Microsoft is taking a precautionary measure and voluntarily providing customers with a free retrofit to the Xbox 360 Wireless Wheel, due to a very small number of incidents of a malfunction, where a component in the Wheel chassis may in rare cases overheat and release smoke when the AC-DC power supply is used to energize the Wheel.

NCSoft has released screens and trailers for the following upcoming titles:

• 'Tabula Rasa' - 10 New Screens
• 'Guild Wars: Eye of the North' - 11 New Screens
• 'Aion: The Tower of Eternity' - GC 07 Trailer

Pendulo Studios is banking on its recent success with Runaway 2. Not only is Cyanide Studios working on an NDS port, but a Wii version is now also in development. On top of that, at the Leipzig Games Convention, Pendulo confirmed that Runaway 3 is already in the works. A direct sequel to the previous installment, it will be set in Japan.

The Game Factory is publishing a new animated high-tech action-adventure series, Code Lyoko, based on the fourth season of the popular series.

The Settlers VI will focus on building larger and more fortified cities as well as planning and optimization in a medieval world. Attributes that are typical of the series are once again the focus of the game, create magnificent cities and inhabit them with hundreds of settlers going about their daily lives.

EA Playground captures the exuberance and nostalgia of your neighborhood playground, turning your gaming space into an arena of interactive fun with immersive activities designed for kids, and the kid inside all of us.

dtp announced that it has signed two new $1 million development budget RPG productions, scheduled for 2009. One of them, an action RPG developed by the Germany-based team Deck 13, known for its adventure game releases Ankh and Jack Keane, while the second is being developed by a well-known Belgian team.

Capcom has released screens and trailers for the following upcoming titles:

• 'Mega Man Star Force' (NDS) - Screens
• 'Zack & Wiki: Quest for Barbaros' Treasure' - Screens & Trailer
• 'Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Trials and Tribulations' [NDS] - Screens & Trailer
• 'Mega Man ZX Advent' (NDS) - Screens & Trailer
• 'MotoGP '07' (PS2) - Screens
• 'Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles' (Wii) - Screens
• 'Devil May Cry 4' (PS3/X360/PC) - Screens & Trailer

JoWooD announced today that it has picked Spellbound Entertainment, known for Desperados and Chicago 1930, as the official developing team for Gothic 4.

EA is introducing a new Need for Speed version that drives the series in a new direction. Need for Speed ProStreet is a ground-breaking Need for Speed experience where you’re thrust to compete head to head against the best street racers in a multitude of racing showdowns.