Pandemic has constructed a whole new "playground of destruction" from the ground up, fully stocked with the hottest vehicles and weapons. Set in a new and exotic hotspot, you can be your own boss in a wide-open world where there's only one rule: everybody pays. Last year Pandemic delayed Mercenaries 2 until Q1 2008, but today our Gamestop sources informed us that their product listings were changed to reflect a new August 2008 date.

Storm Region's Codename: Panzers series leaves the World War II stage to take the story into Cold War East-West conflicts fought on fictitious battlefields, with a special emphasis on deep story lines and rich battle effects.

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:

• Professor Layton and the Curious Village [NDS] - Trailer
• Culdcept Saga [X360] - Trailer #2
• Turok [ALL] - The Making Of Trailer #3
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  We will update this throughout the day when new trailers become available. Read more for download links ...

Rockstar is bringing its open-ended crime series to the next-gen consoles with Grand Theft Auto IV. While details on the game are still slim, we now know that the franchise returns to New York situated around the mysterious protagonist Nikolai.

At next month's GDC, Massachusetts-based indie developer Demiurge Studios, known for proving content to titles such as Brothers in Arms, Titan Quest, and Karaoke Revolution, plans to announce a new title that it has under development.

Lost: Via Domus is a third-person action/adventure that will have you take on the role as a survivor of Oceanic Flight 815, allowing you to experience an untold adventure of "Lost" in an immersive, interactive world.

Funcom introduces a tiered subscription system in Anarchy Online, where players can now choose between three subscriptions plans going from free-to-play to 5 to 14,95 USD / EUR a month, giving gamers access to the areas and content in the Shadowlands expansion pack for only 5 USD / EUR a month.

Bulgaria based indie developer Masthead Studios announced its debut title Earthrise, a post-apocalyptic science fiction MMO.

Ubisoft reported its sales for the 3rd fiscal quarter 2007 revealing sales are up about 50% compared to last year, fueled by Assassin's Creed and its causal line of titles, beating its own guidance by nearly 10%. Uncertainty regarding Haze continues as the recent retail date changes turn out to be unsubstantiated with Ubisoft's vague "will now be released in fiscal 2008-09," meaning April 2008 at the earliest. Also revealed are new titles in the Prince Of Persia and Anno franchises.

City Life Edition 2008 features 60 more buildings, bringing the total to 360, including famous structures such as St. Paul Cathedral, Royal Opera etc... New scenarios, 10 new maps, and an updated version of the editor allow you to import satellite maps, as well as import from applications such as World-Machine, or GeoControl.