Digital download portal GamersGate announced a partnership with 1C Company for the digital distribution of over a dozen PC titles, including Cryostasis, King's Bounty: The Legend, Men of War and Necrovision.

Digital download portal GamersGate announced that renowned games publisher and producer Microïds has made its current catalog including upcoming games, available for digital download on the platform.

Digital download portal GamersGate announced a partnership with Vivendi Games for the digital distribution of several PC titles including Sierra Entertainment's Caesar IV, Empire Earth II Gold, Empire Earth III and World in Conflict.

Check out the following new screens and trailers from Atari's Gamers Day 2008 lineup:

• 'N+' (NDS/PSP) - Screens & Trailer
• 'Deer Hunter Tournament' (X360/PC) - Facts, Features & Screens
• 'Smash Court Tennis 3' (X360) - Facts, Features & Screens

Check out the following new screens and trailers from 1C Company's Gamers Day 2008 lineup:

• '4x4 Hummer' - Facts, Features, Screens & Trailer
• 'Cryostasis: Sleep of Reason' - 18 New Screens & Trailer
• 'Theatre of War 2: North Africa 1943' Announced - Screens & Trailer
• 'IL-2 Sturmovik: Birds of Prey' (NDS/PSP/PS3/X360) Announced - Screens & Trailer
• 'Captain Blood' (X360/PC) - 17 New Screens & Trailer
• 'Death Track: Resurrection' - 15 New Screens & Trailer
• 'King's Bounty: The Legend' - 27 New Screens & Trailer
• 'Men Of War' - 16 New Screens & Trailer
• 'NecroVisioN' (X360/PC) - 17 New Screens & Trailer

Announced last month, GamersGate will host the worldwide download premiere of the first add-on to the historical city builder Imperium Romanum. The Conquest of Britannia adds four new missions and a plethora of game updates as the player faces the challenge of conquering the British Isles.

Check out the following new screens and trailers from Sony Computer Entertainment America's (SCEA) Gamers Day 2008 lineup:

• 'LittleBigPlanet' (PS3) - 12 New Screens
• 'Siren: Blood Curse' (PS3) - 19 New Screens & Trailer
• PixelJunk Eden (PS3) Announced - Facts, Features, Screens & Trailer
• 'Killzone 2' (PS3) - 2 New Screens
• 'Hot Shots Golf: Open Tee 2' (PSP) - 10 New Screens
• Buzz!: Quiz TV' (PS3) - 7 New Screens
• 'SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs Confrontation' (PS3) - 20 New Screens
• 'Buzz! Master Quiz' (PSP) - 13 New Screens
• 'Resistance 2' (PS3) - Facts, Features & Screens

Apart from yesterday's SEGA's Platinum announcement, check out the following new screens SEGA's Gamers Day 2008 lineup:

• 'Alpha Protocol' (PS3/X360/PC) Release Date Narrowed Down
• 'The Incredible Hulk' (ALL) - 10 New Screens
• 'Beijing 2008' (ALL) - 16 New Screens
• 'Bleach: Dark Souls' (NDS) - 6 New Screens
• 'Dinosaur King' (NDS) - 6 New Screens
• 'Golden Axe: Beast Rider' (PS3/X360) - Facts, Features & 5 New Screens
• 'Samba De Amigo' (Wii) - 9 New Screens
• 'Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood' (NDS) - 25 New Screens
• 'Sonic Unleashed' (PS2/Wii/PS3/X360) - 7 New Screens
• 'Valkyria Chronicles' (PS3) Narrows Down Release Date - 3 New Screens

Check out the following new screens and trailers from Konami's 2008 Gamers Night lineup:

• 'Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia' (NDS) Announced - Screens
• 'Lost in Blue: Shipwrecked!' (Wii) Announced - Screens
• 'Silent Hill: Homecoming' (PS3/X360) - 14 New Screens
• 'Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots' (PS3) Bundle Confirmed for North America
• 'Rock Revolution' (NDS/Wii/PS3/X360) Announced - Facts, Features, Screens & Trailer
• 'Hellboy: The Science of Evil' (PSP/PS3/X360) - 8 New Screens & Trailer
• 'New International Track & Field' (NDS) - 12 New Screens & Trailer
• 'DanceDanceRevolution X' (PS2) Announced - Screens & Trailer
• 'Metal Gear Online (PS3) - 13 New Screens
• 'Critter Round-Up' (Wii) - 30 New Screens
• 'DDR Universe 3' (X360) Announced - Facts, Features, Screens & Trailer
• 'DanceDanceRevolution Hottest Party 2' (Wii) Announced - Screens & Trailer
• 'Lost in Blue 3' (NDS) - 7 New Screens

GamersGate has signed a digital distribution agreement with Gamecock, starting with FireFly's RTS Stronghold Crusader Extreme in May, followed by the episode action/adventure game Insecticide, and later this year additional titles like Velvet Assassin.

Dutch publisher Playlogic International joins GamersGate to expand their global distribution reach. The deal includes recent games such as Obscure: the Aftermath as well as titles like Airborne Troops, Alpha Black Zero, Gene Troopers, Knights of the Temple 2 and World Racing 2.

Digital download portal GamersGate announced that Capcom will be making some of its upcoming games available for digital download, starting with its swashbuckling RTS game Plunder, action title Bionic Commando: Rearmed and a wide selection of other PC titles in the Capcom portfolio.

