A 3rd person action adventure Yakuza 2 features enhanced combat, larger environments and a storyline set a year after Yakuza ended. Yakuza 2 will plunge players deeper into the world of Japan’s notorious underground organization, where honor and respect are not earned easily. According to a Seganerds, Yakuza 2 will keep the original Japanese voice cast and add English subtitles.

Action Forms' Cryostasis is a first person horror/action game where you play a meteorologist caught inside the "North Wind," an old nuclear ice-breaker, frozen in the ice many years ago. This steel beast once fought for its country, but it fell into an ice trap as did every living thing onboard.

D3Publisher has signed Aardman Animation’s award-winning series, Shaun the Sheep. Players will play as the loveable sheep, Shaun, as he tries to find the rest of the flock before the Farmer arrives home, featuring the fan-favorite characters, items and locations from the much-loved stop-motion animated series, as well as original content for all-new experiences.

Alone in the Dark returns with a heart-stopping survival experience realized through combining the use of real-time physics and environmental interaction to deliver an action-orientated experience within a detailed, open environment. Entrants to the competition will need to create the largest group of friends for the chance of winning an inferno of prizes, such as a week-long trip to New York or Paris, X360 and Wii consoles, Alone in the Dark soundtrack CDs, t-shirts and Art Books.

Lost Odyssey is the story of Kaim, a 1,000 year old immortal character who doesn’t remember his past and nor knows where his future lies, who set out on an odyssey to discover his intricate past and destiny, leading players through a dramatic story of massive scale. Microsoft will release the 'Seeker of the Deep' bonus pack this weekend, May 23rd, for 400 Microsoft points, adding a new rare item and a boss at the end of the dungeon.

S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky is a survival FPS game based on a 'what-if' scenario of the second Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant accident. The game is created as a warning to mankind against mindless play with technologies.

Koch Media's Deep Silver publishing labal announced the opening of their office in the Los Angeles metro area. The office will serve as headquarters for US sales and marketing activities, as well as North American developer relations.

Action Forms' Cryostasis is a first person horror/action game where you play a meteorologist caught inside the "North Wind," an old nuclear ice-breaker, frozen in the ice many years ago. This steel beast once fought for its country, but it fell into an ice trap as did every living thing onboard.

Revealed on the official Xbox.com web site earlier today, but quickly removed, Microsoft is will be organizing a new Grand Theft Auto IV sweepstakes, offering four trips to NYC to attend the GTA IV launch party for Rockstar Games' upcoming open world action game. The next 100 lucky winners all get a prize package which includes a custom Xbox 360 Elite console. Schedule to start today, running until April 15, winners announced on April 23 (thanks FiringSquad).

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. Koch Media announced that its Deep Silver label will publish S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky worldwide, except for some Eastern European countries.

Former Hitman programmers launch their first casual game from their new game studio, The Game Equation. Deep Blue Sea is an engaging and challenging match-3 puzzle gameplay, unique features and power-ups, and a 100% original soundtrack.

Hudson Entertainment announced the Bomberman Live New Year’s Bash Tournament & Sweepstakes, in which U.S. players will compete both for bragging rights and for prizes, including a 1st-place prize of 100,000 Microsoft Points. Registration begins at 9:00 a.m. PST on Dec. 31, 2007 and ends at 8:59 a.m. PST on Jan. 13, 2008.

Sacred 2 is a action-oriented deep fantasy RPG where players are immersed in an epic journey through the medieval-like kingdom of Ancaria featuring pitched battles and a wide range of enticing quests.

Earlier this week, hackers managed to find a way past Rockstar's edited version of Manhunt 2, unlocking various banned content on the PSP version of the game. Since the ESRB demands full disclosure, even of hidden content, it decided to re-evaluate the game and has decided that the requirements to unlock the content were not sufficient for it to change the game's M rating.

MapleStory is an online adventure game that centers around the “Maple World,” allowing players to combat monsters and develop their characters’ skills and abilities in an immense platform-inspired persistent world. MapleStory Europe players can look forward to a wealth of special, horror-themed additions to the game, including creepy new quests to solve and ghoulish new items to be won.

Deep Silver and its partners revealed their Leipzig Games Convention 2007 lineup, where it will show a multitude of titles varying from casual- to hardcore, such as ANNO 1701: The Sunken Dragon, Ferrari Challenge, Final Fantasy Tactics, Secret Files 2, Heroes of Mana, Perry Rhodan, Valkyrie Profile 2: Silmeria, and confirming the Warhammer: Mark of Chaos addon, as well as X360 version.

D3Publisher of America and Dimension Films are teaming-up to offer 3 lucky fans, and up to 50 of their friends, a chance to win a hometown screening of Rob Zombie's Halloween before release in late August, presented by Dead Head Fred.

SCEA announced an exclusive multi-year, multi-title game development deal with Eat, Sleep, Play, David Jaffe and Scott Campbell's new development company. Eat, Sleep, Play will create titles for the PlayStation platforms, starting with Twisted Metal: Head On for PS2, early 2008.

Deep Silver has revealed its lineup of titles it will be showing off at the Games Convention 2007, Aug 23-26, in Leipzig, Germany. Apart from localized Square Enix titles, there will also be several new titles on display, and a special press conference with Piranha Bytes (makers of the Gothic series) where it will present its new RPG.

German publisher Deep Silver announced it is expanding into the handheld business and its first titles will be a port from Secret Files Tunguska to NDS. Stormregion, known for Panzers and Rush for Berlin, is also working on a yet to be announced PSP title, to be joined by Square Enix's NDS remake of Final Fantasy III, and D3P's Cube and Practical IQ for PSP.

Diver: Deep Water Adventures is a mix of 3D tactical strategies and first-person adventure action. This demo/trial lets you play the game for a full hour.

Diver: Deep Water Adventures is a mix of 3D tactical strategies and first-person adventure action. Biart has released a new patch, bringing the French retail version to v1.06 and fixes mission 14, video playback, BCD control, mailbox log and various other bugs.

Diver: Deep Water Adventures is a mix of 3D tactical strategies and first-person adventure action. Biart has released a first patch, bringing the French retail version to v1.03 and fixing various bugs and other problems.

Ultimate Baseball Online publisher Netamin announced that due to high interest from advertisers the company has decided to keep UBO free to play, with no subscription fees required.

SEGA announced today that it has signed a development agreement with Vancouver based Deep Fried Entertainment for multiple PSP titles. An independent studio since 2005, Deep Fried Entertainment consists of 5 industry veterans responsible for titles such as Need for Speed: Underground 1 & 2, NFL Gameday, and Baldur's Gate.