Harvest Moon meets SimCity in John Deere: Harvest in the Heartland, a “hands-on” real-time farming game for the Nintendo DS. The core play mechanic is “Sculpt the Heartland” – Craft virgin soil into a profitable, prize winning, and picturesque farm.

In Bomberman Live players guide their unique Bomberman around a grid-like arena, avoiding opponents and their bombs while attempting to bomb the competition. A free title update is now available addressing issues some players have experienced and tweaks other aspects.

Starting this winter semester, collaboration between Crytek and the Hochschule Darmstadt will begin. Not only did Crytek license the CryENGINE 2 to the school, but it will also support the students by providing them with lectures on the topics of game concepts and game design, computer animation and engine technology.

Devil May Cry 4 is the fourth installment in Capcom's series starring Dante, the gunslinging demon hunter. DMC4 will introduce a new hero, Nero, who possesses a demonic arm that can pull in enemies or use them as projectiles.

Mass Effect is a science-fiction action-RPG created by BioWare, previously known for Jade Empire, KotoR and Neverwinter Nights. Mass Effect will deliver an immersive story driven gameplay experience with stunning visual fidelity. Early this week we reported that Singapore's ratings bureau had banned Mass Effect due to the controversial lesbian sex scene, but that has now been revoked, and Bioware's action/RPG received an M18 classification instead.

UK Book, DVD, music and games retailer Play.com announce a brand new consumer gaming, entertainment and lifestyle show, Play.com Live, to be hosted at Wembley Stadium in March 2008.

Akella announced its forthcoming naval RPG title, City of Abandoned Ships. Developed by Seaward.ru, City of Abandoned Ships will combine compelling gameplay and wonderful graphics thus bringing a new experience to all the fans of daring sword duels and ship-to-ship combats.

He is the world's most popular astronaut, more famous than Neil Armstrong, Yuri Gagarin or John Glenn. Now, for the first time, the fictional hero will appear in his own adventure.

The Golden Horde, using Ancient Wars: Sparta's AWE engine, is a historical RTS based on real events that took place at the beginning of XII century. Those were the times of mighty warriors and military leaders whose power and daring instilled courage in common soldiers.

Stranger combines epic RPG with some of the best elements of RTS. Empire has released the first patch, improving performance, and fixing graphical issues.