Starting Dec. 15th until Jan. 2nd, Blizzard will be giving most major cities in its World of Warcraft MMORPG a festive makeover for the holiday season with unique items in shops, ability to throw snowballs, various bosses dropping gift wrapped loot, but also a new quest with The Preserved Holly as reward which transforms your flying mount into a reindeer.

Not due to air until tomorrow, Sunday, Dec. 9 (9:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT) on Spike TV, the 2007 Video Game Awards results are in. 2K Games' BioShock took home awards for Game of the Year, Best Xbox 360 Game and Best Original Score, while Microsoft's Halo 3 and MTV Games' Rock Band garnered two awards each.

Korean online game developer and publisher Gravity, best known for Ragnarok Online, announced the formation of San Mateo, California studio L5 Games, and hired several former Blizzard North employees who held leadership roles in franchises such as World of Warcraft, Diablo and the StarCraft and Warcraft series.

Godzilla: Unleashed is the ultimate fighting monsters game on a giant scale. The game stars the legendary Godzilla and a slew of the most renowned monsters of all-time.

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.

While other FPS titles claim to feature action-packed, highly realistic gameplay, BlackSite: Area 51 takes next-gen gaming to an all-new level integrating cutting edge technology, game design and story writing to create the ultimate entertainment experience.

It's nothing but speculation at this point, but what we do know is that Activision Blizzard is planning for Call of Duty 5, as revealed in their lineup of future titles. Infinity Ward, responsible for the recent CoD 4, and Treyarch, who brought us CoD 3, have been taking turns on developing the series, and now is seems Treyarch is looking for level builders for a "Call of Duty" title with stipulation that "if you're a fan of World War 2 shooters, then even better!" Either CoD5 returns to a WWII setting, or they are developing an expansion for one of the other titles, which is rather unlikely.

Nobilis' new historical wargame brings back to life the greatest battles and lets you write your own History. Napoleon's Campaigns is a unique concept from AGEOD, the original designer of Europa Universalis, Pax Romana, Grandes Invasions, Birth of America and American Civil War.

White Gold: War in Paradise explores the shadowy background of modern low intensity conflicts, where the newest weapons often do battle with the antics of witchdoctors. An FPS with a handful of RPG elements thrown in for a good measure, White Gold offers a rich scenario in addition to the non-stop action.

Lost Odyssey is the story of Kaim, an immortal character who has lived more than 1,000 years and doesn’t remember his past and doesn’t know where his future lies. Throughout Kaim’s journey, a handful of characters will join him on an odyssey to discover their intricate past and destiny, leading players through a dramatic story of massive scale. Lost Odyssey launched in Japan this week, and first reports have it selling 40k units on launch day, compared to a mere 7k for Uncharted (PS3).

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:

• Burnout Paradise [PS3/X360] - Stunts Trailer
• Gran Turismo 5 Prologue [PS3] - TV Spot Trailer
• Universe at War: Earth Assault [X360/PC] - Trailer (3)
• Hail to the Chimp [PS3/X360] - Trailer #3
• NFL Tour [PS3/X360] - Trailer #2
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Tarr Chronicles is an arcade-style space combat sim where you, lost in space and deep behind enemy lines, must defend the galaxy's last hope using dozens of high-tech fighters bristling with cannons and rocket launchers. This v1.0.3.0 patch improves Vista compatibility, fixed freezing videos issue, added toggled AA, and a squashes a few other bugs.

Crackpot Entertainment's Insecticide is a classically styled action adventure detective game that brings the look and feel of gritty gumshoe films into a futuristic city where insects have become the dominant race. Originally scheduled for Jan.8, it has been pushed back until Feb. 12, 2008 with the first downloadable PC episodes shortly thereafter.

THQ's Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance is an add-on for Gas Powered Games' 3D RTS, following the epic story of the original game in the aftermath of the Infinite War. GPG has released the first patch, fixing a few bugs and balancing a bunch of units.

Positech Games' Democracy 2 puts you in the position of the leader of a new government, tasked with running the country, and keeping the electorate happy in the run up to each election.

Rockstar is bringing its best-selling, 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.

Nintendo has launched its Wii Points Card Shop, where Club Nintendo members can swap Stars (from purchased games) for Wii Points Cards, which contain a code that you can enter in the Wii Shop Channel on your Wii. This will add Wii Points to your Wii Shop Channel account, which in turn allows you to spend on such items as games for Virtual Console or Wii Software.

NecroVisioN is a next-gen First Person Shooter that starts in the rage battlefields of World Word I and leads player to much darker and brutal underground world of vampires and demons.

WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2008 features 8 unique styles, each having its own strategy and attributes, new rosters, more environmental hotspots, improved out-of-ring action, enhanced online community support and much more! Online registration for the WWE SvR 2008 International Tournament will begin on Dec. 8, 2007, with 2 floor tickets to WrestleMania 24 as prize.

Kwari is an FPS, developed by Micro Forté, where players make money off each other in real-time. The game will be free to download online, but instead of being subscription-based it will use a unique free-to-play/pay-to-play model whereby Kwari sells the player ammunition.

Take the future of an empire into your hands in Kalypso and Haemimont Games' upcoming historical strategy title Imperium Romanum. Sequel to Glory of the Roman Empire, the game sees the player take the role of a governor of a Roman province and strive to build a well organized, prosperous and commanding settlement.

Matrix Games and 2 by 3 Games announce a new expansion for their WWII strategy game War in the Pacific. The Admiral’s Edition expansion adds more detail, more history, and more features!

After being on the brink of bankruptcy several times, various reorganization & restructuring, Majesco appointed Jesse Sutton as its chief executive officer and Allan Grafman as its non-executive chairman of the board.

Take on the role of a new recruit wanting to join the original film cast of the Ghostbusters team. Equipped with a variety of unique weapons and gadgets, players will hunt, fight and capture a wide range of supernatural villains in a funny and frightening battle to save New York City from its latest paranormal plague.

Turok is a story-driven FPS set on a dark, mysterious planet in the near future. Take on the role of former Black Ops commando Joseph Turok, now part of an elite Special Forces squad, on a mission to take down a war criminal on a genetically altered planet.