Buckle up and prepare to unleash automotive anarchy in the ultimate burner’s paradise. Burnout 5 gives players license to wreak havoc in Paradise City, the ultimate seamless racing battleground, with a massive infrastructure of traffic-heavy roads to abuse. Criterion has 3 brand new FreeBurn game modes in the final phase of testing: Stunt Run, Road Rage and Marked Man.

Haze puts you in the boots of a new recruit in the privately run Mantel army. Your conflict begins in a war-torn country where you have been sent to fight a vicious rebel faction, the Promise Hand. Ubisoft announced the imminent release of a playable demo giving gamers a taste of not only the single-player campaign in Haze, but will also allow up to four-player, drop-in drop-out co-op play online.

TrackMania United bundles all TrackMania games & addons released until now. The Stadium environment from TrackMania Nations will benefit from a new version with twice more blocks, while integrating a whole new set of functionalities both for online and solo play. This free addon brings your retail game up to par with the TrackMania Nations Forever release, coming tomorrow.

Hail to the Chimp is a politically charged party game where players battle one another to become the new leader of the Animal Kingdom. Players use the game's unique team-up mechanic, balancing cooperation with competition, to claw their way to victory.

Tusk interactive, founded by former DICE Canada lead designer Armando "Aj" Marini, announced that it is using Microsoft's XNA game studio for the development of its upcoming title.

Heavy Duty is a 3rd person action shooter where the player controls a huge war robot to save his planet from enemy attacks. The game utilizes advanced technology with innovative gameplay features never before achieved in video games.

Croatia based developer Ocean Media has been granted NDS developer status by Nintendo. After being a innovation contest winner at the Game Connection Event, Lyon 2007 a lot of inquiries were made for NDS/Wii titles, so henceforth Ocean Media's doors are open to publishers, production houses, media groups and license holders to start discussing potential DS projects. Ocean Media plans to port its advanced Xtrema Physics 2D technology to DS and prototype several innovative games.

Rainbow Six Vegas 2 adds new gameplay features and more stunning visuals. Players will encounter a solo campaign that uses new tactical possibilities in various locations around Sin City, co-op and adversarial modes, while providing unprecedented interaction between the solo and multiplayer experience.

Wii Fit uses the Wii Balance Board for an extensive array of fun and dynamic activities, including aerobics, yoga, muscle stretches and games. Many of these activities provide a "core" workout, a popular exercise method that emphasizes slower, controlled motions. Wii Fit and the Wii Balance Board will be bundled and sold together for $89.99.

Don King Presents: Prizefighter is a documentary-style boxing game, developed by Rocky: Legends' Venom Games, featuring a documentary-style narrative career mode, training, and will require you to also manage personal relationships outside of the ring.

Create exactly the city you want: build uniquely-designed buildings out of over 150 available structures, from residences to corporate skyscrapers. Improve the quality of life by providing recreational and entertainment opportunities-without letting taxes spiral out of control.

As promised Sony has rolled out the v2.30 PS3 system software update, not only revamping the Playstation Store, but also adding DTS-HD Master Audio and DTS-HD High Resolution Audio. Some new content has also been added: SEGA Superstars Tennis demo, Super Stardust HD Solo Add-on Pack ($4.99), Lair Dragons and Control Pack (free). Later this week Gran Turismo 5 Prologue will be available and the Metal Gear Solid Online beta will launch.

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.

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:

• Dancing with the Stars (PC)
• Emergency Mayhem (Wii)
• Europa Universalis: Rome (PC)
• Gran Turismo 5 Prologue (PS3)
• Jack Keane (PC)
• Major League Baseball 2K8 Fantasy All-Stars (NDS)
• Okami (Wii)
• Overclocked: A History of Violence (PC)
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Microsoft and Bungie once more continue the fight as it has just released the next wave of Halo 3 downloadable content on Xbox Live Marketplace for 800 Microsoft Points. The 410mb Legendary Map Pack introduces three new maps to the title’s multiplayer experience, Ghost Town, Avalanche, and Blackout!

SouthPeak Games has signed a publishing agreement with Lexis Numérique for its newest old-school 2D side-scroller action adventure game, Mister Slime, featuring clever “elastic” controls.

Ubisoft announces that it has concluded an agreement with Gameloft to acquire its video game development studio based in Pune, India. The studio will initially focus on porting titles to handhelds and reinforcing Ubisoft’s testing teams. The goal is to become 200-people strong in 12 months time and to reach a team of 500 in the coming years.

Buckle up and prepare to unleash automotive anarchy in the ultimate burner’s paradise. Burnout 5 gives players license to wreak havoc in Paradise City, the ultimate seamless racing battleground, with a massive infrastructure of traffic-heavy roads to abuse. EA revealed that on Thursday, May 17, it is shutting down the servers that allow the demo's online games to take place.

Rock Band allows you to perform music from the world’s biggest rock artists with your friends as a virtual band using drum, bass/lead guitar and microphone, in addition to offering online connectivity. On top of the 3 tracks revealed last week, Mötley Crüe will be the first group to release a brand-new song as playable track on Xbox Live and PSN later this week.

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:

• LittleBigPlanet [PS3] - Play Create Share Trailer
• Kane & Lynch: Dead Men - The Dope Bag Trailer
• Hail to the Chimp [PS3/X360] - Trailer (2)
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