Casual games developer MumboJumbo today announced it has acquired dev studio Ritual Entertainment, who has developed or contributed to titles such as 25 To Life, Black Hawk Down: Team Sabre, Counter-Strike, Painkiller, Quake 4, and the SiN franchise.

Ghost Rider offers a unique combination of high impact combat and motorcycle action. Johnny Blaze is Ghost Rider, destined to haunt America’s highways, visiting his righteous wrath upon the souls of the wicked and the damned.

Wild Hare Entertainment announced plans to release Air Battles: Sky Defender, developed by Pilot Entertainment, a frantic, high-speed action of an arcade-style shooter to history's ultimate aerial killing ground, World War II.

World in Conflict is a strategy game that delivers intense action and coordinated team play amidst the war the world feared most – an apocalyptic showdown between the Soviet Union and the United States, with completely destructible 3D battlefields, aggressive team-based multiplayer action and a focus on fast, hard-hitting battles.

The Behemoth's Castle Crashers is a four-player game for the Xbox Live Arcade, where players are knights on a quest to regain a stolen idol.

Using an enhanced ‘Tomb Raider: Legend’ game engine, the graphics, technology and physics bring Lara’s adventure and pursuit of a mystical artifact known only as the Scion right up to today’s technology standards and will offer gamers a completely new gameplay experience. SCi announced Tomb Raider: Anniversary launches in April on all three platforms.

The Witcher is an action RPG, ensuring entertainment to a broad group of older players, incorporating simple yet interesting game system, along with a complex plot and attractive 3D graphics. Scheduled for later this year, CD Projekt revealed that it plans to release an addon as well as develop a sequel to further explore Sapkowski's fantasy world, which the game is based upon.

The Battlefield 2142: Northern Strike Booster Pack brings all-out infantry-focused battles into new snow-covered battlegrounds across Europe. Infantry focused booster pack with 3 new maps, 2 new vehicles, weapons, rewards, and medals. EA Producer Kristoffer Bergqvist tells us more about the new expansion ...

H-Craft Championship is a classic sci-fi racer, where you get to control a H-Craft, a futuristic vehicle hovering above the ground driven by a gigantic rotor. It features 28 racetracks, a unique driving physics simulation, a fresh design, and a challenging Championship mode.

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:

• Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures [X360/PC] - DirectX10 Trailer
• Mortal Kombat: Armageddon [Wii] - Controls Trailer
• Spectrobes [NDS] - Trailer
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Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 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. The official Ghost Recon website reveals a singleplayer demo is coming to Xbox Live Marketplace "soon." No further details are available ...

Def Jam: Icon infuses hip-hop music, culture and lifestyle into the gameplay, bringing unique and innovative content to the next generation of gaming.

SOE and Sigil Games Online announced that early access for Vanguard: Saga of Heroes pre-orders will commence Jan. 26 at approximately 10:00 a.m. PST, several days before its Jan. 30th. official launch.

SEGA announced a new PSP exclusive puzzle/platformer Crush, developed by Kuju Brighton. Reminiscent of Exit, Crush is a thinking man's game, allowing you to transform a 3D world into 2D in order to overcome obstacles and move on in the game.

Aion is the ultimate MMORPG with strengthened interaction between players. Aion’s world consists of 3 realms - the heavens, the devildom and the dragon realm. Players will experience dynamic communications with the world of Aion as they conduct strategic battles.

Enemy Territory: Quake Wars pits the armies of Earth against the invading alien Strogg in the ultimate online strategic shooter. Featuring strategic team play, persistent character promotions, day and nighttime combat missions, and the universe's most powerful weapons and vehicles.

In preparation for their potential deployment to Iraq, the U.S. Army's 173rd Airborne Brigade and other units of the Army's Southern European Task Force based at the U.S. Army Garrison Vicenza in Caserma Ederle (Italy) are learning Iraqi Arabic with the Tactical Iraqi Language & Culture Training System game, developed by Alelo, Inc.

After Burner: Black Falcon is the first arcade-style flight combat title for the PSP, combining intensive air combat with explosive gameplay, whilst allowing players to relive the experience of the classic After Burner arcade game.

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. provides players with dynamic gameplay of fast and tough combats, where you are to oppose smart & dangerous enemies, a large set of diverse weaponry, possibility to control machinery, detailed and interactive game world, story-driven single player with original team gameplay, and multiplayer with numerous modes.

Sandio Technology has engineered its 3D input technology into the 3DGame O', a 3D 6DOF Gaming Mouse. The Sandio 3DGame O' is a traditional 2D gaming mouse with advanced 3D gaming functions. PC users can now move forward, backward, sideways, yaw, pitch, jump, and crouch without using the keyboard.

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:

• Sam & Max Episode 3: The Mole, the Mob, and the Meatball - Trailer #3
• Trackmania United - Webisode #1
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  We will update this throughout the day when new trailers become available. Read more for download links ...

Savage 2: A Tortured Soul features the same style of beautiful, expansive environments that truly immersed players in the critically acclaimed original; however, an entirely enhanced combat system, animation features, and gameplay elements will catapult Savage 2 light years beyond its prequel.

SEGA announced Virtua Fighter 5 for PS3 has gone gold and it on track for its Feb. 20th release date. Virtua Fighter 5 raises the bar for console fighting games including all the features fans know and love plus enhanced gameplay mechanics, additional characters and new fighting styles, as well as newly redesigned 3D environments.

Prepare to get 'made' in the most compelling and thrilling mafia experience you've ever seen. Work up the ranks of The Mob, from opportunist G.I. fighting in Vietnam, to 'wise guy' on the make, doing deeds and winning favor from the Don in New York City.

Ubisoft announced that it will launch the Driver 76 video game for the PSP, featuring all-new content with 27 new missions exclusively designed for gaming on the go.