SEGA announced Viking: Battle For Asgard, developed by The Creative Assembly, is a hack'n slasher where you, as Skarin, a new iconic gaming hero, get to experience the violent yet spectacular world of the Vikings and their gods.

Sony has rolled out its weekly PlayStation Store update with new content, and while some people were expecting a Haze demo, this is not the case. Europe gets a Stranglehold demo, while North America can try out demos for Blazing Angels 2 and the miniature racer, Toy Home. If that's not to your liking, there is a boatload of game and movie trailers available for download as well.

Spark Unlimited's first person shooter Legendary: The Box presents a world suddenly thrust into chaos and turmoil when ancient creatures of myth are unleashed into modern day society, and it is up to you, as the cause of it all, to stop it all.

Codemasters announced that it is adding amBX support to its action adventure Overlord (tomorrow) and later this year Clive Barker’s Jericho, by means of an update patch. amBX allows developers to use light, color, sound, rumble and even air flow through enabled devices to create a full sensory surround experience.

Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games, created specifically to take advantage of all the features the DS has to offer, boasts 16 official Olympic challenges including two new events that are exclusive to the handheld game - 10m Platform Diving and Cycling.

CoD 4: Modern Warfare is a new action-thriller that will arm gamers with the most advanced and powerful arsenal of modern day firepower to fight a new war in the world’s most treacherous hotspots. CoD 4: Modern Warfare will invade the Xbox LIVE for a 72-hour Play & Win Sweepstakes full of games and prizes beginning on Friday, Nov. 16 at 12:01 EST.

While continuing in the popular vein the original Sudden Strike is so famous for, Sudden Strike 3: Arms For Victory will push the boundaries of the RTS genre with some notable interface innovations, huge troop numbers and enormous map designs that will demonstrate that size does matter.

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.

Cooking Mama 2 promises more culinary fun and even tastier gameplay as Mama cooks up a spicy storm with new recipes, twice as many mini-games and an all-new multiplayer mode to challenge other players to a ‘cook off’, Mama style.

SEGA's Universe at War: Earth Assault, developed by Petroglyph, is a combat-intensive RTS game enlisting players in an epic struggle to prevent total alien domination of planet Earth. This demo includes a tutorial and the first two missions of the Hierarchy campaign.

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.

JoWooD takes the player once again into the endless space, as Spaceforce: Captains meets the taste of the fans in their most wanted tactical genre turn-based-strategy.

Hudson Entertainment announced that it is bringing Dungeon Explorer: Warriors of Ancient Arts to North America. Each version of the game will feature a unique story with epic battles, an all new assortment of weapons and many unique fighting styles. Like the classic game, the new versions will feature deep and customizable multiplayer adventuring.

CoD 4: Modern Warfare is a new action-thriller that will arm gamers with the most advanced and powerful arsenal of modern day firepower to fight a new war in the world’s most treacherous hotspots. This v1.1 patch fixes a stats issue when gamers moved from a Modded/Un-ranked server to a non Modded/Ranked Server.

Electronic Arts announced that it will distribute Rail Simulator for the PC in North America, offering players the opportunity to take charge of steam, diesel and electric trains on real routes in the UK and Germany.

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.

id Software and Fountainhead Entertainment announced today that the two developers have joined forces to create a new division of id Software, id Mobile, which will develop games for cell phones, the NDS and PSP.

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:

• Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem (PSP)
• America's Army: True Soldiers (X360)
• Boogie (NDS/PS2)
• Close Combat: Modern Tactics (PC)
• Monster Jam (NDS/PS2/Wii/X360/PC)
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  We will update this throughout the day when new announcements become available. Read more for details ...

In No More Heroes, developed by Grasshopper, you play the role of Travis Touchdown, a hardcore anime fan who takes it upon himself to murder the top assassin's in the world, using the Wiimote to wield Travis' beam sword and kill off enemies in gruesome ways.

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 'worldwide' v1.2 patch fixes "NAT traversal problem" so people behind NATs are able to see servers.

Hollywood studio Lionsgate is fast-tracking a movie based on the freshly acquired rights to Eidos' action game Kane & Lynch: Dead Men, according to Times Online. Bruce Willis and Billy Bob Thornton are said to be in the running to play death row escapees, "flawed mercenary" Kane and "medicated psychopath" Lynch, respectively. Michael Bay of "The Transformers" has apparently signed on as the producer, with the script written by newcomer Kyle Ward.

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.

Vivendi confirmed that Terminal Reality is developing the title for PC, PS3 and X360 aimed primarily at the core gamer demographic, while Red Fly Studios is working on a more casual version for PS2, Wii and NDS. All four members of the movie team (Dan Aykroyd, Ernie Hudson, Bill Murray and Harold Ramis) will lend their voices and likenesses to the game, which is set in the '90s after Ghostbusters II and currently scheduled for release in fall '08.

As the new blockbuster movie Beowulf from Paramount Pictures debuts in cinemas worldwide and Ubisoft's official game of the movie becomes available, work on 4HEAD Studios/3D-IO's independently developed game of same name has been suspended.

City Life 2008 Edition features 60 more buildings, bringing the total to 360, including famous structures such as St. Paul Cathedral, Royal Opera, etc. New scenarios, 10 new maps and an updated version of the editor allow you to import satellite maps, as well as import from applications such as World-Machine, or GeoControl.