Rift: Planes of Telara is a graphically stunning online game is set in a world being torn apart by dimensional “rifts” that tear into the land of Telara, releasing powerful forces that threaten the very existence of the entire universe.

We finished up the Pillars of the Earth miniseries, and it's surprisingly good. I never really saw many ads for it on TV, but with actors such as Ian McShane, Donald Sutherland and Matthew Macfadyen, and with Ridley Scott and Tony Scott as executive producers, it can't be too bad.

My former "CrimeCrash" teammates and I have been looking around to see if we can find another MMO to get into, and after trying out Eve Online, Vindictus, and Stronghold Kingdoms, we ended up in Genesis A.D, the free-to-play MMOFPS from ijji.com. While it's still way too early to claim victory, the game has decent graphics and fast-paced combat, but it remains to be seen how the clan system plays out. The option currently seems grayed out, so either it has not been implemented yet, or I'm too low-level. Time will tell ...

Bulletstorm brings new furor to first-person shooter action with its signature "kill with skill" gameplay, which is packed with blockbuster moments.

Introducing a new storyline and the next generation of Pokémon, the new releases will feature the Legendary Pokémon Reshiram (Pokémon Black Version) and Zekrom (Pokémon White Version) on the game covers worldwide.

Afterfall: Insanity is a story based horror-shooter where players face their destiny in the desolate ruins of once thriving cities and well-known areas - or to be more exact: in the sewers and tunnels beneath them. Facing horrible mutants, bloodthirsty mercenaries and other threats, humanity fights for existence.

APB is a massively multiplayer online freeform combat and driving-based game, designed by the creator of the original GTA franchise, and takes  the universal theme of Criminals and Enforcement and brings it to a persistent, open world setting in a modern, crime-ridden city.

L.A. Noire is an interactive detective story set in the 1947 classic noir period situated in an exact recreation of mid century L.A. drawing players into an open-ended challenge to solve a series of gruesome murders, but also side missions based on real events from that period.

The Independent Games Festival has announced the Main Competition finalists for the 13th annual presentation of its awards, celebrating the brightest and most influential creations to come out of the independent video game development community in the past year.

Nintendo added three WiiWare (one demo), and three NDSiWare titles to the Shop Channels. Nintendo owners with online access can redeem points to download: Sneezies, Ghost Mania, Robox demo (Wiiware), Alt-Play: Jason Rohrer Anthology, Word Searcher 2, and Music on: Drums (NDSi).

Cole MacGrath makes his electrifying return in inFAMOUS 2, taking the franchise to all-new heights in an immersive open world action adventure that offers a more visceral, emotional and powerful take on the true superhero experience.

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:

• MicroBot (PSN/XBLA)

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

Isaac Clarke returns for another heart-pounding adventure, taking the fight to the Necromorphs in this thrilling action-horror experience. Dead Space 2 will get an animated feature, Dead Space Aftermath, and a graphic novel, Dead Space Salvage, as part of the game's pre-launch campaign.

In Lord of Arcana players are plunged into the dark depths of the underworld to fight vast and powerful creatures of legend in their quest to obtain the power of Arcana. Combat is simple yet rewarding, brutal moves can be performed simply and swiftly as you take on a huge variety of stunning and fantastical monsters.

For the first time ever, players will experience Monopoly as a fully dynamic, living, 3D world that continuously evolves with the video game action.

The Burnout hasn't seen many installments on Nintendo's consoles, only Burnout 2 and Burnout Legends, but Criterion was about to change that according to EA's Outsourcing Manager Paul Dibden. Burnout Freestyle was never officially announced, but it is now classified as "Unpublished," another term for canceled. Similarities to Rockstar's Chinatown Wars are obvious, not only in appearance and touch controls, but also the presence of mini-games.

Mass Effect is a sci-fi adventure set in a vast universe filled with dangerous alien life forms and mysterious uncharted planets. In ME2, Saren's evil army of Geth soldiers has just been defeated, and humans are now faced with an even greater peril.

APOX is a real-time strategy game set in a near post-apocalyptic, Mad-Max-esque universe that uniquely includes gameplay concepts from first-person shooters.

Well, that's that with that. The holidays are over, so it's back to the grind.

Things will probably be quiet for a little bit longer, but normal coverage will now resume. Hope you have enjoyed our Top Games of 2010 feature, and we are currently also having a DC Universe Online beta key giveaway (for both PC and PS3 codes), which will be ending soon. Be sure to have a go at it.

Yesterday was pretty subdued. We ran some errands and watched TV for the rest of the day. We got sucked into the Pillars of the Earth miniseries and two of the Millennium Trilogy movies.

Introducing a new storyline and the next generation of Pokémon, the new releases will feature the Legendary Pokémon Reshiram (Pokémon Black Version) and Zekrom (Pokémon White Version) on the game covers worldwide.

S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat unfolds shortly after the end of S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl. Having discovered about the open path to the Zone center, the government decides to hold a large-scale military "Fairway" operation aimed to take the CNPP under control.

The New Year has begun!  We had a relaxing NYE, no craziness, and yesterday we spent most of our time watching movies (Predator, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince) and a few episodes of Supernatural.

Today will be equally quiet, apart from doing some grocery shopping, we have nothing planned, so we'll have done quite a bit of catching up on our DVR over the past few days. Go us!

We've been debating about upgrading our phones and switching to the iPhone, but we've been waiting for Verizon to announce their version. However, my current cell was getting on my last nerve (battery kept dying after 1-2 calls or text messages) and on our way back from the movies earlier this week, we decided to get it over with and we got ourselves a pair of Droid 2 phones. We picked that one over the Droid X because it works internationally, and now we get to play Angry Birds wherever we go!

SOE Austin has built a world where you feel like you've stepped into the DC Universe and become the ultimate super-hero (or villain) along side of Superman, Batman, or Ambush Bug.

So far, we've revealed the honorable mentions, top handheld and downloadable titles, top console and PC offerings, and the countdown of games 11-20. Today we're finishing up the countdown of the top 20 titles, including what WP considers to be the best game of 2010. Read more for the final results!

Fight Night Champion pushes visual boundaries with the most realistic boxer-likeness to date, fluid animations and damage that conveys the brutality of the sport of boxing.

NightSky is a two dimensional physics platform game where you maneuver a sphere through 10 worlds filled with unique challenges and new surprises.