Currently only scheduled for release in Japan later this month, D3 Publisher's The Zombie Crisis is the latest installment in its Simple DS series. A survival horror game, The Zombie Crisis has you fend off all kinds of gory zombies who would do nothing rather than feast on your brain with dual pistols, swords, machine guns and the good old shotgun.

NPD Group announced that video game software sales in 2007 reached a new record of $9.5 billion, a 28% increase compared to last year. Console games amounted to $6.6 billion, PC titles $910.7 million and handhelds a record $2.0 billion.

Activision has rolled out a Classic Rock Track Pack (550 Microsoft Points) which includes "Peace of Mind" as performed by Boston, "Juke Box Hero" as performed by Foreigner, and "Any Way you Want it" as performed by Journey.

Already hinted at in yesterday financial report, Ubisoft announced the first expansion for The Settlers: Rise Of An Empire, adding a new campaign with 8 missions, a new climate zone (India), a new profession (geologist), a new hero (Princess Saraya), weather influence, as well as new buildings, ornaments, and more.

SunAge is a futuristic RTS where the player can experience 3 different races with each there arsenal of units, buildings and upgrades, taking place across 2 different worlds. Released in Europe late 2007, Lighthouse announced SunAge went gold and will ship next week.

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:

• Yu-Gi-Oh! GX The Beginning of Destiny (PS2)
• PDC World Championship Darts 2008 (PS2/PC)
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Advances in gameplay and the addition of new elements will make Disciples III richer and more interesting. The visual design follows the original ominous and gloomy style of the Disciples world, but now the entire game environment and every individual unit is in full 3D.

Daring stunts, spectacular crashes, thrilling criminal cases: All fans of the racing genre will easily fall in love with the newest game originating from the original RTL TV-Show "Alarm for Cobra 11."

Tarr Chronicles: Sign of Pride, developed by Quazar Studio, is a prequel to Akella's Tarr Chronicles: Sign of Ghosts and is set a hundred years prior to the original, introduces a new race, new control modes (Stealth & Berserk), and ability to not only construct new ships, but also new weapons.

Rockstar is bringing its open-ended crime series to the next-gen consoles with Grand Theft Auto IV. While details on the game are still slim, we now know that the franchise returns to New York situated around the mysterious protagonist Nikolai.

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.

Heart Of Osiris is a standalone expansion pack to last years point & click adventure Ankh, situated in the same environment as the original but now lets you play the game from a different perspective and character, the Pharaoh himself. This v1.02 patch fixes various Windows Vista issues.

Paradox Interactive announced that is has signed Mount & Blade, a single-player, third- or first-person action/role-playing game with a focus on medieval combat. A new beta demo is also available...

Napoleon's Ambition is an expansion for Paradox Interactive's strategy title Europa Universalis III, taking the game all the way into the French Revolution and the Napoleonic era.

In SimCity DS 2, based on Sim City 3000, you will be in charge of evolving your city through 8 periods of time, from the stone ages, until modern times, visiting locations like Paris, or ancient Japan.

Avencast: Rise of the Mage is an action RPG that mixes the dynamics of an action game with strong adventure elements creating an enthralling and unique gaming experience. Lighthouse is currently running a demo competition, looking for the player with the best battle skills, aka the most fame points.

Dynasty Warriors and Samurai Warriors will finally meet this fall in an unforgettable crossover event. In Warriors Orochi, the characters from both franchises must team up to wage war against a new, powerful force.

Action Forms' Cryostasis is a first person horror/action game where you play a meteorologist caught inside the "North Wind," an old nuclear ice-breaker, frozen in the ice many years ago. This steel beast once fought for its country, but it fell into an ice trap as did every living thing onboard.

Devil May Cry 4 is the fourth installment in Capcom's series starring Dante, the gunslinging demon hunter. DMC4 will introduce a new hero, Nero, who possesses a demonic arm that can pull in enemies or use them as projectiles. A s promised Capcom has released a DMC 4 demo on XBL featuring various sections of the game, ending in a boss fight with the fiendish Berial.

Secret Files 2 is a point-and-click adventure game based on mysterious phenomena around the world. As a follow-up to Secret Files: Tunguska, the sequel takes on a different mystery in a totally different location ....