NHL 09 takes to the ice with improved Skill Stick System controls and the new Defensive Skill Stick, while adding depth and new features designed to help newcomers jump into the series, or show off your skills with the new Be A Pro mode.

Matrix Games has released a new patch for its naval warfare sim Harpoon 3: Advanced Naval Warfare, adding a streamlined game interface, tweaked and improved gameplay, and reinforcing Harpoon 3’s level of realism. This 3.9.3 update repairs roughly a dozen crashes or bugs posted on the community issue tracking system.

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.

No this is not a resurfacing of the Metal Gear Solid 4 rumor during its launch week, but according to Ripten the original 1998 Playstation One MGS title might be making its way to Xbox Live Arcade. Claiming to have seen a build on Microsoft's developers only partnernet we decided to have a look for ourselves and unfortunately did not find it, so either the rumor is false, or it was removed. With Soul Calibur and Bionic Commando get an XBLA makeover Metal Gear Solid wouldn't be that much of a stretch.

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:

• Supreme Commander [X360] - Developer Diary Trailer #2
• Street Gears - Tricks Trailer
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Not been heard of since last year, Gearbox Software's Brothers In Arms Double Time immerses you into the intensity of World War II through the stories of Sergeants Baker and Hartsock and their squad of paratroopers during the Normandy invasion.

Halo Wars is a strategy game based on the Halo universe where players will command armies of familiar and new UNSC units in its initial encounters against the Covenant, an alien coalition threatening to obliterate mankind. The latest issue of GamePro features a preview revealing that Halo Wars will have 2 player co-op vs. Covenant, and you will be able to jump on Xbox Live with up to 6 player for some multiplayer mayhem. No wood, iron, resource gathering, just "supplies," in order to steamline the action.

Earlier this year Activision revealed it was working on a new Spider-Man game, and while there hasn't been any details made available yet, Spider-man: Web of Shadows will have you play as the hero or villain in a large free-roaming environement.

Burnout Paradise gives players license to wreak havoc in Paradise City, the ultimate seamless racing battleground, with a massive infrastructure of traffic-heavy roads to abuse. While Criterion is working on even more content, the Cagney update is scheduled for July 10, and will add 3 brand new FreeBurn game modes, 2 new cars, 70 new challenges, and the usual fixes and tweaks.

Sacred 2 is a action-oriented deep fantasy RPG where players are immersed in an epic journey through the medieval-like kingdom of Ancaria featuring pitched battles and a wide range of enticing quests.