Take-Two announced the name change of Irrational Games, known for story-driven games like System Shock 2, Freedom Force, Tribes: Vengeance, and the just gone-gold Bioshock, to 2K Boston and 2K Australia, symbolizing the studios' further integration into the 2K Games family.

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. Crytek signed Ion Zur to produce a modern cinematic score that heightens the impact of the dramatic storyline, realistic environments and highly-evolved gameplay.

DEFCON, inspired by the 1983 cult-classic Wargames, is an online, competitive, multiplayer strategy game based around the theme of global thermonuclear war.

World in Conflict is a strategy game that delivers action and coordinated team play amidst the war the world feared most – a showdown between the Soviet Union and the United States, with completely destructible 3D battlefields, aggressive team-based multiplayer action and a focus on fast, hard-hitting battles (thanks Martin).

Get back into the swing of things as Donkey Kong goes vertical in DK Jungle Climber, previously known as DK: King of Swing, with all new moves, items and mini games.

Atari revealed it will feature hands-on demos for three upcoming RPG titles at Gen Con: The Witcher, Neverwinter Nights 2: Mask of Betrayer, and Dungeons & Dragons: Tactics (PSP).

The Swarm is a 3D action/adventure game, where the player will face the challenge of surviving in a wasted Moscow that shows the scars of the alien attack, defending himself against other humans looking for scraps of food, and from the dangerous aliens.

Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures is an Online Action RPG, mixing a deep, story-driven single-player experience and a massive and brutal multiplayer end-game brings forth the ultimate representation of the Age of Conan.

The journey in The Sims 2 Castaway begins when your Sims are washed ashore on an uncharted tropical island, and must overcome the forces of nature, craft tools for survival, and explore their surroundings to unravel the island's mysteries.

In Namco Bandai's Smash Court Tennis 3 players compete as or against 16 of their favorite Pro-Tennis stars including #1 ranked Roger Federer and 2006 French Open champions Rafael Nadal and Justine Henin.

Black Sea Studios, known for Knights of Honor, announced WorldShift, a next-generation, cyber-fantasy RTS game set in a dark future of Earth, where today's civilization is only a fading mysterious legend.

EA has signed the worldwide rights to create digital games based upon an array of Hasbro's intellectual properties, including Monopoly, Scrabble, Yahtzee, Nerf, Tonka and Littlest Pet Shop, to name a few, with the first games scheduled to launch in calendar year 2008.

Based on the work of internationally renowned game designer Reiner Knizia, the board game version of Ingenious has been an international best seller. Incredibly easy to learn and just as addictive, Ingenious provides hours of challenging and thrilling fun for one to four players.

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:

• Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare [ALL] - Ghillie in the Mist Trailer
• Tony Hawk's Proving Ground [ALL] - Trailer
• Dynasty Warriors: GUNDAM [PS3/X360] - Trailer (2)
• Battlefield: Bad Company [PS3/X360] - Dev Diary #1
• Age of Empires III: The Asian Dynasties - Indian Dynasty Trailer
• Worms: Open Warfare 2 [NDS/PSP] - Trailer #3
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WolfQuest is a new project that brings the immersive, compelling drama and action of video games to informal science learning while creating a model for nationwide distribution. WolfQuest will teach wolf behavior and ecology through its exciting gameplay and intense social interactions.

NHL 08 will feature an exclusive AHL license for the first time, with all 29 teams from the primary development league for the NHL fully playable in game.

Namco Bandai Games America's .hack //G.U. Vol. 3: Redemption logs gamers back into the engaging MMO setting where the lines of reality are blurred and danger lurks around every corner. Delivering an epic action-RPG experience, gamers must overcome evil and restore balance to “The World.”

Galactic Dream: Rage of War it's a 3D strategy game in real time in which you gather resources, build facilities in space and train star-ships with the final purpose of decimating your enemies.

On August 16, Capcom will release a new patch for the PC edition of Lost Planet, adding several DX 10 enhancements, as well as a basic chatting system in the multiplayer lobby. On that same day, the 4 maps in the DLC #3 on the Xbox 360 are coming to the PC (400mb) and are once again becoming free on Xbox Live Marketplace.

Stuntman: Ignition challenges players to drive for perfection, dropping them into the adrenaline-fueled role of a Hollywood stuntman, vying to create the most insane high-flying jumps, mind-blowing corkscrews and metal-twisting crashes ever filmed.

Just beyond your galaxy, an ancient malevolence has embarked upon a covetous rampage. This demonic juggernaut seeks nothing less than the total enslavement of every world it encounters. Your world could be next. The pre-order box offers customers several perks, including exclusive in-game items and a 3-day head start prior to launch.

Set in the near future, terrorists and gangs control most of the cities inhabited with innocent and defenseless citizens. What makes it even worse is a nano-virus acquired by criminals and questioning survival of mankind. You are Scorpion, an operative tasked to exterminate a dangerous virus and save people.

Auran Games announced a new business model for their upcoming PvP MMO, FURY. It is free to play with regular free content updates, plus an option to subscribe for additional benefits, choice and flexibility. Importantly, all players, regardless of subscription status, have access to the most powerful items and abilities in the game.

Sierra announced that Stormfront Studios is developing The Spiderwick Chronicles, an action/adventure game based on Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Films' upcoming 2008 movie, as well as the fantastical Spiderwick book series.

A fantasy voyage through the great mythologies, Loki, an action/RPG, allows you to take on the role of one of the 4 heroes of the game, each drawn from a different mythology. This demo lets you play as the Norse Warrior, where you collect elements, level up your characters to 20, and defeat Fenrir the legendary giant wolf.