This Wednesday 16th May get ready for solitaire mania on Xbox Live Arcade for Xbox 360 as Soltrio Solitaire, developed by Silver Creek Entertainment, offers players a chance to shuffle through a collection of 18 compelling solitaire games.

2K Games' Fantastic 4: Rise of the Silver Surfer is a new third person action video game featuring Marvel Comics' legendary super-powered foursome.

Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword will focus on the late-game time periods after the invention of gunpowder and will deliver 12 challenging and decidedly different scenarios created by Firaxis Games, and the Civilization Fan Community.

DBZ: Goku Densetsu, also known as DBZ: Harukanaru Densetsu, is an all new DBZ experience unlike any other, combining strategic card-based gameplay and role playing elements to deliver a game that is easy to understand but hard to master. Players’ progression is determined through their use of the cards to evolve characters, strengthen moves and create new moves.

Based on the MTV crazy-stunts-gone-bad-on-purpose show Jackass: The Game, developed by Sidhe Interactive, features mini-games, story mode and all the raunchy, and craziness you come to expect from the TV show, with likeness/voices from the real cast. Empire CEO Ian Higgins revealed the game is scheduled for release in September.

Mercury Meltdown Revolution is a brain-teasing puzzle game that challenges players to immerse themselves in a colorful world of sci-fi machines, crazy characters, and bubbling test tubes.

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.

EA revealed that the v1.05 patch, coming late May, for its 3D sci-fi RTS will make major changes to the game experience overhauling a lot of the units, tweaking unit balance, exploits and bugs fixes

Crysis and Far Cry developer Crytek announced the elevation of their satellite offices in Kiev to full development studio status, and the launch of a new CryENGINE 2 powered project based on new original IP.

Yesterday SEGA held its annual Gamers Day preview event, showcasing its lineup of upcoming titles. Read more to check out info, screens for the following titles :

• Ghost Squad (Wii) - Screens
• Virtua Fighter 5 (X360) - Screens
• Medieval II: Total War - Kingdoms (PC) - Screens
• The Club (PS3/X360/PC) - Screens
• The Golden Compass (ALL) - Screens
• SEGA Rally Evo (PS3/X360/PC) - Screens
• Sonic Rush Adventure (NDS) - Screens
• Happy Tree Friends
• Universe At War: Earth Assault (X360/PC) - Screens