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.

Slitherine has announced it will start self publishing its own titles starting January 2009. The new publishing house has already started a strategic development plan to approach the retail market with a fully developed release schedule starting Q1 next year.

Kyler Mallory has invited you as Nancy Drew to her wedding at Castle Malloy in Ireland. When Nancy arrives, the groom is missing! Did he get cold feet or has the banshee rumored to haunt the castle taken him to the Otherworld? Find Kyler’s fiancé before her wedding is ruined and he’s lost forever!

Red Alert 3 takes players on an epic RTS adventure to an alternate future spawned by time travel run amok, featuring a fully co-operative campaign, the series' light-hearted style and classic, action-oriented gameplay. As promised, EA has commences the the multiplayer beta test, inviting the first batch of 2,000 registered beta applicants, with the next wave of 10,000 participants to follow soon.

RTK XI presents the most visually captivating evolution in the history of the series, featuring an artistic style evocative of classical Chinese ink-paintings, and with debates and duels now rendered in real-time 3D animation.

Flower, Sun and Rain is an intriguing mystery adventure very much in the vein of Groundhog Day. You play a detective charged with locating and defusing a bomb by solving thought-provoking puzzles with a wealth of bizarre outcomes. Solving the mystery of what is happening to him and his surroundings is necessary before he eventually goes insane.

Paradox Interactive 's Mount & Blade is a single-player, third- or first-person action/role-playing game with a focus on medieval combat.

While we'll have to wait for an official announcement until the start of the Leipzig Games Convention, German publisher dtp revealed that it will present attendants Divinity 2: Ego Draconis for PC and Xbox 360. The Leipzig Games Convention starts Aug 20th with a Trade Visitor & Media Day and runs until Sunday, Aug. 24.

NCsoft's Immortality Drive initiative will send a time capsule with the digitized DNA of select video game players and space aficionados into orbit when game designer Richard Garriott travels to the International Space Station in Oct. 2008.

JoWooD announced it has taken over as publisher for Pet Pals Wii in the European market. Inputs from veterinarians during the development of the project have contributed to the authenticity in Pet Pals Wii.

Featuring table-turning game dynamics, updated graphics and vast waves of ferocious enemies, Galaga Legions was created by the same team that developed the Pac-Man Championship Edition for Xbox Live Arcade.

Tetris Party will feature 18 game modes with 10 never-before-seen single-player and multiplayer variations of Tetris, including modes that utilize the unique point-and-shoot capabilities of the Wii Remote, as well as the recently released Wii Balance Board.

Expanding the saga with an independent storyline, Prince of Persia: The Fallen King utilizes the unique stylus controls of the NDS to deliver the extraordinary acrobatic and combat action that fans have come to expect from the Prince of Persia franchise.

No Gravity: The Plague of Mind is a 3D space shooter which allows you to control a spaceship from the first-person or third-person perspective. Your job is to accomplish missions, with diverse objectives ranging from destroying enemy ships or base, escorting allied ships, raiding ground bases, clearing the mine field, etc.

Rising Eagle: Futuristic Infantry Warfare is a tactical multiplayer shooter set in 2040, where you participate in the conflicts of tomorrow. Equipped with exoskeleton suits, C&C systems and an obscene amount of fire power go visit your dream locations: Paris and China, and then blow them to pieces!

LEGO Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures is a tongue-in-cheek take on the first three cinematic adventures of pop culture's most iconic archaeologist, including Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark, the Temple of Doom and the Last Crusade.

Sony has rolled out a new v2.42 PS3 system software update, and while people were hoping for something regarding the promised Life with Playstation, this update only improves the playback quality of some PS3 and PlayStation format software.

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:

• Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved 2 (XBLA)
• King of Clubs (Wii)
• Women's Volleyball Championship (PS2)
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Ubisoft's CSI: Crime Scene Investigation: Hard Evidence is an all-new video game in the Crime Scene Investigation franchise based on the characters and storylines from the original hit CSI television series.

A 400-year-old clue in the coffin of Sir Francis Drake sets modern-day fortune hunter Nathan Drake on an exploration for the fabled treasure of El Dorado, leading to the discovery of a forgotten island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. Naughty Dog revealed to IGN that you will be able to get 47 Trophies by finding treasure, doing hand-to-hand or gun combat, and one Platinum Trophy for getting all the other Trophies. Unfortunately these are not retroactive, so you'll need to replay the game.

Bus Simulator 2008 combines driving and business simulation in a fun and unique way, testing the player’s bus driving capabilities, as well as commercial expertise to run a bus company. This patch improves performance and adds 4 new busses.

Damnation features open environments, frenetic combat, daredevil acrobatics and high-octane vehicle-based stunts. Presenting players with an intense test of reflexes, quick thinking and rapid-fire conflict, Damnation will feature vast landscapes, each covering miles of distance and thousands of vertical feet.

Another day, another batch of game trailers was released. Instead of giving them all their own posts, we grouped them, and so far there are trailers for:

• Space Siege - Chris Taylor Interview
• Midnight Club: Los Angeles [PS3/X360] - Trailer #2
• Men of War - Lesson Trailer #1
• Tenchu 4 [Wii] - Trailer #2
• DC Universe Online [PS3/PC] - Making Of Trailer #1
• The Sims 2 Apartment Pets [NDS] - Trailer
• Fire Emblem DS [NDS] - Trailer [JAP]
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A Forbes article taking a look at the future of gaming includes some quotes from Nintendo president Satoru Iwata who revealed that, "We are always preparing for the next hardware. We are under development. This time around, it happened to be we had a revolutionary user interface. Will it be the same for the next generation? I really can't tell. If the people are expecting so many different things from Nintendo, it's going to be difficult for us to go beyond that expectation again."

In THQ's Nancy Drew: The Hidden Staircase, based on the best-selling book of the same name, would-be mystery solvers will explore the Twin Elms house like never before. Family heirlooms are disappearing all over the estate and the residents are counting on Nancy to solve the case.