While Bleach was released late 2007 on NDS and Wii, Japanese gamers are already expecting the third installment in the strategy/rpg franchise. With a story written by the manga author himself, Bleach The 3rd Phantom is turn based, with pre-defined fight combos, and uses sprites when in combat mode.

D3Publisher of America's PSP exclusive Dead Head Fred, developed by Vicious Cycle Software, has won the Writers Guild of America's inaugural Videogame Writing Award, spotlighting quality work by video game writers, raising their profiles, and validating their contributions to this rapidly maturing medium.

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.

Kuju Entertainment announced the appointment of former EA executive Bradley Crooks as Studio Head of the London Studio, know for developing Nintendo's recent Wii exclusive Battalion Wars game, and currently working on several unannounced projects.

Deep Silver's S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky is a prequel to its 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.

Galactic Command: Echo Squad SE puts the player in the cockpit of an Echo fighter, where they'll lead the Galactic Command squadron in massive scale aerial and space combat engagement. GameTap's VP Ricardo Sanchez revealed it will no longer publish GC: ES SE, while developer Derek Smart persists and announces the game is now set for March 3rd.

EU: Rome will cover the time period from the first Punic War to the start of the true Empire, offering a thousand of gameplay choices ranging from country, culture, provincial and character options etc., making each and every game infinitely customizable and unique. While the game sports 50 playable nations, 5 are more likely to succeed than others ...

Korean Dragonfly, known for online first-person shooters such as Karma Online and Special Force, announced that it has licensed Epic Games' Unreal Engine 3 for an unannounced project.

Announced earlier this week, THQ's Deadly Creatures is a Wii exclusive 3rd person action thriller title developed internally by its Rainbow Studios. Deadly Creatures throws players into a venomous world of desert terror, where the greatest victory is survival.

Goin' Downtown, using Silver Style's new Toon shading technology, is a classic point & click adventure game set in a gloomy New York anno 2072. You are Jake, a cop who one morning meets an unconscious lady Cathy down the street. As it turns out Cathy is a prostitute who shortly thereafter gets murdered. Suicide or foul play?

Take on the role of the Grim Reaper’s teenage son, Death Jr., as he and his friend Pandora, whilst arguing over a cocoon they’ve collected for a school biology project, accidentally release an evil and powerful spirit called Furi. Eidos is bringing Death Jr. 2 to the Wii with 480p support, split screen co-op, voiceovers, improved textures and more.

The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian will expand beyond the film and feature 20 playable characters, each with different weapons and abilities, as well as a two-player offline/online "drop-in/drop out" gameplay mode.

Team Fortress 2 is a class-based, multiplayer team warfare game, delivering new game types, a signature art style, persistent player statistics, etc... As promised, Valve has released a Free automatic update for TF2 via Steam. The release includes the introduction of "Badlands," a new map that pushes control-point gameplay onto vertical landscapes, and various fixes & tweaks.

Saga is a new MMORTS game, bringing persistency to RTS gaming. You build cities and armies to defend and manage a persistent online kingdom in a persistent fantasy world.

THQ announced Deadly Creatures, an original Wii exclusive 3rd person action thriller title developed internally by THQ’s Rainbow Studios. Deadly Creatures throws players into a venomous world of desert terror, where the greatest victory is survival.

Teaming up for even more firepower, DJ and Pandora will take on a variety of possessed enemies as they progress through an adventure that seamlessly blends smooth platforming, intense combat, complex enemy AI and a unique sense of humor. Eidos is bringing Death Jr. 2 to the Wii with 480p support, Dolby Pro-Logic II sound, split screen co-op, voiceovers, improved textures and more.

Earth Eternal is a free to play 3D high-fantasy MMORPG world that combines real-world history, legend, and myth with original creations. Sparkplay Media has secured $4.25 million in financing from Redpoint Ventures and Prism Ventureworks.

Team Fortress 2 is a class-based, multiplayer team warfare game, delivering new game types, a signature art style, persistent player statistics, etc... Tomorrow Valve will release a free update that includes global network optimizations, updated graphics and player statistics, improvements to Source TV for tournament viewing, enhanced performance and gameplay for three existing maps, as well as a new Badlands map.

NaturalMotion announced that its graphically authorable animation engine morpheme is being integrated into Epic's Unreal Engine 3, making the technology immediately available to any publishers or developers licensing UE3.

Korean based Devroot Studio, known for MMORPG Shaiya: Light and Darkness, announced that it has licensed Epic Games' Unreal Engine 3 from for an unannounced title, codenamed BK Project.

Droves of undead are converging in the streets. Now Sam & Max must confront their leader – a Eurotrash vampire with a style all his own. Are the Freelance Police cool enough to outsmart this emo before his flesh-eating army usurps the western world?

War Leaders: Clash of Nations will expand upon the RTS genre by placing 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 on the battlefield.

While EA revealed an impressive list of titles in development for fiscal 2009 and beyond, Atari's financial statement was less impressive. While revenues are down and loss increased (mainly due to restructuring cost) compared to last year, it did, however, reveal some new titles as well. A new Neverwinter Nights 2 expansion is planned, as well as a mysterious multiplatform title, Airborne Rangers (PS3, X360,PC), and new casual titles like Panoramix Brain Trainer (NDS), Lucky Luke: Dalton (NDS), Hogs of War 2 (NDS/PS2/Wii/PC), Asterix at the Olympic Games (X360) and My Horse & Me 2 (NDS/PS2/Wii/X360/PC).

In The House of the Dead you will defy the undead with shotgun (Wii Zapper compatible) in hand as you explore a post-apocalyptic wasteland of unrelenting terror featuring beautifully rendered gore, six game modes (Time Attack, Arcade, etc.), co-op, and a wide variety of branching paths.