Activision announced that Infinity Ward’s Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare multiplayer beta will launch via Xbox LIVE on Monday, August 27 at 12:00 p.m. Pacific Daylight Time. Visit Charlie Oscar Delta at noon for a chance to receive a token...

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. Sierra released a single/multiplayer demo, with exclusive content.

Nintendo has released new material for the following of its upcoming titles:

• 'The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass' (NDS) - Screens
• 'Super Mario Galaxy' (Wii) - Screens
• 'Flash Focus: Vision Training in Minutes a Day' (NDS) - Features & Screens

Wii emerged as the month’s best-selling video game system of any type in the United States, outselling all other systems – combined, and achieved its highest weekly sales rates since December, despite pricing shifts in the industry, according to the NPD Group.

In feudal Japan, it was kill or be killed for the samurai. Kengo: Legend of the 9, known in Europe as Kengo Zero, lets you battle as one of nine famous samurai warriors while mastering expert techniques to gain an advantage over your foes. Become a Kengo Master as you fight your way through lush, high-definition Japanese environments.

Rockstar Games announced it has submitted a modified version of Manhunt 2 for the PS2, PSP, and Wii, received an M rating (ages 17 and older) from the ESRB and will release it in North America on October 31, 2007.

Take Two has released new material for the following of its upcoming titles:

• 'Borderlands' (PS3/X360/PC) - 3 New Screens
• 'NHL 2K8' (PS2/PS3/X360) - 11 New Screens
• 'Carnival Games' (Wii) - 9 New Screens

Silverfall is a fantasy-style RPG set in a fantasy world of magic, machines and mayhem, the choices you make during the game take you along the path of nature or technology. The addon features an updated engine sporting better gfx and performance, two new races, over 50 new pieces of armor, 42 new weapons, 20 new maps, and optimized multiplayer.

Everlight: Fairies, Candles and a Wish is a 3D fantasy adventure under development at Silver Style Entertainment, known for The Fall. Not much else is known at this point, so check out some new screens....

In Jam Sessions players will rock out, or smoothly strum, on the lower screen of the NDS, producing an authentic sound digitally remastered from an actual acoustic guitar.

Project Sylpheed is a 3-D makeover of the classic, mid-'80s scrolling shooter franchise Silpheed, launching players through an exhilarating space combat experience driven by a deep, multi-layered storyline.

Konami has released new material for the following of its upcoming titles:

• 'Pro Evolution Soccer 2008' (ALL) - 16 New Screens
• 'Dance Dance Revolution UNIVERSE 2' (X360) - 10 New Screens
• 'Hellboy: The Science of Evil' (PSP/PS3/X360) - 8 New Screens
• 'Castlevania: The Dracula X Chronicles' (PSP) - Trailer
• 'Metal Gear Solid Portable Ops Plus' (PSP) - 4 New Screens
• 'Silent Hill Origins' (PSP) - 3 New Screens
• 'Metal Gear Online (PS3) - 22 New Screens
• 'Metal Gear Solid 2: Bande Dessinee' (PSP) - 10 New Screens
• 'Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots' (PS3) - 12 New Screens & Trailer
• 'New International Track & Field' (NDS) Announced - Screens

PGR 4 tries to create an emotionally-charged racing experience, where players become attached to their careers, profiles and vehicles. Drivers will be rewarded with a growing fanbase that’ll cheer them on, react to their every move and support them through victory. Bizarre Creations revealed that an exclusive Geometry Wars: Waves will be included in the retail product, not to be made available anywhere else, unlike PGR3's Retro Evolved.

War Leaders: Clash of Nations will expand upon the RTS genre by placing gamers in the roles of the major leaders of WWII, including Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin. Political, diplomatic and economic decision making will be key to success, while sound tactical strategies will ensure victory on the battlefield.

An Online Game Publishers in Asia study by Pearl Research estimates that the top-10 online game publishers in Asia generated more than $2.0 billion in revenues in 2006, which it expected to exceed $2.5 billion by 2008.

LittleBigPlanet is a community-based game with a hugely innovative concept behind it. Meet on a blue and green planet scattered with individual plots -- and use your character's amazing abilities to play, create and share what you build with other gamers throughout the world via PS Network.

Alone in the Dark returns with a heart-stopping survival experience realized through the use of state-of-the-art real-time physics and unprecedented environmental interaction combining to deliver an exhilarating action-orientated experience within a highly detailed, open environment.

BioShock will forever change the expectations for the FPS going beyond run and gun corridors, monster-closet AIs and static worlds, creating a living, unique and unpredictable FPS experience. 2K Games has been getting a lot of flak for the SecuROM reinstall issues (upped from 2 to 5) and missing true widescreen feature (patch coming).

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:

• Gran Turismo 5 Prologue [PS3] - GC07 Trailer
• Ferrari Challenge [ALL] - GC 07 Trailer
• Heavenly Sword [PS3] - GC 07 Trailer
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StarCraft II will feature the return of the Protoss, Terran, and Zerg races, overhauled and re-imagined with Blizzard's approach to game balance, designed to be the ultimate competitive RTS game.

Earlier it was revealed that Exit would be coming to Xbox Live Arcade, the latest Famitsu issue reveals that Taito Corporation now also plans to bring puzzle game to NDS, early 2008. In Exit you assume the role of Mr. Esc, a masked individual tasked with rescuing people from buildings under a time limit, avoiding various traps and solving puzzles.

Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning will bring Games Workshop's fantasy world to life in a way that will allow players to create characters destined for great deeds and glory on the field of battle.

Winning Eleven is dead, long live Pro Evolution Soccer. Konami's long running soccer franchise is finally adopting the same name as in Europe, Pro Evolution Soccer. No more guessing which whether Winning Eleven 10 was PES 8, or maybe 9.

Buzz! goes next-gen with Buzz!: Quiz TV, transforming your home into a TV game show studio, but thanks to Playstation Network, the whole world becomes a quiz show as you go online to pit your quiz skills against the best on offer.

Microsoft is taking a precautionary measure and voluntarily providing customers with a free retrofit to the Xbox 360 Wireless Wheel, due to a very small number of incidents of a malfunction, where a component in the Wheel chassis may in rare cases overheat and release smoke when the AC-DC power supply is used to energize the Wheel.