Step up as the lead blocker to create a hole, and then take control of the tailback and smash through, overpower, or slash away from would-be tacklers as you fight for every yard. Innovative rushing controls give you a game-breaking ground attack featuring all-new jukes, cutbacks, and the distinct running styles of your favorite backs.

SEGA announced that it has added new missions, new weapons, new classes and increased the level cap to the Phantasy Star Universe server on Xbox 360, PC, and PS2 platforms. SEGA also announced that from now on it will add content every week, instead of every month.

The game will provide players with extremely dynamic gameplay of fast and tough combats, where players are to oppose dangerous and wise enemies, a large set of multifarious weaponry, possibility to control various machinery, incredible detailing and game world interactivity, story-driven single player with original team gameplay, a well-balanced multiplayer with numerous modes.

The latest issue of PCGamer contains a Q&A on the newest C&C title, giving details on previously undisclosed feature, Match Broadcast. Undoubtably aimed at competition/league gaming, Match Broadcast will allow player to stream on going gaming sessions over the web, even allowing people who do not have the game to watch via a standalone client. It also allows a moderator to comment through VOIP, shift specators camera angle, and even highlight certain aspects of the love match, as if it were a teleprompt presentation.

Samurai Warriors 2 Empires combines the most exciting aspects of Action, Fighting and Strategy games. At the start of the game Feudal Japan is divided into warring states and it is up to the player to resurrect a nation using equal amounts of strategy and strength!

Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened rises to the challenge of being entirely in 3D; while the creators have kept classic game mechanics, the game benefits from the freedom and the immersion brought by a superb animated and detailed real time 3D environment. This German v1.1 patch addresses crash & bugs, compatibility problems, and adds the ability to skip dialogue etc...

Ubisoft announced that Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2 is currently in development for the X360, the PS3, PSP and PC. The new installment 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.

Realtime Worlds has received a $31 Million financing from venture capital firm New Enterprise Associates (NEA). This investment enables Realtime Worlds to build new industry-leading video game franchises and recruit top programming and game development talent from around the world.

Eragon is an epic fantasy-adventure which centers on a young farm boy named Eragon whose destiny is revealed with the help of a dragon. Based on the upcoming movie, Eragon, now a Dragon Rider, is swept into a world of magic and power, discovering that he alone has the power to save -- or destroy -- an Empire.

They thought you were dead, but Tony Montana don’t die so easy. Sosa took everything you had. Now you’ve got nothing, but that never stopped you before. You’re back with a vengeance, ready to reclaim your turf and rebuild your empire. This German v1.00.2 patch fixes and improves various graphical issues, as well as squash a few bugs.

Call of Juarez is situated in 19th-century Wild West America and requires a combination of both intelligent stealth and pure shooting. Techland has released the first multiplayer map pack, adding 8 new maps to the game, ranging in size, player # and game mode.

Phantasy Star Universe offers two complete RPG experiences – a single-player action adventure spanning multiple planets, and a robust online multiplayer component...

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. Check the freshly launched website, or read more for new screens...

THQ has released a new patch for its 3D WWII RTS Company of Heroes. This v1.40 adds various optimizations, tweaks, crash and bug fixes.

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 :

• Blue Dragon [X360] - Shadow Real Sequence Trailer
• Far Cry Vengeance [Wii] - Trailer #2
• Draft Day Sports: Pro Basketball - Trailer
• Supreme Commander - Trailer (3)
• Rayman Raving Rabbids - Launch Trailer
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Europa Universalis III delves deeply into the areas of exploration, trade, warfare and diplomacy and is an epic strategy game where players take control of a nation and guide it through the ages to become a great global empire.

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:

• Full Auto 2: Battlelines (PS3)
• Dead or Alive: Xtreme 2 (Xbox 360/UK Only)
• Brothers In Arms D-Day (PSP)
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Brothers In Arms: D-Day, a World War II squad-based action game exclusively for the PSP, will offer a new and unique gaming experience. Players will experience the intensity of WWII through the stories of Sergeants Baker and Hartsock and their squad of paratroopers during the Normandy invasion.

IGG is looking for 1000 gamers to alpha test its 16th century nautical MMO Voyage Century Online. The final stage of game alpha testing will start on 12PM (EST) December 8th, giving you the opportunity to travel the seas before the rest of the world.

Splinter Cell Double Agent will reinvent the spy action genre by introducing a double agent concept and a new breed of game play that adds an exciting new dimension to the gaming experience. This v1.02 patch fixes some anti-aliasing hiccups, but mainly addresses multiplayer problems such as invitations, squad features, and disconnect issues.

Earth Defense Force X, also known as EDF 3, is a sequel to the Simple 2000 budget hit Chikyuu Boueigun 2 for the PS2. EDF X will feature much improved AI, 50 missions and no less than 100 weapons with which to defend earth against the invading insectoids.

Test Drive Unlimited challenges players online to experience the most exotic and fastest vehicles on more than 1000 miles of diverse Hawaiian roads. Gamers win races, challenges, missions and tournaments to earn credits and purchase new cars, bikes, rare performance parts, clothes, apparel, homes and garages. Head of development at Melbourne House Kevin 'Zaph' Burfitt tells us about the PS2 vs. X360 differences...

Bringing fast and furious bite-size gaming, Atari's PSP-exclusive Hot PXL is comprised of 200 deviously crafted micro-games based on a quirky and original story premise, drawing inspiration from street culture and the digital lifestyle. Jonathan "DJON" Choquel tells us how he started production on his first game...

For Liberty! is a turn based computer strategy game for the PC, covering two wars of independence - the American Revolution (1775-1783) and the Rakoczi War of Independence in Europe 1703-1711. This updated demo features the same hypothetical southern campaign from April - Oct. 1780, but adds a minimap, more varied battle terrain, and other general improvements & fixes.

Soldak Entertainment announced Depths of Peril, a single player action RPG with strong strategy elements. You play as a faction leader protecting the barbarian city, Jorvik, by destroying threatening monsters and completing quests. At the same time, you compete with rival factions to see who will rule the city. Barbarians choose their leaders by fighting to the death!