SOE announced that it has added Station Voice to its MMORPG's EverQuest II and Star Wars Galaxies, allowing players to talk to each other in-game. Station Voice, which is scheduled to be available next month in EverQuest, is available for players at no additional cost with their current subscription plan.

Set within a near-fictional, historical WWII setting, players take on the role of the heroic OSA agent BJ Blazkowicz as they are thrust into the unknown and unexpected to battle against combat troops, otherworldly forces, and the dark science created by a supernatural Nazi force hell-bent on world domination.

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:

• Armored Core for Answer [PS3/X360] - Trailer
• Empires of Steel - Overview Trailer
• S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky - Interview Trailer #4
• RAGE [ALL] - Quake Con 2008 Trailer
• Valkyria Chronicles [PS3] - Trailer #12
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Pyroblazer is a futuristic combat racing game set amidst the awe-inspiring locations of New Apeiron, where players get the opportunity to race through a multitude of environments using a wide selection of anti-gravity craft known as Blazers.

During Activision's Q1 2009, net revenues increased 32%, and with the newly combined forces, Activision Blizzard's calender year '08 financial outlook already exceeds the '09 targets. During the follow-up conference call, Activision Publishing CEO Mike Griffith revealed next year will see "multiple" new Guitar Hero titles that will broaden the franchise's impact, as well as an all-new Call of Duty using leapfrog studio strategy, meaning it will be developed by Infinity Ward. Also expected are an unannounced racing game from Bizzare Creations, Madagascar 2, the re-invented Tony Hawk, Marvel's Wolverine, Monsters vs. Aliens, Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2, Transformers 2, the previously revealed Singularity, Prototype, Return to Castle Wolfenstein and others.

Since Troika is no longer amongst the living this patch is not official, so use at your own discretion. This update brings Activision's Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines retail game to v5.5 (requires v1.2 patch installed) and addresses a number of known issues, gameplay tweaks, bug fixes and so forth.

NBA Live 09 sports new features like Pick and Roll Control, Defensive Lockdown Control, Signature Playcalling and Quickstrike Ankle-Breakers that will make the game experience fun from beginning to end. Additionally, NBA Live 09 takes you to training camp with the NBA Academy that gives you a chance to hone your skills.

While there probably wont be any game specific details regarding BioShock 2 revealed for quite some time, while its development is no secret there has yet to be an official announcement, a job application for 2K Boston reveals that, unlike the original, BioShock 2 will include multiplayer. Looking for a game designer to lead a multiplayer design team the app form states "BioShock had no multi-player mode. We don't believe in throwing in something that can’t go head to head with the big boys."

Crusaders: Invasion of Constantinople is an Action-RPG set in the environment of the Fourth Crusade, an epic event in the European history. Never before used in computer games, this period witnessed the clash of the French, German and English knights with the Byzantine Empire, which led to the capture and sack of Constantinople.

TNA stands for Total Nonstop Action, so you can expect TNA iMPACT! to be more extreme and action-packed than competing WWE titles. TNA has a few little tweaks compared to regular wrestling, such as a six-sided arena, with game modes involving a cage and race for the belt.

Guitar Hero: World Tour will feature vocals, drums, the ability to create your own songs (and upload them on GHTunes), 4 player on/offline co-op, and an 8 player battle of the bands multiplayer mode (4vs4). Activision has teamed up with Logitech to develop and market premium instrument controllers for the next installment in the Guitar Hero franchise.

Make 10: A Journey Of Numbers is an exciting mathematics based game centered on the number ten. Set in the magical world of Make 10 Kingdom and helped by the kingdom’s pixie guides, the game boasts over 30 exercises to test your maths skills.

World War II General Commander - Operation: Watch on the Rhine is a real time operational strategy game that breaks with the conventional way of playing and puts the player in an authentic WWII tactical and strategical decision making simulation.

A few weeks back the ESRB said they would fix their website in order to prevent leaking yet unannounced projects but so far that does not seem to be the case yet as a recent addition to the Guitar Hero: World Tour ratings page now also includes the PC platform. The previous GH installment (Legends of Rock) was ported to PC by Aspyr, and according to GameCyte all Activision had to say was "that title has not been announced yet," indicating that at some point it will be. To be continued ...

Based on a fiction novel by Russian author Oleg Divov, Akella's Night Watcher is a new horror-adventure where you play journalist Andrei Luzgin who arrives in the town of Posolsk to find his missing friend who mysteriously disappeared.

The Last Guy is a fast-paced and addictive classic arcade style game with simple controls. The game uses real-life aerial maps of various cities around the world, including Tokyo, London and Los Angeles. As the player, you are the last remaining hope in each of these cities to rescue mankind from the zombies roaming the streets.

Conspiracy has entered into a publishing agreement with Black Bean to bring its fast paced racing game SBK08 Superbike World Championship, developed by Milestone, to North America. SBK08 is the officially licensed WSBK, and will storm the next-gen consoles with brand new features and enhancements.

Shattered Suns is a new science-fiction, real-time strategy game with unique features such as three-dimensional battles, a moving battlefield, player-designed units, unique economic challenges and an interactive campaign.

Cyanide's PCM 2008 lets you manage one of the 65 teams, with improved AI, a better recruitment system, more realistic rider progression, extensive customization, and improved gfx, as well as introducing in-door circuit elimination racing.

Created by the Fight Night Round 3 team, FaceBreaker offers irreverent fun, immersive gameplay and eye-popping stylized graphics. In this in-your-face, arcade world full of ego-wielding characters, each boxer comes to life with unique attributes and distinct personal style.

Space Invaders Extreme combines the essence of the original game with an alliance of futuristic graphic design and audio. The gameplay experience has been developed to maximize the console's abilities, offering players a whole new range of features including a vast array of new power-ups, DS Wireless Communications and Wi-Fi.

TrackMania Nations Forever is a new version of the Stadium environment, a solo mode and 65 new, progressively difficult tracks, uniting an even larger number of players thanks to its multiplayer modes, online functions and interactivity between players.

The organizer of the GC Developers Conference (GCDC) announced that industry legend Chris Taylor will be the keynote speaker for Wednesday, Aug. 20 at this year’s event. Under the title, "The Struggle for Independence and the Making of Demigod," he will address the challenges of developing games today.

Monster Madness: Grave Danger follows in the footsteps of Monster Madness: Battle for Suburbia with 4 player co-op gameplay, an all new polished look and a number of new/improved features. Based on fan feedback from the original every Zombie, Werewolf and Vampire has been recalled to square one.

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:

• Backbreaker [PS3/X360] - Trailer #3
• Dead Space [ALL] - Developer Diary Trailer #5
• Deer Hunter Tournament [X360/PC] - E3 2008 Trailer
• Legendary [ALL] - Behind the Scenes Trailer #1
• Rise of the Argonauts [ALL] - Deep Story Trailer
• Viva Piñata: Pocket Paradise [NDS] - Trailer (3)
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