Electronic Arts is back again with another installment in their long running basketball franchise, this year with Washington Wizards All-Star Gilbert Arenas on the cover athlete EA SPORTS NBA Live 08.

Data Design and Conspiracy Entertainment announce they have signed a deal allowing Conspiracy to distribute and publish Data Design Interactive's nine first Wii console products in North America and Asia.

Activision has released screens and trailers for its upcoming titles:

• 'Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare' (PS3/X360/PC) - Features, Screens & Trailer
• 'Enemy Territory: Quake Wars' (PS3/X360/PC) - Features & Screens
• 'Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock' (ALL) - Features , Screens & Trailer
• 'Spider-Man: Friend or Foe' (NDS/PSP/PS2/Wii/X360/PC) - Features, Screens & Trailer
• 'Tony Hawk's Proving Ground' (ALL) - Features, Screens & Trailer
• 'Bee Movie Game' (NDS/PS2/Wii/X360/PC) - Screens

Sierra has sent out notice that as of August 16, 2007 it will terminate multiplayer support for 20 of its older titles, such as Starsiege: Tribes, NASCAR Legends, NASCAR 3/4, SWAT 3 demo, and several others ...

AGEOD's American Civil War enjoys a very intuitive interface and is easy to learn. Compared to its predecessor, Birth of America, it features many additions such as new economic and political features, player control of troop recruitment, full chain of command from armies to brigades and much much more!

Civ. IV: Beyond the Sword will focus on the late-game time periods after the invention of gunpowder and will deliver 12 challenging and decidedly different scenarios. 2K Games will released a playable demo tomorrow allowing you to try out th first 75 turns of the Final Frontier scenario. We will of course have the demo on our fileserver network

Overclocked, developed by House of Tales team, known for The Moment of Silence, is a psychological thriller which uses many technical innovations and a surprising narrative approach to form an eerily real gaming experience.

Akella has released screens and trailers for its upcoming titles:

• 'The Bad, The Ugly, and the Sober' - Features, Screens & Trailer
• 'Hard to be a God' - Features, Screens & Trailer
• 'Showdown: Scorpion' - Features, Screens & Trailer
• 'Heavy Duty' - Features & Screens
• '2025: Battle for Fatherland' - Features, Screens & Trailer
• 'Disciples III: Renaissance' - Features, Screens & Trailer
• 'Empire Above All' - Features, Screens & Trailer
• 'Jagged Alliance 3' - Features, Screens & Trailer
• 'A Stroke of Fate' - Features, Screens & Trailer
• 'Numen: Contest of Heroes' - Features, Screens & Trailer
• 'POSTAL III' (X360/PC) - Features & Screens

GRAW 2 will feature changing climate, improved AI, an advanced Cross-Com system, air strikes from jet fighters, new weapons and a new soldier class, the Medic. Ubisoft has released the first patch, fixing a few bugs, exploits and multiplayer issues with the just released tactical shooter.

Eidos has released screens and trailers for its upcoming titles:

• 'Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures' (X360/PC) - Features, Screens & Trailer
• 'Kane & Lynch: Dead Men' (PS3/X360/PC) - Features & Screens

Gala-Net's Upshift StrikeRacer is a free-to-play online car racing and combat game, blending nerve-wracking high speed car races with explosive online player-versus-player combat as multiple gamers enter deadly matches for bragging rights and reputation. A free beta account is required, register here...

EA announced that Peter Moore has joined EA as President of EA Sports. Moore joins EA from Microsoft where he served as corporate vice president of the Interactive Entertainment Business in the Entertainment and Devices Division, leading both the Xbox and Games for Windows businesses.

Escape from Bug Island known in Japan as Necro-Nesia, is a third-person survival-horror game that takes a quirky, creepy and over-the-top journey onto an island filled with giant evil insects and mutant creatures.

EA announced Medal of Honor Heroes 2, a new game from the MoH franchise designed completely from the ground up for the Wii and PSP. Just like the recent Madden 08 announcement, the Wii edition will include an all-new mode that simplifies gameplay for players of all skill levels.

Set in the distant future, Söldner-X: Himmelsstürmer is a fast and furious shoot 'em up with state-of-the-art graphics, driving soundtrack and classic fun gameplay sprinkled with fresh innovations. No specific platform has been assigned yet, a current user poll seems to favor Xbox Live Arcade.

Konami revealed that it will use the Games Convention in Leipzig to give football fans and games players across Europe the first chance to try out the PS3 version of PES 2008 at 9:00am on August 23rd.

At the Playstation Premier 2007 conference in Japan, Konami unveiled MGS Portable Ops Plus, adding new multiplayer modes, characters, maps. While the focus is on multiplayer, the new version will also feature a singleplayer portion with familiar characters such as Roy Campbell, Raiden and MGS4's Old Snake.

Cryptic Studios announced that it has hired twelve-year comic book industry veteran and accomplished game/design writer John Layman to join the Marvel Universe Online MMO team, currently in development for PC and the Xbox 360.

Void Star Creations' Poker Smash is a fast paced puzzle game featuring 13 original soundtracks and next-gen 3D grahpics. Innovative gameplay allows players to experience six unique game modes including action, puzzle, practice, theme playlist, split screen head-to-head and multiplayer tournaments.

A mysterious black dragon suddenly appears and begins destroying the kingdom that Valen resides in. The dragoneers fight back, but are powerless against the black dragon’s fearsome strengths. Valen, who survives the attack, is ordered to protect the elemental dragons and find out what the monster is after.

Undercover is an adventure game set during the Second World War, in the heart of war-torn Europe. The tantalizing story revolves around a horrible What-If scenario, tackling myths and undiscovered secrets and gives all new insights into the terrifying machinations of this era.

SEGA has released screens and trailers for its upcoming titles:

• 'Bleach' (NDS/Wii) - Screens
• 'Condemned 2: Bloodshot' (PS3/X360) - Features & Screens
• 'Ghost Squad' (Wii) - Features, Screens & Trailer
• 'Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games' - Features, Screens & Trailer
• 'NiGHTS: Journey of Dreams' (Wii) - Features & Screens
• 'SEGA Rally Revo' (PSP/PS3/X360/PC) - Features & Screens
• 'Sonic Rush Adventure' (NDS) - Features & Screens
• 'Space Siege' - Features & Screens
• 'The Club' (PS3/X360/PC) - Features & Screens
• 'The Golden Compass' (NDS/PSP/PS2/Wii/PS3/X360/PC) - Features & Screens
• 'Universe at War: Earth Assault' (X360/PC) - Features, Screens & Trailer
• 'Virtua Fighter 5' (X360/) - Features & Screens

Crave Entertainment has released screens and trailers for its upcoming titles:

• 'Brunswick Pro Bowling' (PSP/PS2/Wii) - Features, Screens & Trailer
• 'Dave Mirra BMX Challenge' (Wii) - Features, Screens & Trailer
• 'Crayola Treasure Adventures' (NDS) - Features & Screens
• 'George of the Jungle' (NDS/PS2/Wii) - Features & Screens
• THQ Europe Signs 'Purr Pals' (NDS)
• 'Spelling Challenges and More!' (NDS/PSP) - Features & Screens

EA has released a new patch for its 3D sci-fi RTS C&C3: Tiberium Wars. This v1.06 patch fixes the invincibility exploit, increases disconnect reporting, fixes the Cloaking field bug, and plenty more...

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 v3.9 (requires v1.2 patch installed) and addresses a number of known issues, gameplay tweaks, bug fixes and so forth.