Pirates: Adventures of the Black Corsair invites players to become marauding buccaneers in 17th century London. Double-crossed by their pirate Captain and branded traitors to their country, players will face countless perils as they struggle to clear their names and become the most famous of pirates, the Black Corsair – defender of the Crown.

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 Settlers 7: Paths to a Kingdom (PC)
• Distant Worlds (PC)
• Build-A-Bear Workshop: Friendship Valley (Wii)
• Build-A-Bear Workshop: Welcome to Hugsville (NDS)

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

Samurai Shodown Sen is the 11th game in SNK's classic Japanese weapons-based fighting series and the fourth in the 3D series. The game takes place in Japan during the twilight of the turbulent Edo period, and promises to be the most brutal and visceral chapter in the Samurai Shodown series' history.

Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Heroes 3 follows Naruto Uzumaki and his continuing adventures to save his friend Sasuke, and enhances the fun and accessible battle system the series is known for by introducing four-player battles, an all-new adventure mode, and a brand new roster of powerful characters.

L4D2 promises to set a new benchmark for cooperative action games, adding melee combat to enable deeper cooperative gameplay, with items such as a chainsaw, frying pan, axe, baseball bat, and more. A YouTube video reveals that The Passing DLC (priced at 560 Microsoft Points or $7.00) won't be released before its previously targeted late March, 2010 date but is now set for a rather vague "spring."

Skate 3 features an all-new co-op mode where teammates can complete challenges together while advancing each other's careers. From rewarding epic bails and fails with a beefed up Hall of Meat mode to honing your craft with the all-new Skate School, players of all skill levels have multiple ways to "kill it" in the game. At PAX EA revealed that it will release a Skate 3 demo on April 15, 2010, which will be available on PSN and XBL.

Distant Worlds is a vast, real-time, 4X space strategy game. Experience the full depth and detail of large turn-based strategy games, but with the simplicity and ease of real-time, and on the scale of a massively-multiplayer online game.

Our dinner party last night was a raging success. The initial plan was for a casual get-together with our neighbor, daughter and her future son-in-law, but as mentioned earlier, the number of guests ballooned from five to 10 (and two more showed up during the course of the dinner) because other people just invited themselves as word spread. It took us all afternoon slaving in the kitchen, but based on the feedback, it was a resounding hit. Maybe we should start WorthEating soon ...

We'll be rubbing our fat bellies for the rest of the evening/morning, but let's get some news rolling while we're at it.

World of Warcraft is an MMORPG experience where players assume the roles of Warcraft heroes as they explore, adventure, and quest across a vast world.

Blade Kitten, based on Steve Stamatiadis' comic book series, is an action adventure game that invites players into the world of Hollow Wish, where they take on the role of Kit Ballard, one of the best bounty hunters in the business.

Resident Evil 5 revolutionize the survival horror series by delivering an unbelievable level of detail, realism and control.

UFC Undisputed features an authentic and comprehensive UFC atmosphere, poised to deliver intelligent and intuitive combat, increased fighter customization, robust career progression, challenging new gameplay modes and explosive online offerings.

Today was a beautiful day, with nice weather, some shopping, Jamba Juice, BBQ, a visit to the farmers market, and plenty of videos games and TV watching.

We did all our errands for our little neighborhood bash tomorrow, and we'll be prepping all afternoon to be ready by dinner time.

We caught up on a few hours of FlashForward, and while the pots are simmering, we'll hopefully catch up on a few other things.

Hydrophobia is a survival adventure about conquering fear in a series of entirely dynamic flooded environments. Developed by Dark Energy Digital, comprised of former Blade Interactive execs, Hydrophobia's story has divvied up into three parts, each about 5 hours long, expected to be released within a 12 month period.

Set in the deceptively idyllic town of Bright Falls, Alan Wake immerses players in an intense and expansive cinematic world that enables players to explore the hyper-realistic and interactive environments.

Wings of Prey is a new combat flight simulator based around the large-scale aerial combat and ground military operations of World War II. Players can participate in some of the war’s most famous battles piloting fighters, battle planes and bombers across a range of thrilling missions.

The weekend has arrived! Time to relax a little and play some games. When I'm not grinding away in CrimeCraft, I have been checking out Greed: Black Border, and I must admit I'm totally loving that little game. Old-school isometric view, lots of creepy crawlers, a little bit of RPG elements, and lots of firepower. What's not to like right?

This weekend, we have a big party to prepare for. It started out with us planning to cook for three friends, but oddly enough, additional people invited themselves when they heard about it, and it ballooned to nine. Guess that's somehow a good thing.

Last night, we had a little "24" marathon and watched three episodes back to back, which had us sitting on the edge of our couch. In case you had not heard the news, Fox has stated that this will be the final season, but there will be a "24" movie in the works.

Crackdown 2 will take multiplayer gaming to unprecedented levels for the ultimate cooperative and competitive multiplayer experience, providing you and your friends with the complete freedom to explore, destroy and play as you return to restore justice and peace to Pacific City — by any means necessary.

ll Points Bulletin (APB) takes the universal theme of Criminals and Enforcement and brings it to a persistent, open world multiplayer setting in a modern, crime-ridden city.

Lost Planet 2's story has advanced beyond Wayne Holden as players will now follow the exploits of their own customized snow pirates on their quest to seize control of E.D.N III. Players will move their heroes through different stories creating a truly unique and interactive experience.

On April 6th, Microsoft will be releasing a system update over Xbox LIVE for your Xbox 360 that will allow USB flash drives to be used for storing profiles, game saves, demos and more.

Built from the ground up to take full advantage of the power of PSP system, extensively optimized to deliver virtually non-existent load times, and boasting some of the most polished visuals and sounds found to date in a handheld RPG, Hexyz Force is the consummate gamer's game, the kind of experience and final package genre fans would make if they could call the shots.

In R.U.S.E. players use their brain as the ultimate weapon, fighting a war of perception, where the ability to deceive and mislead the enemy determines success. A first in a strategy game, R.U.S.E. reinvigorates the genre by using deception to give new-found depth to the gameplay.

Breach is a first-person multiplayer shooter that literally blows the floor out from under conventional military shooters, introducing new kinds of destruction that haven't been seen in any other game

Napoleon: Total War will keep the franchise’s 3D battles on land and sea, while the turn-based campaign is split into three different story-driven campaigns, telling the story of the rise and fall of Napoleon Bonaparte through his most famous battles.