X-Blades, previously known as Oniblade, is a third-person, anime-style action/adventure. Your heroine wields two magical blades that can be used as swords or guns, and has magical abilities, all of which are upgradeable. The “Collector's Bundles includes a soundtrack CD, a double-theme poster and a strategy guide, while the PC edition also includes a mousepad.

Nintendo has plenty in store to keep your Wii Remote and touch screen busy in the coming months. Whatever sort of games you like to play there is something for everyone. Wii owners will be able to blow off some steam with Madworld, House of the Dead, the Pikmin and Mario Power Tennis remakes, while NDS gamers can get fit with Walk with me! Do you know your walking routine?, or GTA: Chinatown Wars.

Star Ocean: The Last Hope is the latest entry in the futuristic space opera RPG series. Science fiction and fantasy meld in this long-awaited continuation of the celebrated franchise from developer tri-Ace Inc.

What if you had to live your whole life in one location … and then one day, suddenly, you could step outside and go anywhere in the whole neighborhood? The Sims 3 gives you the freedom to create unique Sims and immerse them in your own living neighborhood of endless possibility!

Even though last year Valve and EA partnered up to distribute The Orange Box, which was available at retail and as digital download, both companies have their own download services. Earlier this year, Crytek signed its own agreement with Valve to offer Crysis Warhead, an EA title, through its Steam delivery service, which is superior to EA's download platform. A recently spotted End User License Agreement for Spore might be the first indication that financially hurting EA might be considering offering its titles on Steam, starting with Maxis' life simulation game.

Dynasty Warriors: Strikeforce will forever change the way gamers experience the Dynasty Warriors universe. In the game, players will enlist in quests that will challenge their very sense of what it means to be a true warrior.

With the New Xbox Experience, Xbox 360 fans have been able to customize their avatars with various features and attributes. Microsoft promised it would be releasing new items every 2 weeks. Making good on its promise, you can now pimp out your avatar with formal wear to get your Avatar spiffed up for Christmas (tuxedo, gowns, hats, shirts, high heels etc...).

League of Legends, developed by Riot Games, is an online multiplayer session-based game that combines elements of role-playing and strategy genres with addictive battle action. In League of Legends rival teams will compete against one another for victory on highly stylized battlefields and landscapes.

Based on the animated TV series, Afro Samurai is the cutting edge game that delivers a new kind of cinematic game experience, a living episode that offers addictive, immersive and compelling gameplay that's dripping in style.

Abandon Interactive's Freaky Creatures is an interactive gaming platform incorporating collectible toys, customizable characters, an expansive online interactive community and challenging virtual battles with other players’ creatures.

During the holidays Microsoft kicked off two global 30-day specials to bring great deals on select Xbox Live content (every monday a deal on either a movie rental, a map pack or even an XBLA game) and even free multiplayer for a list of great XBLA titles. This week Bomberman Live lowers its price from the usual 800 to 600 points.

Gearbox Software wants to share its holiday spirit with gamers everywhere, and are playing a Family Feud-style game with the community this year – everyone fills out what they think will be the most popular answers to our list of gaming- and Gearbox-related (mostly!) categories, and the top five scorers from the community will win some great exclusive Gearbox prizes – posters signed by the team, special editions of our games, t-shirts, and more!

The Last Remnant is Square Enix's latest single-player RPG game, powered by the Unreal Engine 3, with two main characters, each one appealing to a specific territory. Already available on X360, the Pc version will get new, yet undefined, features when it releases in spring 2009.

In Game Factory Interactive's Alexander the Great, developed by World Forge, you take the might of Macedonia to a new level of greatness. With the global map being the key element of strategy, you choose the territory that you ants to conquer, develop your own strategy, conduct battles and observe the result of the chosen actions, which are then reflected on the global map.

A Stroke of Fate is a detective story set in the authentic surroundings of 1940s fascist Germany, giving you the opportunity to conduct a compelling investigation of the most mysterious secret veiled by the 20th century – Adolf Hitler's premature death.

Nintendo has plenty in store to keep your Wii Remote and touch screen busy in the coming months. Whatever sort of games you like to play there is something for everyone. Wii owners will be able to blow off some steam with Madworld, House of the Dead, Castlevania Judgement, the Pikmin and Mario Power Tennis remakes, while NDS gamers can get fit with Walk with me! Do you know your walking routine?, or hack'n slash with Gauntlet.

Russobit-M and GFI newest RTS game Confrontation: Peace Enforcement is a hypothetical conflict of 2009 between Russia and Georgia with an option to choose between the 2 confronting sides – Russia vs Georgia-NATO.

Chinatown Wars is an original entry in the GTA franchise, bringing a new level of interactivity to its sprawling open environments. Delayed until Q2 2009 last month, Rockstar has set the new date for March 17, 2009 in North America, and March 20 in Europe.

Rock Band 2 builds upon the original to introduce co-op band gameplay, multiple instruments, online multiplayer, unparalleled downloadable content and raises the bar by delivering an entirely new level of depth, connectivity, authenticity and features. At the VG Awards it was revealed that Rock Band will get Pearl Jam's debut album 'Ten' as DLC in March 2009.

Star Ocean: The Last Hope is the latest entry in the futuristic space opera RPG series. Science fiction and fantasy meld in this long-awaited continuation of the celebrated franchise from developer tri-Ace Inc.

Gears of War 2 picks up six months after the events of the original, thrusting players back into humankind's epic battle for survival against a nightmarish force of underground creatures known as the Locust Horde. As promised last nigh,t Epic has released the Combustible map pack for Gears of War 2, adding three new multiplayer maps.

Boy, to play, stretch and interact with a variety of objects and characters in an all new gaming experience! Girl, who lives in space will grow as Boy stretches, will continue to grow and connect to the planets in the Solar System with the help of all the Boys in the world!

Gears of War 2 picks up six months after the events of the original, thrusting players back into humankind's epic battle for survival against a nightmarish force of underground creatures known as the Locust Horde. Revealed during a rehearsal run on SpikeTV's VGA Awards, Gears of War 2 is getting a Combustible map pack (Fuel Station, Flood, and Gold Rush), available for download later tonight at 12 AM PST/3 AM EST.

Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II will take players to the brutal frontlines of war where they’ll experience intense action and visceral combat through a non-linear single player experience and a fully co-op campaign. After yesterday's multiplayer details, we have one more exclusive reveal: Dawn of War II will have 49 achievements worth 1,000 points.

When we reported on the EA financial situation earlier this week, it was revealed there would be layoffs, title cancellations, mergers and various other cutbacks. According to the The Globe and Mail, one of those seems to be EA's planned new 20,000-square-foot facility in Vancouver, Canada, where it planned to house a new studio. The Vancouver location, nearby its EA Canada and EA Black Box offices, has already been abandoned and leased to a third party.