Dynasty Warriors 7: Xtreme Legends is stand-alone expansion that super-charges the DW 7 world with a slew of enhancements.

Batman: Arkham City builds upon the intense, atmospheric foundation of Batman: Arkham Asylum, sending players soaring into Arkham City, the new maximum security “home” for all of Gotham City’s thugs, gangsters and insane criminal masterminds.

For the first time ever, the world of the NCIS TV drama series comes to life as fans can play as their favorite characters from the NCIS series and search for clues to solve complex murder, espionage and terrorist cases.

The Dark Lord takes the basic premise of Dungeons; luring, capturing and torturing goody-goody heroes, and kicks it up to sinister new levels, adding multiplayer, a new story campaign, new prestige gimmicks and much more.

Ubisoft announced the upcoming opening of a new Ubisoft development studio in Abu Dhabi, marking the first time a major games publisher has established a direct presence in the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf.

Grand Theft Auto V was already confirmed as being in development a few years ago when Rockstar's Dan Houser revealed that it will be set in a different city than its predecessor. While no further details were disclosed, Rockstar Games made it official and is promising the first trailer to be released next week, on Nov. 2. The GTA V logo indicates that it may have to do with acquiring money (the "V," "Five," mesh pattern, and ribbon all match what appears on U.S. currency), so we're speculating that it may be a Las Vegas or Atlantic City setting. More will be revealed next week ...

Battlefield 3 is coming out today, so I guess it'll be a slow news day in many regions. As a PC gamer, I'm quite disappointed that I'm stuck with the Xbox 360 version, so hopefully some half-intelligent PR rep will pay attention to my request for a PC copy/redeem code (cough! ahem!).

In the meantime, I've been grinding through Fallen Earth and still enjoying it. Mainly slogging through PvE missions to rank up and increase my stats, but it's fun and a pretty huge world. I haven't even started to get into the crafting system yet ....

TV-wise, we're fighting a losing battle, we watch 2-3 episodes and by the time we're done, equally as many have been recorded. Over the past few days, we watched The Good Wife, NCIS, 2 Broke Girls, Fringe, Kitchen Nightmares, Blue Bloods, Terra Nova and Castle.

Stronghold 3 has fantastic features — including night time battles, an improved multiplayer, cutting-edge physics and a stunning graphics engine — that ensure old and new fans alike experience a gritty slice of medieval life.

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:

• Bass Pro Shops The Hunt: Trophy Showdown (Wii)
• Bass Pro Shops The Strike: Tournament Edition (Wii)
• Jonah Lomu Rugby Challenge (X360)
• Kirby's Return to Dream Land (Wii)

We will update this throughout the day when new announcements become available. Read more for details ...

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