Empire Interactive announced that it has signed a contract with Sanrio Digital to publish and co-develop new multi-format console and handheld games featuring the ever popular Hello Kitty character.

Stranger combines epic role-playing with some of the best elements of real-time strategy. The never-before-seen spell and item enchantment system allows a never-before-seen flexibility as players simply have to swap the amounts of used crystals to adapt to their enemies' strategies.

AGEOD's American Civil War enjoys a very intuitive interface and is easy to learn. Compared to its predecessor, Birth of America, it features many additions such as new economic and political features, player control of troop recruitment, full chain of command from armies to brigades and much much more!

Drawn to Life takes players to the next level of interaction and creativity on the NDS. Your exact drawings populate the game, and no tedious animating or image manipulation is necessary. In other words, your drawing comes to life!

EA announced that two-time FIFA World Player of the Year Ronaldinho will headline a global lineup of superstar athletes to be featured on the front packs of FIFA 08, making its debut on the PS3 and Wii platforms.

Twilight War: After the Fall is an XORG (Extreme Online Roleplaying Game) with advanced graphics and an integrated FPS combat system, in the Post-Apocalyptic Science Fiction genre. Initially canceled, then revived, Twilight War: After the Fall uses SpeedTree, and is powered by Valve's Source Engine.

Codemasters has released a demo for its racing game DIRT: Colin McRae Off-Road allowing you to try out 3 tracks, 3 race types drivable in a specific car for each track (Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX, CORR class 1 buggy and Subaru Impreza).

a wide variety of card games, puzzles Touchmaster DS will feature 23 of classic Touchmaster games, a wide variety of card games, puzzles and skill-based challenges, such as Solitaire, Mah Jongg, Hot Hoops and Trivia, are translated perfectly to make use of the touchscreen and stylus controls.

Pop culture icons unite as Ozzy Osbourne's newly released I Don't Wanna Stop single today was revealed to be the first song in the Madden NFL 08 in-game soundtrack. The full Madden NFL 08 soundtrack list will be revealed in the coming weeks.

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:

• Steel Fury - Trailer #2
• Tomb Raider Anniversary [PSP/PS2/PC] - T-Rex Trailer
• Naruto: Ultimate Ninja 2 [PS2] - Trailer #3
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While UbiDays 07 is currently in progress in Paris, Ubisoft North America held its event a few weeks back, where various developers/publishers showed off plenty of upcoming titles. Check out our UbiDays 07 page, for news, screens and trailers on the following titles :

• 'Assassin's Creed' (PS3/X360/PC) - Screens & Trailer
• 'Blazing Angels 2: Secret Missions of WWII' (X360/PC) - Features, Screens & Trailer
• 'Brothers In Arms Hell's Highway' - Screens & Trailer
• 'Haze' (PS3/X360/PC) - Features, Screens & Trailer
• 'Tom Clancy's EndWar' (ALL) - Screens & Trailer
• 'Surf's Up' (ALL) - 11 New Screens
• 'Rayman Raving Rabbids 2' (NDS/Wii) Announced - Screens & Trailer
• 'Splinter Cell: Conviction' (X360/PC) - Features, Screens & Trailer
• 'Naruto: Rise of a Ninja' (X360) - Screens & Trailer
• 'The Settlers: Rise of an Empire' - Screens
• 'Dark Messiah of Might & Magic: Elements' (X360) Announced
• 'Horsez 2' (NDS/Wii) - Screens
• 'Animalz Zoo' (NDS) - Screens
• 'Cosmic Family' (Wii) - Features, Screens & Trailer
• 'Jam Sessions' (NDS) - Screens

Sony Online Entertainment's Taipei-based SOGA studio is developing a game based on the hit movie Kung Fu Hustle, combining the best elements of classic fighting games from the past and adds compelling character designs, new technology and trademark humor from the movie.

The Game Factory announced Di-Gata Defenders, a new title based on the first season of the action-packed, fantasy quest animated television series produced by Nelvana and LuxAnimation, currently airing on Teletoon Monday to Friday at 6:30 PM and week-ends at 7:00 PM ET/PT.

Valve today announced that its digital content delivery system Steam has surpassed 13 million active accounts. With over 150 games in a broad selection of genres and dozens of other PC applications, movies, and demos available, Steam has become a destination for millions of gamers around the world.

Developer Tale of Tales, known for their multiplayer game The Endless Forest, have a new project in development. The Path is a short horror story inspired by fairy tales examining the dark side things. What really happened to Little Red Riding Hood in those dark and scary woods?

Battlestations: Midway follows the story of naval recruit Henry Walker, whose first assignment as a gunner at Pearl Harbor is the starting point of an incredible career at the heart of the US Pacific Fleet in 1942, in what was to become one of the most inspirational military campaigns in history. One single, one multiplayer map, and 5 new vehicles...

SEGA revealed details regarding the development of the video game adaptation of the theatrical movie release, The Golden Compass, based on the first book in the award-winning His Dark Materials trilogy, by British author Philip Pullman.

The latest Famitsu issue reveals that Taito Corporation plans on bringing its PSP puzzle game Exit to Xbox Live Arcade. In Exit you assume the role of Mr. Esc, a masked individual tasked with rescuing people from buildings under a time limit, avoiding various traps and solving puzzles.

Sony has released details about the v1.80 system software update for the PS3, coming tomorrow May 24, 2007. The new update features upscaling of PSOne and PS2 games, and DVD movies up to full 1080p HD resolution when viewed on a compatible HD TV set.

Red Mile Entertainment announced it has entered into a multi-year, worldwide license agreement to develop and to publish video games based on the Sin City series of graphic novels by writer/artist and film director Frank Miller.