Armada 2526 is a space-based blend of addictive turn-based strategy and intense real time space battles. You guide your race from its first interstellar journeys, until it becomes a mighty galactic empire. Along the way, you'll explore the galaxy, conduct research, diplomacy and trade, found new colonies, maneuver mighty star fleets, and fight epic battles.

Stardock's digital distribution platform, Impulse, is having its weekend sale, knocking 50% off the regular price on Red Faction Guerrilla, Elven Legacy, 25% off  Call of Duty Modern Warfare (now $38.50), dropping the price on a slew of titles like AI War: Fleet Command, Pahelika, Gratuitous Space Battles, Restaurant Empire, Nemesis of the Roman Empire, Warlords Battlecry III, Baseball Mogul 2008 and Capitalism II.

Lots of interesting stuff happening yesterday: League of Legends open beta, Star Trek Online beta sign-ups, Modern Warfare 2 coupon, and the launch of the Dragon Age web game. Speaking of launches, Windows 7 is being rolled out, and I must admit, I have been testing it for a few months now and like it. It's definitely an improvement over Vista, that's for sure.

TV-wise, I watched Criminal Minds and NCIS Los Angeles, but not one of the episodes of the latter has matched the promise of the pilot episode, so I'm considering dropping it soon. We also picked up a new series through Netflix, Flashpoint, which stars Enrico Colantoni (AKA Veronica Mars' dad) and follows a SWAT-type unit. It's pretty good so far, and I'm liking it better than NCIS: Los Angeles.

As it's Friday, we're one step away from the weekend, and since we don't have any specific plans, I think I'll do some hardcore CrimeCraft grinding in anticipation of next week's patch and free-2-play launch, which surely will bring in plenty of n00bs ready for me to plow through with my LMG.

The Mass Effect trilogy is a sci-fi adventure set in a vast universe filled with dangerous alien life forms and mysterious uncharted planets. In this dark second chapter, 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…

Sony has rolled out new PlayStation Store content, starting with Trine, demos for Ratchet And Clank Future: A Crack In Time, Critter Crunch, Dragon Ball: Raging Blast, DLCs for FIFA 10, Lumines Supernova, Way of the Samurai 3, song packs for Guitar Hero 5, Rock Band (Unplugged); and the usual game/movie trailers, PS3 themes, downloadable PSP games (Liberty City/Vice City Stories, The Warriors, Lemmings, Undead Knights, The Secret Saturdays, Marvel Super Hero Squad, and a slew of others), and some PSOne classics (Oddworld: Abe’s Oddysee/Oddworld: Abe’s Exodus).

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:

• History: Great Battles Medieval [ALL] - Trailer
• Assassin's Creed II [ALL] - Dev Diary Trailer #5
• Rabbids Go Home [Wii] - Failed Attempt Trailer
• Left 4 Dead 2 [ALL] - Intro Trailer

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

Dragon Age: Origins represents BioWare’s return to its roots, delivering a fusion of elements from existing fantasy works with emotionally-driven narrative, heart-pounding combat, powerful magic abilities and credible digital actors. EA launched the first Dragon Age Journeys chapter, a 2D single-player, browser based tactical RPG which will unlock 3 items for use when you purchase DAO.

Dragon Ball: Raging Blast is the first video game in the Budokai Tenkaichi series to come to PS3/X360 and features stunning HD graphics and audio, destructible environments and enhanced character features, Dragon Ball: Raging Blast takes players far beyond the realms of the original anime series.

No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle continues the tale of punk anti-hero Travis Touchdown, the Japanese anime Otaku, and pro wrestling-obsessed assassin. Travis finds himself at the bottom of the UAA (United Assassins Association) rankings and must wage war to become the No. 1 assassin once again.

Borderlands is an all-new sci-fi action game combining elements of first-person action titles with player customization and vehicular combat. Apart from the issues yesterday with the PS3 version, it seems the PC edition is causing a community uproar as well, not due to the game itself however. Various retail stores have broken the street date (26th) and fans trying to play the game, can't due to the authentication servers not being online yet until the official launch date.