Gears of War blends tactical action with survival horror, thrusting gamers into the harrowing story of humankind's battle for survival against the Locust Horde. Last year, it was revealed that Gears of War would be getting three novels. The first installment, Aspho Fields, was released in 2008, and on July 28, 2009, the second novel, Jacinto's Remnant, will go on sale ($15).

IL-2 Sturmovik: Birds of Prey is based around the large-scale aerial combat and ground military operations of WWII. Players can participate in some of the most famous battles piloting fighters, battle planes and heavy bombers across a range of 50+ missions.

Set five years after the original, San Vanelona's been rebuild after it was hit by a natural disaster. Equipped with double the bag of tricks, gamers are tasked to rebuild their career and revive the New San Vanelona skate scene.

Social games developer Zynga appointed Brian Reynolds to the newly created position of chief designer, where he will lead the product development team and will be responsible for developing new social strategy games.

Players will step into the shoes of a young man in the year 2024 as he arrives in the Independent State of California to pursue his dreams of road domination and capture the Californian cargo transportation market.

Meridian4 celebrates its 5 year anniversary by offering gamers a gift of great savings on all of our titles. Celebrating our 5th year in business, Meridian4 has arranged specials with their digital distribution partners on all of their products in the coming months.

The Chronicles of Spellborn, powered by the Unreal 2.5 Engine, is an MMORPG set in the Enclave of the Five Sacrifices, boasting an original setting and storyline and offers a distinctive art style.

1C Company's King's Bounty: Armored Princess, developed by Katauri Interactive, will be an add-on to its RPG King's Bounty: The Legend. Players will take on the role of Princess Amelie who travels around the world of Teana and searches for the renowned knight, and her tutor, Bill Gilbert.

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:

• Infernal: Hell's Vengeance (X360)
• Sorry!Sliders (X360)
• Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (NDS/PSP/PS2/Wii/PS3/X360/PC)
• Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs(NDS/PS2/Wii/PS3/X360/PC)
• Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood (PS3/X360/PC)
• Mega Man Star Force 3 (NDS)
• My Dress-Up (NDS)
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Serious Sam is a high-adrenaline arcade-action shooter heavily focused on frantic arcade-style single player action. In a world where cyberpunk meets fantasy-fiction and advanced technology is mixed with black magic and psycho-powers. Croteam CEO Roman Ribaric revealed that a PS3 version was put on hold due to limited funds, but that technically they could make the game on PS3 as well, if there was enough interest.