This Wednesday, team up with up to three of your friends and prepare yourselves for intense side-scrolling, sci-fi shooting action in Aegis Wing, available for free to all Xbox LIVE members in North America for a limited time beginning Wednesday, May 16, at 2 a.m. PDT.

Grotesque is a new adventure/rpg from German developer Silent Dreams, and promises to be an original blend of traditional fantasy RPG (like Gothic, Fable, Baldur's Gate, Planescape Torment) and sarcastic humor with adventure elements along the lines of Monkey Island.

Combining 3D animation and 2D designs, A Vampyre Story follows the opera starlet, Mona, a woman kidnapped by Baron Shrowdy Von Kiefer and slowly becoming a creature of the night after coming under the vampire's spell.

Set in a dark and mysterious world, Wik & the Fable of Souls pulls players in with innovative game play. The unique way that Wik interacts with his environment, using his long sticky tongue to swing around levels with grace and speed, creates a visual experience that is as exciting to watch as it is to play.

Raven Software is currently working on a new game based on the "Wolfenstein" series, scheduled for 2008, and with newer motion-capture technology, it is working with a local actress Carrie Coon to be an elite force assassin character in its movie.

Aksys Games' first game for the Nintendo DS, Hoshigami Remix, is a remake of the popular strategy RPG originally released on the PlayStation One.

Tecmo's action hero Ryu Hayabusa will be flipping his way onto the NDS. Bringing all of the intense combat, stylized graphics, and ultimate ninja action to touch-screens everywhere, Ninja Gaiden Dragon Sword features a new storyline and innovative use of the DS Stylus.

Supreme Commander features a riveting, action-packed storyline, ground-breaking gameplay and genre-defining online multiplayer battles. levels. THQ is preparing a new patch for GPG's 3D RTS, tweaking the balance of various units.

Bomberman: Act Zero did not quite get the critical appeal Hudson had hoped for, so they went back to the old school formula and tasked Backbone Entertainment with putting the classic into a next-gen look. Currently scheduled for June, Bomberman lets you play online with up to 8 players, with monthly tournaments and content updates, customizable characters and bombs.

BioShock is 2K Games' hybrid first-person shooter, in the works over at System Shock 2 developers Irrational Games, combining elements of sci-fi and role-playing genres.