KOEI today announces its initial lineup of game releases for the coming year, including the yet-to-be-announced, NDS-exclusive title, Prey The Stars.

The Secrets of Da Vinci: The Forbidden Manuscript is a major adventure and investigation game, the first game created about the life and work of Leonardo da Vinci. It offers players the opportunity to grapple with the mysteries of the codes hidden within the works of the great Italian genius.

Genesis Rising: The Universal Crusade is a futuristic 3D game that uses the best elements of RPGs within the context of a fast moving RTS game, set in a mysterious future universe where organic machines are built using genetic engineering. This v1.03 patch improves stability, adds server migration and balances game levels and genes.

Stranger is a real-time strategy game, with elements of role playing games set in a world, split in two parts, surface and a subterranean one, which are in a tenuous balance. Stranger will also feature multiplayer, although details beyond "The players may play on their own, or unite in teams" are a bit sketchy.

In Lego Batman: The Videogame, TT Games brings the world of DC Comics' Caped Crusader to life in an entirely new way. Players can explore a richly interactive LEGO Gotham City as Batman and Robin, capturing infamous villains - and even take control of the villains themselves.

Some of you may have noticed already that GamerAndy has teamed up with WorthPlaying to be our official podcast. Once a week, we will discuss a variety of topics and mull it over in the panel, giving it the usual spin. This week's issue #74 dissects the PS3 launch in Europe and Australia, Blu-Ray vs. HD-DVD, third-party game exclusivity in the next-gen world, Second Life as a good publicity stunt, but who really uses it? The game of the week, of course, has to be STALKER....

This Rush for Berlin add-on consists of two campaigns for the Germans and Allies with 12 missions each, which take place in previously unseen venues such as Norway, the Iberian peninsula, and the Balearic Islands.

Dusk2Dawn announced Sypher, a first person shooter (FPS) with strong spy ‘em up elements, an explosive twisting storyline and a world on the brink of a war of nuclear proportions.

Gamer's Gate announced it has signed a digital distribution agreement with Valusoft, known for titles such as Battle for Troy and Sprint Cars: Road to Knoxville, to offer its PC portfolio through Gamer's Gate starting with Prison Tycoon.

505 Games announces MinDStorm, taking brain exercise software to a new level and offers a whole raft of exciting new games, features and challenges – all designed specifically to stimulate and improve the player’s brain functions and most importantly, be fun to play in their own right.