Rockstar is bringing its open-ended crime series to the next-gen consoles with Grand Theft Auto IV. The GTA IV Special Edition comes in a customized metal safety deposit box, which will include the game in a special packaging, never-before-seen production artwork, selected soundtrack CD, exclusive Rockstar keychain, and a limited edition Rockstar duffel bag.

Naruto: Clash of Ninja Revolution is a North American Wii exclusive title, and will include characters that have never been featured in the Clash of Ninja game series. The game will follow the storyline of the TV series and will take advantage of the Wiimote in fast-paced ninja action for up to 4 players in 9 different gameplay modes.

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:

• American Civil War: The Blue and the Gray (PC)
• The Darkness (PS3/X360)
• Final Fantasy / Final Fantasy II (PSP)
• Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (ALL)
• Lost Planet: Extreme Condition (PC)
• Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas (PS3)
• Ratatouille (GBA/NDS/PSP/NGC/PS2/Wii/PS3/X360/PC)
• Transformers: The Game (ALL)
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Echelon Software's Black Powder Red Earth is a multiplayer-only first-person shooter that combines highly stylized visuals and fast-moving tactical action with a persistent virtual marketplace and social network.

Atari hooked up with Valve to stress test the multiplayer portion of Iocaine Studios' "projectile-based tactical game" ThreadSpace: Hyperbol. Players battle each other on roads in space, called Hyperchannels, as they pilot Ships capable of firing a wide variety of weapons.

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.

Everybody’s favourite stealth fighting tough guy Ninjabread Man is the steward and protector of Sweetworld, He must jump, swipe and squash his way to victory across colorful 3D platformer, which has now gone gold.

Yesterday we revealed SOE signed Flying Labs' Pirates of the Burning Sea, a massively multiplayer online roleplaying game set in the Caribbean islands of the 18th Century. You play a bold sea captain, master of your own ship and crew, as you seek glory and adventure across the trackless deep.

Battlefield 2142 is set in the future, the world is plagued by a second Ice Age, and wars have broken out over the remaining territories. EA has released a beta version of the upcoming v1.40 patch, which adds the Highway Tampa map, playable in two modes.

Sierra announced Robert Ludlum’s The Bourne Conspiracy, developed by one of Sierra’s internal developers High Moon Studios, combining seminal moments from the best-selling novel and hit film The Bourne Identity with all-new content developed in conjunction with Ludlum Entertainment.