Sony Online Entertainment's Seattle studio is developing The Agency, a PC/PS3 exclusive fast-paced online action shooter filled with espionage, intrigue and betrayal. When you visit the official The Agency website, you can sign up to be notified about the beta by clicking on the black bullet in the logo on the top right.

DK Project: The Last City of Heaven is an open ended sandbox game in the vein of GTA or MAFIA. You will be free to travel through the city, to take whatever vehicle you want, and although you do not belong to any particular faction, you can start or work for gangs, but the aim of the game is not to have the biggest gang.

Hot on the heels of the restructuring announcement, it seems Take Two will be closing its New York office and consolidating it with their California-based West Coast office. No details as to how many people will make the transition (or get laid off) were disclosed, or whether NY native Rockstar is making any sort of relocation as well.

Guitar Hero fans will channel their inner rock god using Gibson Guitar's Les Paul and Kramer models, experience new features and explosive content including a new multiplayer action-inspired battle mode, grueling boss battles, a bevy of exclusive unlockable content and authentic rock venues.

Project Sylpheed is a 3-D makeover of the classic, mid-'80s scrolling shooter franchise Silpheed launching players through an exhilarating space combat experience driven by a deep, multi-layered storyline. A 613 mb demo is now available on Xbox Live...

Taking full advantage of the Nintendo DS's unique characteristics, KOEI's action-combat series Dynasty Warriors will be unlike any other Tactical Action game previously released on the NDS.

FlatOut: Total Carnage is a re-imagining of FlatOut 2 rebuilt from the ground up and specifically developed to make use of the additional feature sets and improved processing ability of third generation technologies.

Featuring an all-new, revolutionary feature set, SimCity Societies allows players to construct not only the cities they desire, but create their cultures, societal behaviors and environments as well.

It's been quiet for a few months surrounding the Castlevania movie, but word has trickled out that Sylvain White, known for Ronin and most recently Stomp the Yard, has been set to direct a live-action adaptation of Konami's vampire videogame Castlevania. Originally scripted by AvP's Paul W.S. Anderson it will get a rewrite by White, and be produced by Crystal Sky's Steven Paul and Benedict Carver, with Anderson and Jeremy Bolt. Scheduled for late 2008, shooting will commence late fall in South Africa and Romania.

Already owing 70% of the company, venture capital firm Balderton Capital has acquired the remaining 30% stake held by the orignal founders of Codemasters, David and Richard Darling and their father Jim.