The past few months MTV Networks scored high across several of its gaming properties on console, as well as handheld titles. As a results MTVN plans to invest more than $500 million over the next two years in the development and distribution of its gaming business.

The weapon-based fighting game franchise has been reinvented as Namco Bandai announced Soulcalibur Legends exclusively for the Wii, fully immersing players in a 3rd person action adventure that takes a unique approach to the series by truly utilizing the Wii Remote and Nunchuk.

2K Sports' NHL 2K8 will leverage all of the next-gen capabilities, featuring innovative gameplay, revolutionary player models and stunning visuals to create an entirely new hockey experience, centered on authenticity and the NHL Signature Style.

Dynasty Warriors: GUNDAM brings the fast-paced action-filled gameplay experience of Dynasty Warriors to the futuristic battlegrounds of the rich Gundam universe.

DEFCON is an online, competitive, multiplayer strategy game based around the theme of global thermonuclear war. Introversion and Ambrosia announced its plans to make DEFCON free to play in conjunction with the Penny Arcade Expo, from Friday, August 24th at 18:00 GMT until Monday, August 27th at 06:00 GMT.

Swords will be honed and weapons optimized in Namco Bandai Games America's Soulcalibur IV. Delivering new gameplay modes, characters and enhanced features with unprecedented 3D modeling and animation, Soulcalibur IV will be the definitive fighting game experience.

As promised, Capcom has released a new patch for the PC edition of Lost Planet, adding several DX 10 enhancements, as well as a basic chatting system in the multiplayer lobby. The 4 maps in the Xbox 360 DLC #3 are also available (400mb) and are henceforth free of charge on Xbox Live Marketplace.

FIFA 08 will create a football experience that matches the complexity, finesse and beauty of the real-world game. FIFA 08 challenges you to master the skills required to play like a pro football player, allowing you on the pitch to defy the odds, perfect your skills, elevate your game and rise up to win glory for your club.

BioShock will forever change the expectations for the FPS going beyond run and gun corridors, monster-closet AIs and static worlds, creating a living, unique and unpredictable FPS experience. Already released on Xbox Live, the PC version of the demo is expected tomorrow, and of course we will have it on our fileserver network.

UPDATE: 2K informed us that the demo is not coming tomorrow, "probably" Monday.

Experience the thrill of white-knuckle aerial combat with bone-crunching armored assaults and high-intensity infantry combat in a 32-player, all-out war fought both on the ground and in the skies.