GameTap announced that the season finale for its multiplayer online game Myst Online: Uru Live will launch today, allowing you to explore new areas of Uru, including the new Age of Ahnonay, K’veer Island and Myst Island.

While it may not be another Hot Coffee incident, Rockstar has managed to work itself into the spotlight again. After the ratings soap opera, Take Two finally got the green light to release a modified version of its action game Manhunt 2, but it seems savvy hackers managed to unlock some of the banned content, even though it requires a modified PSP unit.

In addition to a new campaign that ties up the Dread Lords saga, GalCiv II: Twilight of the Arnor adds civilization-specific technology trees and planetary improvements that add even more flavor to each alien race, while greatly expanding the strategic depth of the game.

In PES8, player detail has been taken to incredible levels with full facial animation and high-def to show full movement and subtle details to the various kits during the course of a match. All "next-gen" versions will also benefit from an extensive Edit mode, allowing gamers to customize their PES experience.

SEGA is developing the video game adaptation of the theatrical movie release, The Golden Compass, based on the first book in the award-winning His Dark Materials trilogy, by British author Philip Pullman.

EA released its latest financial results, revealing a loss of $195M, compared to last year's profit of $22M. As a result, EA's board approved a reorganization in order to save $25-30M, which unfortunately means layoffs and branch closures, such as its UK office in Chertsey. At the request of EA Mythic's Mark Jacobs, Warhammer Online is facing yet another delay from its original Q1 2008 date. It's been pushed to Q2 2008 (not before April), but EA execs are still excited about the coming holidays and even raised their expectations with heavy hitters such as Crysis, Hellgate: London and RockBand.

Strategic Command 2 Blitzkrieg is the new grand strategy masterpiece, adding tons of new features including many player submitted suggestions. This v1.08 patch adds an all new Global World War 2 Campaign and Map.

SCEA has released several playable demos for upcoming games on the PlayStation Network, EA's NFS ProStreet (906mb) and Sierra's sci-fi shooter TimeShift (479mb). The classic PsOne title Twisted Metal 2 is now playable on PSP/PS3, and there's a slow of downloladable content for The Godfather: Don’s Edition. Game trailer wise there is a ton of stuff to watch like Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune, Burnout, Beowulf, GT5 Prologue, and a few movie trailers as well.

Blazing Lizard’s inaugural title Pirates vs. Ninjas series allows up to eight players to compete in the ultimate playground sport as some of the world’s most recognizable icons.

Empire Earth III allows players to build and rule an empire from the ancient world to the distant future, battling it out across the globe through the eons in a bid for worldwide control, offering continuous free-form gameplay that will allow players to keep units from one battle to the next.

Hudson's Omega Five is a next-gen, high-def. Xbox Live Arcade shooter with awe-inspiring graphics. Players fly through dangerous 3-D environments in this side-scroller and try to avoid the enemies that come at them from all sides, even from behind.

The weapon-based fighting game franchise has been reinvented as Namco Bandai announced Soulcalibur Legends exclusively for the Wii, fully immersing players in a 3rd person action adventure that takes a unique approach to the series by truly utilizing the Wii Remote and Nunchuk.

SouthPeak Games announced a new twist on the racing genre in the form of Iridium Runners, placing gamers into a futuristic world where they are literally running for their lives.

Stop the brain drain and improve your mental prowess with Majesco's Mega Brain Boost, which includes the previously released Brain Boost Gamma Wave and Brain Boost Beta Wave, plus a third never-before-released game that offers an additional set of exercises designed to improve memory and concentration.

TimeShift is an FPS in which players control time to complete missions and defeat foes. The game will leverage the latest graphics technology to create a unique action game experience. This v1.1 patches improves performance, fixes bugs, crashes, memory leaks, map/multiplayer issues and more ..

The Settlers VI will focus on building larger and more fortified cities as well as planning and optimization in a medieval world. This hotfix addresses an issue where the game would crash when you tried to play online/multiplayer.

Overlord is an action adventure set in a warped fantasy world where players can be evil (or really evil). Later this month Codemasters will release 3 pieces of premium content for the X360, starting with Raising Hell, a singleplayer expansion that introduces hell to the game's 5 kingdoms, followed by The Challenge Pack (7 new maps & 2 game modes), while a free download will finally add split-screen, as well as a new multiplayer map. All of this will be available on PC as part of a Special Edition.

Guitar Hero fans will channel their inner rock god using Gibson Guitar's Les Paul and Kramer models, experience new features and explosive content including a new multiplayer action-inspired battle mode, grueling boss battles, a bevy of exclusive unlockable content and authentic rock venues.

Based on Marvel Studios' first independently produced feature film Iron Man, starring Robert Downey Jr. and Terrence Howard, and directed by Jon Favreau. The Iron Man movie will blast into theaters May 2, 2008, the game itself is currently set for release Spring 2008. In case you missed last week's batch, here are some more...

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:

• The Barbie as The Island Princess (GBA/NDS/PS2/Wii/PC)
• The Command & Conquer Saga (PC)
• Dementium: The Ward (NDS)
• Fritz Chess: The Ultimate Chess Game (PC)
• Richard Garriott's Tabula Rasa (PC)
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  We will update this throughout the day when new announcements become available. Read more for details ...

Earlier this year, Pocket Books acquired the rights to publish the novelization of Ubisoft's upcoming action/adventure game Assassin's Creed, but it turns out the deal has been abandoned. Author of the two first novels, Steven Barnes, revealed Ubisoft wanted to remove religious references and have the books vetted by an expert, which "disenchanted" Pocket Books, and the deal died.

Fatal Fury: Battle Archives Vol. 1 includes four classic Fatal Fury games: Fatal Fury, Fatal Fury 2, Fatal Fury Special and Fatal Fury 3: Road to The Final Victory. The compilation's release marks the first time Fatal Fury has appeared on the PlayStation 2 system in North America.

Since signing the license back in late 2006, 10Tacle's UK studio Blimey Games!, known for racing titles such as GTR, GTR2, and freely downloadable BMW M3 Challenge, has been quite mysterious about its next-gen racing title codenamed Ferrari Project.

In search of the centuries-old fabled treasure of El Dorado, Nathan Drake becomes stranded on the island and hunted by mercenaries. Outnumbered and outgunned, Drake and his companions must fight to survive as they begin to unravel the terrible secrets hidden on the Island. On Nov. 8, a four-level demo is expected on PSN.

Viva Pinata brings a vibrant world of living pinata animals to video games, television and beyond. The Viva Pinata universe showcases an engaging cast of colorful, wild-roaming pinata animals that entertain and challenge imaginations.