Powered by an enhanced proprietary Essence Engine 2.0, Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II will take players to the brutal frontlines of war where they’ll experience intense action and visceral combat through a non-linear single player experience and a fully co-operative multiplayer campaign.

Take on the challenge of leading one of over 50 European national teams and play as your favorite country from qualification right through to a virtual reproduction of the European Soccer Championship tournament with UEFA EURO 2008. Using the game's simulation engine, EA Sports was able to test all 16 teams in the competition and determine that Portugal would come out on top.

Step into the world of Too Human, Silicon Knights' third-person epic action game. As the cybernetic god Baldur, players are thrust into the midst of an ongoing battle that threatens the existence of mankind.

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.

IL-2 Sturmovik: Birds of Prey is based around the large-scale aerial combat and ground military operations of WWII. Players can participate in some of the most famous battles piloting fighters, battle planes and heavy bombers across a range of 50+ missions.

1C Company announced the development of two brand new console games to be released in 2008-2009, the first cross-platform games from 1C to be developed and published worldwide. Captain Blood is a pirate adventure with combat on land and the high seas, and IL-2: Sturmovik: Birds of Prey is a brand-new console version of the acclaimed combat flight simulator.

Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures is an Online Action RPG, mixing a deep, story-driven single-player experience and a massive and brutal multiplayer end-game that brings forth the ultimate representation of the Age of Conan. Having sold 400k units in a few days, topping the charts in various countries, it is no surprise that it now has surpassed the "One Million Copies Shipped" milestone, in less than three weeks after it launched.

Captain Blood is an action/rpg, based on the novels by Rafael Sabatini about the notorious Captain Blood. You assume the role of brave and noble pirate captain, Peter Blood, and follow his intriguing and amazing adventures in 1685 on the Spanish Main.

Civil War General brings you right into the heart of The American Civil War. You are put in command of The Army. You decide who leads your Brigades, Divisions, Corps' and even Armies.

Empires of Steel is a turn-based game of world conquest set in the 20th century. Players command various ground, armored, naval and airforce units against up to 20 human or computer-controlled (Artificial Intelligence) opponents.

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:

• Battlefield: Bad Company [PS3/X360] - Sweetwater Trailer
• City Life 2008 Edition - Trailer #3
• Dragon Ball Z Burst Limit [ALL] - Piccolo Trailer
• Guitar Hero: Aerosmith [ALL] - Run DMC Trailer
• Limbo of the Lost - Trailer #2
• Madden NFL 09 [ALL] - Backtrack Trailer
• Saints Row 2 [ALL] - Activities Trailer
• Too Human [X360] - Cinematic Trailer
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  We will update this throughout the day when new trailers become available. Read more for download links ...

Swords will be honed and weapons optimized in Namco Bandai's Soulcalibur IV. Delivering new gameplay modes, characters and enhanced features with unprecedented 3D modeling and animation, Soulcalibur IV will be the definitive fighting game experience. Yoda and Darth Vader are not the only playable Star Wars characters in SC IV as Namco Bandai revealed the Secret Apprentice from Lucasarts' Star Wars: The Force Unleashed will be included on both platforms.

Crackpot Entertainment's Insecticide is a classically styled action adventure detective game that brings the look and feel of gritty gumshoe films into a futuristic city where insects have become the dominant race.

Sony has rolled out new PlayStation Store content, Rock Band gets Disturbed and Jimmy Buffett pack (3 songs each), Guitar Hero III gets Motorhead Track Pack ($6.25), and God of War II's The End Begins (to Rock) for free, the first issue of SCEA's monthly interactive video production Qore, Capcom's Wolf of the Battlefield: Commando 3 ($9.99), Tiki Games' top-down arcade shooter Novastrike ($9.99), demos for Civilization Revolution, Battlefield: Bad Company, and NASCAR 09. And of course there are also the usual game/movie trailers, PS3 themes and Wallpapers.

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.

Take-Two's Q2 2008 financial results revealed its net revenue more than doubled compared to last year (from $205.4 million to $539.8 million), not surprisingly led by GTA IV which has sold 8.5 million copies so far. Bad news for X360 owners as the platform exclusive content updates are getting pushed until Q1 2009 (between Nov 1, 2008 and Jan. 31, 2009), "in order to provide a better balance in Take-Two's release schedule." Bioshock, which so far has sold 2.2 million copies, will become a trilogy as Take Two CEO Zelnick hints at a 3rd title in the franchise to coincide with the, previously rumored, but now confirmed movie.

Strategy First is bringing back the undead and well-armed hero Karl Stolz, ready to defeat Hitler’s forces with Ubersoldier 2: The End of Hitler. The classic first person shooter is set in WWII with richly added RPG elements and traditional FPS features.

As society succumbs to a worldwide energy crisis, a new global depression takes hold. Amidst this desperate backdrop two superpower alliances emerge, join the Western Coalition or the Red Star Alliance. Kaos Studios released the v1.1.0 patch, finally including the Punkbuster integration and the newly redesigned server browser, as well as other changes & fixes.

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 literally dripping in style.

Packed with the most powerful race cars - new and classic, circuit and drift - players will compete in urban street races, as well as conquer official racetracks and championships over three continents. Earlier this week we revealed a patch was in the works for the GRID, fixing amongst other things the reported crashing/freezing problems, here are the details.