Project Origin continues F.E.A.R.'s supernatural suspense story of an escalating paranormal crisis that threatens to destroy a major American city. At the center of the calamity is the mysterious Alma, whose rage against those who wronged her triggered a chain of events that have spiraled completely out of control. Now that she has free reign, the consequences will be unimaginable.

Sony has released yet another new PSP firmware update, officially bringing it to v3.73. With this update, operation of the UMD (Universal Media Disc) drive has been improved to address cases in which the UMD drive occasionally suspends and fails to reload data.

SEGA's Universe at War: Earth Assault, developed by Petroglyph, is a combat-intensive RTS game enlisting players in an epic struggle to prevent total alien domination of planet Earth. Petroglyph's community manager dropped us a note letting us know the PC version has gone gold.

Matrix Games released a new patch for its tactical war game, Flashpoint Germany. This update brings your retail game to v1.13 and adds a handful of changes which include an improvement to browsing unit waypoints and a fixed memory leak in Windows Vista.

Super-Ego Games has recruited renowned New York City comedians to write and voice its episodic comedy/adventure game Rat Race. Set in an extremely dysfunctional office at a company called BiggCo, your job is simply to make it through the day as bombs go off all around you.

Gears of War blends tactical action with survival horror, thrusting gamers into the harrowing story of humankind's battle for survival against the Locust Horde. The Gears of War title update fixes various performance issues, including the Games for Windows Live update issue.

King's Bounty: The Legend, previously known as Battle Lord, is an adventure game with tactical turn-based battles and role-playing elements unfolding in a rich fantasy world.

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.