SNK Playmore's classic arcade franchise celebrates its 15th anniversary with The King of Fighters XII. For the first time in series history, this epic martial arts showdown has undergone a complete graphical overhaul.

101-in-1 Party Megamix is a collection of 101 games set in a broad range of themes, featured as a series of TV shows. As the player progresses throughout the games, new TV stations and shows are unlocked, containing new mini-games and game modes.

Trine is a fantasy action game where the player can create and use physics-based objects to beat hazardous puzzles and threatening enemies. Set in a world of great castles and strange machinery, three heroes are bound to a mysterious device called the Trine in a quest to save the kingdom from evil. Atlus confirmed to us that they are bringing Trine to XBLA in North America.

Get back to 4 wheels and test your skills with V8 engines for the next racing challenge! Superstars V8 Racing is a car racing game based on the license of the Italian Championship. Powered by some of the most important car manufacturers in the whole world, such as BMW, Audi and Jaguar, and sporting top class production cars it delivers a breathtaking driving experience.

The Game Cartel is a first/third person shooter taking its inspiration from online games, letting members of its community conceive, develop and vote on the creation of what will eventually be commercially-available console games.

Check out the following new screens from City Interactive's E3 2009 lineup:

• 'Animal Country: Life on the Farm' (NDS) - 3 New Screens
• 'Code of Honor 3' - 3 New Screens
• 'Chronicles of Mystery: Curse of the Ancient Temple' (NDS) - 3 New Screens
• 'I Love Beauty: Hollywood Makeover' (NDS) - 10 New Screens
• 'Logic Machines' (NDS) - 5 New Screens
• 'Mary Celeste' - 4 New Screens
• 'Pharaoh's Mystery' - 4 New Screens
• 'Sushi Academy' (NDS) - 8 New Screens

Brütal Legend is a 3rd person Action/Adventure game starring Jack Black in the role of roadie Eddie Riggs, who sets on an epic quest to build an army of rockers with only a broad axe, a big block V8 and his faithful guitar in hand. Some whiny bitches over at Activision have decided to sue developer Double Fine to stop the release of Brütal Legend claiming it never relinquished its rights, and will suffer irreparable harm if it looses the game, and revenue generated by post release downloadable content. After the Vivendi/Activision merger, negotiations with DF failed when the developer requested more time & money to complete the game, at which point EA swooped in and picked up the game in Dec. 2008.

This isn’t Pool as you know it; this is multiplayer mayhem for 1-4 players simultaneously fighting for victory. Alliances will be formed, friends will be betrayed, and the battle isn’t over until the stat screen appears.

Check out the following new screens & trailers from Electronic Arts' E3 2009 lineup:

• 'Army of Two: The 40th Day' (ALL) - 7 New Screens & Trailer
• 'Battlefield 1943' (PS3/X360/PC) - 7 New Screens
• 'Battlefield: Bad Company 2' (PS3/X360/PC) - Screens & Trailer
• 'The Beatles: Rock Band' (Wii/PS3/X360) - 11 New Screens
• 'Brutal Legend' (PS3/X360) - 10 New Screens
• 'Charm Girls Club' (NDS/Wii) - 5 New Screens
• 'Dante's Inferno' (ALL) - 7 New Screens
• 'Dead Space Extraction' (Wii) - 5 New Screens
• 'EA Sports Active' (Wii) - 5 New Screens
• 'FIFA Soccer 10' (ALL) Officially Announced - Features & Screens
• 'Fight Night Round 4' (PS3/X360) - Screens
• 'G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra' (ALL) - 12 New Screens
• 'Grand Slam Tennis' (Wii) - 11 New Screens
• 'Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince' (ALL) - 11 New Screens
• 'Littlest Pet Shop Online' - 6 New Screens
• 'Madden NFL 10' (ALL) - Screens
• 'Mass Effect 2' (X360/PC) - 6 New Screens
• 'MySims Agents' (NDS/Wii) - Facts, Features & Screens
• 'NCAA Football 10' (ALL) - Screens
• 'Need for Speed Nitro' (NDS/Wii) - 7 New Screens
• 'Need for Speed Shift' (PSP/PS3/X360/PC) - 8 New Screens
• 'Spore Hero' (Wii) - 8 New Screens
• 'Spore Hero Arena' (NDS) - 9 New Screens
• 'The Saboteur' (PS3/X360) - 5 New Screens
• 'The Sims 3' - Screens

Providing the ultimate music experience for the entire family, DanceDanceRevolution leverages the technological capabilities of each console to deliver a cavalcade of new and enhanced features including improved graphics and customization, a network community loaded with downloadable music, and all-new game modes.

