Nintendo added a classic, a WiiWare, and two NDSi titles to the Shop Channels. Nintendo owners with online access can redeem Points to download: Party Fun Pirate (Wiiware), Pitfall: The Mayan Adventure (VC), Master of Illusion Express: Shuffle Games, and Mixed Messages (NDSiWare).

Metaboli has signed a 3 year agreement with Epic to offer the Unreal series through its European digital distribution service.

Nintendo added a classic and one WiiWare title to the Wii's Shop Channel. Wii owners with online access can redeem Wii Points to download: Equilibrio (Wiiware), Uncharted Waters: New Horizons (VC), and half a dozen Nintendo DSiWare titles.

Stardock announced that the next update to its digital distribution platform, Impulse, will include Game Object Obfuscation (Goo), paving way for reselling digitally distributed games, re-downloading while providing increased copy protection for publishers.

Valve announced the arrival of in-game downloadable content to its digital download platform Steam, allowing developers and publishers to use their own games as a platform for selling additional content to gamers.

Fable 2 offers even more choices and features, while building on the core gameplay theme of the original Fable where every choice continually defines who you become, allowing you to truly live the life you choose. Lionhead is not only working on Fable III, but it was also revealed a second DLC package is planned, although no details or release schedule were revealed.

In Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts the famous bear and bird duo return for a unique adventure of epic proportions. The Lord of the Games is tired of the petty squabbling between Banjo and the evil witch Gruntilda (aka Grunty) over the years, and has arranged a showdown to decide the rightful owner of Spiral Mountain. Rare urges fans to not let their "N&B disc gather dust," as it is working on "lifespan-lengthening activities" and even shows off a logo that says "LOG's Lost Challenges."

Electronic Arts today announced an official downloadable NCAA Tournament edition of its college basketball video game. NCAA Basketball 09: March Madness Edition will be available to download on Mar. 11, 2009, just in time for the start of the NCAA tournament. It's exclusive to the Xbox 360 and will cost 1,200 Microsoft points ($15).

Halo Wars is a strategy game based on the Halo universe where players will command armies of familiar and new UNSC units in its initial encounters against the Covenant, an alien coalition threatening to obliterate mankind. Released last week (Feb. 5), the Halo Wars demo on Xbox Live has smashed previous records by being downloaded 2 million times in one week.

Based on the animated TV series, Afro Samurai is the cutting edge game that delivers a new kind of cinematic game experience, a living episode that offers addictive, immersive and compelling gameplay that's dripping in style. Afro Samurai is hot off the presses, but according to the game's credits there is more to come, as TV screenwriter Peter Saji is working on multiple DLCs, material with a "very emotional climax" not connected to the anime series or the game's earlier content.

Mass Effect invites you to take the role of Commander Shepard as you set out on an adventure to save the galaxy from imminent destruction. Wrought with treachery, heroism, difficult decisions and a universe filled with unique and colorful species, Mass Effect delivers a truly compelling storyline. While Bioware is working on a patch and Mass Effect 2, it was revealed at Comic Con that new downloadable content is also in the pipeline.

Microsoft and Netflix announced that 1 million Xbox Live Gold members have downloaded and activated the Xbox Live application from Netflix since the alliance launched last November. In less than three months the Xbox Live community has watched instantly 1.5 billion minutes of movies and TV episodes.

Resident Evil 5 promising to revolutionize the survival horror series by delivering an unbelievable level of detail, realism and control. Since its Jan. 26th release, more than 1.3 million Xbox Live members downloaded the demo in just the first three days, and 1.8 million in its first week, a new record.

YUKE’S Company of America launched Akinai Games, a new division that will focus on developing games for Nintendo’s WiiWare channel, Microsoft's Xbox Live, and Sony's PlayStation Network, while plans for PC and mobile device distribution are under consideration.

Big Bang Mini is a fireworks-based shooter centered around filling the night sky with brilliant bursts of fireworks to take out encroaching enemies. A demo for Arkedo Studio’s Big Bang Mini is now available as a free download via Nintendo Channel on Wii.

The samba-inspired rhythm music game made popular in the arcades is shaking its way onto the Wii! Keeping the beat with over 40 songs, players shake the Wii Remote and Nunchuk like maracas and compete with friends to see who has the best moves.

Shaun White Snowboarding, powered by the Assassin's Creed engine, allows players to enter a world of total freedom, where they can create their own experience and choose how, where, and with whom they want to ride. Head on over to XBL if you want to get the Glam Pack (400 MS Points/$5) and don out your character with new pants, boards and jackets.

Killzone 2 throws players back into the midst of a hostile and dramatic ongoing battle between the ISA and Helghast army, delivering intense warfare with lifelike character animations, detailed and destructible environments, realistic physics, and advanced levels of AI. After yesterday's pre-order incentive (exclusive demo prior to launch), Gamestop now also confirmed that Killzone 2 will be getting downloadable content, although no specific were revealed.

Resistance: Retribution is a 3rd person adventure with an all new story, levels, weapons and enemies, as well as a proprietary targeting system and game engine that pushes the system to its limit, allowing more detailed characters, special effects, and terrain that captures the look and feel of the Resistance universe. Amazon is offering fans who pre-order before Jan. 12, 2009 will receive a download code for the demo before its Feb. 24 launch.

Yesterday we revealed the honorable mentions, and today we're announcing the top handheld and downloadable titles. Check us out later for the top console/PC offerings. Once that's out of the way, we'll start the countdown of the top 20 titles, including what WP considers to be the best game of 2008. Read more for the results!

Resident Evil 5 is the forthcoming installment in Capcom's survival/horror series, promising to revolutionize the series by delivering an unbelievable level of detail, realism and control. Last week, Capcom Japan released a RE5 demo, and handy gamers could easily download it by signing into a Japanese XBL account. But a week after its release, non-Japanese gamertags were suddenly forced out of XBL when running the demo, and then upon return, the demo magically became corrupted.

Far Cry 2 immerses players in an entirely new kind of gaming experience, where players will discover a true open world gameplay set in one of the most beautiful environments in the world, Africa, brought to life by high-definition next-gen technology. The Fortune’s Pack DLC adds new vehicles and new weapons to both the single-player and the multiplayer game.

Celebrating the imminent release of Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix, the “Season of Street Fighter” will feature an assortment of Street Fighter-themed downloadable content packs, music inspired by Street Fighter, and newly revamped digital destination points for both the Xbox Live online games and entertainment network and PlayStation Network.

Prince of Persia is opening a new chapter in the Prince of Persia universe, featuring a new breed of gameplay. The game is poised to rejuvenate the action-adventure genre in addition to introducing a brand-new illustrative art style. Ubisoft's Ben Mattes revealed that the development team plans to release "downloadable content that adds significant value," not in the form of a new skin, weapons or armor, but rather something like a new story, a new experience, maybe a prequel, maybe a sequel.