The ESA announced that the 2009 Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) will take place from June 2-4, 2009, at the Los Angeles Convention Center (LACC), allowing more media, developers, retailers and business partners to attend than the past few years.

Rock Band 2 builds upon the first music game to introduce co-op band gameplay, multiple instruments, online multiplayer, unparalleled downloadable content and raises the bar by delivering an entirely new level of depth, connectivity, authenticity and features. The Presidents of the United States revealed that three of its songs (Ladybug, Dune Buggy, Feather Pluck'n) will be available for download through the RB Store on Nov. 4, 2008, Election Day.

Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness will be a comic adventure game, each chapter of the planned episodic series will feature characters from Penny Arcade, including the well-known Gabe and Tycho.

PixelJunk Monsters takes the simple RTS concept of building, researching and having base defenses and wrap it all in a completely different style and mode of gameplay

The Lord of the Rings Online: Mines of Moria expands the online world of Middle-earth to let players explore the ancient underground cities of the dwarves, battle epic characters in the depths, face off with the Watcher, be a part of the fateful release of Durin’s Bane and more!

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:

• Monopoly (PS2/Wii/PS3/X360)
• The Legend of Spyro: Dawn of the Dragon (NDS/PS2/Wii/PS3/X360)
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Sins of a Solar Empire will feature several micro-expansions over the next year, starting with Entrenchment which promises to bring fans a Starbase defense platform, turret upgrades to make them more powerful, mine fields and a Subspace Inhibitor platform that will slow enemy ships within its range. European publisher Kalypso Media revealed Entrenchment will be followed by 3 more expansions.

Bounty Bay Online takes players into a 15th century historical setting where adventurers can start an online career as merchant, buccaneer, fisherman or one of many other professions. Fight on land and water, complete enthralling quests and start guilds with other players. With the second free addon players will be able to establish entire colonies everywhere in the maritime world with adjoining cities and harbors.

During a Brothers in Arms launch event in Romania theGameCast interviewed Ubisoft Romania's PR who revealed that after completing Tom Clany's H.A.W.X. the studio is going to work on "the fifth part of a very popular Ubisoft series, a simulators one." Ubisoft Romania has previously worked on Silent Hunter 3 and 4, and being only simulator in their portfolio it is safe to assume a fifth installment in the submarine simulation franchise is coming.

Run The Gauntlet provides a skilled-based tournament FPS, powered by Unreal 3 Engine. Set in a world where time has shifted, eras have merged and a new timeline has formed, players need to Run The Gauntlet repeatedly, pitting themselves against other players in exhilarating matches.