryffindor Quidditch team to victory, get sidetracked by Ron’s romantic entanglements and journey towards discovering the identity of the Half-Blood Prince.

Euro Truck Simulator is a truck simulation game where you can drive across a realistic depiction of continental Europe, visiting its beautiful cities, from Rome to Berlin to Madrid to Prague, picking up a variety of cargo, and delivering them on time!

This is an unofficial patch for Pandemic's Battlezone II: Combat Commander, bringing your retail game to v1.3 beta 4 and adds new graphics features, and the usual bug & crash fixes.

Seize the moment and step into the glamorous life of a high stakes gambler! Phantom EFX announced its lineup of Reel Deal casino video games: Reel Deal Slots Blackbeard's Revenge, Reel Deal Casino Millionaire's Club and Reel Deal Card Games '09.

The Chronicles of Spellborn is an MMORPG set in the Enclave of the Five Sacrifices. Developed by Dutch studio Spellborn, previously known for Alpha Black Zero, it uses the Unreal 2.5 Engine.

Shaun White Snowboarding, powered by the award-winning Assassin's Creed engine, allows players to enter a world of total freedom, where they can create their own experience and choose how, where, and with whom they want to ride.

With the Games Convention in Leipzig creeping closer, Akella revealed its lineup of titles it will be showing at the GC, being held in Leipzig, Germany, August 19-24, 2008, including PT Boats, Disciples III, Heavy Duty, Showdown: Scorpion, Numen, Moscow Racer, A Stroke of Fate, Postal 3, and Night Watcher.

Swords will be honed and weapons optimized in Soulcalibur IV, as it delivers new gameplay modes, characters and enhanced features with unprecedented 3D modeling and animation, making it the definitive fighting game experience. Namco Bandai revealed that SC IV is red-hot, as it has sold more than 2 million copies worldwide since its Aug. 4th release date.

Mario Super Sluggers blends richly interactive baseball action with eccentric characters and elements (Princess Peach, Wario, Bowser, Shy Guy, Baby Mario, Koopa Troopa, Donkey Kong, etc.) from across the popular Mario universe. Players can swing the wireless Wiimote just like a real bat or wave it toward the plate to deliver a masterful pitch.

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:

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Guitar Hero: World Tour will feature vocals, drums, the ability to create your own songs (and upload them on GHTunes), 4 player on/offline co-op, and an 8 player battle of the bands multiplayer mode (4vs4). The next issue of Stuff Magazine reveals six more tracks that will appear on the next Guitar Hero installment.

After recently being dropped by NCSoft, Spacetime Studios acquired the rights to its own space fantasy combat game Blackstar, but since the company is self-funded it was forced to scale down from thirty-two down to sixteen folks in the hopes of developing a pitch, a prototype and another publishing deal.

Check out the following new screens from Sega's E3 2008 lineup:

• 'Alpha Protocol' (PS3/X360/PC) - 6 New Screens
• 'Bayonetta' (PS3/X360) - 2 New Screens
• 'Bleach: Dark Souls' (NDS) - 8 New Screens
• 'Dinosaur King' (NDS) - 7 New Screens
• 'Empire: Total War' - 5 New Screens
• 'Golden Axe: Beast Rider' (PS3/X360) - 5 New Screens
• 'MadWorld' (Wii) - 11 New Screens
• 'Samba De Amigo' (Wii) - 18 New Screens
• 'Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood' (NDS) - 36 New Screens
• 'Sonic Unleashed' (PS2/Wii/PS3/X360) - 26 New Screens
• 'Space Siege' - 5 New Screens
• 'Stormrise' (PS3/X360/PC) - 8 New Screens
• 'Valkyria Chronicles' (PS3) - 7 New Screens
• 'Yakuza 2' (PS2) - 6 New Screens

Check out the following new screens from Sony's E3 2008 lineup:

• Buzz! Master Quiz (PSP) - 5 New Screens
• Buzz! Quiz TV (PS3) - 10 New Screens
• Crash Commando (PS3) - 20 New Screens
• Fat Princess (PS3) - 6 New Screens
• Flower (PS3) - 10 New Screens
• inFamous (PS3) - 6 New Screens
• Killzone 2 (PS3) - 12 New Screens
• LittleBigPlanet (PS3) - 16 New Screens
• MotorStorm: Pacific Rift (PS3) - 14 New Screens
• NBA 09: The Inside (PS3) - 42 New Screens
• Pain: Amusement Park (PS3) - 9 New Screens
• Patapon 2 (PSP) - 18 New Screens
• PixelJunk Eden (PS3) - 10 New Screens
• Home (PS3) - 5 New Screens
• Rag Doll Kung Fu: Fists of Plastic (PS3) - 8 New Screens
• Resistance 2 (PS3) - 5 New Screens
• Resistance: Retribution (PSP) - 4 New Screens
• Siren: Blood Curse (PS3) - Screens
• SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs Confrontation (PS3) - 7 New Screens
• Super Stardust Portable (PSP) - 7 New Screens

Having already received $1.5 million in June 2007, Ultizen Games announced that it has secured another $6 million USD in funding to support company’s continued rapid growth through acquisitions.

Las Vegas based developer HSC Labs has licensed has Simutronics' HeroEngine in connection with their massively multiplayer game project currently getting underway.