Mafia hitman Jackie Estacado is part of the Franchetti crime family helmed by vicious cousin Paulie. On the eve of his 21st birthday, Jackie is suddenly possessed by the terrifying and spectacular powers of the Darkness. 2K Games has released a demo on Xbox LIVE Marketplace allowing you to try 3 early levels, the Tunnel, Cemetery and Grinders Lane.

Sacred 2 is a action-oriented deep fantasy RPG where players are immersed in an epic journey through the medieval-like kingdom of Ancaria featuring pitched battles and a wide range of enticing quests.

Foundation 9 announced that it has finalized its game demo lineup for Comic-Con International: San Diego, where it will display demos of five new titles, Godzilla Unleashed, Sonic Rivals 2, Super Puzzle Fighter II: Turbo HD Remix, The Legend of Spyro, and WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2008.

Frogwares' Dracula: Origin is a gothic adventure game, where you, as Professor Van Helsing, are devoted to the elimination of Dracula. Preventing Dracula from finding and using the antediluvian manuscript; you must help everyone who crossed paths with the count and refused to serve him.

As the new rookie driver on the circuit, develop your racing skills to gain licenses and contracts from hungry owners and unlock legendary top performing cars from NASCAR's biggest stars. Country duos Brooks & Dunn and Big & Rich trade paint with hard rock's Velvet Revolver, Airbourne and more ...

Devil May Cry 4 is the fourth installment in Capcom's series starring Dante, the gunslinging demon hunter. DMC4 will introduce a new hero, Nero, who possesses a demonic arm that can pull in enemies or use them as projectiles. Meet Credo, Agnus, and Gloria...

StarCraft II will feature the return of the Protoss, Terran, and Zerg races, overhauled and re-imagined with Blizzard's approach to game balance, designed to be the ultimate competitive RTS game.

Pro Cycling Manager 2007 strives to create the ultimate in sports simulation while still being approachable to newcomers to the series, allowing you to fully experience the intensity of the races through its real-time simulation mode. As the Predictor Lotto team you have to race the 8th stage, Bornand - Tignes (tutorial also included)

Commander: Europe at War is the first in a series of high level turn based strategy games, jointly developed by Firepower Entertainment and Slitherine Software. This v1.02 patch fixes bugs, improving the UI, adding new features, adjusting game balance and minor tweaks to the AI.

In its booth Capcom will feature open gaming stations for attendees to go hands-on with Zack & Wiki, Harvey Birdman, Mega Man Star Force and Mega Man ZX Advent, Ace Attorney, Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo HD Remix, Rocketmen and Moto GP. DMC 4 and RE: Umbrella Chronicles will be playable in a private pod for those over the age of 17.

THQ has released screens and trailers for the following upcoming titles:

• 'Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts' - Screens & Trailer
• 'Conan (PS3/X360) - Screens & Trailer
• 'Destroy All Humans! Path of the Furon' (PS3/X360) - Screens
• 'Destroy All Humans: Big Willy Unleashed' (PSP/PS2/Wii ) - Screens
• Frontlines: Fuel of War (PS3/X360/PC)
• 'Juiced 2: Hot Import Nights' (NDS/PSP/PS2/PS3/X360/PC) - Screens & Trailer
• 'de Blob' (NDS/Wii) - Screens
• 'MotoGP '07 ' (X360/PC) - Screens & Trailer
• 'MX vs ATV Untamed' (NDS/PSP/PS2/Wii/PS3/X360) - Screens
• 'Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance' - Screens
• 'Stuntman: Ignition' (PS2/PS3/X360) - Features, Screens & Trailer
• 'WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2008' (NDS/PSP/PS2/Wii/PS3/X360) - Screens
• 'Warhammer 40,000: Squad Command' (NDS/PSP) - Screens

Epic's VP Mark Rein revealed they have been served with a lawsuit by Too Human developer Silicon Knights, but he refused to comment further on the matter, as advised by the legal department. Silicon Knights' president Denis Dyack, however, claims Epic's breach of contract forced them to proceed this way because "Epic simply refuses to acknowledge the inadequacies of the Unreal Engine 3 code it provides to its licensees," resulting in serious financial loss to SK and other developers. A full 52-page transcript of the lawsuit can be read over at Gamasutra...

Natsume has released screens for the following upcoming titles:

• 'Harvest Moon DS Cute' (NDS) - Facts & Features
• 'Harvest Moon' (Wii) - Facts & Features
• 'Harvest Moon: Boy & Girl' (PSP) - Features & Screens
• 'Harvest Moon: Island of Happiness' (NDS) - Facts & Features
• 'Innocent Life: A Futuristic Harvest Moon SE' (PS2) - Facts & Features
• 'Math Play' (NDS) - Features & Screens
• 'Metropolismania 2' (PS2) - Facts, Features & Screens
• 'Puzzle de Harvest Moon' (NDS) - Features & Screens
• 'River King: Mystic Valley' (NDS) - Features & Screens
• 'Rune Factory: A Fantasy Harvest Moon' (NDS) - Features & Screens

After the recent successful showing of their upcoming PvP MMO Fury at Gamecock's E.I.E.I.O. in California, and at China Joy in Shanghai, Auran announced a special FURY Worldwide Preview event that will commence at noon, Friday July 27 PST through to 11.59pm Sunday July 29.

Eidos' Glory Days 2 offers classic good versus evil shoot-em-up action, combined with ferocious real time strategy.

Rockstar announced that Bully: Scholarship Edition is coming to the X360 and the Wii, featuring the same content as the earlier released PS2 edition, with unspecified additional content. Bully tells the story of 15-year-old Jimmy Hopkins as he experiences the highs and lows of adjusting to a new school.

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:

• Combat Mission: Shock Force - Bradley Trailer
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Enemy Territory: Quake Wars pits the armies of Earth against the invading alien Strogg in this online strategic shooter. Featuring team play, persistent character promotions, day and nighttime combat missions, and the universe's most powerful weapons and vehicles. While an official release date has not been set, EBGames has updated the PC product page, pushing back the launch until Sept. 3, 2007.

The first official print magazine dedicated to EverQuest II, its players, creators and community is available for pre-order today! Only for purchase through the Station Store, EQuinox is 68 pages of glossy, full-color news, interviews, features, columns, previews, fan fiction, original content and in-depth guides to life in EQII.