Kingdom Under Fire: Circle of Doom will take the franchise in a new direction as developer BLUESIDE and series director Henry Lee plan to create a truly next-generation Action-RPG, departing from their well-known Action-RTS formula.

THQ announced Worms: A Space Oddity, the newest iteration of the humorous turn-based strategy game, marking the franchise debut on the Wii with a fresh visual style, new environmental settings, intuitive controls and even more customization options.

Art of Murder: FBI Confidential, created by by the team who made Schizm, Sentinel and Reah, is a point & click adventure where the player takes on the role of an FBI agent, whose task is to solve a series of macabre murders of wealthy, well-to-do citizens.

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.

SEGA's NiGHTS: Journey of Dreams is the long awaited sequel to the critically acclaimed NiGHTS franchise that gave gamers the freedom to fly in a world of dreams and imagination. At last week's Games Convention fansite NiGHTS Into Dreams claims to have gotten word from SEGA PR that NiGHTS: Journey of Dreams will miss its fall release date and be pushed back to Q1 2008.

In Gods and Heroes you become a classic hero of the ancient world, born of immortal blood, pursuing your destiny through a series of Epic Quests that will span all levels of gameplay, over time commanding amazing God Powers and acquiring famous weapons and treasure of myth.

Cheyenne Mountain Entertainment, currently working on Star Trek Online, has launched a new internal development studio. Superstition Studios is developing an unannounced game based on an established IP, and will focus on genre-themed MMORPG games with a built in fan base, IPs with a presence in multiple media outlets, and innovations that allow gamers to have a more permanent impact on their in-game environments and societies.

Turbine has launched the official 7-day free trial of The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar. Beginning today, fans in North America, Australia and New Zealand can play the online game for free.

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:

• Art of Murder: FBI Confidential - Trailer
• Overspeed: High Performance Street Racing - Trailer
• Dementium: The Ward [NDS] - Trailer #4
• Universe at War: Earth Assault [X360/PC] - Gameplay Trailer #2
• Galactic Assault: Prisoner of Power - Trailer #5
• Digimon World Dawn/Dusk [NDS] - Trailer
• Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII [PSP] - Trailer #3
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Gran Turismo 5 Prologue, a prequel to the full GT 5 release, will be available for download, and on Blu-ray. GT 5 Prologue will sport improved AI, and for the first time include multiplayer up to 16 cars, with integrated with online features, such as a profile editor and an online event calendar.