In Top Spin 3, players compete online and offline to rise in the ranks against current top ranked professional players, as well as legendary players Boris Becker, Bjorn Borg and Monica Seles. Adding a unique user-generated component, players can also use new player creator features that include free-form body sculpting, makeup and tattoos.

Earlier this month Interplay revealed that it wanted to bring back some of its classic titles, and announced yesterday some of its original SNES titles would be coming to Wii Virtual console. Today Interplay revealed it has signed a partnership arrangement with Earthworm Jim creator Douglas TenNapel to relaunch the franchise.

Following a survey of existing measures to protect minors from harmful video games across the 27 European Union member states, the European Commission called for a retailers' Code of Conduct to be drawn up within two years.

Put on your headset, grab your clipboard and see if you have what it takes to be the boss in NFL Head Coach 09, a unique NFL experience that gives gamers the power to make decisions that define their career and ultimately the fate of their franchise as a head coach in the NFL. EA revealed that NFL Head Coach 09 will not only come bundled with Madden, but also as standalone title.

If previous trademark registrations are any indication, then Ubisoft's next installment in the Prince of Persia franchise will be called Prince of Persia Prodigy. According to trademork, Jordan Mechner has locked in the next installment in the Sands of Time trilogy, as he also owns The Sands of Time, Warrior Within and The Two Thrones. Maybe we'll get more details at UbiDays or E3.

38 Studios announced the expansion of its design team with the appointment of Travis McGeathy as systems design lead. Travis hails from SOE and joins his former co-workers at 38 Studios, Jason Roberts and Steve Danuser, who have been laying the groundwork in IP and game development in year one at the studio.

War Leaders: Clash of Nations places gamers in the roles of the major leaders of WWII, including Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin. Political, diplomatic and economic decision making will be key to success, while sound tactical strategies will ensure victory.

APB is an MMOG featuring an immersive urban-based community where players choose between playing the criminals or catching the crooks, carrying out or thwart opposed crimes and build up areas of the city they control. The recent $50 million investment seems to be opening a lot of doors for RtW, as it bought back the worldwide publishing rights from Webzen.

MGS4: Guns of the Patriots is set in a war-torn future where huge conglomerates, including those in the Middle East and South America, fight for supremacy using armies of hand-picked mercenaries. While the actual beta has been available for download for a few days, it seems server issues have delayed the actual start "until further notice," but at the same time extending the test period with a few extra days. Read more for the official statement...

UPDATE: Konami announced that the beta will now commence on April 25 at 11:00 PM PST.

SEGA's combat-intensive RTS Universe at War: Earth Assault for the Xbox 360 will employ a control scheme built from the ground up to ensure smooth gameplay and ease of command for console gamers. Great attention has been paid to implement a balanced gamescape for multiplayer games for console players.

Revolutionizing your control of the five tools in baseball are brand new pitching, fielding and base-running controls and completely overhauled batting interface. Featuring a totally unique trading card mode, robust Minor League system, all-new Signature Style animations for 2008 and more, MLB 2K8 brings a new level of fun to the virtual baseball world.

Originally licensed by Majesco, but sold off to 2K Games, The Darkness is based on Top Cow's comic book series, and developed by Starbreeze Studios. Knowing its background it comes as no surprise that during the TOP COW discussion panel at this weekend's NY Comic-con, it was revealed that The Darkness 2 is in the works, "We can't say Darkness and video game sequel in the same sentence, so Darkness. Wink. Sequel."

It's time to get creepy again as Sony Computer Entertainment Japan announced that is developing a remake of the PS2 horror game Forbidden Siren. Currently only scheduled for release in Japan on July 24th, Siren: New Translation will have a demo on PSN Japan next week. No word on when we may see it in North America or Europe yet.

The war between the GDF and Strogg will soon be igniting on next-generation consoles as id Software and Activision confirmed that their team-based first person action title Enemy Territory: Quake Wars, is coming to next-gen platforms. "When it's done" has finally been replaced by a firm date, May 27, 2008 (May 30th in Europe).

Earlier this week DC Comics already announced a Prototype series, and today it revealed plans to publish a comic book series based on Epic Games' action video game franchise Gears of War, slated to debut from DC’s WildStorm imprint in October.

EA, Harmonix and MTV Games are going full speed ahead with downloadable content, earlier this week it was revealed the newest Motley Crue song would make its debut on Rock Band, and today it was announced that Judas Priest's 1982 classic album Screaming For Vengeance will be the first fully downloadable album, coming next week.

Supreme Ruler 2020 is a strategic and tactical geo-political game where direct control of the military and the policies of a nation becomes the key to survival. One of the innovative new features is the wide-open "Super Sandbox" mode, which allows players to take control of nearly any country or region of the world.

LEGO Batman features all of the characters from the LEGO Batman construction sets, plus a few new additions. Gamers will have the ability to roam the streets of LEGO Gotham City as Batman or Robin, and even take control of the villains while manipulating gadgets and building/operating vehicles in co-op gameplay.

The Game Factory has renewed its worldwide publishing agreement with MGA Entertainment to market Bratz Kidz Slumber Party for the Wii and DS, and Bratz Ponyz 2 for NDS.

Backbreaker is taking sports video games to a place where the action is never the same and every hit looks and feels as realistic as a Sunday afternoon. Utilizing NaturalMotion’s euphoria motion synthesis engine, you’ll never see the same tackle again. Ever.

Earlier this year Activision revealed it was working on a new Spider-Man game, and while there hasn't been any mention of the game since, it was disclosed to us that it is called Spider-man: Web of Shadows, scheduled for a fall 2008 release, and might be unveiled at Comic-Con in NY this coming weekend. Starting tomorrow Gamestop will be running a promotional campaign offering gamers a choice of t-shirt, figurine or poster as pre-order incentive.

Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures is an Online Action RPG, mixing a deep, story-driven single-player experience and a massive and brutal multiplayer end-game brings forth the ultimate representation of the Age of Conan. Everyone who pre-orders will get access to Hyboria several days prior to the retail launch.

Microsoft announced that European sales have more than doubled in the wake of its March 14 retail price adjustment to an entry-level estimated retail price of £159.99.

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... Goldrush is coming in the next few weeks, while the medic is getting 3 new weapons (The Blutsaugher, Critzcrieg and the Ubersaw) as well as 36 new achievements.

Experience life after death as the Grim Reaper’s teenage son Death Jr. (aka DJ), and his school sweetheart Pandora, as they embark on a journey to free DJ’s captured father and complete their school science project at the same time! Eidos is bringing Death Jr. to the Wii with 480p support, split screen co-op, voiceovers, improved textures and more.