The second annual Xbox Live Arcade House Party kicks off next week (Feb. 16, 2011) when a new hit downloadable game will launch on Xbox Live Arcade every Wednesday.

A haunted Utopia, hordes of Zombies, roaming free in your own space ship, a treasure dig set in Jerusalem and a Cornish mystery originating in the Bronze Age are coming to your PC during of the first half of 2011.

Hoisting its skull & cross-bones up the mast, One Piece: Gigant Battle is a fight action game featuring the entire One Piece cast from the Eiichiro Oda masterpiece.

Breach is a first-person multiplayer shooter that literally blows the floor out from under conventional military shooters, introducing new kinds of destruction that haven't been seen in any other game.

Yesterday sucked, plain and simple.

Being without internet service (or phone, for that matter) for more than half of the day just wasn't any fun.

Lots of reading material has been showing up over the past few days, including comic books for Deus Ex and DC Universe Online, as well as a novel based on the Homefront game. Guess I'll have to do some catching up ...

Yakuza 4 is a very powerful number in this particular installment. Not only will you encounter the gritty atmosphere of Kiryu Kazuma's experiences, but three other characters will also be available to play, each with an engaging backstory and a gripping, interwoven plot.

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:

• Dungeons (PC)
• Harvest Moon: Back To Nature (PSN)
• Reel Fishing II (PSN)
• Test Drive Unlimited 2 (PS3/X360/PC)

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

M.A.T. is a free-to-play, online first-person shooter set in the near future, pitting two teams against each other all around the world. From the male civilian with a vengeance to a war-torn female soldier with something to prove, characters from all walks of life come together to fight for a common goal.

Idea Fabrik, known for its HeroEngine, announced the creation of a new game development studio in Northern Virginia: Second Star Interactive.

Dungeons is an all new strategy/simulation title which will take players on a devious adventure through the depths of the underworld. Prepare to have the roles reversed as you play a despicable Dungeon Lord whose job is to create fiendish dungeons to lure and trap heroes who dare to try and steal your treasure.