As reward for his contribution to advancement within the industry while demonstrating proven success and leadership, the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences (AIAS) is inducting Blizzard co-founder Mike Morhaime into its Hall of Fame.

Baroque is a hardcore dungeon-crawling action RPG loaded with items to find and customize, packed with tons of twisted monsters to vanquish, boasting a powerful musical score, and featuring an innovative story progression system in which death is not the end, but rather, the means by which to move the story forward.

GSC Gameworld's S.T.A.L.K.E.R. is story-driven sci-fi team-based action game with dynamic gameplay of fast and tough combats, set in a detailed and interactive game world. In an interview with German Oblivion Lost fansite, GSC revealed that while it is working on the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Clear Sky expansion, they are seriously contemplating bringing the franchise into the MMO market.

MapleStory is an online adventure game that centers around the "Maple World," allowing players to combat monsters and develop their characters' skills and abilities in an immense platform-inspired persistent world. MapleStory Europe launches a three week long celebratory event that's full of festive fun, excitement and monsters dressed in Santa hats.

Konami announced the first titles to emerge from its recent publishing agreement with Hudson Soft will be Fishing Master and Sports Island, both created specifically for the Wii and will be released in Q1 and Q2 2008 respectively.

Mercury Games' Matchstick Puzzle by DS is a classic puzzle game which requires lateral thinking and includes lots of brain teasing conundrums. The aim of the game is to answer the questions by moving or rotating matchs

Relive the traditions, rivalries and terrifying speeds that characterized the golden age of racing at the Racing Capital of the World: the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

In what will most likely be one of the final Naruto installment for the last gen consoles, the popular blond ninja is back once more in pursuit of Sasuke and Akatsuki. Naruto: Narutimate Accel 2 will introduce no less than 62 new characters, new attacks and co-op combos.

LittleBigPlanet is a new PS3 community-based game with an innovative concept behind it. Players meet on a blue and green planet scattered with individual plots, and use their character's amazing abilities to play, create and share what they build with other gamers throughout the world via PS Network. When announced early this year, a demo was promised by end of the year, which has now been pushed to next year.

More than half of Codemasters' 2008 U.S. line-up will be created by in-house teams or development studios based in the U.S., including Spark Unlimited, inXile Entertainment and Liquid Entertainment. The line-up features games that span hard-core, casual and online content across next-gen platforms, PCs and handhelds.

Showtime Boxing utilizes the Wii's innovative control schemes to put you in absolute of your boxer's attack and defense. Throw punches, dummy, dodge, block and duck all using the Wii Remote for the ultimate console boxing experience.

ET: QW pits the armies of Earth against the invading alien Strogg in this team-based online strategic shooter. Splash Damage and id Software are working on a new v1.4 patch (v1.3 was skipped due to a small update for the Korean edition of the game) improving the UI, tweaking gameplay, fixing network issues and various bugs.

Originally announced for PS2 back in 2003, Deadline is an action/adventure title providing the player with a unique film-like gaming experience. As the head of a small team of highly trained agents and armed with powerful means, you are thrown into an adventure full of twist and turns, in which no one really is who they seem to be.

WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2008 features eight unique styles, each having its own strategy and exclusive attributes, new rosters, more environmental hot spots, improved out-of-ring action, enhanced online community support and much more.

Saga is a new MMORTS game, bringing persistency to RTS gaming. You build cities and armies to defend and manage a persistent online kingdom in a persistent fantasy world. Silverlode Interactive has launched their final Beta, adding an new & improved UI, chat system, updated graphics, and a new storyline-based quest system.

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. THQ has released a 1.7GB demo on Xbox Live Marketplace.

Team Fortress 2 is a class-based, multiplayer team warfare game, delivering new game types, a signature art style powered by Valve’s next-gen animation technology, persistent player statistics, etc... Valve's Kerry Davis has revealed a new patch for TF2 has been submitted to Microsoft for validation (usually takes 1-2 weeks) fixing exploits, bugs, bandwidth usage, stats reporting, as well as adding new maps, which is also expected on PC.

Blast your way through all-new battle grids, upgrade your new Battle Drone and blast through relentless waves of enemies in the first-ever Geometry Wars single-player campaign, or join a friend for fast-paced multiplayer.

Capcom has signed a development agreement with Camelot Software, known for titles such as Everybody's Golf and Mario Golf, to work on an all-new golf game We Love Golf!, turning the Wiimote into a virtual set of golf clubs, creating the most immersive golfing experience available off the greens.

Destroy All Humans! Path of the Furon redefines the brand's irreverent Sci-Fi action gaming experience with new weapons and mental abilities, high-fidelity destruction and expanded open-world gameplay. Kynogon announced that Kynapse A.I. engine will be utilized in the development of Destroy All Humans 3!

Nintendo DS has increased its sales in the United States every year since it launched in November 2004, and at a rate of about one sold every five seconds of 2007 sold more than 6 million Nintendo DS units in the United States in 2007.

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:

• Voltage [PS3/X360/PC] - Trailer
• Viking: Battle For Asgard [PS3/X360] - Trailer #2
• Destroy All Humans! Big Willy Unleashed [PSP/PS2/Wii] - Cinematic Intro
• Burnout Paradise [PS3/X360] - Demo Trailer
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  We will update this throughout the day when new trailers become available. Read more for download links ...

C&C has been an RTS powerhouse for over a decade, but in 2002 EA tried to bring the series into the FPS genre with C&C: Renegade with little success. Now five years later EA is making another attempt with Tiberium according to GameInformer's Jan. 2008 issue. Set 11 years after the 3rd Tiberium war, the new game is a squad-based action FPS, where you control various units, such as missile infantry and Orcas. Tiberium will be a mix of Ghost Recon, Battlefield and Rainbow Six, set in the C&C Universe.

Kohnke Communications, the public relations firm that handled Perpetual Entertainment's Gods and Heroes campaign, is suing the developer over breach of contract, fraudulent transfer of assets and other violations for $80,000 to $290,000 in damages. According to court documents revealed by Ten Ton Hammer, Kohnke alleges that Perpetual transferred the Star Trek Online license to a newly created company and canceled Gods and Heroes as a way of evading creditors.

Street Fighter IV is the first new entry in Capcom's fighting game series in nearly eight years, following Street Fighter III Third Strike. Street Fighter IV promises to deliver an extraordinary experience that will re-introduce the world to the time-honored art of virtual martial arts.