Koch Media acquired Austrian games production company Games That Matter, funded in 2006 by industry veterans Hannes Seifert and Niki Laber (former Rockstar Vienna). Merging with Koch Media's premium games label, Deep Silver, it will henceforth be known as Deep Silver Vienna, concentrating on high quality games, especially for consoles.

Eidos has released screens and trailers for its upcoming titles:

• 'Kane & Lynch: Dead Men' (PS3/X360/PC) - Screens
• 'Tomb Raider: Anniversary' (Wii) - Screens
• 'Kengo: Legend of the 9' (X360) - Screens
• 'Highlander' (PS3/X360/PC) Announced - Screens

Konami announced it will be bringing Pro Evolution Soccer to the Wii, offering the same level of realism that has established the series as the definitive football title, but has been undergone a radical rethink to make the most of the Wii’s motion-sensitive control system.

SEGA has released screens and trailers for its upcoming titles:

• 'Bleach: Shattered Blade' (Wii) - Screens & Trailer
• 'Bleach: The Blade of Fate' (NDS) - Screens
• 'Condemned 2: Bloodshot' (PS3/X360) - Screens
• 'Ghost Squad' (Wii) - Screens
• 'Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games' - Screens
• 'Sonic Rush Adventure' (NDS) - Screens & Trailer
• 'The Club' (PS3/X360/PC) - Screens
• 'The Golden Compass' (NDS/PSP/PS2/Wii/PS3/X360/PC) - Screens
• 'Universe at War: Earth Assault' (X360/PC) - Screens
• 'Empire: Total War' Announced - Screens
• 'Sonic Rivals 2' (PSP) - Trailer
• 'Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity' (PS2/Wii) Announced - Screens

Apart from working on the ArmA expansion Queen's Gambit, Bohemia is currently also looking further ahead and already developing a full blown sequel.

Ubisoft's squadron-based flight combat game Blazing Angels 2: Secret Missions of WWII shows World War II from a different perspective, that of an elite pilot who is part of a secret team.

Dark Sector is a new and original next-gen action-thriller, developed by Digital Extreme. A dark, gritty experience packed with fast action, incredible superpowers and an engaging story.

WoW: Wrath of the Lich King will open the forbidding wasteland of Northrend to exploration by the hardiest adventurers. New levels of power, challenging new dungeons and encounters, an exciting new character profession, and the game’s first hero class are just some of the new features awaiting players in Wrath of the Lich King.

EA unveiled plans for a new feature called Be A Pro: Online Team Play that will enable 10 people anywhere in the world to connect online to play a single match of FIFA Soccer 08. The new feature, available for the X360 and PS3, and will be offered as a free download 6-8 weeks after the game's launch.

10Tacle announced the development of Totems, a super-heroic platform game with tactical elements inspired by the urban sport "Le Parkour," that lets the player magically transform the world and story to their own style and skill.

Black Sea Studios, known for Knights of Honor, announced WorldShift, a next-generation, cyber-fantasy RTS game set in a dark future of Earth, where today's civilization is only a fading mysterious legend.

Rock Band in Europe will include localized music content for multiple territories, both on-disc and through downloadable content. The PS2 edition will feature many of the same modes featured in the X360/PS3 editions, but will also debut new game elements specific to the platform.

Using Codemasters Neon engine, Operation Flashpoint 2 will see the most realistic modeling of conflict scenarios in a new contemporary theater of war. By offering a multitude of military disciplines, gameplay will deliver warfare more realistic and intense then ever before, while an extensive multiplayer component will create battles on an incredible scale.

SEGA announced Empire: Total War, the new instalment in The Creative Assembly’s Total War RTS franchise. Empire: Total War will maintain the series genre leading 3D battles, grand turn based campaign map and rich historical flavour while for the first time introducing 3D naval combat into the series.

At Leipzig Games Convention Daedalic Entertainment announced its newest, NDS exclusive title. Coupling minigames with a strong narrative Dating Day features an engaging storyline all about that crucial "first date."

Sierra/Vivendi whisked us away last week to the sweltering hot city of Palm Springs to showcase its upcoming titles. We have screens and trailers for:

• 'SWAT: Target Liberty' (PSP) - Screens & Trailer
• 'F.E.A.R. Perseus Mandate' - Screens
• 'F.E.A.R. Files' (X360) - Screens & Trailer
• 'World in Conflict' (X360/PC) Broadcast Tool - Screens
• 'TimeShift' (PS3/X360/PC) - Screens & Trailer
• 'Prototype' (PS3/X360/PC) - Screens & Trailer
• 'Aliens vs. Predator' (PSP) - 6 New Screens
• 'Arkadian Warriors' (X360/PC) Announced - Screens
• 'Battlestar Galactica' (X360/PC) - Screens & Trailer
• 'The Bourne Conspiracy' (PS3/X360) - Screens & Trailer
• 'Commanders: Attack!' (X360/PC) - Screens & Trailer
• 'CRASH of the Titans' (PSP/PS2/Wii/X360) - Screens & Trailer
• 'Geometry Wars: Galaxies' (NDS/Wii) - Screens
• 'The Legend of Spyro: The Eternal Night' (ALL) - Screens
• 'Empire Earth III' - Screens & Trailer
• 'Red Baron' (X360/PC) Announced - Screens & Trailer
• 'Switchball' (X360/PC) - Screens & Trailer
• 'Wet' [PS3/X3360] - Screens & Trailer

Already gone gold a few months ago, Anacapri: The Dream is an adventure game set in the island of Capri, where you, as Dr. Nico N, need to accomplish a very difficult task: find the extremely powerful, but malicious Obsidian Disk.

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:

• Heavenly Sword [PS3] - Trailer (2)
• Requital - Trailer #2
• Thrillville: Off the Rails [ALL] - Trailer
• The Sims 2 Bon Voyage - Trailer
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Dark Sector is a new and original next-gen action-thriller, developed by Digital Extreme. A dark, gritty experience packed with fast action, incredible superpowers and an engaging story.

Folklore is a unique, dark fantasy adventure inspired by western fairy tales. Set in the mysterious town of Doolin, two strangers, Keats and Ellen, are drawn together to uncover a mysterious legend in a remote village that exists on the border between dreams and reality. At a London press event, Sony's Bill Ritch let slip that the reason desginer Kuji Okada won't attend Leipzig is because he's working on the PSP version.