At this year’s Leipzig Games Convention 2008, publisher dtp entertainment is going to present world exclusive news on upcoming games such as Venetica, Gray Matter, and will also be showing off Black Mirror 2, Drakensang: The Dark Eye, Memento Mori, Crazy Machines and Summer Athletics.

Based on the animated TV series, Afro Samurai is the cutting edge game that delivers a new kind of cinematic game experience, a living episode that offers addictive, immersive and compelling gameplay that’s literally dripping in style. Originally scheduled for fall 2008, Afro Samurai is now scheduled for Q1 2009, but at least you'll be able to play it at Comic-Con.

Sarah's Emergency Room casts players as Sarah, a young nurse who has recently graduated from college in California and is struggling to find a job. In a twist of fate, Sarah is hired for a nursing position at a small hospital in Arkansas, where she discovers that managing an emergency room is a bit harder than she expected.

JoWooD is pleased to announce it has entered into a partnership with Tivola Publishing to bring Inkheart, based on the Hollywood movie starring Brandon Fraser, to NDS in conjunction with the movie during the fourth quarter of 2008.

At Casual Connect Seattle Merscom announced it will be launching an original hidden objects franchise, with the first title being Coyote’s Tale: Fire and Water, developed by Siberian studio GO! Games, the brainchild of Matt Shetler, Merscom’s Producer for the Blood Ties project.

Various situations unfold in a world that changes in real time, with players’ choices leading to "unknown discoveries." Infinite Undiscovery offers a fantasy world overflowing with realism, allowing players to experience true role playing within a grand story.

Zoo Games has signed a deal with Endemol to develop and publish Deal or No Deal for the Wii, and while the video game will follow the format of the hit television show, new game modes and mini-games, such as Million Dollar Mission and Double or Nothing, will be creative additions for interactive play at home.

Bully: Scholarship Edition tells the story of 15-year-old Jimmy Hopkins as he experiences the highs and lows of adjusting to a new school. Eight new missions, four new school classes (biology, music, math and geography), new unlockable items and clothing, new two-player off-line minigames, new awards and Achievements.

Merscom is working with Starz Media and Overture Films to develop a casual game based on the upcoming feature film, Righteous Kill (starring Robert De Niro and Al Pacino). The Righteous Kill game is a hidden objects game where the player takes the role of a rookie cop, newly assigned to a special division of the NYPD.

Microsoft announced that a set of free & original short film pilots will be coming to Xbox Live this fall. The unique concept of masters of horror taking on comedy, conceived by filmmaker James Gunn (Dawn of the Dead) and producer Peter Safran (Scary Movie, Meet the Spartans), will see some of the world's greatest horror directors bring their comedic visions to life.

While details about Namco Bandai's One Piece Unlimited Cruise: Ep. 1 are slim, several characters will return from the Unlimited Adventure, while the Wiimote will be used for fighting and fishing alike.

Castlevania Judgment, produced by Koji Igarashi, is the first fighting title in the franchise, and bridges the past with the present as it pits several generations of the Belmont clan against a host of characters that span the franchise’s 22-year history.

To increase the diversity, tactical depth and replay value, Sword of the Stars: Born of Blood unleashes a new alien race, a new form of strategic movement, new ship sections, new weapons, new technologies, new scenarios and new unknown menaces.

Theatre of War 2 is a 3D RTS that covers events of 1943, the operations in Tunisia. Players will have the option to lead the German Afrika Korps of Rommel, supported by Italian military contingent, in their last full-scale attack or be at the head of the opposing English and American armies.

Become an expert surgeon as you admit, diagnose and treat patients with the zaniest ailments in healthcare history. Play as Dr. Humerus who is an up and coming surgeon as he builds his reputation and is called in to save the day at five different hospitals in fun and wacky locations.

EA has signed with Hollywood talent and literary agency UTA for representation in motion pictures and television to help it develop a comprehensive strategy for moving its games into the realm of large-budget motion pictures and TV series.

Step into the world of Too Human, Silicon Knights' third-person epic action game. As the cybernetic god Baldur, players are thrust into the midst of an ongoing battle that threatens the existence of mankind.

A new trend sports for the PC is paving its way under the name of Kickster: Online Street Soccer. Stale football simulations are a thing of the past – on the comic-like online grounds of Kickster only those players who control the most individual character and master the coolest special moves will rule.

Wacky Races: Crash & Dash is an action racing game like no other, with fun-filled environments, crazy cars and hilarious characters from the Hanna-Barbera cartoon TV series including several old favorites.

King's Bounty: The Legend, previously known as Battle Lord, is an adventure game with tactical turn-based battles and role-playing elements unfolding in a rich fantasy world.

I-Fluid is an original platform game in which you control a drop of water facing various and surprising situations. Just imagine having to cross a messy schoolboy working desk while avoiding falling pens and adhesives, to get out of a generous breakfast or Mexican lunch, to cross vegetables cooking in a burning pan or to face thirsty cockroaches while being a fragile drop of water!

With new modes and team play, Tetris Splash introduces even more exciting, enjoyable ways to play this classic favorite. As easy to learn as it is addictive, it's equally fun for the casual player and the seasoned Tetris pro!

Reflexive Entertainment has always been a fan of multiplayer gaming and is excited to announce Big Kahuna Party, a special multiplayer focused version of one of its most beloved franchises, coming exclusively to WiiWare.

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:

• 1942: Joint Strike (PSN/XBLA)
• Izuna 2: The Unemployed Ninja Returns (NDS)
• Mister Slime (NDS)
• Order Up! (Wii)
• Purr Pals (Wii)
• Puzzle Quest: Revenge of the Plague Lord (XBLA)
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  We will update this throughout the day when new announcements become available. Read more for details ...

Stan Lee joins former game designer and current comic writer Brian Reed, along with developers from Spider-Man: Web of Shadows and Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2: Fusion, for a behind-the-scenes discussion of the creative process, story development and technology used to bring comic book heroes to life in the most advanced Super Hero games ever.