Def Jam Rapstar delivers players a hip-hop experience that allows them to take on the role of a rapstar so you can rhyme and sing along with the greatest hip-hop tracks. But the game also offers opportunities where it’s also about creating all new rhymes, sharing your creativity and expressing yourself to the wider community and the world.

Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots, has joined the PS3 Greatest Hits collection and will be available for $29.99 starting June 16, 2009. The originator of the stealth-action genre, the original Metal Gear Solid takes place in the southern Alaska region around the Bering Sea and is coming to the PlayStation Network on June 18th, 2009 for the SRP of $9.99.

This week Good Old Games is selling future racing simulation MegaRace 3 at $5.99 and WWI alternate reality FPS Ion Storm at $9.99. The weekend starts early at GOG, as it's launching the weekend promo today, until Sunday, June 7 at 11:59 p.m., so you can grab Gothic and/or Gothic 2 Gold with a 25% discount! GOG is also adding a the personal wish list feature, so you can queue up the titles you want but can't afford at the moment.

While 2K Sports has yet to officially announce NBA 2K10, it will unveil Kobe Bryant as the cover athlete for this year's edition of Visual Concepts' basketball game with a 30-second TV spot during the pre-game show for Game 1 of the NBA Finals on ABC.

inspired by the upcoming Walt Disney Pictures animated comedy adventure film, The Princess and the Frog video game takes players on an exciting journey through New Orleans with characters from the film, including Tiana, Prince Naveen, Dr. Facilier, Ray, Mama Odie, and many others.

StuntMANIA!pro is a fast paced 3D car stunt driving game, where you get to perform the most amazing tricks and stunts in some really cool environments. This new version adds a few tweaks, improves speed optimizations and memory requirements.

Create your very own 3D character and then go and explore your new Friends World. Explore for gifts, snacks and surprises; unlock secrets and play mini-games. You can make new friends in the game with cool outfits and keep them happy by playing mini-games with them and giving them gifts!

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:

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In East India Company, players will enjoy building the world's most powerful trading empire and engaging in fierce battles in both single-player and multiplayer modes, all within a breathtaking cinematic environment.

Seed Studios' PS3 exclusive real time strategy game Under Siege features an original world, unique gameplay elements and a large number of multiplayer and community features with special emphasis on user generated content.

As in the original Tropico, the player will again be able to play the role of “El Presidente” taking over the control of a tropical island. You decide whether you want to use your army to secure your power base in the best traditions of corrupt, unscrupulous tyrants everywhere, or alternatively to lead your people to prosperity in your role as generous elder statesman.

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.

Not only did Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo have E3 briefings, but Konami had also organized one, albeit with less fanfare. This year, it touted "revolutionary" announcements, and while a new Castlevania was unveiled, the Saw voice actor revealed, and it was clarified that MGS: Rising is also coming to PS3/PC, there wasn't really anything otherworldly.

Check out the following new screens & trailers from SEGA's E3 2009 lineup:

• 'Alpha Protocol' (PS3/X360/PC) - New Screens & Trailer
• 'Aliens vs. Predator' (PS3/X360/PC) - New Screens & Trailer
• 'Bayonetta' (PS3/X360) - New Screens & Trailer
• 'The Conduit' (Wii) - New Screens
• 'Vancouver 2010' (ALL) Announced - Screens & Trailer
• 'Planet 51' (ALL) - New Screens & Trailer
• 'Sonic & SEGA All-Stars Racing' (NDS/Wii/PS3/X360) - Screens & Trailer
• 'Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games' (NDS/Wii) - Screens & Trailer

In Overlord II, the new Overlord and a more powerful Minions horde take on the Glorious Empire, an advanced Romanesque nation, in a truly epic yet familiarly warped adventure.