Developed by Knowledge Adventure and inspired by the original hit PC game, Math Blaster makes learning fun by combining a variety of adventure-based learning games with challenging mathematic puzzles and the unique capabilities of NDS.

D3Publisher will bring its classic PSP titles to gamers for download via the PlayStation Store in North America beginning this September. PSP system owners will no longer need a UMD to play titles such as mini-game collection WTF: work time fun, the original Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords, and third person-action game Dead Head Fred.

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:

• Lock's Quest (NDS)
• Viva Piñata: Pocket Paradise (NDS)
• Mystery Case Files: MillionHeir (NDS)
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Farmyard Party: Featuring the Olympigs brings farmyard fun to the Wii with eight Olympig events which are divided into four categories: all-round, speed, power, and skill. Game modes include a marathon challenge, party modes themed around event styles, single event fun and some hilarious bonus games.

Set between the largely unexplored era between Ep III and Ep IV, Star Wars: The Force Unleashed casts players as Darth Vader's "Secret Apprentice" and promises to unveil new revelations about the Star Wars galaxy. At NVISION 08 Pixelux Entertainment's COO Vik Sohal, the company that developed The Force Unleashed's DMM physics tech, revealed has a PC version as well.

UPDATE: LucasArts sent us a short statement saying that there is NO PC version planned.

Harmonix and EA announced a European price cut for the Rock Band Instrument Edition on the X360, which will now retail for €139.99/£109.99, which will also be the base price for the PS3, PS2 and Wii editions, scheduled to ship later this month.

Söldner-X: Himmelsstürmer is a fast and furious shoot 'em up with state-of-the-art graphics, driving soundtrack and classic fun gameplay sprinkled with fresh innovations. While the PC version was released in 2007, eastasiasoft revealed next month's PS3 edition will get audio and visual improvements, updated game play, trophies and much more.

Originally created as a dream match for players to pit their favorite KOF characters against each other, KOF '98 UM takes that one step further by introducing new characters, game systems, game modes, stages, and a soundtrack not seen in the original. Previously scheduled for Q4 2008, the Ultimate Match has been delayed until January 2009 (and no mention of the XBLA edition).

With rich, elaborate stages and a compelling story that follows the tale of two protagonists, The Legend of Kage 2 breathes renewed excitement into the classic action adventure experience.

Infogrames announces the formation of a new in-house game development studio based out of London, with focus on innovating and developing mass-market consumer games and services for online-enabled devices including PC and consoles.