Order up bottomless, frothy fun this Xbox Live Arcade Wednesday with Root Beer Tapper. Impatient patrons cannot get enough of the revitalized carbonated beverage classic, and neither will gamers. Root Beer Tapper will be available for download on Xbox Live Arcade for X360 beginning Wed, Feb. 7, at 9 a.m. GMT (1 a.m. PST).

SCEA today announced that due to the 2 million PS3s shipped, Blu-ray Disc has experienced tremendous growth in consumer adoption, and because of it, has surpassed HD-DVD for the first time.

Galactic Civilizations II: Dark Avatar features an expanded feature list such as new units, new maps, a new story-based campaign, user-created opponents, an epic generator, espionage agents, asteroid fields, new diplomatic treaties, unique planet environments and others. Join Stardock for its final Civilizations II: Dark Avatar developer chat on Wednesday, Feb. 7 at 4pm PST / 7pm EST. Read more for details ...

Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning will bring Games Workshop's fantasy world to life in a way that will allow players to create characters destined for great deeds and glory on the field of battle.

Saga is a new MMORTS game, developed by Wahoo Studios, bringing persistency to RTS gaming. You build cities and armies to defend and manage a persistent online kingdom in a persistent fantasy world.

Square Enix and Buena Vista Games announced that their Kingdom Hearts series of action role-playing games has shipped more than 10 million units worldwide, making it one of the top game series in the world.

SpellForce 2: Dragon Storm takes players through a fascinating and exciting challenge as they fight for the magical portals, which seem to be the only connection between the shattered islands of Eo.

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:

• Alien Shooter: Vengeance (PC)
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Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2 will feature changing climate, improved AI, an advanced Cross-Com system, air strikes from jet fighters, new weapons and a new soldier class, the Medic.

Crave announced Tokyo Xtreme Racer DRIFT 2. With the mysterious disappearance of the reigning champion, the tournament crown is suddenly up for grabs. Many will vie, only one can win. Do you have what it takes to race, grind and drift your way to the ultimate racing prize?