The First Templar follows the story of two characters - a French Templar, and his companion, a noble lady who has been proclaimed a heretic. Taking control over these two unlikely allies, the player must uncover the mysteries behind the Templar Order, play a role in a grand conspiracy, and discover the secret of the Holy Grail.

Sony Computer Entertainment has kicked off a summer of pocket-sized entertainment with a new promotion for PSPgo. Starting on June 9 and for a limited time only, Sony is giving new PSPgo owners 10 games to download from PlayStation Store, absolutely free!

Black Prophecy is an Action-MMO where you will not only be fighting epic multiplayer battles and fulfilling exciting single-player missions, but also experience a fascinating story from the pen of prize-winning German science-fiction author Michael Marrak.

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:

• The Sims 3: Ambitions (PC)
• Darkness Within 2: The Dark Lineage (PC)
• Tetris Party Deluxe (NDS/Wii)

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

NHL Slapshot introduces a revolutionary hockey stick controller that allows players to shoot, pass and body check just like the pros.

In Deus Ex: Human Revolution you play Adam Jensen, a security specialist, handpicked to oversee the defense of one of America's most experimental biotechnology firms. But when a black ops team breaks in and kills the scientists you were hired to protect, everything you thought you knew about your job changes.

In Heavy Rain you don’t watch the story – you play it. The dynamic narrative unfolds through the players actions - not cut scenes - and every action has a consequence. According to an NVIDIA list of titles supporting Phys, Heavy Rain is coming to the PC.

While Guild Wars 2 adds a persistent world, it retains the unique characteristics of the original game, including a strong narrative, extensive instanced game play, an anti-grind design philosophy, and strong support for competitive play.

An exciting adventure awaits with hundreds of quests to complete as you discover the story behind Canaan Online. It features a comprehensive pet system and dozens of collectable pets to capture, train and trade, instances, dungeons, a full crafting system, auction house, a well developed chat system, as well as the choice of automatic or manual modes, allowing all types of players to play.

The PES range has long been regarded as offering incredible realism and control, but PES 2011 will reinvigorate the series with the most advanced raft of gameplay additions, control options, and animations to meet the evolution of real-life football.

Rockstar's open-ended crime series returns to New York situated around the Eastern European protagonist Nikolai. The PC edition features a replay editor with Rockstar Social Club integration, expanded multiplayer, higher resolution, and match filtering.

Rockstar's open-ended crime series returns to New York situated around the Eastern European protagonist Nikolai, with additional DLC content The Ballad of Gay Tony and The Lost and Damned.

U-Wars is a tactical sci-fi third person shooter set up an ultra realistic subaqueous scenario. Combining the thrill of an undersea setting with a cinematic approach and a superior story line U-Wars is the first lifelike underwater action experience.

Three years after the conflict in Chernarus, portrayed in the original ARMA II, a new flashpoint in the Green Sea region heats up and coalition forces led by the US Army are sent to Takistan to quickly restore peace and prevent further civilian casualties.

ModNation Racers is a thoroughly fresh take on classic kart racing that empowers the player to personalize their entire game. Players can express themselves by creating their own Mod character, styling their own racing kart and even building — in just minutes — an imaginative track that can be shared with the rest of the PlayStation community.

Stepping into the shoes of the World most determined Stuntman players will have to combo, boost and pull ludicrous tricks across more than 50 events to thrill the crowd and put Joe back on the podium.

The Gnomon Workshop, professional training for artists in the entertainment and design field, expanded its training for the freely downloadable Unreal Development Kit to include a comprehensive tutorial on Materials by notable game designer Waylon Brinck, CG Supervisor at EA Los Angeles on the Medal of Honor franchise.

Yesterday was a beautiful day. It was nice and sunny with a light breeze — perfect BBQ weather. We went over to our friends' place for lunch, but we spent so much time there that it was dinner time again, but we were still stuffed and had peach cobbler a la mode instead.

This week will be another busy one, with an Activision event tomorrow for Transformers: War for Cybertron. The day after, 1C Company is having its annual gamers day, and Friday is a beer fest with some friends.

Can't ... Eat ... Anymore ....

Beyblade: Metal Fusion features a new cast of characters taking on the continued battle between good and evil. Gingka, the hero, and his group of loyal friends rally against a dangerous group called the Dark Nebula. The series follows a group of competitors who vie to be the best at Beyblading. Each blader modifies their Beyblades to compete to be #1 in the world.

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.

Nintendo added three WiiWare, and four NDSiWare titles to the Shop Channels. Nintendo owners with online access can redeem points to download: Ben 10 Alien Force: The Rise of Hex, Voodoo Dice, Robocalypse: Beaver Defense (Wiiware), X-Scape, Hero of Sparta, A Topsy Turvy Life: The Turvys Strike Back, Telegraph Sudoku & Kakuro (NDSi), and Wild Guns (NDSiWare).

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.

Join the Big Red One, America’s most legendary infantry division. Relive some of the most epic and memorable battles from World War II. Command troops to occupy enemy positions, capture enemy officers, destroy enemy vehicles and more. Customize your infantry with authentic weapons and tactics to defeat the enemies and win the war.

Cursed Mountain is a survival horror game where you take on the role of a fearless mountaineer climbing into the Himalayas on a quest to find your lost brother. As you ascends the mountain, he encounters an ancient curse: the souls of the people who died in that region are stuck in limbo, caught in the Shadow World.

Drawing characters from some of SNK’s biggest and well loved franchises, NeoGeo Battle Coliseum allows the use of the new 2–on–2 Tag Team battle system. This new system allows the player to switch characters during play and to perform ‘team’ attacks on their opponent.