RTL Games' new publishing label Black Inc. has signed Black Sea Studios' real-time strategy game WorldShift, which is currently scheduled to launch in 2008. WorldShift is a next-gen, cyber-fantasy RTS game set in a dark future of Earth, where today's civilization is only a fading mysterious legend.

Midway has not only signed the European publishing rights to Neko Entertainment's fast and fun-packed GBA title Cocoto Kart Racer, but also for Myst (excluding South Africa, Australia & New Zealand) on NDS.

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. At BlizzCon, Blizzard sent along a pre-canned Q&a giving more details about SC 2.

SimBin announced that its RACE 07 racing title sequel comes loaded with new features and game modes, more than 200 cars in 11 different car classes and host 20 different circuits from all over the world, several of them being city racetracks never before featured in a racing game.

WoW: Wrath of the Lich King will open the forbidding wasteland of Northrend to exploration, as new levels of power, challenging new dungeons and encounters, an exciting new character profession, and the game’s first hero class are just some of the new features awaiting players in Wrath of the Lich King. Blizzard sent over a pre-canned Q&A giving more details ...

War Leaders: Clash of Nations will expand upon the RTS genre by placing gamers in the roles of the major leaders of WWII, including Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin. Political, diplomatic and economic decision making will be key to success, while sound tactical strategies will ensure victory on the battlefield.

Almost a year after the original Rainbow Six: Vegas release, a new product listing at UK online retailer Play.com reveals an upcoming add-on, Rainbow Six: Vegas Bishop. Scheduled for an October 2007 release, there are currently no additional details available, but judging from the £29.99 price tag it is most likely an add-on, and not a full retail product. More details soon ...

SEGA is bringing 2005 arcade gun game Ghost Squad to the Wii, adding a number of new Wii-specific gameplay modes and using the Wiimote as a multi-purpose tool that allows players to easily control the targeting of on-screen enemies, defuse bombs, and rescue hostages.

Gala-Net's Upshift StrikeRacer is a free-to-play online car racing and combat game, blending nerve-wracking high speed car races with explosive online player-versus-player combat as multiple gamers enter deadly matches for bragging rights and reputation.

While Turtle Rock Studios and Valve are showing off their forthcoming Source Engine powered survival co-op game Left 4 Dead at QuakeCon this weekend, some disappointing news came to light. While gamers lined up for hours to play and meet the design team, it was revealed that we'll have to wait even longer for the game itself, since it has been delayed until early 2008.