Allods Online is a subscription-less MMORPG set in a fantasy space opera universe with player-built and player-controlled astral battleships, creating a new dimension of co-op game play.

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:

• BioShock 2 (PS3/X360/PC)
• World of Outlaws: Sprint Cars (X360)
• Super Monkey Ball Step & Roll (Wii)
• Sins of a Solar Empire - Trinity (PC)
• Scene It? Twilight (NDS)

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

Based on the first four Harry Potter books and movies that tell the story of Harry’s first four years at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4 offers an engaging mix of magical gameplay and light-hearted humour.

Tournament of Legends is a weapon and magic based 3D-fight game featuring some of the biggest playable characters on Wii. Each fighter is based on a legend from world mythology:  the Minotaur, a powerful Gladiator, Gorgon, Stone Golem, Valkyrie and other well-known and powerful characters.

Young FBI agent Nicole Bonnet receives a mysterious package. Inside she finds a complicated logical puzzle that appears to be a message from a serial killer. This is just the beginning of an epic duel of minds between Nicole and the ruthless murderer, who leaves playing cards by the bodies of his victims as signature.

It turned out to be a rather quiet day yesterday, apart from a slew of game announcements, everybody ramping up their titles again after the holidays, and EA revealing their lineup through next year. (That must be a first.)

We have a few press events to attend this week, so some more preview and interview coverage will be coming your way. Keep an eye out.

Quiet days make for quiet evenings, so we got to catch up on some TV series: Chuck, Kitchen Nightmares, NCIS and Psych.

Epic Games launched the Unreal Development Kit (UDK), a free edition of Unreal Engine 3, providing the community access to the toolset like never before, and has now released an updated version.

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:

• R.U.S.E. [ALL] - Making Of Trailer #3
• Bioshock 2 [ALL] - Trailer (3)

We will update this throughout the day when new trailers become available. Read more for download links ...

Designed to deliver a true driver’s experience that reflects contemporary motorsports, Need for Speed Shift is built by racers for racers, delivering an authentic and immersive driving experience.

Mass Effect is a sci-fi adventure set in a vast universe filled with dangerous alien life forms and mysterious uncharted planets. In ME2, Saren's evil army of Geth soldiers has just been defeated, and humans, who are still struggling to make their mark on the galactic stage, are now faced with an even greater peril.