Infinity Ward and Activision have confirmed the multiplayer beta of Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare will take place this August. The announcement was revealed last night as part of the Microsoft press briefing in Santa Monica, CA, held on the eve of the E3 Media & Business Summit 2007.

Electronic Arts revealed the games it will showcase at the E3 in Santa Monica underscoring the company's focused on driving gameplay innovation core franchises, innovating in new categories and mainstream casual games across all platforms.

DBZ: Budokai Tenkaichi 3 delivers an extreme 3D fighting experience, improving upon last year's game with over 150 playable characters, enhanced fighting techniques, beautifully refined effects and shading techniques, making each character's effects more realistic, and over 20 battle stages.

Philips and Codemasters today unveiled an agreement to amBX-enable five more PC games (in addition to the earlier announced TOCA Race Driver 3), including Overlord, Clive Barker's Jericho, Turning Point: Fall of Liberty, Rise of the Argonauts and Operation Flashpoint 2.

Top Spin 3 will immerse players in a visually and physically realistic tennis experience. Using next generation technology, gameplay and graphics, Top Spin 3 is a benchmark-setting tennis experience with dynamic weather changes, evolutionary player visuals and the most comprehensive online offerings.

Sierra Entertainment today announced F.E.A.R. Perseus Mandate, an all-new stand-alone expansion pack for Windows PC and F.E.A.R. Files, the complete stand-alone expansion pack series, for Xbox 360. Both products are scheduled to ship this fall.

THQ today announced Darksiders: Wrath of War -- an original action/adventure game that will plunge players into a near future world devastated by the apocalypse -- on the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 in 2008.

Sony announced the 2008 release of Killzone 2, available exclusively for the PlayStation 3. Killzone 2 throws players back into the midst of a hostile and dramatic ongoing battle between the ISA and Helghast army and follows the events and action from the original Killzone for the PS2.

Microsoft got to kick off the festivities of the new, slimmer E3. Announcements included Gears of War and Viva Piñata coming to the PC, exclusive online expansions for GTA IV, and details for Call of Duty 4, Resident Evil 5, and Assassin's Creed. There was even an on-stage demonstration of Harmonix's upcoming Rock Band.

Microsoft Game Studios unveiled plans to bring 2006 big seller Gears of War and Rare's Viva Piñata to Windows XP and Vista this year as Games for Windows-branded titles with LIVE support.

Krome Studios announced that they are working with Microsoft Game Studios to deliver Viva Piñata: Party Animals, bringing gamers and garden connoisseurs together for a fun social party game set in a whimsical world bursting with living piñatas of every shape and shade imaginable.

Sierra Online released the first details for three of its upcoming titles:

• 'Switchball' (X360/PC) - Facts, Screens & Trailer
• 'Commanders: Attack!' (X360/PC) - Facts & Screens
• 'Battlestar Galactica' (X360/PC) - Facts & Screens

In Undertow you navigate the stormy seas as one of four unique, upgradeable unit types, earning points for adding upgrades by killing enemies, completing objectives, and taking checkpoints. Undertow includes two multiplayer modes for up to 16 players, and a robust 15-level single player and co-op campaign.

Merscom announced that it will publish Trainz Railwayz, which combines two new titles in the Trainz line of games, Harlem Line Edition and the Metropolis Edition, wit the bonus addition of Trainz Railroad Simulator, modified to be compatible with Windows Vista.

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:

• Project Sylpheed (X360)
• Smash Court Tennis 3 (PSP)
• Sword of the New World: Granado Espada (PC)
• Riviera: The Promised Land (PSP)
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Revealed months ago, Ubisoft officially announced it will be releasing Third Wave Games's War World on Xbox LIVE Arcade, a fast-paced third-person shooter that combines a unique blend of heart-pumping action and tactical gameplay, introducing an entirely new genre to Xbox LIVE Arcade.

PGR 4 tries to create an emotionally-charged racing experience, where players become attached to their careers, profiles and vehicles. Drivers will be rewarded with a growing fanbase that’ll cheer them on, react to their every move and support them through victory.

Konami revealed its product lineup for the 2007 E3 Summit, featuring nine high-profile titles for multiple video game platforms across all genres, a mixture of celebrated franchises and original titles such as Castlevania, Contra 4, Silent Hill Origins, DDR Supernova 2/Universe 2, Hellboy and several others...

Revealed last week, EA today confirmed that it has Mirror's Edge in development at its EA DICE studio in Stockholm, a revolutionary new take on the First Person Action Adventure category.

EA announced an all new Wii-exclusive intellectual property, Boogie, a unique music/rhythm-based game that takes advantage of the Wii controls to get gamers off their couch, playing and dancing to a new beat.