In Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts the famous bear and bird duo return for a unique adventure of epic proportions. The Lord of the Games is tired of the petty squabbling between Banjo and the evil witch Gruntilda (aka Grunty) over the years, and has arranged a showdown to decide the rightful owner of Spiral Mountain. Microsoft denied speculation from earlier today that comments from Microsoft creative director Ken Lobb referred to a possible, and often rumored, Motion Sensor Controller.

Gears of War 2 picks up six months after the events of the original, and thrusts players back into a deep and harrowing story of humankind’s epic battle for survival against a nightmarish force of underground creatures known as the Locust Horde. Fans attending the Rockstar Energy Mayhem Festival will get a chance to check out Gears of War 2, and win additional prizes.

Mirror's Edge is a new take on the First Person Action Adventure category. You are part of an underground group of concerned citizens who, not relying on technology, use runners to relay messages. Gamestop is offering fans who want to pre-order Mirror's Edge an exclusive Mirror’s Edge Runner Bag.

Whilst society succumbs to a worldwide energy crisis, a new global depression takes hold and two superpower alliances emerge. Join the battle on the frontlines of tomorrow as the Western Coalition or the Red Star Alliance. After the beta demo, Kaos has released the multiplayer demo featuring the Oilfield and GNAW maps, updated with the latest v1.1.1 code.

Aeronauts is a dynamic flying action game, developed by JCE Entertainment, currently in closed beta test served to users in approx 200 countries through base servers all around the world including Tokyo, Singapore, LA, London, Frankfurt, etc.

Gears of War 2 picks up six months after the events of the original, and thrusts players back into a deep and harrowing story of humankind’s epic battle for survival against a nightmarish force of underground creatures known as the Locust Horde.

The Witcher: Versus, previously known as DuelMail, is a free-of-charge web-browser game, based on the RPG The Witcher, that centers around battles between two players digitally incarnated as one of three completely different character classes.

Midway announced Game Party 2 which includes returning favorites from the original and five all-new fun filled family games, and TouchMaster 2 offering a collection of 20 new addictively fun and exciting card, action, strategy, puzzle and picture games.

PAIN is a creative, user-driven comedic experience that presents players with the opportunity to control and capture the irreverent style of humor found in television shows such as Jackass or Viva La Bam. Idol Minds is currently working on an all-new area, the Amusement park adding new modes, multiplayer with voice chat, PSN Trophies, new playable characters, 2 alternate downtown layouts and plenty more...

In Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts the famous bear and bird duo return for a unique adventure of epic proportions. The Lord of the Games is tired of the petty squabbling between Banjo and the evil witch Gruntilda (aka Grunty) over the years, and has arranged a showdown to decide the rightful owner of Spiral Mountain. In a recent walkthrough Microsoft creative director Ken Lobb reveals "grab with the wrench, and then you twist the controller around." A slip up? A sign of things to come (at E3)? Tune in next week.

Deep Silver announced the company's lineup for the 2008 E3 Media & Business Summit to be held July 13 - 16 at the Los Angeles Convention Center. In addition to S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky for PC, Deep Silver will showcase three titles for the NDS: Secret Files: Tunguska, Gravity, and Pet Vet: Down Under.

Step into the world of Too Human, Silicon Knights' third-person epic action game. As the cybernetic god Baldur, players are thrust into the midst of an ongoing battle that threatens the existence of mankind.

More brash and aggressive than his Delta Force squadmate Nomad, you'll experience Psycho’s parallel story during the events of the original, finding that life on the other side of the island is even more intense and explosive than you could have imagined. According to Amazon, Crysis Warhead includes Crysis Wars, an expanded new multiplayer experience with new online modes and 21 maps including seven all-new maps.

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:

• Beijing 2008 [ALL] - Motion Capture Trailer
• Madden NFL 09 [ALL] - The Offpsring Trailer
• Mercenaries 2: World in Flames [ALL] - Improvise Trailer
• Tales of Vesperia [X360] - Story Trailer [JAP]
• Legendary [ALL] - Gameplay Trailer
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  We will update this throughout the day when new trailers become available. Read more for download links ...

NCAA Football 09 focuses on wide-open collegiate style gameplay featuring unique animations that you will only find in college football, unveiling the new Break Away Animation Engine which allows gamers to break in and out of moves.

Imagine Cup gives technology students the chance to unlock their creative genius and build solutions that tackle real-world issues facing society today. Australia’s Team SOAK won the worldwide Software Design invitational, Singapore’s Team Trail Blazers won the Embedded Development invitational, while Brazil’s Mother Gaia Studio won the overall Game Development challenge.

Thriller Publishing appointed the first two members of its newly formed Strategic Advisory Board, former Take-Two Interactive Director Barbara Kaczynski as well as aerospace, defense and aviation expert Randy Jayne. Thriller plans to create military and espionage themed video games from novels written by New York Times best-selling authors which will then also be made into films.

Sarah's Emergency Room casts players as Sarah, a young nurse who has recently graduated from college in California and is struggling to find a job. In a twist of fate, Sarah is hired for a nursing position at a small hospital in Arkansas, where she discovers that managing an emergency room is a bit harder than she expected.

Activision announced that, at a special meeting of stockholders held earlier today, it received a 92% stockholder approval necessary to consummate the company's agreement with Vivendi, S.A. to combine Vivendi Games with Activision's businesses.

Set in 2012, Tom Clancy's H.A.W.X (high-altitude warfare) is the first air combat game in the Tom Clancy’s universe, featuring cutting-edge technology, devastating firepower, and intense dogfights. Soon, flying at Mach 3 becomes a right, not a privilege.

Defy gravity in Midas’s latest and greatest futuristic racing title Gravity Zero Racing. Players compete as an elite Zero-G pilot racing against fearless rivals from across the stratosphere in 7 gut wrenching tournaments.

In Colonization, players lead one of four European nations on a quest to conquer and rule the New World. Players will be challenged to guide their people from the oppressive motherland, discover the New World, and negotiate, trade and fight with both the natives and other nations as they acquire power and fight for freedom and independence.

X Motor Racing is an arcade racing game with next generation physics model, including all classes of cars from old RWD to modern sports cars, physics, and various graphical features.

In Windchaser, start-up studio Chimera Entertainment's first real-time tactical game, you assume leadership of one of Ensai’s guilds and take command of one of the mighty sailing ships that serve as mobile headquarters. This hotfix addresses an issue where the game would freeze when you started Campaign 1.

Back for another season of heart-pumping, bone-crushing, no-holds-barred football action, Blitz: The League II strips the rules and regulations from traditional football to enhance the fun by bringing the pain.