Gears of War 2 picks up six months after the events of the original, thrusting players back into humankind's epic battle for survival against a nightmarish force of underground creatures known as the Locust Horde. Epic is working on a major title update for GoW2 that will address bugs, online exploits (invisible shield, melee through some walls, gain infinite Lancer ammo), and new achievements related to DLCs. The online gameplay experience will also be improved by increasing penalties for quitting matches early, adding additional spawn protection against planted grenades and chainsaw attacks, and adding the ability to see the Submission flag carrier destination by using Tac/Com.

Littlest Pet Shop Spring will feature a festive and colorful spring environment for girls to explore alongside their favorite sidekicks, including six new, exclusive pets. The fun also gets turned up with all-new playsets as well as four new mini-games for a total of 20 including those from previous NDS versions.

Earthrise, Bulgaria based indie developer Masthead Studios' debut title, is a post-apocalyptic science fiction MMO. Fans interested in participating the the Earthrise betatest can now sign up. While no start date has been revealed yet, it will start as a limited closed beta, but more testers will be gradually added over time.

Killzone 2 throws players back into the midst of a hostile and dramatic ongoing battle between the ISA and Helghast army, delivering intense warfare with lifelike character animations, detailed and destructible environments, realistic physics, and advanced levels of AI. After yesterday's pre-order incentive (exclusive demo prior to launch), Gamestop now also confirmed that Killzone 2 will be getting downloadable content, although no specific were revealed.

More brash and aggressive than his Delta Force squadmate Nomad, you'll experience Psycho’s parallel story during the events of the original, finding that life on the other side of the island is even more intense and explosive than you could have imagined. Crytek revealed that it has been working on a new patch for Crysis Warhead, as well as an editor and SDK. While details were not provided "good progress is being made and we're hoping it will be sooner rather than later."

FusionFall is set in a re-imagined Cartoon Network universe where, as a kid, you will team up with other players and Cartoon Network characters to defend it from an alien invasion of epic proportions.

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:

• Dead Rising: Chop Till You Drop [Wii] - Gameplay Trailer
• Nobunaga's Ambition: Rise to Power [PS2] - Trailer (2)
• Moon [NDS] - Sanctus Vector Trailer
• The Lord of the Rings: Conquest [ALL] - Trailer #5
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The Lord of the Rings: Conquest is an action-packed game set in the Lord of the Rings universe of J.R.R. Tolkien where players will fight epic battles any way they want, whether it be as the heroic forces of good, or as the legions of Sauron’s evil army, including Cave-trolls, Oliphaunts, the Balrog and Sauron himself.

Eduardo the Samurai Toaster is a 2D sidescrolling run 'n gun action game featuring frenetic combat spread across 13 diverse landscapes. Up to four players can fight alongside each other to defeat their foes or just to annoy each other.

While the holiday rush is over, Take Two is still playing Santa by giving fans a chance to get several of its titles on the cheap. Until end of January fans can print out a coupon and get a $10 rebate at Wal-Mart, Target, Kmart, GameStop, Game Crazy, Virgin, Hastings, on such titles like Civilization Revolution (PS3, X360), Civilization IV: Colonization (PC), NBA 2K9 (PC/PS3/360), NHL 2K9 (PS3/360/Wii), BioShock (PS3), Carnival Games (Wii/DS), Carnival MiniGolf (Wii), and Dora the Explorer: Dora Saves the Snow Princess (Wii, DS).