Hellgate: London is an RPG set in the immersive first-person perspective. With a completely randomized world that offers a unique experience every time you play, Hellgate: London introduces a demon-ridden place where the last survivors of the human race must meld science and magic to survive.

Revealed last week, XIDER Games will be making its first venture into the NDS format with Luminator DS, a puzzle-strategy game with a modern soundtrack and updated Tetris-style play which will banish your Rubik’s Cube to the attic permanently.

Digital Leisure is bringing its classic adventure game to the Nintendo DS version with a plethora of unique features while still maintaining the original game play, quality and style of the arcade release.

In his Hollywood and Games Summit keynote today, Brash Entertainment's CEO Mitch Davis announced additional long term deals with the various film studios and partners, such as Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, Twentieth Century Fox, Universal Studios, Vanguard Animation, and of course the previously announced Lions Gate Films.

Recently spun-off and renamed Other Ocean Interactive (formerly Backbone Charlottetown) is working on bringing Mortal Kombat to the NDS, according to an interview with Midway's Ed Boon. Ultimate Mortal Kombat is scheduled for November and is a conversion of the Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 arcade game. It will support 2-player local or online multiplayer and include Puzzle Kombat, the Super Puzzle Fighter clone featuring super-deformed Mortal Kombat characters.

Switchball is an intricate puzzle game set in a stunning 3D world. Control an ever-changing ball along a narrow winding course suspended in midair. Solve your way through challenging levels jam-packed with obstacles, traps and mazes.

NoWay Studio announced its debut title C.O.R.E., a classic FPS game set in an underground laboratory complex in the year 2050. C.O.R.E. features an advanced graphics solutions and makes the maximum use of unique features offered by Nintendo DS such as dual screen and touch-screen control system.

The U.S. Army announced that the upcoming July 4th marks the fifth anniversary of the launch of the its America’s Army online multiplayer PC game, and has since amassed more than 8.5 million user accounts, holding a steady top ten action games played online since its launch in 2002.

DIRT: Colin McRae Off-Road is set to be the most diverse and exhilarating off-road racing experience ever with sensational gravel, mud and dirt events the world over. With week one sales out the door, Codemasters announced that DiRT has surpassed 500K copies globally.

Rockstar is bringing its best-selling, open-ended crime series to the next-gen consoles with Grand Theft Auto IV. While no specific info on the game is available yet, we now know that the franchise returns to New York...

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:

• Lair [PS3] - Trailer
• The Settlers [NDS] - German Trailer
• The Escape From Paradise City - Boris Trailer
• Boogie [Wii] - Movie Maker Trailer
• Bee Movie Game [ALL] - Trailer
• Skate [ALL] - Gameplay Controls Trailer
• Dynasty Warriors Gundam [PS3/X360] - Trailer #2
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  We will update this throughout the day when new trailers become available. Read more for download links ...

Trilogy Studios announced it is expanding its virtual world software development studio as it is working with MTV Networks' Music Group on the development and evolution of MTVN's "Pimp My Ride" virtual world.

Destination Software announced it has signed a license agreement with Yamaha Motor Corporation, USA, allowing it to publish and distribute Yamaha racing video games, starting with Yamaha Supercross.

Super Smash Bros. Brawl is Nintendo's latest incarnation in the popular Super Smash Bros. series of titles featuring all new characters ranging from Kirby and Wario to Samus, and even Metal Gear Solid's Snake.

SEGA's Universe at War: Earth Assault, developed by Petroglyph, is a combat-intensive RTS game enlisting players in an epic struggle to prevent total alien domination of planet Earth. Universe at War: Earth Assault will support Games for Windows Live, enabling PC vs. Xbox 360 cross-platform gaming.

Penny Arcade today announced that exhibit space is sold out for its upcoming PAX gaming culture festival, taking place at the Washington State Convention & Trade Center in downtown Seattle August 24th-26th, officially tripling the size of exhibit space from previous years.

It has been a while since we heard anything from Activision's Soldier of Fortune franchise, but that is all about to change. Making its first appearance since Soldier of Fortune II: Double Helix back in 2002, SoF: Pay Back will also make its next-gen console debut. Whether Raven Soft will once again make limbs fly all over our screen was not revealed, so hopefully more will become clear in a few weeks time at E3. As it stands now, Soldier of Fortune: Pay Back is scheduled for a November release, but that is most likely to change (thanks Robert).

UPDATE: EBGames as well as GameStop now have product listings up...

UPDATE #2: Our source confirmed that SoF Payback is indeed in development, although not by Raven Software but Cauldron, who recently did History Channel: Civil War, and published by Activision Value, known for the Cabela's hunting titles.

Pandemic has constructed a whole new "playground of destruction" from the ground up, fully stocked with the hottest vehicles and weapons. Set in a new and exotic hotspot, you can be your own boss in a wide-open world where there's only one rule: everybody pays.

Six years after the launch of its sci-fi MMO Anarchy Online, Funcom announced the introduction of a a point-based system where players can purchase selected virtual items, as well as new content and services.

Undercover: Dual Motives is an point & click adventure game where players take control of physicist and reluctant spy Dr. John Russell in his early days, investigating at a British research facility, and hunt for a Nazi nuclear bomb.