For a limited time, BioShock and Enemy Territory: Quake Wars are available via Steam at a 20% discount off their regular price. These two new action releases from 2K and Activision may be purchased from Steam at this special price through Monday, November 26 at 10 am PST.

Mass Effect is a science-fiction action-RPG created by BioWare, previously known for Jade Empire, KotoR and Neverwinter Nights. Mass Effect delivers an immersive story driven gameplay experience with stunning visual fidelity.

My Word Coach is a game that anyone can play to improve vocabulary and increase confidence in verbal expression. The game consists of a variety of training exercises, four "Coach" personalities and a database of more than 16,800 words to master. My Word Coach helps players in a number of ways in their daily lives, whether it's writing an email, interviewing for a job or taking a test.

ND Games announces Partisan, a new heroic action-based RPG set during WWII where you, a former Red Army captain, are outgunned & outnumbered by the superior German forces. Your superior German forces, the few surviving friends captured, it is your mission to liberate your comrades, reveal the mysteries of a secret weapon and foil the enemy’s plans.

Inspired by the forthcoming Winter Olympics, RTL Winter Sports 2008 will see gamers cut through gates, punch through turns and slip through gliding phases as they strive to become number one.

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. Epic is working on the first patch for the PC version of UT3, read more for details ...

FM2008 is fully updated for the new season and allow players to select their favorite club or international team and guide them to glorious success by putting them through Cup matches, Leagues, Euro Championships and major international tournaments. This v8.0.1 patch (for FM08, WSM08 and Futboll Manager 08) fixes a slew of bugs, adds tweaks and plenty more.

Gamers will experience Naruto starting from the series' beginning. Re-live the hit anime and manga and experience Naruto's transformation from noisy ninja-academy dropout to respected ninja. Ubisoft is now offering he original Japanese voices as download (60mb) through Xbox Live.

The next standalone chapter in Relic's RTS franchise, WH 40K: Dawn of War - Soulstorm features an extensive interplanetary campaign spanning an entire star system in the WK40K universe, as well as introducing two all-new factions for an unprecedented total of nine playable races.

Activision, RedOctane and developer Harmonix are getting sued by rock band The Romantics over the inclusion of its hit single "What I Like About You," by cover band Wavegroup Sound, in Guitar Hero II Rocks The 80s. Reason? The Romantics claim that the performance is "virtually indistinguishable from the authentic version" and might confuse consumers as to whether the recording is an original piece.

Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles combines first-person, light-gun style combat with interactive pathways, multiple weapons and new enemies to create an entirely new RE experience, revealing the back story behind the fall of the Umbrella Corporation.

Originally planned for the Xbox, but eventually canceled, Success is bringing its trilogy of Raiden Fighters shoot- 'em-up games to the Xbox 360. Raiden Fighters, its sequel and Raiden Fighters Jet will come bundled with a DVD featuring footage of the best Japanese players in action. It's currently only scheduled for release in Japan in 2008.

SoF Payback continues with the organization known as The Shop, with players taking on the role of a hired mercenary. Previously banned in Australia due to excessive violence and blood, Activision has quietly submitted a revised/censored version, removing rag doll physics and enemy dismemberments, and reducing blood effects. As a result, SoF3 received a MA15+ rating and is no longer banned.

Starring even more Champions, the full line up of electrifying tournaments, exceptional graphic enhancements, even more play modes and additional formats - PDC World Championship Darts is back for 2008. Johnny Atom Productions' Simon Callaghan tells us more about the game ...

Dead Head Fred draws players into an original alternative universe as they embark on a quest for vengeance to solve their own murder by using the decapitated heads of enemies to battle through environments designed to showcase each head’s unique abilities.

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:

• Lost Empire: Immortals - Trailer
• The Club [PS3/X360] - Trailer (2)
• Stranger - Multiplayer Trailer
• Boulder Dash Rocks! [NDS/PSP] - Rockford Trailer
• NCAA March Madness 08 [ALL] - Trailers (2)
• Orcs & Elves [NDS] - Launch Trailer
• Soulcalibur Legends [Wii] - TV Spot Trailer
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  We will update this throughout the day when new trailers become available. Read more for download links ...

ET: QW pits the armies of Earth against the invading alien Strogg in this team-based online strategic shooter. Splash Damage has released a beta version of the v1.2 SDK toolset, which contains all of the tools used to develop ETQW, allowing modders to create their own content.

CCP's EVE Online: Trinity expansion not only features a next-generation DX10 graphics engine, but will also include a host of improvements that run the gamut from content to gameplay, giving you shiny new ships to play with, hundreds of new and exciting things to do with them, and a range of tweaks and fixes.

The Orange Box includes Half-Life 2, Ep. One and Ep. Two, where Dr. Gordon Freeman,armed with new weaponry and vehicles, must race through a countryside riddled with an increasingly fierce Combine threat. Also included are TF2, a class-based multiplayer addition, and physics-focused puzzle game Portal. This first demo for The Orange Box is dedicated to H-L2: Ep. Two, coming to Xbox Live tomorrow, Nov. 22, 2007.

Sinking Island is a dark detective adventure story set on a tropical paradise. At a millionaire's hotel a crime is committed, and while the island seems to be sinking for unknown reasons, you, as detective Jack Norm, have to find out who did it. Originally scheduled for release fall 2007, Microïds has delayed Sinking Island until Q1 2008.

MX vs. ATV Untamed features bigger, more populated outdoor open-world environments, an X-cross career mode showcasing all eight vehicles and the all-new EnduroCross mode pitting gamers against logs, rocks, mud-pits and more, and illustrating the full potential of the game's Rhythm Racing physics engine.

Doomsday is a classic shoot-'em-up game where your task is to defend our planet from attacks of terrifying aliens. The task is not easy - at the beginning you have only small arsenal of weapons and small amount of ammunition.

Become Mario as he traverses a galaxy of gravities, traveling in and out of gravitational fields by blasting from planet to planet. Players experience dizzying perspective shifts as they run upside down through wild alien worlds that need to be seen to be believed.

Yggdra Union is a strategy role-playing game originally released in 2006 on the GBA, now being remade on the PSP with added features such as 16:9 widescreen, additional cut scenes, new maps, and extra playable characters. It's currently only scheduled for release in Japan ...

HB Studios, known for NBA Live 08 on PS2 and PC, is expanding its operations in Nova Scotia with the creation of a new dev studio in Halifax - the provincial capital and largest city in Atlantic Canada.