Activision has signed an deal with Discovery Communications to develop animal-themed games based on various shows on the TV station's Animal Planet channel such as as Meerkat Manor and Orangutan Island. The multi title agreement will focus on games that appeal to younger and older players outside the core audience of teenage boys, and are scheduled for released in late 2008.

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:

• Spaceforce: Captains - Trailer
• Kingdom Under Fire: Circle of Doom [X360] - Trailer (5)
• EVE Online: Trinity - Trailer
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Atari announced that Tempest, Battlezone and Warlords will also be hitting the Xbox Live Arcade soon, each with 12 achievements, support for up to 1080p as well as full-screen anti-aliasing and digital surround sound. Even better, Warlords and Battlezone will feature online multiplayer and support for the Xbox Live Camera, enabling players to watch live video of their opponents.

Fantasy Aquarium by DS allows the player to keep fish that could never be kept as pets in a tank, such as blue whales, dolphins, seals and sharks. Just as in real life, the fish need to be fed and have their tanks cleaned.

In Boom Boom Rocket, players fire rockets to the beat of music while traveling through a 3D cityscape. the better your timing, the more spectacular the fireworks. EA is updating BBR with five new songs, improved fireworks, guitar and dance mat controller compatibility, Japanese and Korean language support, etc.

A few days ago, Valve announced it would have Universe at War: Earth Assault available for download on launch day, but now it seems SEGA is expanding its Steam lineup with The Golden Compass, Sega Rally Revo, Sega Revo, Worldwide Soccer Manager, Futbol Manager and more. In addition to the new games, Sega titles previously released on Steam to customers in North America, such as Medieval II: Total War and Rome: Total War, are now available to Steam gamers in Europe and most of the world.

Crackpot Entertainment's Insecticide is a classically styled action adventure detective game that brings the look and feel of gritty gumshoe films into a futuristic city where insects have become the dominant race.

Ubisoft announced that it is releasing its classic board game Chessmaster Live on the Xbox Live Arcade for the Xbox 360 with all-new twists.

Warmonger - Operation: Downtown Destruction is an apocalyptic FPS, built around AGEIA PhysX, enabling unique, piece-by-piece destruction system and is designed to deliver stunning fluid and cloth-based effects unlike anything seen before.

Super Smash Bros. Brawl is Nintendo's latest incarnation in the popular Super Smash Bros. series of titles, featuring all-new characters ranging from Kirby and Wario to Samus and even Metal Gear Solid's Snake.