Battlestations: Pacific features a massive U.S. and Japanese single player campaign that offers a unique blend of action and strategy. Players must plan their moves carefully on huge open-world arenas and fight in the air, above sea and underwater to relive some of the most hard-fought battles in WWII history.

MLB2K9 captures the essence of baseball down to the most minute, player- specific details including batting stances, pitching windups and signature swings. Gameplay enhancements in pitching, batting, fielding and base running promise to be user-friendly and enjoyable for rookies or veterans.

In Boom Blox Bash Party the destructive fun reaches new heights with richer multiplayer action and more than 400 new levels that will have players of all ages gaming together and solving action-packed puzzles under water, in zero gravity, and beyond!

Turbine announced the appointment of Ken Surdan as Turbine’s new Vice President of Operations, who will be responsible for overseeing worldwide operations including network operations, project management and customer service and support for Turbine's award-winning franchises.

What if you had to live your whole life in one location … and then one day, suddenly, you could step outside and go anywhere in the whole neighborhood? The Sims 3 gives you the freedom to create unique Sims and immerse them in your own living neighborhood of endless possibility!

A new ten-day free trial is now available for Mythic's fantasy MMORPG, Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning. Potential recruits to the armies of WAR are invited to spend ten days hunting Squigs, stomping Stunties, exploring massive capital cities, and battling opposing players in thrilling Realm vs. Realm combat.

Patapon 2 is a 2D platform/action adventure game that transforms players into a mystical leader in charge of guiding a tribe of small, quirky warriors called Patapons. Through an innovative use of musical beats, players will march the Patapons against opposing armies and gigantic monsters in an attempt to find the far end of the world.

The organizers of the PAX gaming festival today announced that this year's "The PAX 10" independent games showcase is officially open for submissions, so from now until May 9, independent developers seeking to participate can submit their original game creations.

Moto Racer DS will be the first true multi-discipline motorbike game for the NDS. Moto Racer DS features 4 different disciplines: Moto GP, Traffic, Freestyle, and Supercross.The exciting arcade gameplay is now powered by the use of the stylus, and the multi-player mode up to 6 riders using WiFi!

Set across 6 classic American horror movie inspired levels, Burn Zombie Burn is a 3rd person shoot-em-up in the classic coin-op tradition featuring next-gen game play mechanics, delivering humor and bloody zombie violence in copious amounts!

SouthPeak Interactive joined the membership ranks of the Entertainment Software Association (ESA), the trade association for U.S. computer and video game publishers, the first new member of 2009.

From Software's Ninja Blade is a cinematic action game where, armed with an arsenal of specialized ninja weapons, tools and skills, players will be given the epic task of defending Tokyo and ultimately humanity from a horrific, genetically mutating disease.

Go Play City Sports recreates the experience of playing sports in a vast urban playground where manhole covers double as home plate. The all-new sports compilation allows players to compete against the best neighborhood athletes in six classic games, including stickball, kickball, handball, rooftop hockey, shootout soccer and jump rope.

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.

At the Game-Based Learning conference Slitherine introduce Horrible Histories: Ruthless Romans, the videogame adaptation of the bestselling book series Horrible Histories, written by Terry Deary and illustrated by Martin Brown.

Peggle for Xbox Live Arcade delivers a number of new and exclusive features to the X360 gamer, including the first-ever online multiplayer Peggle experience with Peg Party mode, where up to four players can compete simultaneously over Xbox Live.

WWE Legends of WrestleMania is poised to deliver an impressive lineup of Legendary Superstars and Managers, a new combo fighting system and a historically accurate representation of WWE telecasts during the '80s and '90s.

Emergent Game Technologies and NVIDIA announced that they have integrated the Emergent Gamebryo game development platform and NVIDIA PhysX technology for Wii game development.

Nintendo added a classic and one WiiWare title to the Wii's Shop Channel. Wii owners with online access can redeem Wii Points to download: Gradius ReBirth (Wiiware), and Alex Kidd: The Lost Stars (VC).

X³: Terran Conflict is a stand-alone game set in the universe of X³, the culmination of the X trilogy, with a grand finale that takes us all the way back to Earth's own solar system. X3: Gold Edition, known in North America as X³: Terran Conflict 2.0 – The Aldrin Missions, will feature a host of new missions, new ships and much more.

Football Academy offers an entertaining way to learn football strategy, positioning and technique. Players build their knowledge by completing tasks and take their improved skills onto the pitch to compete against their friends, offering a variety of mini-games.

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:

• New Play Control! Mario Power Tennis (Wii)
• New Play Control! Pikmin (Wii)
• MySims Party (NDS/Wii)
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Inspired by the film and Mario Puzo's Corleone family drama, The Godfather II game goes beyond the film's story by setting players in the world of organized crime in 1960s Florida, Cuba and New York.

Black Mirror 2, developed by former 4Head Studios now called Cranberry productions, is going to be a classical point & click adventure, based on so-called 2.5D technologies, using a combination of highly detailed 2D backgrounds and 3D characters.

In FIFA Manager 10, you will be able to see panoramic display resolution reaching max. sizes of 1920x1200, and the size of lawn projection will be changed from 85% to 100%, which will give full compatibility with FIFA 09 stadiums. If you start with a first division club, you get a higher manager level right from the start, so in case you get sacked, you still have a chance to find a good club again. Two other improvements implemented today were the reduction of the waiting time after interview questions and the option to print out the list of the most talented youth players.