In a strategic move to closely align itself with the strong growth of the worldwide online gaming market, Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. (SCEI) announced today that Sony Online Entertainment (SOE) will report to Kazuo Hirai, President and Group CEO, SCEI, effective April 1, 2008.

THQ's Worms: A Space Oddity is the newest iteration of the humorous turn-based strategy game, marking the franchise debut on the Wii with a fresh visual style, new environmental settings, intuitive controls and even more customization options.

Check out the following new screens and trailers from Capcom's Digital Day 2008 lineup:

• 1942: Joint Strike (XBLA/PSN) Announced - Facts, Features, Screens & Trailer
• Bionic Commando Re-Armed (PS3/X360/PC) - 10 New Screens & Trailer
• Lost Planet: Colonies Edition (X360/PC) Announced - Facts, Features, Screens & Trailer
• Mega Man Star Force 2 (NDS) Announced - Facts & Screens
• Plunder (PS3/X360/PC) Announced - Facts & Screens
• Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix (PS3/X360) - 14 New Screens
• We Love Golf (Wii) - 20 New Screens
• Wolf of the Battlefield: Commando 3 (PS3/X360) - Screens & Trailer

In this pair of action-packed adventures players journey as actual Pokémon through a land untouched by humans. Before the game starts, players take a test to help them figure out which of 16 Pokémon best represents their personalities. Pre-order and receive a free, limited-edition Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Explorers Guide, which contains an exclusive collection of tips, interviews and an original manga by art director Ken Sugimori.

An expansion to Warhammer: Mark of Chaos for the PC, Warhammer: Mark of Chaos - Battle March builds upon the game's tactical foundation to offer new units for each army as well as an original campaign and new online modes. The Xbox 360 version will be a standalone game and also include the original content from Warhammer: Mark of Chaos.

After it signed an agreement with Game Republic yesterday, Brash Entertainment today announced a game development deal with California-based game development studio, Factor 5 to develop a yet unnamed title scheduled for 2010, which will be officially announced around the E3 Expo in July.

SEGA's Universe at War: Earth Assault, developed by Petroglyph, is a combat-intensive RTS game enlisting players in an epic struggle to prevent total alien domination of planet Earth.

Super Smash Bros. Brawl is Nintendo's latest incarnation in the popular Super Smash Bros. series of titles, featuring all-new characters ranging from Kirby and Wario to Samus and even Metal Gear Solid's Snake.

Battlefield Heroes is an all-new Play 4 Free cartoon-style shooter that will bring classic Battlefield gameplay to an all new mass audience. Battlefield Heroes is EA’s first title that is offered completely for free, and features a built-in matchmaking system to ensure that players of equal skill are paired together for fair play.

EA announced that one of its wholly owned subsidiaries has commenced a tender offer for all of the currently outstanding shares of common stock of Take-Two for $26 per share in cash, making a total offer valued at approximately $2 billion, representing a 64% premium over Take-Two's closing stock price.

Announced yesterday and re-imagined for an even more intense arcade shooter experience, Assault Heroes 2 expands its horizons into outer space, featuring hijackable enemy vehicles, many more levels and an enhanced cooperative gameplay mode.

World under Siege: European Front is a classic WWIII turn-based strategy which focuses mostly on battles and tactics, therefore the game will feature a limited amount of micro-management, enough to add another dimension of game play, while not boring the player at the same time.

Check out the following new screens and trailers from Gamecock's EIEIO 2008 lineup:

• Dungeon Hero (X360/PC) - Features, Screens & Trailer
• Hail to the Chimp [PS3/X360] - Screens & Trailer
• Insecticide (NDS/PC) - 10 New Screens
• Legendary (PS3/X360/PC) - Features & 6 New Screens
• Mushroom Men: Rise of the Fungi (NDS) - 6 New Screens
• Mushroom Men: The Spore Wars (Wii) - 6 New Screens
• Pirates vs. Ninjas Dodgeball (PS3/X360) - 14 New Screens
• Section 8 (X360/PC) - Facts, Features & Artwork
• Stronghold Crusader Extreme - 4 New Screens
• Velvet Assassin (PS3/X360/PC) - Facts, Features & Screens

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:

• Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas 2 [ALL] - Night Vision Trailer
• Viking: Battle For Asgard [PS3/X360] - Trailer (2)
• Teenage Zombies: Invasion of the Alien Brain Thingys! [NDS] - Trailer #3
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Create your own daring experiments with Crazy Machines 2! How will a toaster handle two whoopie cushions? How to watch TV with a steam engine? Build up insane chain reactions and pray that everything works or explodes with a big bang.

Majesco's Wonder World Amusement Park, developed by Coyote Console, brings to life a fully 3D world of games, rides and prizes across multiple themed areas that players can explore with personalized avatars.

After three years, Gibson, one of the exclusive partners of Activision's Guitar Hero franchise, claims the game infringes on one of its patents and has notified Activision. In 1999, Gibson filed a patent for technology simulating a live performance using a musical instrument, a 3D headset with stereo speakers, and a pre-recorded concert. Not wanting to sit by idly, Activision has filed a lawsuit asking the U.S. District Court for California to declare Gibson's patent invalid and to bar it from seeking damages.

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. provides players with dynamic gameplay of fast and tough combats, where you face intelligent enemies, wield a diversity of weapons, control machinery, in a team based story-driven single player game, and multiplayer with numerous modes.

Re-imagined for an even more intense arcade shooter experience, the Assault Heroes 2 game expands its horizons into outer space. New features include hi-jackable enemy vehicles, many more levels and an enhanced co-operative gameplay mode.

SCEA officially revealed Motorstorm 2, featuring 16 new multi-route tracks, head-to-head online for up to 16 players, and 4-player split-screen mode. MotorStorm 2 is moving from the rugged desert to a lush Pacific island with all of the vehicles familiar of the first game (ATVs, rally cars, buggies, motorbikes, race trucks, etc.), while adding a new monster truck class.

Lock and Load! Wolf of the Battlefield: Commando 3 takes the no-holds-barred arcade spirit of its predecessors and crafts an all-new furious cooperative shooting adventure for the next generation!

Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix makes its downloadable debut on the XBLA and PSN by utilizing the original game code, while creating a fresh upgraded experience with new artwork and high resolution 1080p graphics. In order to stress test the online capabilities, Capcom will bundle a beta with the Xbox Live Arcade release of Commandos 3, which will last for 8 weeks and let you play one stage as either Ken or Ryu.

Fluid Entertainment announced it has secured $3.2 million in Series A funding to develop its MMO that encourages kids to explore their creativity, initiative and imagination, within an ecologically themed narrative.

MLB 2K8 Fantasy All-Stars is an exciting new baseball title that will put fans into the action like never before, offering fans of all ages a wildly fun experience featuring starting lineups from all 30 MLB clubs, a variety of exhibition and tournament modes, All-Star training mini-games, along with fantasy-themed baseball stadiums.

Ubisoft announced a special Legacy Edition for Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2, which will include the original game, and an additional disk containing all the GRAW 2 downloadable packs available on Xbox Live to date!