Earlier this week, the Internet was on fiyah when Midway Austin's creative director Harvey Smith, lead designer of Ion Storm's Deus Ex titles, publicly criticized Blacksite: Area 51, for which he was lead designer, as being "f***ed up." Smith made the controversial statement at a Montreal International Game Summit lecture, blaming poor handling and pressure to share tech to get the title out before it was ready. Studio head Denise Fulton confirmed that the dismissal was by mutual agreement.

SEGA's Condemned 2: Bloodshot is a first-person action thriller immersing players in a world of psychological terror, featuring all-new fighting mechanics and online multiplayer functionality.

PAIN is a creative, user-driven comedic experience that presents players with the unique opportunity to control and capture the irreverent style of humor found in television shows such as Jackass or Viva La Bam. Launched yesterday, PAIN has been removed from the PlayStation Store due to issues with the game, some involving the inability to load some of the characters.

Warhawk is about to get its first downloadable expansion pack with the release of Operation: Omega Dawn, delivering a new gameplay experience that expands the title’s strategic gameplay elements by offering a new world to explore and introducing a unique aircraft: the KT-424 Combat Dropship.

CoD 4: Modern Warfare is a new action-thriller that will arm gamers with the most advanced and powerful arsenal of modern day firepower to fight a new war in the world’s most treacherous hotspots. Gamers will get the chance to win a 32” 720p LCD HDTV, a digital 5.1 channel home theater system and cool DVDs for each player on the winning team. Interested? Sign Up!

Set 500 years after the original game, Fable 2 will offer even more choices and features, while building on the core gameplay theme of Fable where every choice continually defines who you become, allowing you to truly live the life you choose. In a LiveText interview Lionhead's Peter Molyneux revealed Fable 2 is currently scheduled for late 2008, and that a Dimitri hybrid type title is in the works, a project he calls "absolutely great, revolutionary and ambitious!"

In Cruis'n, Midway's classic arcade racer, you choose your ride from an impressive lineup of licensed cars and experience a rush of adrenaline as you race opponents through different street circuits using the Wii remote to steer and perform outrageous stunts.

Stranger is an RTS game, with RPG elements, set in a world, split in two parts, surface and a subterranean one, which are in a tenuous balance. After a pair of singleplayer demos, its time for some multiplayer gaming ..

The next standalone chapter in Relic's RTS franchise, WH 40K: Dawn of War - Soulstorm features an extensive interplanetary campaign spanning an entire star system in the WK40K universe, as well as introducing two all-new factions for an unprecedented total of nine playable races.

Earlier, Microsoft revealed that with the Dec. 4th fall dashboard update, Xbox Live members would be able to check out the friends lists of fellow Xbox Live members, chat and compare games and Achievements, as well as utilize the family timer. Today more details were revealed, such as Xbox Live Arcade Hits and new video features (we can confirm this includes DivX/Xvid).