Former Ubisoft developers Audrey Leprince and Emeric Thoa, two award-winning video game developers, are announcing the formation of a new France based game studio, The Game Bakers, dedicated to crafting AAA quality games for mobile platforms.

Cloud-based, game streaming service Gaikai Inc. signed an agreement with developer and publisher Capcom Entertainment delivering high end gaming experiences to players in the U.S. wherever and whenever they demand it.

Another day, another batch of games shipped to stores. Instead of giving them all their own posts, we grouped them, and so far there are announcements for:

• Earth Defense Force: Insect Armageddon (PS3/X360)
• The Chosen (PC)
• Mortal Kombat Kenshi DLC (PS3/X360)

We will update this throughout the day when new announcements become available. Read more for details ...

 Ubisoft announced the creation of UbiCollectibles, a collection of premium, limited-edition merchandise for fans of the company’s popular brands, including Assassin’s Creed, Might & Magic, Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon and more.

Rise of Immortals is an online, free-to-play PC game that expands on the Multiplayer Online Battle Arena (MOBA) genre with new innovative features designed to appeal to both core and casual players.

Rugby World Cup 2011 will challenge players to pick from the 20 Rugby World Cup 2011 participating countries, and attempt to lead their team through the pool phase progress to the Final and the opportunity to lift the prestigious Webb Ellis Cup.

Hellbreed is a free-to-play browser action role-playing game where the player boldly faces the creatures of his opponent Darken and tries to unite the world Manjuri again, which has been smashed by the Gods.

War Rock is a tactical, modern Free2Play multiplayer FPS with intense, fast-paced combat. K2 Network's free content update adds a new map called Skill Pointer and three new vehicles.

Set in the Resident Evil universe, Resident Evil: The Mercenaries 3D will deliver relentless action with players competing against the clock to defeat as many enemies as possible in a fixed time.

The long weekend is over, and boy, did we eat a lot of ribs! We stopped stuffing ourselves hours ago, and I'm still topped off. Ended the feast with chocolate brownies and some raspberry cheesecake bars. Tasty!

While we were too full to move, we watched the season finale of The Amazing Race and the latest episode of Falling Skies, but earlier in the day, I had finished up The Next Three Days, which was surprisingly better than I'd anticipated.

Off to eat some Rainier cherries ....

Half-Minute Hero: Super Mega Neo Climax is a complete hypersonic RPG adventure: start your quest, meet people who need your help, fight through dark dungeons, earn money, upgrade equipment, level up, level up, level up, and take down the final boss ... all in just half a minute!

In Asphalt 3D you power a wide range of high-performance cars and race through 17 exotic locations with the 3DS system's accelerometer, creating the most realistic, immersive racing experience yet.

In Captain America: Super Soldier players will become Captain America as he faces the Red Skull and his army in an epic third- person action adventure set in the darkest days of World War II.

A New Beginning is a cinematic, interactive eco-thriller. In the classic adventure game an impending global climate cataclysm threatens the world, in a story ripped from today’s headlines, dealing with the defining issue of our time. At locations all around the globe, players will have to try and stem the tide – with the whole world hanging in the balance.

We're lucky to have somewhat of an extended weekend, as the U.S. is celebrating 4th of July today. BBQ ribs and lots of fireworks are what it's all about.

The weather has been amazing for the past couple of days. It's warm but not sweltering, with a little breeze now and then to cool things off. We went for a hike on Saturday, and while it was equal in distance to last week's warmup, this one felt 10 times tougher.

On Friday night, we went to see The Green Lantern and while it certainly isn't "movie of the year" material, it was quite good.

Trenched has you fight as part of the Mobile Trench Brigade and it is your job to fend off an invasion by Monovision, an alien race hell bent on colonizing earth, using a variety of highly customizable mechs.

Players are introduced to Takezou Nishimura, a ninja-samurai who is rejected by both sides of his parents' heritage, along with his spunky sidekicks who each play an integral role in his journey of discovery.

InMomentum is a minimalistic / sci-fi platform racing game that challenges the players to think in both horizontal and vertical perspectives while racing each other or against the clock in a puzzle-like environment.

Transformers: Dark of the Moon allows players to fight through the battles on Earth that will shape the events of the upcoming film. Armed with a brand-new gameplay mechanic, fans will harness the power of Stealth Force to instantly convert to a third, hybrid state that combines the weapons and firepower of robot mode with the agility and maneuverability of vehicle mode.

Rise of Immortals is an online, free-to-play PC game that expands on the Multiplayer Online Battle Arena (MOBA) genre with new innovative features designed to appeal to both core and casual players.

With the triumphant return of fan favorite characters like Mai, K', and Vice, extensive refinement of the core fighting engine based on community feedback, and vastly improved network functionality, The King Of Fighters XIII represents the HD entry in the series that fans have been waiting for.

Operation Gamma 41 is a new browser based online strategy role-playing game set in the year 1941, when the world is at war and it is up to the players to determine its outcome.

Battlefield Heroes is a Play 4 Free cartoon-style shooter that will bring classic Battlefield gameplay to a mass audience, featuring a built-in matchmaking system to ensure that players of equal skill are paired together for fair play.

Dead Block is an engaging, campy and humor-filled title that mixes zombie killing with tactical defense strategies, letting players defend their territory by discovering new weapons to strategically rock ‘n trap the invading zombie horde!

Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine, an action-RPG title that will put you in control of individual units throughout a narrative-driven story campaign and in wide-scale online battles.