Times Online is reporting that rally racing legend Colin McRae, 39, star of Codemasters' racing franchise, has died in a helicopter crash today, together with his 5-year-old son Johnny, another adult and another child. According to a police statement, the crash occurred around 1610 BST on Saturday, Sept. 15, 2007, in Jerviswood, east of Lanark. McRae's agent confirmed that McRae had been piloting the helicopter himself. According to friends, McRae's wife Alison and their daughter Hollie, 9, were not on board.

Combining its humorous adventure roots with an epic storyline and immersive gameplay, R&C Future: Tools of Destruction draws players into a vast, new galaxy, with bustling cities, gigantic enemies and giant boss battles. While the downloadable demo will be available Oct. 4, you can already pre-order the game at GameStop (for $5) and get a one-level demo disc.

World in Conflict is an RTS that delivers action and coordinated team play amidst a showdown between the Soviet Union and the US, with completely destructible 3D battlefields, aggressive team-based multiplayer and a focus on fast, hard-hitting battles. Massive Entertainment’s David Polfeldt tell us a bit more about the single-player campaign.

Revealed a few weeks ago, the Blitzkrieg 2: Liberation add-on is set near the end of the WW2 and will add two new Western Front campaigns set in Italy, Belgium, the Netherlands and France, and will of course include plenty of new units, maps, and game modes.

Medal of Honor Airborne introduces players to an entirely new way of experiencing a WWII FPS – namely the fully interactive Airborne experience. EA is working on the first patch for MoH Airborne, which enables the Dedicated Server, fixes several bugs, and makes some balance changes on the Anti-Tank Weapon.

Evochron Renegades is the sequel to Evochron Alliance with a lot of design aspects heavily influenced by player feedback and requests. It is a first person 3D space combat, trader, and mercenary simulation.

Opoona is a "lifestyle RPG," where you, as Opoona, descendant of brave warriors, known as Cosmo Guards, must adapt to a new environment, meet new people, get a job, all while becoming aware of the precious world and people surrounding him.

Sporting various new features, and a new graphics engine, Arena Wars Reloaded is an action strategy game focusing once again on fast-paced RTS action and multiplayer mayhem.

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

Intel has signed an agreement to acquire Havok, creators of the Havok physics engine, which is used in many popular video games (Bioshock, Stranglehold, Halo 2, Half-Life 2) and movies (The Matrix, Troy). Havok will become a wholly owned subsidiary of Intel but continue to operate as an independent business entity.

Shattered Suns is a new science-fiction, real-time strategy game with unique features such as three-dimensional battles, a moving battlefield, player-designed units, unique economic challenges and an interactive campaign.

Lost Planet is a sci-fi action shooter set within the merciless frozen tundra of a hostile planet, humans struggle for survival as conflicts arise between man, the surrounding indigenous creatures and the monstrous beings that have invaded. Capcom has released 2 patches for the previously released demos, fixing various issues and bringing it up to date with the late code.

Tarr Chronicles is an arcade-style space combat sim where you, lost in space and deep behind enemy lines, must don an elite fighter pilot's uniform and defend the galaxy's last hope. At your disposal are dozens of detailed high-tech fighters bristling with cannons and rocket launchers, yours to fly against a seemingly unstoppable alien menace - the De'Khete.

SEGA Rally Revo will set a new benchmark in its genre with a high-tempo driving experience that will challenge the racing skills both on and off-road, with revolutionary dynamically deformable terrain, proprietary next-generation graphics, bone-jarringly realistic physics, and competitive bumper-to-bumper racing.

Capcom officially announced 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.

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.

Hop on your sea scooter and navigate the seven isles of the Green Bays archipelago as you scout, train and synthesize a colorful array of over 200 classic Dragon Quest monsters.

Speed, Power, Performance, and Attitude are what determine success here. With 30 cars authentically modeled from the Hot Wheels design specs, you will need to use a combination of high-octane speed, precision driving skills, and competitive weaponry as you race your competition through life-size environments in your effort to claim 1st place.

A spiritual sequel to John Woo's action movie Hard Boiled, Stranglehold redefines the action gaming experience with its acrobatic gunplay, thrilling cinematography, frenetic combat and massive destructibility.

Players will embark on a global quest to overcome an evil threat, by controlling Spider-Man and one of numerous Super Hero or Super Villain sidekicks, as they master unique fighting moves and styles while switching between characters to execute team combos and defeat foes. This demo features Venom or Green Goblin as sidekick.

Koei's Dynasty Warriors 6 (Shin Sangoku Musou 5) is in development for the PS3 and x360. Apart from the improved graphics and animations, not much more is known at this point. Scheduled for a fall release in Japan, DW 6 will be playable at the Tokyo Game Show this September.

Korean developer Reloaded Studios announce that it has entered into a licensing agreement with Crytek for use of the CryENGINE 2 middleware to develop their new Action Strategy MMORPG.

Kane & Lynch: Dead Men is a violent and chaotic journey of two men -- a flawed mercenary and a medicated psychopath -- and their brutal attitude towards right and wrong. This volatile partnership combined with innovative technologies allow for an unparalleled gaming experience.

505 Games' official expansion pack for its realistic tactical combat simulation title, ArmA: Queen’s Gambit adds two new story based campaigns, and two new multiplayer missions.

To be unveiled at next week's Tokyo Game Show, Yakuza 3 will no longer be set in modern days, but in 1605, during the Edo period. Yakuza 3 will sport 4 fighting styles, hand-to-hand combat, one or two katanas, or wielding a huge sword. It's currently scheduled for a spring 2008 release in Japan.