Take the future of an empire into your hands in Haemimont's Imperium Romanum, a historical strategy that puts the player in the role of a governor of a province, where he or she must strive to build a well organized, prosperous and commanding settlement. This v1.02 update fixes major game crashes and contains the new Augusta Raurica scenario.

Belgian magazine PCGameplay has the first Dawn of War 2 details, revealing it uses an updated Essence 2.0 engine (used in Company of Heroes), Havok physics, optimized for DX10, multicore support, improved AI for awareness and pathfinding, as well as co-op campaign. Set in highly detailed city landscape, deserts, jungles, mountains and other cities, DoW2 plans to make units & squads unique (following you throughout the game) by giving them individual names, with armor, weapons, and rare objects being awarded for completing missions. So far Orkz and Space Marines races were revealed, but more will surely to follow.

Sins of a Solar Empire is a real-time space strategy title under development at Ironclad Games. Unfolding the fate of three unique factions, Sins of a Solar Empire is the first chapter in an epic science fiction saga.

Galactic Command: KnightBlade brings total immersion to the space combat genre. Gamers will live out and experience their entire career within the confines of their assigned command carrier. All in first person perspective inside the 350m long CV-KnightBlade; the second carrier in the Engstrom class to be built by GALCOM.

Blizzard is now accepting sign ups for its tournament competition using the Arena System in its MMORPG World of Warcraft. The tournaments will take place on special realms that focus on 3 vs 3 Arena competition allowing participants to instantly create level-70 characters with epic equipment and compete for cash prizes.

War Leaders: Clash of Nations places gamers in the roles of the major leaders of WWII, including Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin. Political, diplomatic and economic decision making will be key to success, while sound tactical strategies will ensure victory on the battlefield. This v1.01 patch improves performance, AI, and adds balance tweaks.

Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning will bring Games Workshop's fantasy world to life in a way that will allow players to create characters destined for great deeds and glory on the field of battle.

Sony has rolled out new PlayStation Store content, starting with flOw Bundle (game + expansion / $8.99), Turok Multiplayer Map Pack ($4.99), High Stakes: Poker Edition camera add-on (free), Unreal Tournament 3 Bonus Map Pack (free), Rock Band Boston track pack (6 songs, $1.99/each $9.99 pack), Karaoke Revolution Presents: American Idol Encore downloadable songs ($1.50 each) and a slew of game trailers, movie clips, and PS3 themes.

EA appointed former McAfee CFO/COO Eric Brown as Chief Financial Officer and EVP, replacing Warren Jenson who resigned earlier this week but will stay on a few more weeks to transition his successor into the role.

Fire up the fret board, crank the amp to 11 and get ready to rock this way with Guitar Hero: Aerosmith. Play through Aerosmith's career, bands they performed with, venues they played, such as Aerosmith's own Make It, Uncle Salty, Draw the Line, No Surprize, and Sweet Emotion, Cheap Trick's Dream Police, Joan Jett & the Blackhearts' I Hate Myself for Loving You, or Mott the Hoople's All the Young Dudes and a cover of The Kinks' All Day and All Night.

Rockstar is bringing its open-ended crime series to the next-gen consoles with Grand Theft Auto IV. While details on the game are still slim, we now know that the franchise returns to New York situated around the mysterious protagonist Nikolai.

In Sherlock Holmes: Nemesis, the fourth title in the adventure series from Frogwares, Sherlock Holmes receives a strange letter signed by Arsène Lupin, aka the king of thieves, challenging Holmes to prevent him from various robberies in London, with the purpose of humiliating England itself.

Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness, will be a comic adventure game, the first chapter of the planned episodic series which will feature characters from Penny Arcade, including the well-known Gabe and Tycho.

A while ago Foundation 9 announced it would be merging its two Southern California studios The Collective and Shiny but provided no further details. Double Helix is the new name and is based in F9E's new, state-of-the-art corporate headquarters.

Atlus USA has obtained the North American publishing rights for Spectral Force 3, the first of the series to land in the Western hemisphere, delivering challenging strategy RPG gameplay, a classic fantasy story, and tons of character and item customization options.

Vicious Cycle Software and the Indiana University School of Education announced that students at the university who aspire to become future game developers will have have the opportunity to gain hands-on experience with the Vicious Engine, its cross-platform middleware development solution.

Tamagotchi Connection: Corner Shop 3 for the NDS features the most robust store lineup to date, with 13 brand new shops to run and expand, a park to design and visit, and the ability to trade journals with your friends wirelessly.

EA announced that Madden NFL 09 will be available in North America on August 12, including a special collector's edition in celebration of the 20th anniversary featuring both Madden NFL 09 and the all-new NFL Head Coach 09, exclusive classic Madden NFL gameplay, and an extensive library of exclusive bonus video content.

In UT3, you assume the role of a futuristic warrior engaged in contests of intense shooting battles against skilled opponents, controlled by human contestants online or by AI, fought with the most powerful sci-fi weapons and vehicles. This Bonus Pack includes 3 new maps, death match arena Morbias, UT classic sniper map Facing Worlds and new CTF map Searchlight.

PT Boats is the first simulator of the Mosquito-fleet, created with the use of technologies never seen before in naval combat simulator games. Patrol Torpedo Boats were used in WW2 mainly to attack large cruiser due to their maneuverability and speed.

ClockStone Software's action RPG, Avencast: Rise of the Mage, mixes the dynamics of an action game with strong adventure elements creating an enthralling and unique gaming experience. This v1.03 patch adds enhancements, bug fixes and tweaks.

Bluehole Studio has licensed Epic Games’ Unreal Engine 3 for its next-gen, flagship MMORPG for PC, codenamed Project S1.

An expansion to Warhammer: Mark of Chaos for the PC, Warhammer: Mark of Chaos - Battle March builds upon the game's tactical foundation to offer new units for each army as well as an original campaign and new online modes. The Xbox 360 version will be a standalone game and also include the original content from Warhammer: Mark of Chaos.

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.