Microsoft announced its corp. VP of Global Marketing Jeff Bell will resign to pursue other opportunities while Shane Kim will assume the newly created role of corp. VP of Strategy and Business Development. Current GM of Microsoft Game Studios Europe, Phil Spencer, will return to Redmond from the U.K. to take on his new role as GM of the global Microsoft Game Studios business.

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:

• Final Fantasy Tactics A2 [NDS] - Trailer (5)
• Overlord: Raising Hell [PS3] - Trailer #2
• Runes of Magic - Trailer
• American McGee's Grimm - Trailer #2
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The team that brought Final Fantasy III to NDS comes together once again to breathe new life into a classicm Final Fantasy IV for DS will feature full 3D graphics, fully-voiced dramatic cutscenes, and added content.

Hot on the heels of the first three Gold Premiere titles launched last month City Interactive announces six new additions to its Premiere range of new games at great prices (£4.99) available from 13 June, Beauty Factory, Overspeed, Code of Honor: The French Foreign Legion, Terrorist Takedown: Conflict in Mogadishu, Sniper: Art of Victory, and Wings of Honour: Battles of the Red Baron

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 exhilarating action-orientated experience within a highly detailed, open environment.

Set between the largely unexplored era between Ep III and Ep IV, Star Wars: The Force Unleashed casts players as Darth Vader's "Secret Apprentice" and promises to unveil new revelations about the Star Wars galaxy.

The official Spider-Man: Web of Shadows web site has kicked off a new vote allowing Spider-Man fans to take control of the Web of Shadows campaign. Help pick the model who will appear at San Diego Comic-Con dressed up as Black Cat, tailor-made exactly to the specifications of the in-game character costumes. The vote will last until Monday, June 16th, when Spider-Man fans will then pick who will be portraying Mary Jane at Comic-Con.

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.

Football SuperStars is an MMO, developed by ex-Climax Online boss Rik Alexander's Monumental Games, allowing players to meet within a utopian soccer-styled virtual world and take part in 3, 5, 7 and 11-a-side football matches. PUMA has signed a deal with CyberSports that will see its products and branding incorporated interactively in the game play.

Fatal Inertia mixes street racing, demolition derbies and rallying with a futuristic setting where machines no longer need wheels and the laws of physics govern all. Last year's X360 version launched with underwhelming success, so KOEI has further optimized the game, and added new features.

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 v5.4 (requires v1.2 patch installed) and addresses a number of known issues, gameplay tweaks, bug fixes and so forth.

Asterix Brain Trainer is packed with entertaining mini-games led by everyone’s favourite Gallic hero, Asterix, which make puzzles, memory games and problem solving more fun than ever.

Buoyed by a vibrant video game industry that is enjoying unprecedented growth, eMarketer projects that US in-game advertising spending will increase from $295 million in 2007 to $650 million in 2012.

Guitar Heroes is the first streaming music channel that plays nothing but the guitar-driven rock music found in today’s hot music video games. Now any player, at any time, anywhere can log on and hear tracks especially selected for “guitar heroes” in “rock bands.”

For the first time handheld gamers will have the freedom to unleash their inner rock star anywhere, anytime with Guitar Hero: On Tour offering the most diverse set list of master tracks in a Guitar Hero game, including classic rock, alternative and pop favorites. The bundle includes the game, and a Silver/Black NDS branded with the Guitar Hero logo, for a limited time only.

In UT3, you assume the role of a futuristic warrior engaged in contests of intense shooting battles against skilled opponents, controlled by human contestants online or by AI, fought with the most powerful sci-fi weapons and vehicles.

Guitar Hero fans will channel their inner rock god, experience new features and content including a new multiplayer action-inspired battle mode, grueling boss battles, a bevy of unlockable content and authentic rock venues. Get a chance to perform on the same stage as The Sex Pistols, The Kaiser Chiefs and The Police in front of thousands of concert-goers.

Panzerkrieg: Burning Horizon II is a grand real time strategy game and sequel of CDV's Blitzkrieg: Burning Horizon. Three epic campaigns (German, Soviet and Allied) will let you experience the intensity of World War Two battles to a tactical depth never seen before.

The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor is a 3rd person action adventure game where you take on the roles of Rick O’Connell and his son, Alex on their harrowing journey across exotic locations from ancient Chinese catacombs to beautiful, but dangerous, Himalayan peaks to defeat the revived servants of the Dragon Emperor.

GRID takes you to locations over 3 continents to compete in a variety of racing events. Packed with the most powerful racecars - new, classic, circuit and drift - you will compete in urban street races, official racetracks and championships.

ET: QW pits the armies of Earth against the invading alien Strogg in this online strategic shooter. Featuring team play, persistent character promotions, day and nighttime missions, and the universe's most powerful weapons and vehicles.

Dungeon Maker offers the opportunity to create unique dungeons by giving the player total control over where they choose to place tunnels and chambers. Having created a maze, traps can then be set in order to entice monsters to enter.

Marvelous Entertainment has teamed with XSEED Games to publish Little King’s Story, the fantasy adventure RPG title formerly known as Project O, developed by the creators of Harvest Moon, FFXII, Dragon Quest VIII etc.

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:

• Pro Cycling Manager: Tour De France 2008 [PSP/PC] - Trailer #2
• Sea Life Safari [X360] - Trailer
• Pyroblazer [PSP/Wii/PC] - Gameplay Trailer
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Created by the same team that developed Fight Night Round 3, 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.