EA announced that Madden NFL 09 will be available in North America on August 12, including a special collector's edition in celebration of the 20th anniversary featuring both Madden NFL 09 and the all-new NFL Head Coach 09, exclusive classic Madden NFL gameplay, and an extensive library of exclusive bonus video content.

Boasting an exciting new storyline, multi-player modes and a unique real-time turned base-battle system, Code Lyoko: Fall of X.A.N.A offers a new role playing game experience and newly-designed characters. Based on Taffy Entertainment's animated TV series Code Lyoko players can expect fierce cyber action with challenging missions set in the CGI 3D world of Lyoko.

50 Cent will reprise his role as video game hero with 50 Cent: Blood on the Sand, including G Unit’s Lloyd Banks, Tony Yayo and DJ Whoo Kid who provide voice and likeness. In this fictional story, players play as one of the world’s biggest hip-hop stars in an all-out battle to protect 50 Cent’s assets and to collect payment from a crooked overlord.

Judgment day is at hand, and it's time for a showdown with the guy downstairs to bargain for Bosco's soul. But in the corporate wasteland known as Hell, not even the Freelance Police are safe from eternal damnation. Can Sam & Max fight free from Satan's grasp, or have they reached the end of the line?

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:

• Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII (PSP)
• Opoona (Wii)
• Universe at War: Earth Assault (X360)
• Warriors Orochi (PSP/PC)
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SingStar: Summer Party is arriving with 30 great tracks that are just perfect for those hot summer nights. We’re talking about classic songs and videos that just capture that summer feeling: tracks from Blondie, Rihanna, David Bowie, Klaxons and Peter Andre to name just a few.

Draft Day Sports: Pro Football will give you the opportunity to play one or multiple roles within a professional football organization as you scout and draft players, make roster decisions and coach your way to championship glory.

Sony Europe announced a new Warhawk expansion pack going by the name of Operation: Broken Mirror. The new expansion pack will arrive on the PSN in April at a price of £3.99 and bring with it the new Armored Personnel Carrier (APC), which comes in two forms, and seven arenas of the new Vaporfield Glacier.

Zombie BBQ is a shooter where you have to move forward by shooting down every living (or dying) creature in your path! Use the arsenal of weapons at your disposal to do away with the savage hoards of zombies. Shoot, blast, massacre, bombard and burn your enemies to the bone with a touch of your stylus on the console screen.

NCsoft announced that it has reinforced its relationship with Epic Games by licensing Unreal Engine 3 to develop two unannounced, top-tier massively multiplayer online games.

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:

• Command & Conquer 3: Kane's Wrath (PC)
• Dark Sector (PS3/X360)
• Naruto: Ultimate Ninja 3 (PS2)
• Ninja Gaiden Dragon Sword (NDS)
• Obscure: The Aftermath (Wii/PS2/PC)
• Silent Hunter: Wolves of the Pacific (PC)
• Viking: Battle For Asgard (PS3/X360)
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During five semi-finals held at the European WTCC events, gamers will fight on site for a seat in the Grand Finale at the FIA WTCC race meeting in Monza, which will be broadcasted on Eurosport within the youth-oriented program BUZZ.

Ubisoft's Imagine Rock Star, the sixth game in the Imagine line-up, dedicated to girls ages 6 to 14, allows the young girl to form her dream band and become a music legend. Climb the charts with your chic bandmates through music, fashion and fun.

Atari UK announced Driving Theory Training, an NDS exclusive title giving players the unique opportunity to revise, practice and take virtual tests on driving theory and Highway Code whilst on the move.

Revealed yesterday, for the first time handheld gamers will have the freedom to unleash their inner rock star anywhere, anytime with Activision's upcoming Guitar Hero: On Tour offering the most diverse set list of master tracks ever offered in a Guitar Hero game, including classic rock, alternative and pop favorites such as Nirvana, OK Go and No Doubt.

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:

• The Tuttles Madcap Misadventures (PC)
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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:

• Condemned 2: Bloodshot (PS3)
• Flyboys Squadron (PC)
• Samurai Warriors 2 Xtreme Legends (PS2/X360)
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SouthPeak Games announced Big Bang Mini, a fireworks-based shooter centered around filling the night sky with brilliant bursts of fireworks to take out encroaching enemies.

What if you had to live your whole life in one location … and then one day, suddenly, you could step outside and go anywhere in the whole neighborhood? The Sims 3 gives you the freedom to create unique Sims and immerse them in your own living neighborhood of endless possibility!

Spectrobes: Beyond The Portals continues the story of Rallen and Jeena, interplanetary patrol officers who discover, excavate, awaken and train mysterious fossilized creatures known as Spectrobes and then use them to battle enemies. The story surrounds the origins of mysterious portals that lead to distant dimensions.

Her Interactive announced the next installment in the Nancy Drew series, The Phantom of Venice. In the most exciting adventure yet, players will work to uncover the mastermind behind a series of unsolved thefts that have taken place in Venice -- one of the world’s most unique cities known for its interlocking canals and sleek gondolas.

Summon Night: Twin Age is a fully stylus-driven action RPG set in the popular Summon Night universe featuring beautifully animated graphics, and addictive action RPG gameplay. The stylus is your key to the world of Clardona, whether as your swinging sword or your shimmering wall of fire.

Galactic Command: KnightBlade brings total immersion to the space combat genre. Gamers will live out and experience their entire career within the confines of their assigned command carrier. All in first person perspective inside the 350m long CV-KnightBlade; the second carrier in the Engstrom class to be built by GALCOM.

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:

• Diary Girl (NDS)
• Hot Shots Golf: Out of Bounds (PS3)
• Imperium Romanium (PC)
• Lost in Blue 3 (NDS)
• Metal Gear Solid: The Essential Collection (PS2)
• Poker Superstars III: Gold Chip Challenge (PC)
• Sega Tennis Superstars (NDS/Wii/PS2/PS3/X360)
• SingStar '90s (PS2)
• Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas 2 (PS3/X360)
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In Soul Bubbles the player controls a young shaman apprentice, who is entrusted with saving lost “souls” and guiding them to safety. He must protect these fragile beings from the hostile and dangerous world around them, and he does this by creating protective bubbles to keep the spirits safe.