Featuring three intense campaigns, brand-new multiplayer modes and an innovative “direct-fire” feature that allows even more tactical control during the heat of battle, Company of Heroes: Tales of Valor will immerse players in some of the most historic, tide-turning clashes of World War II. We sit down with Relic senior producer Tim Holman.

Yuke's Neverland Card Battles makes its debut on the PSP system, riding on the success of the original PS2 hit for the Japanese market, boasting an original Japanese art style and a cast of super-powered heroes and monsters.

Sony has rolled out new PlayStation Store content, starting with Pulse 12/23 Edition (free), Lumines Supernova ($14.99), DLCs for BUZZ! Quiz TV ($7.99), High Velocity Bowling (free), Hot Shots Golf, LittleBigPlanet Metal Gear Solid ($1.99), PAIN, Disgaea 3 Adell DLC ($1.99), The Lord of the Rings: Conquest Demo, song packs for Guitar Hero World Tour, Rock Revolution, Karaoke Revolution Presents: American Idol Encore 2, Rock Band, and the usual game/movie trailers and PS3 themes.

American McGee's Grimm, an episodic videogame on GameTap, offers gamers the chance to create darkness across traditionally lighter fairy tales. And now Grimm, the game's macabre dwarf who wreaks havoc on these fairy-tale tableaus, will be unleashed in a new comic book series scheduled to become available April 2009.

X³: Terran Conflict is a brand new, stand-alone game set in the universe of X³. It is the culmination of the X trilogy, with a grand finale that takes us all the way back to Earth's own solar system.

Memento Mori is a new adventure game featuring two main characters, Larisa Svetlova and Maxim Durand. It's the player's task to disclose the secret of the St. Petersburg art theft, a mysterious Finnish order and its machinations.

EA's Boom Blox, the first game developed in collaboration with director and producer Steven Spielberg, is a high-energy game features nearly 400 single, and 200 multiplayer levels, a variety of activities, a cast of over thirty wacky characters, and an easy-to-use in-game editor that allows players to express their creativity.

Blizzard announced that its MMORPG World of Warcraft is now played by more than 11.5 million subscribers worldwide following the Nov. 13 release of the game’s second expansion, Wrath of the Lich King.

The Witcher Enhanced Edition, CD Projekt's action/RPG, adds changes to the game's mechanics, better graphics, shorter load times, improved stability, the recently released D'jinni mod editor, two new adventures, making of DVD, two soundtracks, etc.

SF IV features a mix of returning favorites (Ryu, Ken, Chun-Li etc.) along with new characters created for this game, such as Crimson Viper, Abel, El Fuerte, and Rufus. Characters and environments are rendered in stylized 3D, while the game is played in the classic 2D perspective with additional 3D camera flourishes.

Adventure Productions today announced Audere Semper, a third-person point-and-click adventure game starring Elisa, a young journalist from Rome. It is being developed by 10th Art Studio.

Until Dec. 31 fans of DRM-free classic PC games can get any of the following bundles for just $9.98: Fallout & Fallout 2; MDK & MDK 2; Freespace with Silent Threat mission pack & Freespace 2; Descent 1+2 & Descent 3 with Mercenary expansion; Stonekeep & Lionheart.

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:

• X-Blades [PS3/X360/PC] - Gameplay Trailer
• Guitar Hero: Metallica [ALL] - Teaser Trailer
• Battlestations : Pacific [X360/PC] - Trailer
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Heatwave Interactive was founded by former EA/Codemasters exec Anthony Castoro and entrepreneur Donn Clendenon in early 2007. While the first projects have yet to be announced, it has fully staffed its Austin-based Central Studio with the likes of former Spark Unlimited co-founder Dave Prout, Lucas Arts and Midway alum Craig Rundels, former DC Comics/ Dark Horse Comics' Bart Sears and several others ....

Set in the distant future, Söldner-X: Himmelsstürmer is a fast and furious shoot 'em up with state-of-the-art graphics, driving soundtrack and classic fun gameplay sprinkled with fresh innovations.

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:

• Dragon Age: Origins [PC] - Bringing the Grey Wardens to Life Trailer
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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-operative multiplayer campaign.

Featuring three intense campaigns, brand-new multiplayer modes and an innovative “direct-fire” feature that allows even more tactical control during the heat of battle, Company of Heroes: Tales of Valor will immerse players in some of the most historic, tide-turning clashes of World War II.

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. Both Amazon and Gamestop are offering exclusive in-game items and extra missions when you pre-order.

Capcom is working on bringing the original Gamecube (based on the 1996 PSOne game) title in the Resident Evil series to the Wii. Currently only scheduled for a late December release in Japan, the port will add no new content or features, apart from making it compatible with the Wiimote controls.

TrackMania is a hybrid 3D /racing game filled with progressively difficult tracks, and a variety of fascinating competitive modes. TrackMania also allows you to create your own tracks using building blocks such as tunnels, land transitions, signs, turbos, and share them with other users. Nadeo's racing title has turned five, and to celebrate the developers have released a trailer showing off its different iterations, the breaking of a world record, smiles, competition, stunts and a lot of creativity.

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:

• Memento Mori [PC] - Trailer #6
• Theatre of War 2 [PC] - Faid Pass Trailer [5]
• Big Bang Mini [NDS] - Trailer #2
• The Sims 3 [PC] - Create-A-Sim Trailer #2
• Afro Samurai [PS3/X360] - Gameplay Sequence (3)
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SF IV features a mix of returning favorites (Ryu, Ken, Chun-Li etc.) along with new characters created for this game, such as Crimson Viper, Abel, El Fuerte, and Rufus. Characters and environments are rendered in stylized 3D, while the game is played in the classic 2D perspective with additional 3D camera flourishes.

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.

Inspired by the film and Mario Puzo's Corleone family drama, The Godfather II game goes beyond the film's story by setting players in the world of organized crime in 1960s Florida, Cuba and New York.