JAZZ: Hired Guns is a classic turn-based tactical strategy with strong RPG elements, and fully destroyable environment, offering well known mechanics and atmosphere of the original games, as well as the pleasure of meeting good old friends - A.I.M. mercenaries.

THQ announced Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance, addon for Gas Powered Games' 3D RTS,following the epic story of the original game in the aftermath of the Infinite War.

GameFactory's Jagged Farm: Birth of a Hero is a new agricultural real-time strategy game Jagged Farm: Birth of a Hero, built using the Officers engine.

Codemasters' Rise Of The Argonauts is an action/rpg developed by Liquid Entertainment, known for War of the Ring and Dragonshard. Set in ancient Greece you will embark on an epic quest, and encounter legendary figures such as Jason, Hercules and Atalanta.

Luckless John is in the best tradition of classic and fun graphic adventures, mixed with today’s 3D technology. The main character can be moved around in an almost open 3D environment, with a simple and intuitive user interface.

At the Hollywood and Games Summit, LucasArts head honcho Jim Ward confirmed earlier rumors that it is working on a lightsaber enabled game for the Wii, "internally we have already played a lightsaber game on the Wii. It’s a lot of fun, and we’ll get there." Whether this is in addition to the Lego Star Wars: The Complete Saga was not clear, but the LucasArts will be having "some stuff out this Fall."

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.

2K Games announced that it will publish Sid Meier's Civilization Revolution, the first next generation game designed by world famous game designer Sid Meier, developed by Firaxis Games, and handcrafted from scratch for next gen consoles and handhelds.

Midway announced that five new titles are in development exclusively for Nintendo systems. Only for Wii, experience the rebirth of action racing with Cruis'n and a collection of classic skill games with Game Party. Ultimate Mortal Kombat, The Bee Game and a title based on Cartoon Network's top-rated, kids animated series Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends are all in development exclusively for NDS.

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. Although the installer is in German, the demo does include English.

Revealed last week, XIDER Games will be making its first venture into the NDS format with Luminator DS, a puzzle-strategy game with a modern soundtrack and updated Tetris-style play which will banish your Rubik’s Cube to the attic permanently.

Digital Leisure is bringing its classic adventure game to the Nintendo DS version with a plethora of unique features while still maintaining the original game play, quality and style of the arcade release.

Resident Evil 4 takes you on a secret mission at a mysterious location in Europe, where you will fight not-zombies in an attempt to recover the President's daughter.

In his Hollywood and Games Summit keynote today, Brash Entertainment's CEO Mitch Davis announced additional long term deals with the various film studios and partners, such as Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, Twentieth Century Fox, Universal Studios, Vanguard Animation, and of course the previously announced Lions Gate Films.

Recently spun-off and renamed Other Ocean Interactive (formerly Backbone Charlottetown) is working on bringing Mortal Kombat to the NDS, according to an interview with Midway's Ed Boon. Ultimate Mortal Kombat is scheduled for November and is a conversion of the Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 arcade game. It will support 2-player local or online multiplayer and include Puzzle Kombat, the Super Puzzle Fighter clone featuring super-deformed Mortal Kombat characters.

Switchball is an intricate puzzle game set in a stunning 3D world. Control an ever-changing ball along a narrow winding course suspended in midair. Solve your way through challenging levels jam-packed with obstacles, traps and mazes.

The U.S. Army announced that the upcoming July 4th marks the fifth anniversary of the launch of the its America’s Army online multiplayer PC game, and has since amassed more than 8.5 million user accounts, holding a steady top ten action games played online since its launch in 2002.

DIRT: Colin McRae Off-Road is set to be the most diverse and exhilarating off-road racing experience ever with sensational gravel, mud and dirt events the world over. With week one sales out the door, Codemasters announced that DiRT has surpassed 500K copies globally.

Rockstar is bringing its best-selling, open-ended crime series to the next-gen consoles with Grand Theft Auto IV. While no specific info on the game is available yet, we now know that the franchise returns to New York...

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:

• Lair [PS3] - Trailer
• The Settlers [NDS] - German Trailer
• The Escape From Paradise City - Boris Trailer
• Boogie [Wii] - Movie Maker Trailer
• Bee Movie Game [ALL] - Trailer
• Skate [ALL] - Gameplay Controls Trailer
• Dynasty Warriors Gundam [PS3/X360] - Trailer #2
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  We will update this throughout the day when new trailers become available. Read more for download links ...

Trilogy Studios announced it is expanding its virtual world software development studio as it is working with MTV Networks' Music Group on the development and evolution of MTVN's "Pimp My Ride" virtual world.

Destination Software announced it has signed a license agreement with Yamaha Motor Corporation, USA, allowing it to publish and distribute Yamaha racing video games, starting with Yamaha Supercross.

Super Smash Bros. Brawl is Nintendo's latest incarnation in the popular Super Smash Bros. series of titles featuring all new characters ranging from Kirby and Wario to Samus, and even Metal Gear Solid's Snake.

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. Universe at War: Earth Assault will support Games for Windows Live, enabling PC vs. Xbox 360 cross-platform gaming.

Penny Arcade today announced that exhibit space is sold out for its upcoming PAX gaming culture festival, taking place at the Washington State Convention & Trade Center in downtown Seattle August 24th-26th, officially tripling the size of exhibit space from previous years.