Earlier this month EA announced that it would be canceling various titles for 2010, merging studios and laingy off employees due to lower than expected holiday sales. In addition to the new Vancouver, Canada facility closure we reported on a few days ago, Electric Playground claims that the Need for Speed franchise, which has seen a decline in sales and popularity in the past few years, might be the next victim and, according to unnamed sources, has been put on hold.

TF2 is a class-based, multiplayer team warfare game, delivering new game types, a signature art style powered by Valve’s next-gen animation technology, persistent player statistics, etc... Valve has rolled out a new update, adding balance tweaks, level upgrades to the Engineer's teleporters/dispensers, Goldrush map tweaks, etc. Also confirmed is that the Scout class will get a revamp, and that the X360 will receive an update with all the changes made to TF2 on PC, as well as engine upgrades.

Sony has rolled out new PlayStation Store content, starting with PlayStation Home, PowerUp Forever ($9.99), echochrome Trophy update with User-generated Stages, DLCs for Resistance: Fall of Man Map Packs (free), LittleBigPlanet (free/$1.99), EndWar Escalation Expansion Pack ($9.99), High Velocity Bowling ($0.99), Star War: The Force Unleashed ($9.99), Age of Booty (free/$4.99), Mercenaries 2 Blow It Up Again Content Pack (free), song packs for Guitar Hero World Tour, Karaoke Revolution Presents: American Idol Encore 2 and Rock Band, and the usual game/movie trailers and PS3 themes.

Good Old Games announced an agreement with Adventure Soft that will bring several adventure titles to GOG.com, DRM-free of course, starting with the Simon the Sorcerer series.

X-Men Origins: Wolverine, based on 20th Century Fox's upcoming movie, enlists players to experience the tormented origins of Wolverine, from his escape of the Weapon X facility to the jungles of Africa and beyond.

Meteos Wars is a puzzle game where the story, situation and environments formulate one explosive adventure! In PowerUp Forever gamers get to hone your battle skills in the thrilling action-shooter game, where no two encounters are ever the same.

TrackMania Nations Forever is a new version of the Stadium environment, a solo mode and 65 new, progressively difficult tracks, uniting an even larger number of players thanks to its multiplayer modes, online functions and interactivity between players.

A Kingdom for Keflings is a city-builder that puts you in the shoes of a giant who has to design and construct an intricate city for the local Keflings. Each giant starts out with a small handful of helpful Keflings who help build the kingdom from scratch.

Daring stunts, spectacular crashes, thrilling criminal cases: All fans of the racing genre will easily fall in love with the newest game originating from the original RTL TV-Show "Alarm for Cobra 11."

Outspark community members can now track their achievements and see how they stack up against other players using newly launched leaderboards. Players of the free-to-play MMORPG Fiesta can comparing Kill Points, while the highest level Secret of the Solstice players are now ranked. Leaderboards will be updated every Friday, so there's always a reason to check back and see where you place in the Outspark community!

Set between the largely unexplored era between Ep III and Ep IV, Star Wars: The Force Unleashed casts players as Darth Vader's "Secret Apprentice" and promises to unveil new revelations about the Star Wars galaxy. As promised, LucasArts has released a new campaign (Jedi Temple on Coruscant) for 800 Microsoft Points ($10) while the playable characters (Luke Skywalker, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Ki-Adi-Mundi, and Kit Fisto) will cost you 400 Microsoft Point ($5).

In the Hotel for Dogs, based on the upcoming motion picture starring Emma Roberts and Jake T. Austin, players enter the old hotel to help two siblings, Andi and Bruce, feed and entertain an adorable collection of canines by building amazing gadgets, playing with the pooches and keeping the dogs happy in their new hotel home.

The Octane 120 is the ultimate home arcade racing simulator and combines three things every adult gamer craves: classic arcade games, arcade-style racing, and a beer tap to get your favorite beverage without having to get out of the seat!

MindArk, developers of Entropia Universe, has licensed Kevin Rudolf and Lil Wayne's single "Let it Rock" to herald the switching over to the CryENGINE2 in 2009. MindArk will host a competition inside the virtual world to find the best user created music video to the song, with a highly prized virtual treasure as reward.

Geman based EA Phenomic Studio is developing BattleForge, a new fantasy online RTS game where you assemble your own army with collectible trading cards. Win, trade and buy your cards online to create your ultimate deck.

Equipped with a variety of unique weapons and gadgets, players will hunt, fight and capture a wide range of supernatural villains in a funny and frightening battle to save New York City from its latest paranormal plague.

Atari is teaming up with Japan’s Q Entertainment to bring three of music game legend Tetsuya Mizuguchi’s titles together in one retail pack with the working title Q3 (Qubed).

Former Bits Studios' game director Dylan Beale, known for THQ's Constantine and KEMCO U.S.A.'s Rogue Ops fame, arrives at Zoë Mode as Senior Producer where he will take the reins on the studios forthcoming titles.

EA Black Box's Need for Speed Undercover is an intense action racing title taking the franchise back to its roots and re-introduces breakneck cop chases, the world's hottest cars and spectacular highway battles.

Defense Grid: The Awakening is a unique spin on tower defense gameplay that will appeal to players of all skill levels, featuring beautiful environments, spectacular effects, and a dynamic, engaging soundtrack. Scheduled to launch next week on Steam, it is now available for pre-order.

Battlefield 2 features immense, richly detailed, destructible environments, from city streets to remote forests, in some of the most notorious hot spots around the world. It has been well over a year since the v1.40 patch and back in Sept. the v1.50 got delayed due to third-party exploits that are being used to crash servers/clients and clients and spoof accounts, but according to EA community rep., it is set to arrive before Christmas ....

Gothic 3: Forsaken Gods is an addon for Jowood's action/RPG and will answer many open questions and guarantee a seamless step to Gothic 4. Once more you take on the role of the nameless Hero and again you have to raise your sword in anger to save the world of Gothic. After having split with Gothic III developer Piranha Bytes for quality reasons, JoWood issued an apology to its fans for the lack of quality (bug ridden) in the Trine Studios developed addon, promising to do better with Gothic IV.

Gears of War 2 picks up six months after the events of the original, thrusting players back into humankind's epic battle for survival against a nightmarish force of underground creatures known as the Locust Horde. Amazon is now selling an X360 Elite (120Gb HD), the Gears of War 2 game as well as the the full size Lancer replica for $399.99, a $200 saving...

The THQ Collector's Pack, which includes one dozen titles from top franchises such as Company of Heroes, Titan Quest, and Dawn of War, is now available via Steam for just $99.99 — a savings of more than $100. In addition to the THQ Pack, Titan Quest Gold (the complete Titan Quest collection) is available at a 50% savings through Monday, Dec. 1, 2008.

Call of Duty: World at War changes the rules of engagement by redefining WWII gaming and thrusting players into the final tension-filled, unforgiving battles against a new ferocious enemy in the most dangerous and suspenseful action ever. Starting at 12 noon (PST) on Friday, Dec. 5th, Limited Collector's Edition owners on PC & 360 will be able to earn double experience points.