The Games Company announced that it is working on the next installment in series featuring Simon, the charismatic sorcerer´s apprentice. Simon the Sorcerer 5 sends adventurers to a futuristic game world, in which they experience a turbulent backward journey through history in order to help Simon to recover his memory.

Set in the Orient, ANNO 1404 offers a richness of features never before seen. Exploring a strange and fascinating island world in the utmost East, players will get to know the culture and technology of the ancient Orient while learning the tricks of local trade, diplomacy and economy in order to build their own metropolis.

Konami's Lords of Shadow is a new action-adventure IP, a story of one man’s journey to discover the true meaning of sacrifice amidst murder and betrayal. Set in Southern Europe during the middle ages, Lords of Shadow has beautifully-realized locales that play host to an epic battle between good and evil.

Konami's GTI Club+ is a completely updated and enhanced version of its popular GTI Club arcade game boasting all-new HD visuals and widely expanded gameplay elements.

Konami announced a magical new title for NDS entitled Enchanted Folk and the School of Wizardry. Set in a magic school, the game entails mastering a series of spells and incantations in order to achieve a Magician License and become Master Wizard.

Dragon Ball Z: Infinite World combines all the best elements of previous DBZ: Budokai games, whilst also boasting new features such as Dragon Missions, new battle types and drama scenes for fans to delve deeper than ever before into the Dragon Ball Z universe.

Hearts of Iron 3 will follow the franchise's tradition of most detailed and complete strategic game series on WW2 ever made while focusing on satisfying veteran players through a multitude of brand new features and systems, including a huge map with more than 10,000 provinces.

Prepare for space battles galore as Rising Star Games has signed the European rights to retro-style shooter XG Blast!, an arcade shooter delivered in a bright and colorful retro style. Players control a spaceship with the sole purpose of destroying the invading hordes before they do the same to you.

German based Studio Coreplay announced Swarm: First Contact at the Leipzig Games Convention, a new sci-fi FPS that uses xaitment's middleware AI engine. In Swarm: First Contact, earth is about to be overrun by aliens, and mankind is attempting a last-ditch effort to repel the invasion.

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:

• Smash Court Tennis 3 (X360)
• The Cheetah Girls: Passport to Stardom (NDS)
• Hannah Montana: Spotlight World Tour (PS2)
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Shattered Horizon is a new multiplayer FPS game where teams of players experience realistic zero gravity combat and fight to survive in the aftermath of a catastrophic Moon mining accident which throws billions of tons of rocky debris into near-Earth space.

SEGA announced The House of the Dead: Overkill, developed by London-based studio Headstrong Games, an all-new pulp-horror reinvention of the classic SEGA light-gun shooter franchise, taking you right back to the beginning of this classic horror series.

World of Zellians is a strategic life simulation game where players must create, manage and grow a prosperous new civilization while caring for the wellbeing of the community.

Atari has signed Dragon Ball: Origins, developed by Namco Bandai Games, which takes players back to the original Dragon Ball series and around the world for a thrilling action-adventure game with innovative touch pad controls.

In Colour of Murder, Carol Reed has plans for her fourth Midsummer’s Eve in Sweden, but little does she realize that during the next few days she will encounter an adventure involving more challenging and intricate puzzles than she has overcome in any of her previous cases.

Majesco's Powerbike, developed by Tornado Studios, is an intense motorcycle racer that features death-defying stunts, intense police chases and competitive multiplayer modes.

STCC (Swedish Touring Car Championship) is based on the largest and most prestigious motorsport championship in Scandinavia. The game includes all cars and tracks from the 2008 season; seven Swedish and Norwegian tracks like Mantorp Park, Knutstorp Ring and the world exclusive city racetrack Eco Drive Arena in Gothenburg along with cars like Audi A4, Volvo C30 och BMW E90.

Swords & Soldiers is a side-scrolling real time strategy game, in which three distinct factions battle for the powers of the gods. The game will feature a single player campaign and a competitive split-screen multiplayer mode as well as several other game modes.

Dynasty Warriors 6 will deliver the massive scale and realistic atmosphere that players have come to expect from the series, but will redefine the Tactical Action experience, with completely re-imagined character designs and weapons, yet maintaining familiar characterizations that are accurate to culturally depictions.

EA Black Box announced Need for Speed Undercover, an intense action racing title starring international movie star Maggie Q as the lead character in the live-action sequences that propel the original story forward, taking the franchise back to its roots and re-introduces breakneck cop chases, the world's hottest cars and spectacular highway battles.

Imperium Romanum II is a city-building game where the player takes the role of a Roman patrician, a nobleman, who has just started his political career. His ultimate goal is to become the Governor of Rome.

Meridian4 has signed a publishing agreement with Hermitworks Entertainment Corporation for their unique, habit-forming action/trading game; Space Trader: Merchant Marine.

Deer Drive meshes hunting simulation with arcade style pick-up-and-play action and pacing for an exciting gaming experience. Deer Drive is the first deer hunting game that features two player simultaneous play.

Battlefront.com and Fury Software announced the third, and newest, game in the Strategic Command series. WWII Pacific Theater shifts the focus from Europe and into the steaming jungles and islands of Asia- Pacific.

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:

• Bionic Commando Rearmed (PS3/X360/PC)
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  We will update this throughout the day when new announcements become available. Read more for details ...