SouthPeak Games' Big Bang Mini is a fireworks-based shooter centered around filling the night sky with brilliant bursts of fireworks to take out encroaching enemies.

Guitar Hero: World Tour will feature guitar, vocals, drums, the ability to create your own songs (and upload them on GHTunes), four-player on/offline co-op, and an eight-player battle of the bands multiplayer mode (4vs4). Starting Nov. 27, 2008, fans will be able to participate in a number of online activities to determine who is the top Guitar Hero rocker.

Jagex's java-based MMORPG RuneScape is getting a full graphics improvement, utilizing new technology to enhance the game graphics and, for the first time, runs the game in full screen through an internet browser.

The New Xbox Experience will give X360 owners a completely new experience that is fun, social and simple to use -- and puts more entertainment at their fingertips than any other device connected to the TV. Small Arms received an update to add Xbox Live Party support, while NinjaBee's A Kingdom for Keflings is the first avatar enabled city builder on XBLA.

In Evasive Space you pilot your rocket ship on a wildly dangerous interplanetary mission to save the stars. You’ll be guiding Konki on timed and collection-based missions through 20 stages of mazes and obstacles in five different environments spanning treacherous terrain including asteroid belts, planetary rings, astro-caves, and large space stations.

Wheelman will take you on a white knuckle thrill ride that unfolds throughout the streets of Barcelona, delivering powerful cinematic moments throughout the game's compelling storyline with car chases inspired by Hollywood's most famous action-sequences.

Nikopol: Secrets of the Immortals, based on Enki Bilal's Nikopol Trilogy graphic novel series, is a visually striking, richly detailed point and click adventure game developed by Benoît Sokal’s White Birds Productions.

Cities XL is a city building game that'll push realism to the limit with cities that are bigger, more realistic and sophisticated than ever before, while letting players take their game online as they interact with others in a massive online environment. Enter the "Point, Shoot... Win 2!" contest and have a chance to see your favorite City Hall in the game.

Tale of Tales' The Path is a short horror story inspired by fairy tales examining the dark side things. What really happened to Little Red Riding Hood in those dark and scary woods?

Midnight Club: Los Angeles provides a seamless environment for everyone who loves to compete, with no load times, no tracks, and no rules, allowing players to race who they want, when they want, and where they want in a recreation of LA.

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:

• Alone in the Dark: Inferno (PS3)
• Dynasty Warriors 6 (PS2)
• Europa Universalis: Rome - Vae Victis (PC)
• Hello Kitty Daily (NDS)
• Lips (X360)
• My Stop Smoking Coach with Allen Carr (NDS)
• Naruto: The Broken Bond (X360)
• Neverwinter Nights 2: Storm of Zehir (PC)
• Skate It (NDS/Wii)
• Sonic Unleashed (PS2/Wii)
• A Vampyre Story (PC)
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  We will update this throughout the day when new announcements become available. Read more for details ...

Bruiser and Scratch is a unique take on a matching puzzle game where the player controls one of the heroes in each level and progressively unravels the puzzle by pushing life-sized pieces around.

Last generation consoles saw a few OutRun titles but the franchise has not been heard of for a few years, ever since OutRun 2006: Coast to Coast. According to the Australian ratings service OFLC that is all about to change as it seems SEGA, via THQ, is working on a new installment in the series, OutRun Online Arcade. No details, target date or specific platforms are revealed.

Based on a persistent manga-style universe, Street Gears is a massively multiplayer roller game where players can challenge each others in races or tricks contests.

Biology Battle is a unique take on the classic space shooter genre. Take control of a medical nanobot during it’s mission inside of a target cell. Avoid the cell’s defenses, and survive long enough to complete your mission. And then it only gets nastier...

War Plan Pacific is a turn-based computer wargame for one or two players (IP based multiplayer capability) covering the entire war in the Pacific from 1941 until 1945. Shrapnel Games is looking for a few good men to ensure smooth sailing. Problems with getting network play to function properly have cause a small delay.

Atlantica Online is bringing back turn-based and strategic gameplay to give a fresh face to the MMO world, a thinking person's game, giving you the chance to really strategize using the combat, mercenary and city/country management system. Atlantica Online has won a Golden Plume award for Best Foreign Online Game at ChinaJoy, even though it has not launched there yet.

The New Xbox Experience will give X360 owners a new experience that is fun, social and simple to use, and puts more entertainment at their fingertips than any other device connected to the TV. On the eve of the NXE rollout, Netflix confirmed that Columbia Pictures movies, owned by Sony, are unavailable for streaming through the Xbox 360, apparently due to licensing issues.

Dynasty Warriors: GUNDAM 2 combines the devastating power of the Mobile Suit, the rich legacy of the GUNDAM universe and the furious Tactical Action game play of the Dynasty Warriors series. The game will thrust players into incredible battles against legions of enemy Mobile Suits on distant planetary surfaces and in the far reaches of outer space.

The Chronicles of Spellborn is an MMORPG set in the Enclave of the Five Sacrifices. Developed by Dutch studio Spellborn, previously known for Alpha Black Zero, it uses the Unreal 2.5 Engine.

Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix will make its downloadable debut on the XBLA and PSN by utilizing the original game code, while creating a fresh upgraded experience with new artwork and high resolution 1080p graphics.

Acquire is developing the next installment in the Way of the Samurai franchise, currently only scheduled for release in Japan this fall. Way of the Samurai 3 will feature over 100 weapons for you to wield in defense of the poor, lonely, while fending off rivaling samurai clans.

GamesCampus has signed a licensing agreement with MLB Advanced Media, granting it the right to incorporate official Major League Baseball league and club marks and logos, MLB ballpark images and more in its upcoming micro-transaction based online baseball game, MLB Dugout Heroes.

Age of Conan is an Online Action RPG, mixing a deep, story-driven single-player experience and a massive and brutal multiplayer end-game that brings forth the ultimate representation of the Age of Conan. Having released a big content update earlier this month, Funcom revealed that the next update will include the long awaited DirectX 10 features, as well as two new dungeon locations, although no target date was given.

Koei revealed today that its merger with Tecmo, known for the Ninja Gaiden and Dead or Alive series, will be completed by April 2009, as it plans to acquire Tecmo's shares for $207 million and will then henceforth operate under the Tecmo Koei Holdings label. Earlier this year, Tecmo turned down an offer from Square Enix.