Set after the collapse of Japan's Ashikaga Shogunate, Samurai Warriors 2 chronicles the civil wars that consumed feudal Japan and the events that lead to the country's unification. While Samurai Warriors 2: XL is a standalone addon on PS2, the extra content (missions & playable characters) will also be downloadable on Xbox Live for owners of the original.

A job offering for a program manager on Microsoft's US careers website is fueling speculations that a new Xbox Live might be in the works, "We're building the games, the console interface and logic, and the server support for a totally new Live experience. Both the games and the dashboard experience will be deeply paired with dynamic server support to create a compelling, fresh scenario each time. We are looking for a passionate games producer to help implement our first generation games that will run in this new environment."

Become a gold-thirsty ninja battling homicidal robots in the enhanced version of the original game “N,” players take on the persona of a ninja who must use deft acrobatic actions to battle robots in the futuristic world of “N+.” Play as a lone ninja or destroy the robots with a friend in Coop, Survival or Race modes.

Bringing all of the intense combat, stylized graphics, and ultimate ninja action to touch-screens everywhere, Ninja Gaiden Dragon Sword features a new storyline and innovative use of the DS Stylus. Bring your NDS to the Nintendo booth during GDC and you will be able to download a demo of Tecmo's handheld slasher.

Prototype tells the story of Alex Mercer - a man haunted by his past, fighting a secret war in New York City. As the action spirals out of control, a conspiracy tied to his origins threatens the future of mankind itself. Originally scheduled for a summer release, it is now set to launch fall 2008.

On the opening day of the Game Developer’s Conference, former MicroProse industry veterans J.W. “Bill” Stealey, Fred Schmidt and Jim Bull, announced the formation of Thriller Publishing, and revealed it has contracted several New York Times best-selling authors to create and develop popular new characters and storylines for multiplatform titles.

Simutronics announced today that Russian developer IT Territory has licensed its HeroEngine platform to develop a yet to be announced new MMO title.

Scaleform announced that user interface production tool for hardware-accelerated scalable vector graphics Scaleform GFx, is now integrated with Epic's Unreal Engine 3, making it available to publishers or developers licensing UE3.

Bethesda Softworks' parent company ZeniMax Media announced it has begun direct publishing operations in Europe with the establishment of its London-based subsidiary, ZeniMax Europe Ltd.

Project Origin continues F.E.A.R.'s supernatural suspense story of an escalating paranormal crisis that threatens to destroy a major American city. Alma, whose rage against those who wronged her triggered a chain of events that have spiraled completely out of control, now has free reign, and the consequences will be unimaginable.

Today Nintendo added yet another 3 classic games to the Wii's Shop Channel. Wii owners with a high-speed Internet access can redeem Wii Points to download the following titles: Ninja Gaiden III: The Ancient Ship of Doom, and Phantasy Star II.

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:

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Samurai Warriors: Katana, known in Japan as Sengoku Musou Wave, is based on the Samurai Warriors series and delivers total arcade-style action right into your own home. Armed with your motion-sensitive Wii Remote, you'll journey back in time to do battle as a lethal samurai warrior.

Resistance 2 will feature 8-player, story-driven online co-op separate from the regular single-player campaign, 60-player online PvP (Heavy, Special Ops, Medic classes) and more vehicles, including The Chameleon, a Stalker with full cloak.

'Rhiannon' weaves classic Celtic legends of revenge into a modern-day setting in a run-down Welsh country house and grounds. The game is aimed squarely at the first-person point-and-click market, and although violence-free, it is decidedly not for young children.

The Abbey takes adventure fans to the gloomy world of the Middle Ages. An old abbey is the scene of a series of mysterious murders, and you, in the role of the Grand Inquisitor Leonardo and his assistant Bruno, are tasked is to shed light on the mystery.

Hosted by Seth MacFarlane (Family Guy, American Dad), Jesper Kyd's original score for Assassin's Creed was awarded Best Original Musical Score in a Video Game at the 2nd Annual Elan Awards, the Canadian Awards for the Electronic and the Animated Arts, last weekend.

Babo: Invasion, based on the freeware multiplayer combat game Babo Violent 2, is a fast-paced multiplayer game where armed ball-like "Babos" navigate maze-like worlds in a free-for-all firefight or team-based combat.

As society succumbs to a worldwide energy crisis, a new global depression takes hold. Amidst this desperate backdrop, two superpower alliances emerge. Join the battle on the frontlines of tomorrow as the Western Coalition or the Red Star Alliance. Kaos' Frank Delise confirmed Frontlines will support 50 players in multiplayer on X360, no details were given on the other platforms.

NFL Tour is a new NFL licensed game where gamers will be able to embark on a fictional NFL road show. With real NFL players as teammates, players will travel across the country to play against each of the NFL teams in newly designed stadiums. Defeat each of the NFL squads, and be one step closer to winning an NFL contract.

SEGA Superstars Tennis is a game that brings together some of the most treasured and well known characters from the SEGA universe, in some of the most unusual courts and outrageous settings ever imagined.

D3Publisher of America's PSP exclusive Dead Head Fred, developed by Vicious Cycle Software, has won the Writers Guild of America's inaugural Videogame Writing Award, spotlighting quality work by video game writers, raising their profiles, and validating their contributions to this rapidly maturing medium.

GenCon has filed for Chapter 11 protection in the US Bankruptcy Court for the State of Washington, as a result of significant unforeseen expenses associated with externally licensed events. Gen Con is currently being sued by LucasArts in regard to its Star Wars Celebration IV event held in May 2007.

WarDevil: Unleash the Beast Within is an innovative next-gen 3D title with graphical style & visual look unlike any other current game. Drawing upon strong filmic narrative, a complex story unfolds, immersing the player into a vivid and complex world, far beyond that from conventional video games.