Penny Arcade Expo is a three-day celebration of games and gamer culture. The festival includes an exhibition floor filled with playable builds of upcoming tabletop, console, and computer games; a conference program of game-industry speakers on gaming topics; music concerts; freeplay areas; industry parties; game tournaments and more.

Making History: The Calm & the Storm puts players in control of global conflict, combining a highly sophisticated AI with rich historical detail. Strategy First has released a new patch, bringing your retail game to v2.0.4, and improves performance, editor, game balancing, adds AI and UI changes and a few other things ...

Set on the battlefields of World War III, Tom Clancy's EndWar is a next-gen console exclusive war strategy game that will push the envelope of technology, showcasing AI, graphics, physics and animations that were not possible before.

In the bold and often-bloody Dead Space, developed by EA's Redwood Shores Studio, gamers will step into a third-person sci-fi survival horror experience that promises to deliver the ultimate in psychological thrills and gruesome action.

Mass Effect invites players to take the role of Commander Shepard as they set out on an adventure to save the galaxy from imminent destruction. Wrought with treachery, heroism, difficult decisions and a universe filled with unique and colorful species, Mass Effect delivers a truly compelling storyline.

FIFA Manager 09 gives you full control over the management of a football club. You are responsible for the line-up, the tactics and the training of your team – as well as for signing the right players, improving the club facilities and the stadium.

Castle Crashers is a four-player game for the Xbox Live Arcade, where players are knights on a quest to regain a stolen idol. Originally scheduled for release last year, when Microsoft decided to increase the Xbox Live Arcade allowed file size, The Behemoth decided to delay the game in order to add even more content. Castle Crashers has been sent to Microsoft for certification, but no specific release date has been set yet.

Check out the following new screens and trailers from Sony Computer Entertainment America's (SCEA) Gamers Day 2008 lineup:

• 'LittleBigPlanet' (PS3) - 12 New Screens
• 'Siren: Blood Curse' (PS3) - 19 New Screens & Trailer
• PixelJunk Eden (PS3) Announced - Facts, Features, Screens & Trailer
• 'Killzone 2' (PS3) - 2 New Screens
• 'Hot Shots Golf: Open Tee 2' (PSP) - 10 New Screens
• Buzz!: Quiz TV' (PS3) - 7 New Screens
• 'SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs Confrontation' (PS3) - 20 New Screens
• 'Buzz! Master Quiz' (PSP) - 13 New Screens
• 'Resistance 2' (PS3) - Facts, Features & Screens

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:

• Baja [ALL] - Trailer #3
• Doodle Hex [NDS/Wii] - Combos Tutorial
• The Incredible Hulk [ALL] - Behind The Scenes Trailer #1
• Majesty 2: The Fantasy Kingdom Sim - Trailer
• Project Origin [ALL] - Combat Trailer
• Theseis [X360/PC] - Mansion Trailer
• Toki Tori [Wii] - Trailer
• UEFA EURO 2008 [ALL] - Celebrations Trailer
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When it rains, it pours! Ever since Activision revealed it would not be renewing its ESA membership nor attending E3, several other companies announced they would not be attending (NCSoft, Foundation 9, Her Interactive), while others confirmed their presence (D3P, Warner Bros., Majesco, Bethesda, EA, etc.). One name still missing from either list was LucasArts, and today PR director Margaret Grohne announced that while LucasArts will no longer be an ESA member, it would still be attending the E3.

Atlus' Operation Darkness is an epic fantasy WWII turn-based strategy game from Metal Saga developers Success. Set during WW2 you are part of an special ops team tasked with tracking down Hitler, featuring multiple scenarios, mixing historical events with fiction.

Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue signed into law the 2008 Entertainment Industry Investment Act (HB 1100), new legislation designed to encourage entertainment industry productions such as qualified films, TV series, commercials, music videos, and video game productions, in Georgia.

Lost Planet: Colonies adds an 11 mission campaign, Score Attack and Time Trial Battle Mode, four new multiplayer maps, four new playable characters, 10 new weapons and no less than seven new game modes, such as Akrid Hunting and Akrid Egg.

Red Bull BC One takes players to the international breakdance tournament that challenges B-boys and B-girls alike. Players control their break dancer by solving puzzles under strict time limits. Puzzles consist of drawing geometrical shapes, which will get more complex as the game progresses.

Paradox Interactive's 4X strategy game Lost Empire: Immortals is set in space featuring six playable races, each with their own compelling storyline who battle for domination of a vast empire.

Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World combines real-time combat, captivating storylines and remarkable graphics while introducing original elements that set a new standard for role-playing gameplay and interactive storytelling.

Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Heroes 2: The Phantom Fortress introduces a new storyline based on the Naruto animated series, as well as a roster of more than 20 characters and frantic head-to-head multiplayer action with game-sharing capabilities. Pre-order now, register as a member of the game’s official online community, Hokage’s Room, and receive one of six Naruto figurines (4th series).

The all-time puzzle classic returns for the Wii generation, featuring online gameplay and a new Germ Buster mode! Destroy all the viruses trapped in the bottle by dropping and slotting capsules to create lines of matching colours. The more viruses you clear, the faster the capsules drop.

Harmonix and MTV Games announced the latest slate of downloadable tracks available for Rock Band is a special collection of singles featuring the nine tracks showcased in the Euro version of the game including some of Europe's heaviest hitters: UK's Blur, Muse and Oasis, German rockers Tokio Hotel, Die Toten Hosen, H-BlockX and Juli, and French natives Les Wampas and Pleymo.

Apart from yesterday's SEGA's Platinum announcement, check out the following new screens SEGA's Gamers Day 2008 lineup:

• 'Alpha Protocol' (PS3/X360/PC) Release Date Narrowed Down
• 'The Incredible Hulk' (ALL) - 10 New Screens
• 'Beijing 2008' (ALL) - 16 New Screens
• 'Bleach: Dark Souls' (NDS) - 6 New Screens
• 'Dinosaur King' (NDS) - 6 New Screens
• 'Golden Axe: Beast Rider' (PS3/X360) - Facts, Features & 5 New Screens
• 'Samba De Amigo' (Wii) - 9 New Screens
• 'Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood' (NDS) - 25 New Screens
• 'Sonic Unleashed' (PS2/Wii/PS3/X360) - 7 New Screens
• 'Valkyria Chronicles' (PS3) Narrows Down Release Date - 3 New Screens