Ubisoft announced that it has acquired most employees and assets from Longtail Studios' Quebec office, and will integrate them into its own local office. The freshly recruited developers already had a close working relation with Ubisoft contributing to the Kinect version of Michael Jackson: The Experience, even working in the same building. Longtail Studios, known for Dance on Broad­way, is run by Gérard Guillemot, Ubisoft co-founder and brother to its CEO Yves Guillemot with further offices in New York, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island.

Bloodline Champions is a free-to-play arena-based player vs. player game featuring unique and action-packed gameplay for up to ten people.

Dynasty Warriors Online combines the fast-paced, epic-scale action of the DW titles with intense online multiplayer gameplay, while simultaneously being free to play.

PT Boats is the first simulator of the Mosquito-fleet, created with the use of technologies never seen before in naval combat simulator games. Patrol Torpedo Boats were used in WW2 mainly to attack large cruiser due to their maneuverability and speed.

Shadow Harvest is a 3rd-person tactical action game set in the year 2025 on various current and future points of conflict around the globe. Featuring dual character control, realistic graphics and a refreshingly different storyline, Shadow Harvest is a completely new interpretation of the tactical-action genre.

Sony has rolled out new PlayStation Store content, starting with Qore Ep. 30, Hoard, God of War Collection, Virtual pool 3 (PSOne), demos for Split/Second, Aqua Panic! HD, Rock Band 3, DLCs for Dead Rising 2, DJ Hero 2, Spider-Man: Shattered Dimension, Super Street Fighter IV, Soldner-X 2: Final Prototype: The Last Chapter, FIFA 11, Medal of Honor, Front Mission Evolved, Space Invaders Infinity Gene, Fist of the North Star, H.A.W.X. 2, ModNation Racers, EyePet, PAIN, Sports Champions, God of War III, song packs for Def Jam Rapstar, and Rock Band, the usual game/movie trailers, and PS3 themes, and downloadable PSP/PS0ne games (No Heroes Allowed!, God of War: Ghost of Sparta, Ys: The Oath in Felghana).

NBA 2K11 delivers the most realistic, stylistic, and feature-rich simulation experience ever available in the NBA 2K franchise – from gameplay to graphics, presentation and online features.

In a city where buildings are constructed as rapidly as they are torn down again, you take control of an emerging demolition company. A multitude of missions leads you to various demolition sites in different districts of the city.

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: Black Ops [ALL] - Launch Trailer
• BloodDrive [ALL] - Launch Trailer
• Goldeneye 007 [ALL] - Launch Trailer

We will update this throughout the day when new trailers become available. Read more for download links ...

MotionSports is a new sports title that will bring players unparalleled immersion, as the movements they make in real-time are accurately represented by the on-screen athletes. Exciting sports challenges include skiing, horseback riding, hang gliding, football, soccer and boxing.

International Data Corporation released results from a prediction market survey that found Americans will buy 2.5-3 million Kinect sensors for their X360 in the 4th quarter of 2010, while the number of Sony PS3 Move motion controllers sold should range between 2-2.25 million by the end of this year.

Dynasty Warriors 7's storyline surpasses 234's Wuzhang, and now properly ends in 280: Jin's unification of China and end of the ROTK period. DW7 will focus on the four kingdoms of Wei, Wu, Shu and Jin (newly added) and let you play as a variety of characters including newcommers Sima Shi, Bao Sanniang, Sima Zhao, returning Xing Cai.

Front Mission Evolved brings the classic Front Mission franchise into an action-packed third-person shooter that gives players full control of a massive humanoid war machine — the wanzer. Players battle through intense combat situations as they explore an immersive world in both the single-layer campaign and online multiplayer.

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:

• Darkspore [PC] - Dev Diary Trailer #1
• Shadows of the Damned [ALL] - Halloween Trailer

We will update this throughout the day when new trailers become available. Read more for download links ...

We kicked off the weekend in style! We stuffed our faces with delicious food, plopped ourselves on the couch and watched John Stewart's Daily Show (with President Obama) and Supernatural. Prior to that, I hopped and skipped from one game to another, checked out Dogfighter, Vindictus, Medal of Honor multiplayer and Global Agenda, but nothing could really hold my attention for more than 30 minutes. Not sure why ...

Tonight, we have a dinner date with some friends, and we're in charge of making cupcakes for dessert. Tasty!

Monday's going to be a rockin' evening, as we're going to go see Godsmack, Drowning Pool and Five Finger Deathpunch. Better not be calling on Tuesday because I won't understand a word you'll say.

IO Interactive, known for developing Hitman and Kane & Lynch, has been hit by as many as 35 layoffs, revealed by none other than 3D Realms' George Broussard who tweeted, "Layoffs at Io Interactive (Kane&Lynch/Hitman). As many as 35, and a project canceled. - Tis' the season." Square Enix confirms that an unspecified number of employees were let go, and neither were any specifics given on the so called canceled title.

BioWare Mythic has announced that their yearly heart-pounding Halloween Live Events and festivities, will be kicking off today on Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning, Dark Age of Camelot and Ultima Online featuring a stirring series of ghoulish quests, fiendish encounters and dastardly deeds!

Beyblade: Metal Fusion - Battle Fortress features a complete game-specific story with the original characters from the show.  Players find themselves in the midst of a disappearance of the world’s most powerful Beybladers.  Sucked into a giant fortress, players must battle robot bladers and discover the mystery behind the abduction.

According to new research, 21% of American consumers use game consoles to view TV and movie content. Xbox 360 has been digitally delivering movies and TV shows to tens of millions of owners since 2006 through Xbox Live.

Idea Factory came up with a very interesting world setting in Neptunia, called “Gamindustri”! And Neptunia features game consoles personified as goddesses, CPUs (Console Patron Units). You can customize visually with equipment to enhance their stats.

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:

• Tron: Evolution [ALL] - The History Of Trailer
• James Bond 007: Blood Stone [ALL] - Classic Bond Trailer

We will update this throughout the day when new trailers become available. Read more for download links ...

Loaded with more vehicles, explosive high powered weapons and a vicious close-combat system, resume the fight against a remorseless Helghast Army of colossal proportions.

MAG may be massive but it is an action shooter at its core. You can run around and shoot enemies, throw grenades, and drive vehicles just like any other shooter except with MAG you’ll do it with up to 256 players.

WoW: Cataclysm brings sweeping changes to the world of Azeroth, with two new playable races, new levels of power, challenging quests, dungeons in all-new zones, and dramatic changes to familiar aspects of the game in the wake of a world-shattering disaster.

Pac-Man Championship Edition DX features more than 100 varied and mind-boggling mazes to navigate. Several new modes test a player's pellet-munching aptitude.