Music and party game developer Zoë Mode announced that it has opened a new studio in California, Zoë Mode San Francisco, lead by former Sony Studio 5 Producer Sarah Stocker and Sony Computer Entertainment exec Mark Danks.

Expected to make an appearance on the PS3, Capcom surprised everybody in Japan by announcing Monster Hunter 3 for the Wii instead. MH Tri-, pronounced as "try," is an action RPG series where you hunt down fantastical monsters.

In a vast open world environment, Assassin's Creed II invites players to incarnate Ezio, a privileged young noble in Renaissance Italy who's been betrayed by the rival ruling families of Italy, and seeking vengeance. In a recent interview Ubisoft producer Sebastien Puel revealed that the AC2 development team has reached a headcount of 450, three times the size of the original, which took four years to make.

The crazy, zany, world of Katamari is back and better than ever before, complete with new stages, new visual effects, new strategies, and full 1080p HD resolution! The gameplay has generated millions of fans worldwide and the loveable characters are ready to roll again.

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:

• Bionic Commando (PS3/X360/PC)
• Boom Blox Bash Party (Wii)
• EA Sports Active (Wii)
• Halo Wars: Strategic Options (X360)
• I Love Beauty: Hollywood Makeover (NDS)
• Pirates vs. Ninjas Dodgeball (Wii)
• Rock Band Track Pack: Classic Rock (PS2/Wii/PS3/X360)
• Terminator Salvation: The Videogame (PS3/X360/PC)
• UFC 2009 Undisputed (PS3/X360)
• Warrior Epic (PC)
• Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's Wheelie Breakers (Wii)
• Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's Stardust Accelerator: World Championship 2009 (NDS)
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Under development at Recoil Games, freshly formed by co-founder of Max Payne's Remedy, Earth No More is a Unreal Engine 3-powered single-player action game (with added multiplayer, co-op), currently scheduled for 2009. It's described as Aliens, War of the Worlds, Terminator, 28 Days Later, and The Thing all rolled into one...

Cities XL expands upon all that make city builders fun and interesting, with cities that are bigger, more realistic and sophisticated than ever before, while letting players take their game online, as they interact with others in a massive online environment.

Creating the ultimate competitive go-anywhere racing experience, Fuel will have players competing across wildly different terrain and executing spectacular death-defying stunts as they race dozens of varied two and four-wheeled rides and explore this epic world on an unprecedented scale.

In Spore: Galactic Adventures fans will experience deeper Space stage gameplay as for the first time space faring creatures will be able to beam down from their spaceships to explore new planets and earn rewards for completing challenging missions.

The Sims 3 gives you the freedom to create unique Sims and immerse them in your own living neighborhood of endless possibility!