Set between the largely unexplored era between Ep III and Ep IV, Star Wars: The Force Unleashed casts players as Darth Vader's "Secret Apprentice" and promises to unveil new revelations about the Star Wars galaxy.

While there most likely won't be an official announcement anytime soon, Gametap revealed that former EA Chicago GM Kudo Tsunoda is now with Microsoft as Project Lead for the new Gears of War game. Tsunoda was recruited by Don Mattrick, formerly at EA Vancouver, where they both worked on the Fight Night series. Mattrick also recently reeled in former Tiburon boss and EA's Vice President of Worldwide Studios John Schappert to run Microsoft's Xbox Live. According to other rumors, GoW2 will run on Unreal Engine 3.5, have 4 new weapons, be twice as big as the original, have controllable air vehicles, new melee moves, etc...

Team Fortress 2 is a class-based, multiplayer team warfare game, delivering new game types, a signature art style powered by Valve’s next-gen animation technology, persistent player statistics, etc... Valve has released a new update for TF2k fixing various issues and adding new features including a new capture the flag map CTF_Well.

The Expiriment, known in Europe as Experience112, is a new 3D graphic adventure where you guide Léa Nichols, sole survivor on board of an infected cargo ship, escape by means of the surveillance system. Monitor, control and guide her movement towards freedom, but above all, the truth.

FlatOut is all about grand scale destruction racing. Fans of the console versions will be able to take the instant jump-in-and-race gameplay mayhem with them wherever they go, including four-player wireless connectivity. After it was delayed late 2007, FlatOut: Head On is now scheduled for March 14th, 2008.

Destroy All Humans! Big Willy Unleashed delivers an all-new sci-fi action gaming experience, where players control Crypto as he travels the world in the 1970s, unleashing massive destruction on foot, in his UFO and for the first time, in the Big Willy mech.

Based on a novel by the Strugatsky brothers, Hard To Be A God combines the science fiction and medieval fantasy genres with a mix of ‘hack & slash’ and RPG gameplay. Be prepared for horseback jousting and sword fighting in an ancient time, as a secret agent from the distant future.

Death Track: Resurrection is a racing/action title set in the not too distant future where traditional sports have been replaced and a new, violent entertainment rules. The attention of the world’s population is drawn to the main event of the year, ‘The Survival Race’, the biggest and most brutal race on the calendar.

In UT3, you assume the role of a futuristic warrior engaged in contests of intense shooting battles against skilled opponents, controlled by human contestants online or by AI, fought with the most powerful sci-fi weapons and vehicles. Epic has released an updated fix list for the upcoming second patch (thanks BeyondUnreal).

S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky is the official prequel to THQ's survival FPS S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl, bringing the players one year prior to the events of the original S.T.A.L.K.E.R. game in 2011. Valve has signed a worldwide digital download exclusivity agreement with GCS Game World.

Currently only scheduled for release in Japan later this month, D3 Publisher's The Zombie Crisis is the latest installment in its Simple DS series. A survival horror game, The Zombie Crisis has you fend off all kinds of gory zombies who would do nothing rather than feast on your brain with dual pistols, swords, machine guns and the good old shotgun.

NPD Group announced that video game software sales in 2007 reached a new record of $9.5 billion, a 28% increase compared to last year. Console games amounted to $6.6 billion, PC titles $910.7 million and handhelds a record $2.0 billion.

Already hinted at in yesterday financial report, Ubisoft announced the first expansion for The Settlers: Rise Of An Empire, adding a new campaign with 8 missions, a new climate zone (India), a new profession (geologist), a new hero (Princess Saraya), weather influence, as well as new buildings, ornaments, and more.

Tarr Chronicles: Sign of Pride, developed by Quazar Studio, is a prequel to Akella's Tarr Chronicles: Sign of Ghosts and is set a hundred years prior to the original, introduces a new race, new control modes (Stealth & Berserk), and ability to not only construct new ships, but also new weapons.

Rockstar is bringing its open-ended crime series to the next-gen consoles with Grand Theft Auto IV. While details on the game are still slim, we now know that the franchise returns to New York situated around the mysterious protagonist Nikolai.

Heart Of Osiris is a standalone expansion pack to last years point & click adventure Ankh, situated in the same environment as the original but now lets you play the game from a different perspective and character, the Pharaoh himself. This v1.02 patch fixes various Windows Vista issues.

Godzilla: Unleashed is a fighting game on a gigantic scale — players are thrust into a world in which monsters are larger than life and the mother of all giants reigns. Players must battle with the legendary Godzilla and a slew of the most renowned monsters in a challenge to ultimately save the planet from mayhem and complete annihilation.

THQ has increased its Q3 financial guidance due to better than expected sales of WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2008 and MX vs. ATV Untamed. This rosy outlook comes at a price, as THQ officially cancelled Frontlines: Fuel of War for the PS3, which was hinted in earlier reports. Destroy All Humans!: Big Willy Unleashed for the PS2 has also been axed (no word on the PSP and Wii versions), and THQ has decided to not continue with its Juiced and Stuntman IPs. THQ also closed down its Concrete Games studio, which was working on an unannounced title.

Bulgaria based indie developer Masthead Studios announced its debut title Earthrise, a post-apocalyptic science fiction MMO.

Ubisoft reported its sales for the 3rd fiscal quarter 2007 revealing sales are up about 50% compared to last year, fueled by Assassin's Creed and its causal line of titles, beating its own guidance by nearly 10%. Uncertainty regarding Haze continues as the recent retail date changes turn out to be unsubstantiated with Ubisoft's vague "will now be released in fiscal 2008-09," meaning April 2008 at the earliest. Also revealed are new titles in the Prince Of Persia and Anno franchises.

Epic Games announced plans to demonstrate the latest Unreal Engine 3 features at next month's Game Developers Conference, with closed door presentations for its prospective customers, evaluators, licensees, members of its Integrated Partners Program and the media.

Currently only scheduled for release in Japan later this month, D3 Publisher's Super Bullet is the latest installment in its Simple DS series. Showing striking similarities to the Metal Slug franchise, Super Bullet is all about you and your heavily armored tank, customizable with about hundred pieces.

Set in 1191 AD, the Third Crusade was tearing the Holy Land apart. Shrouded in secrecy and feared for their ruthlessness, you play the role of Altair, an Assassins intend to stop the hostilities by suppressing both sides of the conflict and throw the environment into chaos and shape events during this pivotal moment in history.

EVE Online is an MMO game set in a world of galactic proportions, governed by a hyper-capitalistic economy where space flight is the path to all commerce, communication, and conflict. To celebrate the launch of Steam's first MMO game offering, a free 21-day trial period for EVE will be available to all Steam gamers, in addition to $5 off their first full month of EVE Online.

Without giving any further details, nDreams, former SCi/Eidos Creative Director Patrick O’Luanaigh's new studio, announced it has signed a deal for an undisclosed project with Sony Computer Entertainment Europe (SCEE).