Making History: The Calm & the Storm puts players in control of global conflict, combining a highly sophisticated AI with rich historical detail. Strategy First has released a new patch, bringing your retail game to v2.0.4, and improves performance, editor, game balancing, adds AI and UI changes and a few other things ...

Set on the battlefields of World War III, Tom Clancy's EndWar is a next-gen console exclusive war strategy game that will push the envelope of technology, showcasing AI, graphics, physics and animations that were not possible before.

In the bold and often-bloody Dead Space, developed by EA's Redwood Shores Studio, gamers will step into a third-person sci-fi survival horror experience that promises to deliver the ultimate in psychological thrills and gruesome action.

Mass Effect invites players to take the role of Commander Shepard as they set out on an adventure to save the galaxy from imminent destruction. Wrought with treachery, heroism, difficult decisions and a universe filled with unique and colorful species, Mass Effect delivers a truly compelling storyline.

FIFA Manager 09 gives you full control over the management of a football club. You are responsible for the line-up, the tactics and the training of your team – as well as for signing the right players, improving the club facilities and the stadium.

Castle Crashers is a four-player game for the Xbox Live Arcade, where players are knights on a quest to regain a stolen idol. Originally scheduled for release last year, when Microsoft decided to increase the Xbox Live Arcade allowed file size, The Behemoth decided to delay the game in order to add even more content. Castle Crashers has been sent to Microsoft for certification, but no specific release date has been set yet.

Check out the following new screens and trailers from Sony Computer Entertainment America's (SCEA) Gamers Day 2008 lineup:

• 'LittleBigPlanet' (PS3) - 12 New Screens
• 'Siren: Blood Curse' (PS3) - 19 New Screens & Trailer
• PixelJunk Eden (PS3) Announced - Facts, Features, Screens & Trailer
• 'Killzone 2' (PS3) - 2 New Screens
• 'Hot Shots Golf: Open Tee 2' (PSP) - 10 New Screens
• Buzz!: Quiz TV' (PS3) - 7 New Screens
• 'SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs Confrontation' (PS3) - 20 New Screens
• 'Buzz! Master Quiz' (PSP) - 13 New Screens
• 'Resistance 2' (PS3) - Facts, Features & Screens

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:

• Baja [ALL] - Trailer #3
• Doodle Hex [NDS/Wii] - Combos Tutorial
• The Incredible Hulk [ALL] - Behind The Scenes Trailer #1
• Majesty 2: The Fantasy Kingdom Sim - Trailer
• Project Origin [ALL] - Combat Trailer
• Theseis [X360/PC] - Mansion Trailer
• Toki Tori [Wii] - Trailer
• UEFA EURO 2008 [ALL] - Celebrations Trailer
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When it rains, it pours! Ever since Activision revealed it would not be renewing its ESA membership nor attending E3, several other companies announced they would not be attending (NCSoft, Foundation 9, Her Interactive), while others confirmed their presence (D3P, Warner Bros., Majesco, Bethesda, EA, etc.). One name still missing from either list was LucasArts, and today PR director Margaret Grohne announced that while LucasArts will no longer be an ESA member, it would still be attending the E3.

Atlus' Operation Darkness is an epic fantasy WWII turn-based strategy game from Metal Saga developers Success. Set during WW2 you are part of an special ops team tasked with tracking down Hitler, featuring multiple scenarios, mixing historical events with fiction.