Set in a medieval world on a volcanic Mediterranean island, Risen unfolds over 4 chapters and offers multiple ways to develop the story by your actions and decisions. An intuitive user control interface will support both casual and hardcore gamers alike. Citing inappropriate sexual material and drug use, Australia's video game classification board has denied Risen a classification, even its MA15+ mature rating, making it illegal to be sold in stores.

Industry veteran Louis Castle, former EA and Westwood exec, has joined IAC's InstantAction as its new CEO. Under his leadership, they will pursue an expanded business strategy that will build upon the vision of web-based games publishing and more effectively connect developers to consumers while creating all-new IP across multiple gaming platforms and genres.

WW2: Time of Wrath is a turn-based grand strategy title, an improved and expanded sequel to WW2: Road to Victory, that puts the player in charge of the political, economic and military decisions of one or more Axis or Allied nations, including minor nations.

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.

Swedish developer GRIN has been around for over a decade, founded in 1997, but it was not until 2006's PC edition of Ubisoft's GRAW that it became widely known. Shortly thereafter, it grew rapidly, opening offices in Barcelona and Gothenburg, to deal with a slew of high-profile titles (Bionic Commando, Wanted, Terminator) in development. However, sales on all of them were disappointing, and earlier this year GRIN closed all but its main office in Stockholm, which is now also rumored to be in trouble, with employees being asked to not come to work. Oddly enough, earlier today, one of its subsidiaries announced a new title.

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:

• Batman: Arkham Asylum [ALL] - Behind the Scenes Trailer #3
• Brutal Legend [ALL] - Rubik's Cube Challenge Trailer
• Deca Sports 2 [Wii] - Teaser Trailer #2
• King Arthur [PC] - Dev Diary Trailer #1
• Need for Speed Shift [ALL] - Gameplay Teaser
• Champions Online [ALL] - Road to Champions Dev Diary Trailer
• NBA Live 10 [ALL] - Gameplay Advancements Trailer
• Spectrobes: Origins [Wii] - Unique Features Trailer
• Shorts [NDS] - Toe Gameplay Trailer
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On-field authenticity and emotion is taken to another level in Madden NFL 10. With more control over the outcome of the play than ever before, players can drag defenders towards the first down marker, fight for a fumble at the bottom of the pile, and avoid the rush by stepping up into the pocket. Fans who subscribe to Sports Illustrated, 28 issues for $50, will get a Madden documentary DVD, as well as Madden NFL 09 for free.

Samurai Warriors 3 is a beat-'em-up features dozens of characters to select from, each offering different ways of fighting, no load times when the action changes from interior to exterior battles, and new combo configurations and better special attacks.

Capcom announced the Platinum Hits Triple Pack, an affordable collection of Dead Rising, Lost Planet: Extreme Condition - Colonies Edition, & Devil May Cry 4.

Digital Combat Simulator: Black Shark is a simulation of the Russian Ka-50 attack helicopter, and will offer an unprecedented level of realism in regards to flight dynamics, instruments modeling, avionics systems, and weapon systems, but can also be played as a console-style arcade game for the casual gamer.