EA's director of government affairs Craig Hagen revealed in an interview with the Orlando Sentinel that after shuttering a new facility, closing Black Box and various other layoffs, it is continuing its cutbacks. Hagen disclosed to the local newspaper that EA Tiburon, known for the Madden NFL and Tiger Woods franchises, will also see reductions in staff, although no specifics were given. The reasons for the layoffs are the faltering economy and diminishing sales...

2K Games' Mafia 2 features a deep mobster-driven narrative packed with both behind-the-wheel and on-foot action, developed by the original creators Illusion Softworks.

EA is not only prepping Spore: Galactic Adventures, where players' space faring creatures will be able to beam down from their spaceships to explore new planets and earn rewards for completing challenging missions, but is also planning new installments. Spore: Hero Arena (NDS) will follow in the footsteps of its Spore Creatures predecessor, while Spore: Hero will be the first title specifically made for the Wii, and focus on avatar creation and adventuring. Spore: Creature Keeper (PC) is aimed at the younger audience, labeled as a mini-Sims, and will put emphasis on nurturing a new creature.

Project Origin continues F.E.A.R.'s supernatural suspense story of an escalating paranormal crisis that threatens to destroy a major American city. Alma now has free reign, and the consequences will be unimaginable.

Plain Sight is a 3D multiplayer arcade game with robots; robots who bounce around cityscapes on mini planetoids and wield swords which are used to destroy one another.

Boy, to play, stretch and interact with a variety of objects and characters in an all new gaming experience! Girl, who lives in space will grow as Boy stretches, will continue to grow and connect to the planets in the Solar System with the help of all the Boys in the world!

Empires in Arms in a grand strategy turn-based race to prove which nation is the greatest in Europe. In a bid for mastery over the continent, players can succeed where Napoleon failed or try to stop the military genius quicker than his historical enemies could! This latest update includes brings a substantial number of fixes and AI tweaks and enhancements.

Equipped with a variety of unique weapons and gadgets, players will hunt, fight and capture a wide range of supernatural villains in a funny and frightening battle to save New York City from its latest paranormal plague.

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.

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:

• Street Fighter IV [ALL] - Characters Trailer
• NecroVisioN [PC] - Motion Capture Trailer
• Dawn of War II [PC] - Orks Trailer
• Elebits: The Adventures of Kai and Zero [NDS] - Trailer #2
• Tom Clancy’s H.A.W.X. [ALL] - Extreme Maneuvers Trailer
• Coraline [NDS/PS2/Wii] - Launch Trailer
• Afro Samurai [ALL] - Voice Overs Dev. Diary Trailer
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