id Software and Fountainhead Entertainment announced today that the two developers have joined forces to create a new division of id Software, id Mobile, which will develop games for cell phones, the NDS and PSP.

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:

• Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem (PSP)
• America's Army: True Soldiers (X360)
• Boogie (NDS/PS2)
• Close Combat: Modern Tactics (PC)
• Monster Jam (NDS/PS2/Wii/X360/PC)
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In No More Heroes, developed by Grasshopper, you play the role of Travis Touchdown, a hardcore anime fan who takes it upon himself to murder the top assassin's in the world, using the Wiimote to wield Travis' beam sword and kill off enemies in gruesome ways.

TimeShift is an FPS in which players control time to complete missions and defeat foes. The game will leverage the latest graphics technology to create a unique action game experience. This 'worldwide' v1.2 patch fixes "NAT traversal problem" so people behind NATs are able to see servers.

Hollywood studio Lionsgate is fast-tracking a movie based on the freshly acquired rights to Eidos' action game Kane & Lynch: Dead Men, according to Times Online. Bruce Willis and Billy Bob Thornton are said to be in the running to play death row escapees, "flawed mercenary" Kane and "medicated psychopath" Lynch, respectively. Michael Bay of "The Transformers" has apparently signed on as the producer, with the script written by newcomer Kyle Ward.

As society succumbs to a worldwide energy crisis, a new global depression takes hold. Amidst this desperate backdrop, two superpower alliances emerge. Join the battle on the frontlines of tomorrow as the Western Coalition or the Red Star Alliance.

Vivendi confirmed that Terminal Reality is developing the title for PC, PS3 and X360 aimed primarily at the core gamer demographic, while Red Fly Studios is working on a more casual version for PS2, Wii and NDS. All four members of the movie team (Dan Aykroyd, Ernie Hudson, Bill Murray and Harold Ramis) will lend their voices and likenesses to the game, which is set in the '90s after Ghostbusters II and currently scheduled for release in fall '08.

As the new blockbuster movie Beowulf from Paramount Pictures debuts in cinemas worldwide and Ubisoft's official game of the movie becomes available, work on 4HEAD Studios/3D-IO's independently developed game of same name has been suspended.

City Life 2008 Edition features 60 more buildings, bringing the total to 360, including famous structures such as St. Paul Cathedral, Royal Opera, etc. New scenarios, 10 new maps and an updated version of the editor allow you to import satellite maps, as well as import from applications such as World-Machine, or GeoControl.

Empire Earth III allows players to build and rule an empire from the ancient world to the distant future, battling it out across the globe through the eons in a bid for worldwide control, offering continuous free-form gameplay that will allow players to keep units from one battle to the next.