Last week Edge Online reported that SEGA of America had to lay off several of its employees citing "economic recession, harsh retail landscape, and the reality of business challenges to profitability." Sega has now confirmed that "around 30 people" were laid off from Sega of America, though it offered no details about which divisions were affected by the cuts.

All Aspect Warfare chronicles the adventures of an “elite” team of combat marines who crash landed on the enemy planet they were sent to completely destroy. Stranded and left for dead with a deployed thermo-nuclear weapon ticking somewhere, their only chance of escape lies deep within hostile territory.

Battlefield Heroes is a Play 4 Free cartoon-style shooter that will bring classic Battlefield gameplay to a mass audience, featuring a built-in matchmaking system to ensure that players of equal skill are paired together for fair play. Back in Nov. 2008 EA ended the beta phase promising it would be back in early 2009, and now it is. No start date has been announced yet, but you can go sign up...

World in Conflict: Complete Edition, the retail version of the much awaited add-on to the critically acclaimed strategy game will include the entire original World in Conflict title, as well as the Soviet Assault add-on and other exciting all-new features.

Resident Evil 5 promising to revolutionize the survival horror series by delivering an unbelievable level of detail, realism and control. Revealed through fine print of the RE 5 box cover, Capcom issued a statement that the game does in fact NOT support 2-16 players via system link, only two.

Ubisoft's latest release schedule is a treasure trove of information as it reveals target dates for various titles, but also blows the lid on the often rumored, but never confirmed, PC editions for Tom Clancy's EndWar, as well as its survival game I Am Alive.

Blueside has teamed up with Phantagram to co-develop a true sequel to Kingdom Under Fire: The Crusaders and KUF: Heroes. Kingdom Under Fire II will be an MMOARTS and have a new story line, new characters/NPCs, and promises a shocking ending.

Capcom has signed a development agreement with UK based Monumental Games (formed in 2005 by former Climax employees, currently working on Hunter's World, and recently acquired Swordfish Studios' Manchester office) which will develop an as yet unannounced multi-platform title scheduled for release and published by Capcom later this year.

Aspyr Media has entered into an agreement with Eastern and Central European publisher 1C Company to release five new PC games in North America, Cryostasis, Death Track: Resurrection, Men of War, NecroVisioN and 4X4 Hummer, all of which will hit stores in the spring of 2009.

Dead Rising: Chop Till You Drop follows the harrowing tale of Frank West, an overly zealous freelance journalist on a hunt for the scoop of a lifetime. In pursuit of a juicy lead, he makes his way to the small suburban town of Willamette only to find that it has become overrun by zombies.