Already revealed by SEGA's Universe at War Live compatibility on Vista/XP, Microsoft's official Gamerscore blog confirms it is indeed working on bringing the Games for Windows Live service to XP. The development team first wanted to get the service working on Microsoft's newest OS to support Halo 2 and Shadowrun, but now that both titles are out, work on finalizing GfWL on XP has commenced. Gears of War, which is Vista/XP compatible, will support the Live service on both platforms.

King's Bounty: The Legend, previously known as Battle Lord, is an adventure game with tactical turn-based battles and role-playing elements unfolding in a rich fantasy world.

The epic saga continues with Halo 3, in this third chapter of the Halo trilogy, Master Chief returns to finish the fight, bringing the epic conflict between the Covenant, the Flood, and the entire human race to a dramatic, pulse-pounding climax. Bungie's weekly update reveals Halo 3 is nearing completion. Check out yesterday's batch of new screens...

While Level 5 are still working on bringing the newest Dragon Quest IX title the the NDS, several of its prequels, DQ IV, V and VI to be precise, are also getting converted to the NDS, with full 3D graphics. Scheduled for release this winter in Japan, no word whether Square Enix will be bringing it to Europe and/or North America.

Mexican authorities conducted raids against 12 alleged distributors of counterfeit Nintendo products in a major “fayuca” (contraband) market in Guadalajara. Authorities seized 15,000 pirated Nintendo products, including 4,500 illegal Wii game discs.

Team Fortress 2, sequel to the game that put class-based, multiplayer team warfare on the map, delivers new game types, a signature art style powered by Valve’s next generation animation technology, persistent player statistics, and more. Next week Valve will release a new "Meet the Soldier" trailer at the GC 2007.

BioShock will forever change the expectations for the FPS going beyond run and gun corridors, monster-closet AIs and static worlds, creating a living, unique and unpredictable FPS experience. The GameStop and EB Canada exclusive Limited Edition version of BioShock will include an EP remixed CD by Moby and Oscar The Punk.

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 brings forth the ultimate representation of the Age of Conan.

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:

• Folklore [PS3] - Trailer #2
• Metroid Prime 3: Corruption [Wii] - Trailer (2)
• Age of Empires III: The Asian Dynasties - Chinese Civilization Trailer
• Sacred 2 [X360/PC] - GC 2007 Trailer
• Cocoto Kart Racer [NDS] - Trailer
• Warriors Orochi [PS2/X360] - Trailer
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  We will update this throughout the day when new trailers become available. Read more for download links ..

Combat Mission: Shock Force is a tactical military simulation depicting a hypothetical near future conflict between NATO and Syrian forces in Syria. Battlefront has released a v1.02 updated demo (fixing various bugs/crashes, adding ATi gfx card compatibility feature and more), as well as an update v1.02 patch for the Paradox version of the game.

2K Sports' NHL 2K8 will leverage all of the next generation capabilities, featuring innovative gameplay, revolutionary player models and stunning visuals to create an entirely new hockey experience, centered on authenticity and the NHL Signature Style.

Looney Tunes: Acme Arsenal is an action-adventure game featuring 7 playable Looney Tunes characters, and a special secret character. In Duck Amuck players will compete against Daffy through a series of mini-games, with the goal of driving Daffy's temperature, and his temper, through the roof. Both titles are delayed until October 9, 2007.

Akella's Empire Above All is an action-RTS that blends traditional features of the genre with tactical and arcade elements for an immersive, dynamic, intellectual gameplay. Empire Above All is the story of one of infinite heroes of the war of Humanity against the Aliens from outer space.

Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2 will feature changing climate, improved AI, an advanced Cross-Com system, air strikes from jet fighters, new weapons and a new soldier class, the Medic. Delayed earlier this year, Ubisoft announced that both the PSP and PS3 version are finally ready, on track for next week's release.

Sequel to 2005's fast-paced action title, Devil Kings 2 possesses compelling gameplay that thrusts players into a land of warring nations and unrelenting hostile armies, playable as one of 30 characters.

K2 Network revealed its Leipzig Games Convention 2007 lineup, where it will show a multitude of its online titles, such as Sword of the New World: Granado Espada, and War Rock.

Hard to be a God is an RPG with adventure and espionage elements based on a storyline of the novel with the same name by Strugatsky brothers. The main hero is a graduate of a medieval secret service high school, and his mission is to scout and report the situation in the Kingdom of Arcanar, an independent anarchical state.

Dead Head Fred draws players into an original alternative universe as they embark on a quest for vengeance to solve their own murder by using the decapitated heads of enemies to battle through environments designed to showcase each head’s unique abilities.

Since Troika is no longer amongst the living this patch is not official, so use at your own discretion. This update brings Activision's Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines retail game to v4.0 (requires v1.2 patch installed) and addresses a number of known issues, gameplay tweaks, bug fixes and so forth.

EA is introducing a new Need for Speed version that drives the series in a new direction. Need for Speed ProStreet is a ground-breaking Need for Speed experience where you’re thrust to compete head to head against the best street racers in a multitude of racing showdowns.