In Supreme Ruler 2020, it is up to the player to lead a nation in a world that has fallen into anarchy. In Global Crisis, players face an even more devastating and realistic experience through a sandbox-style campaign that takes into account real-world headlines for a chilling portrayal of tomorrow’s chaotic world.

Battlefield Heroes is a Play 4 Free cartoon-style shooter that will bring classic Battlefield gameplay to a mass audience, featuring a built-in matchmaking system to ensure that players of equal skill are paired together for fair play. EA will release a free ‘Heroes of the Fall’ update for the game, including a brand new map, and a bunch of tweaks.

Responding to consumer feedback from the online games played, FIFA Soccer 10 will deliver a new standard for authenticity with gameplay refinements and innovations that will make it the most complete and intelligent simulation of soccer. EA revealed that FIFA 10 will get a launch day patch tuning the Finesse shots from distance, addressing problems with penalty kicks in shoot outs, corner goals, balancing of professional difficulty, and a few other tweaks.

Super Street Fighter IV features the full roster of 25 characters from Street Fighter IV such as Ryu, Ken, Crimson Viper, Abel, El Fuerte and Rufus, while adding about eight characters new to the world of Street Fighter IV. The impressive new roster includes classic combatants from previous Street Fighter games like T. Hawk as well as all-new characters such as the mysterious and deadly female fighter, Juri.

Star Wars: The Old Republic will let you explore an age thousands of years before the rise of Darth Vader when war between the Old Republic and the Sith Empire divides the galaxy. Choose to play as Jedi, Sith, or a variety of other classic Star Wars roles, defining your personal story and determining your path down the light or dark side of the Force.

Mercenary Wars is a free-to-play, online military FPS game with unique customization features and an innovative stat system.

In line with previous Street Fighter installments, Capcom Producer Yoshinori Ono revealed plans to release a enhanced/standalone version of Street Fighter IV. Adding eight new fighters (T. Hawke, Dee Jay, Juri etc), improved online features, balance tweaks to the SF IV roster, new combos, Super Street Fighter IV will add an additional bonus for current SF IV owners but will not be compatible, and will be therefor be sold at a reduced price.

Shattered Horizon is a multiplayer FPS where teams of players experience realistic zero gravity combat and fight to survive in the aftermath of a catastrophic Moon mining accident which throws billions of tons of rocky debris into near-Earth space.

Bright Shadow is an MMORPG with cute, cartoon-like characters and novel monsters, known as “Umbra, and while staying true to its Japapense roots, it will featured updated storylines, unique new items, and new systems for nearly endless character customization and imaginative new experiences.

Rock Band 2 builds upon the original to introduce co-op band gameplay, multiple instruments, online multiplayer, unparalleled downloadable content and raises the bar by delivering an entirely new level of depth, connectivity, authenticity and features. Harmonix has rolled out an update for X360 edition of Rock Band 2 (PS3 patch is being approved, so should be there shortly) adding support for the wireless "Lips" microphones, and various other tweaks.

Battlefield Heroes is a Play 4 Free cartoon-style shooter that will bring classic Battlefield gameplay to a mass audience, featuring a built-in matchmaking system to ensure that players of equal skill are paired together for fair play. To celebrate the two million users milestone, EA will release a free ‘Heroes of the Fall’ update for the game, including a brand new map, on Sept. 30.

New Super Mario Bros. Wii offers a mix of cooperative and competitive play. Work together to rescue Princess Peach, or use your skills to battle for the best ranking. Co-operate by saving your friends from danger – or get rid of the competition by tossing them straight into it!

Marvel Super Hero Squad is a multiplayer adventure game featuring nonstop action-adventure gameplay and epic battles, as well as a breadth of the new, super-stylized Marvel characters.

Sony Europe announced a special promotion to help existing PSP owners with UMDs to start their digital games collection for PSPgo. With PSPgo Rewards you can download three new/old PSP titles for free, and put your new PSPgo to the test.

On-field authenticity and emotion is taken to another level in Madden NFL 10. With more control over the outcome of the play than ever before, players can drag defenders toward the first down marker, fight for a fumble at the bottom of the pile, and avoid the rush by stepping up into the pocket.

Seed Studios' 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. Seed Studios revealed that it will include Motion Controller support, but unfortunately new features take more time, and thus the developer has pushed the game to Spring 2010.

Check out the following new screens and trailers from Microsoft's Tokyo Game Show 2009 lineup:

• Alan Wake [X360] - Screens
• Crackdown 2 [X360] - Screens & Trailer
• 0 Day Attack on Earth (X360) - New Screens
  
• Joy Ride (X360) - New Screens
  
• Toy Soldiers (X360) - New Screens & Trailer
  
• Snoopy Flying Ace (X360) - New Screens
  
• RayStorm HD (X360) - New Screens
  

At the Tokyo Game Show Microsoft revealed that developers around the globe have embraced its controller-free technology and have begun work on titles to support the Project Natal which was unveiled at this year's E3.

Rage of the Gladiator is a first person fantasy fighting game where you control a gladiator, fighting for your life in an arena. Armed with your magical warhammer and a trusty shield, you must defeat fantastic bosses including a Chimera, Beholder, and a Dragon.

Last night Microsoft revealed that it would be pushing live a minor firmware update for the Xbox 360, which in the meantime is already available for download. There are no new features or changes in this update however, it is merely in preparation for additional system enhancements (Facebook/Twitter/Last.FM) that will arrive later this year.

Oh boy, we're in trouble! The new TV season started, and there are so many TV series that we want to follow that at certain points, there are three of them on at the same time. Luckily, the DVR can record two at the same time, and we can watch a third one live on TV, but damn, we'll have a lot of catching up to do during the weekend.

Tonight, we watched the two-hour premiere of "House" and the new season of "Castle." Both are off to a good start.

Speaking of "Castle," we're still waiting on Nathan Fillon's publicist to set up a time for us to conduct the Halo 3: ODST-related interview, and while we were hoping to run it before the game's launch, that unfortunately no longer seems possible, since it just shipped. Hopefully soon, though.

Earlier today, I wanted to play some CrimeCraft but got tied up compressing trailers, and since movie editing basically takes up all the CPU power, there was not much left to do. I think I need a third work computer just to play games — for research purposes, of course! :)

Set in a modern day survival-horror universe, the co-operative gameplay of Left 4 Dead casts four "Survivors" in an epic struggle against hordes of swarming zombies and terrifying "Boss Infected" mutants. Valve has released a free update for the X360 edition adding fixes, tweaks and new achievements, in preparation for the premium Crash Course DLC release.

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.
The content update increases the level cap from 120 to 130, adds a new mercenary class, two new dungeons to explore, new equipment and an updated craft system.

Real-time strategy is taken to a new level by blending classical tower defense gameplay with offensive counterattacks and dynamic AI. Defend your territory with a variety of weapons. Use specialized units to fight off attacks and rush your enemies with massive armies. Fight your way through action packed levels in the Campaign or challenge your friends in Battle mode.

As mentioned yesterday, we went to the movies to see "Gamer" and "Whiteout," both of which were quite mediocre. "Gamer," which was initially named "Game," was actually filmed a while ago, shortly after Gerard Butler did "300," but it didn't come out until now in order to get the visual effects done properly. The movie was not all that brilliant; while it contains lots of action and heads exploding, I was more surprised by the foul language and major T&A. "Whiteout," with Kate Beckinsale, is a thriller set in Antarctica. It's dominated by loads of snow, and there are a few action scenes in a blizzard, but otherwise, it was rather uneventful and bland.

Did some shopping, had dinner (steamed mussels and fries), and good-bye weekend. It's been a pleasure ....