Microsoft has launched a new promotion: If you buy an Xbox 360 before Dec. 21, you can have a copy of Bungie's sci-fi FPS Halo 3 sent to you. To take advantage of the promo, all you need to do is sign in on Xbox/Windows Live, register this page on your PC, enter the XBX7777 code, and submit your new console's serial number and a valid mailing address. A brand spanking new copy of Halo 3 should arrive shortly thereafter.

Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures is an Online Action RPG, mixing a deep, story-driven single-player experience and a massive and brutal multiplayer end-game brings forth the ultimate representation of the Age of Conan.

Culpa Innata, developed by Turkish Momentum, is a story-driven, 3rd person game using the classic mouse in a point and click interface, featuring a wide variety of organic obstacles ranging from logic puzzles to hi-tech gadget manipulation to dialog and inventory challenges.

SEGA's Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity is a fast-paced new Sonic racing game created by Sonic team that takes Sonic into never-before seen worlds with edge-of-your-seat racing intensity and all-new gravity controlling moves.

Another day, another batch of games shipped to stores. Instead of giving them all their own posts, we grouped them, and so far there are announcements for:

• Beowulf (PSP/PS3/X360/PC)
• Next Life (PC)
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Ghost Squad for the Wii adds a number of new platform-specific gameplay modes and uses the Wiimote as a multi-purpose tool that allows players to easily control the targeting of on-screen enemies, defuse bombs, and rescue hostages.

In The House of the Dead you will defy the undead with shotgun (Wii Zapper compatible) in hand as you explore a post-apocalyptic wasteland of unrelenting terror featuring beautifully rendered gore, six game modes (Time Attack, Arcade, etc.), co-op, and a wide variety of branching paths.

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:

• Frontlines: Fuel of War [PS3/X360/PC] - Drones Trailer
• Runaway: the Dream of the Turtle [NDS] - Trailer #2 [French]
• Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune [PS3] - Inside Naughty Dog Trailer
• America's Army: True Soldiers [X360] - Launch Trailer
• Sins of A Solar Empire [PC] - Beta 4 Gameplay Trailer
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In Crysis, shooter fans will face a new kind of challenge requiring adaptive tactics and customization of weapons and armor in dynamic, hostile environments as mankind struggles to survive in the face of an alien invasion. A chat transcript over at inCrysis (thanks Blues) reveals that Crytek is currently working on the first patch based on user feedback, and plans to release it in the next 1-2 weeks ...

Harvest Moon meets SimCity in John Deere: Harvest in the Heartland, a “hands-on” real-time farming game for the Nintendo DS. The core play mechanic is “Sculpt the Heartland” – Craft virgin soil into a profitable, prize winning, and picturesque farm.