Age of Booty is a casual, real-time pirate-themed multiplayer strategy game that puts you at the helm of your own pirate ship with the goal of sending your enemies to the briny deep, and looting/capturing towns for your pirate faction.

Turbine announced the opening of a new studio located in Redwood City, CA. and has appointed former Flagship Studios' Dave Brevik as Creative Director, ex-Ping0's Jeff Lind as Engineering Director and Matt McKnight as Studio Director, previoisly CEO of Sniper Studios.

Far from a hardcore driving simulation, TrackMania is based on the fun and the spectacular aspects of racing. In TrackMania DS, you will drive at mind-blowing speeds in hi-octane racers on incredible tracks made of jumps, loops, turbo boost pads and many other crazy design elements.

Revealed twice before, EA finally made it official. The Spore Creepy & Cute Parts Pack provides more than 100 new creature-building components (body parts, paint options, animations, backgrounds and more) themed in two distinct styles--charming, cartoon-esque creatures and scary, monster-like creatures.

Stargate Worlds, an MMORPG use Epic’s Unreal Engine 3 technology, provides players with a form of ranged combat unique to MMORPG that will take full advantage of modern and science fiction weaponry, cover and terrain.

SCEA announced details of the next PS3 and PSP firmware updates, both coming this month. PS3 v2.50 adds advanced voice chat features for the Official Bluetooth Headset, the ability to capture screenshots in-game, and a more intuitive PlayStation Trophy interface. PSP v5.00 will enable you to browse the PlayStation Store and download games whenever you're at a Wi-Fi hotspot.

Nintendo added two classics and two WiiWare title to the Wii's Shop Channel. Wii owners with online access can redeem Wii Points to download: World of Goo (Wiiware), Art Style: Cubello (Wiiware), Secret of Mana (VC), and Street Fighter II: Special Champion Edition (VC).

My Pet Dolphin 2 offers a new experience as this time you actually get to play as a baby dolphin that has an entire island to explore. As your dolphin gains experience you unlock new areas and meet different sea creatures along the way.

BLAZE announced the release of their 16bit MegaDrive handheld console. If you missed playing Sega MegaDrive classics such as Sonic and Knuckles, Golden Axe, Shinobi and Ecco the Dolphin, you now have a chance to do so again... in all their portable glory... and all for the price of a single NDS game!

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:

• Tak and the Guardians of Gross (PS2/Wii)
• Bratz Girlz Really Rock (NDS/PS2/Wii)
• Avatar: The Last Airbender - Into the Inferno (PS2/Wii)
• Blitz: The League II (PS3/X360)
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  We will update this throughout the day when new announcements become available. Read more for details ...