Check out the following new screens and trailers from Midway's Gamers Day 2008 lineup:

• 'NBA Ballers: Chosen One' (ALL) - Facts, Features, Screens & Trailer
• 'The Wheelman' (PS3/X360/PC) - Facts, Features, Screens & Trailer
• 'TNA iMPACT!' (PS2/Wii/PS3/X360) - Facts, Features, Screens & Trailer
• 'Unreal Tournament 3' (X360) - Facts, Features, Screens & Trailer
• 'Blitz: The League II' [ALL] Revealed
• 'This is Vegas' (PS3/X360/PC) - Screens & Trailer
• 'Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe' (PS3/X360) Officially Announced - Trailer

Digital download portal GamersGate announced the addition of two new independent developers, Resolution Interactive (Clusterball and Ski-doo X-Team Racing) and Oxeye (Harvest: Massive Encounter) to its portfolio.

Check out the following new screens and trailers from THQ's Gamers Day 2008 lineup:

• 'Baja' (PS3/X360) - 4 New Screens & Trailer
• 'Big Beach Sports' (Wii) - 12 New Screens & Trailer
• 'Construction Combat: Lock's Quest' (NDS) - Screens
• 'Battle of the Bands' (Wii) - 8 New Screens & Trailer
• 'Darksiders: Wrath of War' (PS3/X360) - 18 New Screens & Trailer
• 'de Blob' (NDS/Wii) - 8 New Screens & Trailer
• 'Deadly Creatures' (Wii) - 12 New Screens
• 'Destroy All Humans! Path of the Furon' (PS3/X360) - 8 New Screens & Trailer
• 'Red Faction: Guerrilla' (ALL) - 9 New Screens
• 'Saints Row 2' (PS3/X360) - 10 New Screens & Trailer
• 'WALL-E' (ALL) - 27 New Screens
• 'WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2009' (ALL) - 20 New Screens & Trailer

According to The NPD Group video game industry retail revenue tripled in growth in 2007; while consumer spending on music fell 10% and DVD revenues flattened. Even though growth was centered on gaming last year, core gamers -- those who played video games daily or several times each week -- still spent most of their entertainment budgets on non-gaming entertainment.

XIII Century: Death or Glory is a 3D RTS that combines Risk-style global strategy gameplay with real-time tactical action, immersing you in the Middle Ages, into a world of noble knights, ruthless nomads, courageous deeds and internal wars. GamersGate announced today that it has secured the exclusive digital release of the highly anticipated strategy game.

GamersGate announced that German publisher Crimson Cow has joined the list of publishers choosing the portal for their digital distribution, starting with point & click adventures The Abbey, (March), followed by A Vampyre Story (May).

GamersGate announced that it has entered an extensive PC digital distribution partnership with THQ to make its portfolio available for download, starting with titles such as Company of Heroes, Supreme Commander, STALKER and the upcoming Frontlines: Fuels of War.

Combat Mission: Shock Force is a tactical military simulation depicting a hypothetical near future conflict between NATO and Syrian forces in Syria. Paradox has released a new patch, bringing their download/retail version (not the Battlefront edition) to v1.05 which includes over 65 new game features, fixes, improvements and all new modding tools!

SunAge is a futuristic RTS where the player can experience 3 different races with each there arsenal of units, buildings and upgrades, taking place across 2 different worlds. Vertex4 's SunAge is now available for digital distribution download at $29.99.

The TimesOnline reveals that the Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ), the surveillance arm of the intelligence services doing signal intelligence and information assurance, is currently looking into ways to recruit gamers. One of the methods is through in-game ads in Splinter Cell: Double Agent, hoping to attract computer-savvy, technologically able, quick thinking people.

GamersGate announced today that it has entered into a digital distribution agreement with Atari, giving gamers access to old back-catalogue favorites such as Masters of Orion 3, Act of War: High Treason and Desperados 2 in addition to new and popular games like The Witcher.

Sierra/Vivendi whisked us away last week to the sweltering hot city of Palm Springs to showcase its upcoming titles. We have screens and trailers for:

• 'SWAT: Target Liberty' (PSP) - Screens & Trailer
• 'F.E.A.R. Perseus Mandate' - Screens
• 'F.E.A.R. Files' (X360) - Screens & Trailer
• 'World in Conflict' (X360/PC) Broadcast Tool - Screens
• 'TimeShift' (PS3/X360/PC) - Screens & Trailer
• 'Prototype' (PS3/X360/PC) - Screens & Trailer
• 'Aliens vs. Predator' (PSP) - 6 New Screens
• 'Arkadian Warriors' (X360/PC) Announced - Screens
• 'Battlestar Galactica' (X360/PC) - Screens & Trailer
• 'The Bourne Conspiracy' (PS3/X360) - Screens & Trailer
• 'Commanders: Attack!' (X360/PC) - Screens & Trailer
• 'CRASH of the Titans' (PSP/PS2/Wii/X360) - Screens & Trailer
• 'Geometry Wars: Galaxies' (NDS/Wii) - Screens
• 'The Legend of Spyro: The Eternal Night' (ALL) - Screens
• 'Empire Earth III' - Screens & Trailer
• 'Red Baron' (X360/PC) Announced - Screens & Trailer
• 'Switchball' (X360/PC) - Screens & Trailer
• 'Wet' [PS3/X3360] - Screens & Trailer

Last week Anti-Video Game Bill AB1179 was recalled for being unconstitutional, but California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger intends to appeal that ruling. Gamers need to unite, and make the Governor understand that video games deserve the same First Amendment protections as his action movies, and stop wasting millions of taxpayers' dollars in court. Write NOW!