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:

• Blazing Angels 2 (X360/PC)
• Coded Arms: Contagion (PSP)
• Dewy's Adventure (Wii)
• Digimon World Data Squad (PS2)
• Digimon World Dawn/Digimon World Dusk (NDS)
• Ducati World Championship (PC)
• MySims (NDS/Wii)
• Namco Museum DS (NDS)
• Nancy Drew: The Deadly Secret of Olde World Park (NDS)
• Stranglehold (PC)
• Syphon Filter: Dark Mirror (PS2)
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Avalanche Studios, known for Eidos' Just Cause, announced the completion of their Avalanche engine v2.0 architected for the next generation of consoles which simulates advanced scalable landscapes and high end characterization, which set to make its first appearance at this years' Tokyo Game Show.

According to a series of new reports from DFC Intelligence the worldwide video game and interactive entertainment industry is expected to grow from about $33 billion in 2006 to as much as $47 billion in 2009.

Nintendo's latest incarnation in the Super Smash Bros. series gets all new characters ranging from Kirby and Wario to Samus, and even Metal Gear Solid's Snake. Series creator Masahiro Sakurai announced that the game will be playable over Wi-Fi, featuring two primary connection methods, With Friends and With Anyone, for up to 4 players. Those playing With Friends will have a number of special options available for them that are not available in matches With Anyone.

Empire Earth III allows players to build and rule an empire from the ancient world to the distant future, battling it out across the globe through the eons in a bid for worldwide control, offering continuous free-form gameplay that will allow players to keep units from one battle to the next.

Escape from Paradise City is a blended action-RPG and strategy game that asks the player to infiltrate a gang-infested city on the Eastern seaboard in order to root out rampant corruption and violence.

A spiritual sequel to Woo's action masterpiece, Hard Boiled, Stranglehold allows gamers to play a John Woo-directed action blockbuster movie. Dual-wielding and stunt-laden gunplay combined with massive destructible environments ensures that Stranglehold will be a true tour-de-force.

In The Simpsons Game, Homer, Marge, Bart, and Lisa use exciting, all-new powers to save the world from rising chaos. To help the Simpsons, gamers at home must journey through all of Springfield (as well as vast worlds beyond!), vanquish an amazing array of villains, and fight their way through parodies of multiple popular games.

FM2 features authentic simulation physics, bone-jarring damage, photo-realistic graphics, 300 of the world’s hottest cars for you to collect, licensed tuning and plenty of customization options. Without giving specific details Community Manager Che Chou revealed that 10turn, if all goes well with the certification process, plans on dropping Forza 2's first real DLC pack on Xbox Live Marketplace.

Feel what it’s like to be a field general making key personnel decisions on both sides of the ball during the game’s biggest moments in Madden NFL 08. This second patch/roster includes the updated rosters as of September 2007.

In Crysis shooter fans will face a new kind of challenge requiring adaptive tactics and customization of weapons and armor in dynamic, hostile environments as mankind struggles to survive in the face of an alien invasion.

Total Pro Golf 2 allows users to create a golfer and take him or her on one of six in-game tours. Hire caddies and coaches, purchase equipment and play some great golf to earn sponsorships and your professional tour card. This v2.3 patch fixes a few minor issues.

MySims, designed especially for the Wii and NDS, introduces a charming cast of whimsical characters while delivering the creativity, customization and classic open-ended gameplay.

AMD announced the addition of AMD Phenom triple-core processors to its desktop roadmap, expected to be the world’s first PC processors to integrate three computational cores on a single die of silicon. The triple-core can help deliver the visual experience, performance and multitasking capabilities of true multi-core technology to a broader audience.

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:

• Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games [NDS/Wii] - Trailer #2
• Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games [NDS/Wii] - Trailer #2
• Juiced 2: Hot Import Nights [ALL] - Gambling Trailer
• Tony Hawk's Proving Ground [ALL] - Rigger Abilities Trailer
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Bizarre revealed that it's just gone gold racing game PGR 4 is getting a playable demo soon, which is currently under certification and will include demo specific custom built challenges, the Nurburgring Snow Time Challenge, drivable in 5 vehicles (cars/bikes), and a demo-only Arcade mode chapter set in Macau.

FIFA 08 will create a football experience that matches the complexity, finesse and beauty of the real-world game. FIFA 08 challenges you to master the skills required to play like a pro football player, allowing you on the pitch to defy the odds, perfect your skills, elevate your game and rise up to win glory for your club.

Namco Bandai announced today that the animated TV series, One Piece, will make its exclusive debut on the Wii with One Piece: Unlimited Adventure. Join Captain Monkey D. Luffy and the rest of the Straw Hat Pirates as they embark on a search for the ultimate treasure in this all new original quest.

SWAT PSP is built upon the classic and highly acclaimed SWAT franchise. Penned by script writer Scott Rosenbaum (The Shield), SWAT: Target Liberty is set in New York City where the SWAT team is tasked with thwarting an ever-increasing number of international terrorist threats.

Silent Hill 5 is a psychological horror game thrusting players into a shadowy world of chaos and terror with atmospheric HD graphics, an all-new iconic and chilling soundtrack by Akira Yamaoka, and an original storyline that sheds new light on the desolate, fog-shrouded town of Silent Hill.

Reprobates, a classic third-person point-and-click adventure, is based on the enhanced engine of Black Mirror and Nibiru and will again stun the players with beautiful graphics, highly detailed 3D character models and a thrilling atmosphere and story.

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.

SEGA's NiGHTS: Journey of Dreams is the long awaited sequel to the critically acclaimed NiGHTS franchise that gave gamers the freedom to fly in a world of dreams and imagination.

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:

• Eternal Sonata (X360)
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Mercury Games has secured the European publishing rights from Ertain BV for its fantasy action RPG Warriors of the Lost Empire, known in Japan as Lost Regnum, on the PSP.