Since Troika is no longer amongst the living this patch is not official, so use at your own discretion. This update brings Activision's Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines retail game to v4.1 (requires v1.2 patch installed) and addresses a number of known issues, gameplay tweaks, bug fixes and so forth.

Empire of Sports is an MMORPG built entirely around sport, designed to allow millions of players around the world to simultaneously exist in an online universe, where their alter egos socially interact, train, compete, attend events and acquire the goods and services they need to build a parallel sporting existence.

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:

• Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader? (PC)
• Blue Dragon (Xbox 360)
• Carnival Games (Wii)
• Dead Head Fred (PSP)
• Dynasty Warriors Gundam (PS3/X360)
• Medieval II: Total War Kingdoms (PC)
• Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Heroes (PSP)
• Stuntman: Ignition (PS2/PS3/X360)
• Tiger Woods PGA TOUR 08 (NDS/PSP/PS2/Wii/PS3/X360/PC)
• The Wild West (NDS)
• Wild Arms 5 (PS2)
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Experience the thrill of white-knuckle aerial combat with bone-crunching armored assaults and high-intensity infantry combat in a 32-player, all-out war fought both on the ground and in the skies. Warhawk launches exclusively for the PS3 today, Tuesday, August 28th!

Designed to increase the diversity, tactical depth and replay value, Sword of the Stars: Born of Blood will unleash a new alien race, a new form of strategic movement, new ship sections, new weapons, new technologies, new scenarios and new unknown menaces.

As promised last week, after EA released the latest v1.07 patch for its 3D sci-fi RTS C&C3: Tiberium Wars, yet another bug was discovered which apparently required a v1.08 hotfix to be released.

Dead Island is a FPP shooter that combines elements of the survival horror genre and adventure games. The game tells the story of acouple being tossed ashore onto the sandy beaches of a desolate, zombie infested, island.

EA Tiburon, known for Madden NFL Football and NCAA Football titles, has developed the latest installment in the Tiger Woods franchise. Tiger Woods PGA Tour 08 will include two new features, GamerNet And Photo Game Face. EA has released a 733mb playable demo on Xbox Live Marketplace.

RE: 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.

Mr.Bean is a platform/adventure made up of 3D levels avoiding tricky traps and problem solving along the way to find his missing Teddy with the help of Bean's girlfriend Irma Gobb.

Singapore-based game studio Mikoishi, known for Capcom's Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney, announced that it' working on three original franchises: SteamIron, DropCast and Blunt Force Trauma, all of which will be first previewed at GCA Games Convention Asia 2007 (Singapore, 6-8 September 2007).

Hudson Entertainment announced that they are releasing Bomb-Up Pack 1, the first add-on pack for its XBLA game Bomberman LIVE. This new add-on pack will add over a dozen new features, including ten new characters, two additional levels, two new leader boards, and a brand new game mode.

In-game advertising network IGA Worldwide announced a new 3-year partnership with game publisher Codemasters, delivering both dynamic and static advertisements into a range of future titles from the publisher.

As a step in the strategy to become the world leading publisher and distributor of PC games, Paradox Interactive announced their latest recruitment, Reena Miranda and Martin Sirc. As former colleagues with key positions at the worldwide publisher Atari, the duo contributes with impressive experiences from the industry.

The epic saga continues with Halo 3, in this third chapter of the Halo trilogy, Master Chief returns to finish the fight, bringing the epic conflict between the Covenant, the Flood, and the entire human race to a dramatic, pulse-pounding climax.

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 developed a network update which will optimize the online gameplay experience, which will be available through Xbox Live Thursday, August 30th.

Kingdom Elemental is an action game featuring ten unique heroes, including pirates, monks and druids, dozens of unique monsters, as well as various spells and a narrated tutorial. This demo lets you try out part of the game...

NecroVisioN is a next-gen First Person Shooter that starts in the rage battlefields of World Word I and leads player to much darker and brutal underground world of vampires and demons.

Acclaim Games announced the opening of the 2Moons Shop, a virtual item mall for its free to play Extreme Action MMORPG, where players will be able to go to the 2Moons Shop in-game and use Acclaim Coins to purchase potions, boosters, costumes, and various other unique items designed to enhance their gameplay.

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

• 'The Abbey' - Screens
• 'Loki' - 8 New Screens
• 'A Vampyre Story' - 9 New Screens

Today Nintendo added yet another 3 classic games to the Wii's Shop Channel. Wii owners with a high-speed Internet access can redeem Wii Points to download the following titles : Super C, Breath of Fire II, Ghouls’n Ghosts.

Developed by Core Design Free Running is the world's first ever video game based on the urban phenomenon of parkour.

In Crysis, shooter fans will face a new kind of gameplay challenge requiring adaptive tactics and customization of weapons and armor in dynamic, hostile environments as mankind struggles to survive in the face of a horrific alien invasion. EA confirmed a singleplayer demo will be released on our fileserver network Sept. 25, consisting of the entire first level of the Contact campaign.

When the game is on the line and the ball is in your hands, what will you do? Will you penetrate, drive the lane and rise above the rim for a monster dunk, or find an opening on the perimeter and sink a game-winning three? Take control of the game with a full arsenal to win the 1-on-1 match-up from every spot on the floor with NBA Live 08.

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:

• Metroid Prime 3: Corruption (Wii)
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