Sword of the New World is modeled after Europe’s exploration of the New World, allowing players to create and simultaneously control a family of characters utilizing its Multiple Character Control system.

At the IDEF exhibition in France, LucasArts' European publishing partner Activision revealed that Frontier Dev. is working on a sequel to last year's amusement park sim, Thrillville. Making its next-gen debut, Thrillville: Off the Rails features hundreds of attractions, 15 new settings, and of course allows you to try out the rides. The Wii edition will feature exclusive minigames taking advantage of the Wiimote.

Zack & Wiki: Quest for Barbaros' Treasure is a puzzle adventure game that utilizes the control mechanics of the Wii Remote and allows player to explore a variety of wondrous environments and stages, solve puzzles and interact with the world in search of a legendary pirate ship and the ultimate pursuit of becoming the greatest pirate ever.

Vicious Cycle Software's Vicious Engine has been selected by production agency Center Line for the development of a revolutionary new game used not merely for entertainment, but for business research and job training at IBM.

StarCraft II will feature the return of the Protoss, Terran, and Zerg races, overhauled and re-imagined with Blizzard's approach to game balance, designed to be the ultimate competitive RTS game.

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:

• Grand Theft Auto IV [PS3/X360] - Trailer #2
• Madden NFL 08 [ALL] - Trailer #2
• Lair [PS3] - Trailer (4)
• Devil May Cry 4 [PS3/X360/PC] - Nero's Rage Trailer
• Anderson & the Legacy of Cthulhu - Trailer
• Obscure II [PS2/Wii/PC] - Trailer
• Dynasty Warriors:GUNDAM [PS3/X360] - Intro Trailer
• Dementium: The Ward [NDS] - Trailer (2)
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Help the Eds tackle their latest predicament when Eddy’s “Who to Scam and When” book is lost and read by an angry mob of kids. Ed, Edd n Eddy: Scam of the Century features 13 total stages, special attacks using the touch screen, the option to blow into the microphone to bring characters back to life, three side story mini-games and more wacky special items.

GDC's parent company CMP Game Group conducted a study making a tally of the number of people working within the video games industry in North America. The Game Developer Census 2007 lists 39,700 professionals developing or publishing games within the United States, and more than 8,100 professionals in Canada.

Groove Media announced that it has signed an exclusive license agreement with Codemasters to bring ToCA Race Driver 3 to its SkillGround gaming platform, where you can race to win cash...

Dead Head Fred draws players into an original alternative universe as they embark on a quest for vengeance to solve their own murder by using the decapitated heads of enemies to battle through environments designed to showcase each head’s unique abilities.