EA announced today that it has released three new maps (Weathertop, Argonath, and Umbar) for its recently released RTS Battle For Middle-Earth 2, available on Xbox Live Marketplace. Play as any of the six factions in single-player skirmish and any of the five multiplayer modes.

Spike and Acquire are bringing Shinobi to the PSP, scheduled for release in Japan end of October. Based on the PS2 version, Shinobi features singleplayer, with 30 playable characters, as well as 4 player Versus multiplayer with 20 playable skins. The Mission Play Mode will allow you to connect to the PS2 and import missions made through the game editor.

Penny Arcade today announced that due to overwhelming demand, pre-registration for Penny Arcade Expo (PAX) gaming culture fest slated to invade Washington State this August 25th-27th has been extended to August 3rd at 6:30pm pacific.

DreamWorks Animation CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg announced today that it is collaborating with Aardman Features, Mark Burnett Productions and AOL to create the Flushed Away: Underground Adventure, DreamWorks' first online game with custom animation integration.

Another day, another batch of game trailers was released. Instead of giving them all their own posts, we grouped them, and so far there are trailers for:

• GTR 2 - Hockenheim Trailer
• Eureka Seven Vol 1: The New Wave [PS2] - Trailer
• Crysis - Trailer (2)
• Dead Rising [X360] - Webisode Trailer#3
• Lumines II [PSP] - Trailer #2
• Every Extend Extra [PSP] - Trailer #2
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  We will update this throughout the day when new trailers become available. Read more for download links ...

Enemy Territory: Quake Wars pits the armies of Earth against the invading alien Strogg in the ultimate online strategic shooter. Featuring strategic team play, persistent character promotions, day and nighttime combat missions, and the universe's most powerful weapons and vehicles.

Army of Two will throw gamers into hot spots ripped from current day headlines where they will utilize unique TWO man strategies and tactics while seamlessly transitioning between playing with intelligent Partner AI (PAI) and a live player.

Warfare is a real-time global war simulator with real material and it's devoted to a conflict in the Near East. There are two campaigns, one for the USA, the other for Saudi Arabia. The main goal of the first campaign is taking full control of the region; the second one is coming to power in Saudi Arabia and achieving the withdrawal of all American troops.

S2Games has officially delayed the Savage 2: A Tortured Soul beta launch which was supposed to lift off today. The decision was made the secure a more complete, less buggy beta version of Savage 2: A Tortured Soul. A specific date on when the beta will begin was not provided but in 2 weeks there will be an official update with progress and hopefully have a better timeline.