Nickelodeon shifts the power of Tak from the video game console to TV sets everywhere this fall as the Nick/THQ video game becomes a brand new CG-animated series, Tak and the Power of Juju, premiering with two back-to-back half-hour episodes on Friday, August 31 from 8:00 - 9:00 p.m. (ET/PT).

GRAW 2 will feature changing climate, improved AI, an advanced Cross-Com system, air strikes from jet fighters, new weapons and a new soldier class, the Medic. Ubisoft has released a new patch, fixing various bugs, crashes, multiplayer issues, and enables all Map Editor functions.

For decades, mankind has contemplated what would have happened if two historical icons had battled…with balls. Finally, there’s a studio brave enough to tackle this difficult question. Blazing Lizard announces its first console downloadable game, Pirates vs. Ninjas Dodgeball.

Today Nintendo added yet another 3 classic games to the Wii's Shop Channel. Wii owners with a high-speed Internet access can redeem Wii Points to download the following titles: Metroid, Shining in the Darkness, and Cratermaze.

Graffiti Entertainment announced that it developing a yet untitled new Xbox LIVE Arcade game, which it plans to publish in 2008.

Previously Sierra released a new title update with new game types as well as two new map packs (Nightmare & Synchronicity), and today the Bonus Pack is available on Xbox Live Marketplace, adding yet another 3 multiplayer maps, Ecosphere, Hotel, and Sewers. While the previous two map packs cost money/points, this Bonus Pack us totally free of charge.

Haze a new shooter from Ubisoft and Free Radical, puts you in the boots of a new recruit in the privately run Mantel army. Your conflict begins in a war-torn country where you have been sent to fight a vicious rebel faction, the Promise Hand. At first glance, all is well, but things quickly begin to look a little strange…

Buka announced its Games Convention line-up, where The Hunt, Sledgehammer and The Swarm will make their first appearance. In addition Buka will showcase two games that have advanced greatly since they were presented last year, Collapse and DUSK-12.

• Collapse
• DUSK-12
• The Hunt
• The Swarm
• Sledgehammer

Jeanne d'Arc, developed by Dark Cloud and Rogue Galaxy Level-5, delivers a new tactical role-playing adventure set across vast lands with detailed environments, unique characters, and a diverse combat and gameplay system.

Legacy is an epic game of Starfleet combat covering the entire Star Trek Universe. Players become the Admiral of a task force of warships and must lead their fleet to victory in large-scale battles. Bethesda has released beta version of the mission editor, source code included.