The beloved childhood pastime of lazy Sundays spent with a magnifying glass and an ant farm finally arrives on the NDS in this challenging and addictive strategy simulation that trains your ant minions - as well as your brain - through the use of the DS stylus.

PES 2009 has undergone a graphical update to ensure its players look and move even more like their real-life counterparts. Similarly, all-new options allow users to tailor the game to their own tastes, while new moves, innovative new control elements and key online elements will further the realism of the new game.

Magician's Quest Mysterious Times combines adventure elements with simulation RPG, tasking you with attending classes at Magic Academy while learning the mysteries of magic and the art of casting spells while building relationships with other students.

Karaoke Revolution lets karaoke fans sing and compete against friends with expanded multiplayer modes, 50 all-new hit songs from master recordings, as well as an endless amount of customizable venue options and newly enhanced customizable characters, including dramatic facial and body morphing.

The first game based on the new Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D’s TV show, the DS game allows up to four players to compete within two distinctly different ways.

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:

• Bionic Commando [PS3/X360/PC] - Lab Report Trailer #1
• Guitar Hero Smash Hits [ALL] - Trailer
• Grand Slam Tennis [Wii] - Celebs Trailer
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S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky is a survival FPS game based on a 'what-if' scenario of the second Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant accident. The game is created as a warning to mankind against mindless play with technologies. In a recent interview, GSC Game World's Sergey Grigorovitch revealed that it is working on another expansion for its FPS S.T.A.L.K.E.R. (scheduled for later this year) as well as in the planning stages of a full fledged sequel.

Celebrating the 5th anniversary of People Can Fly's Painkiller, JoWood announced Painkiller: Resurrection. In Painkiller: Resurrection you play William 'Wild Bill' Sherman, an ex CIA Agent and specialist for dangerous missions in the Black Ops Special Unit has a big problem: during his last job, he has managed to not only kill the head of an illegal drug operation and a slew of innocent civilians, but himself in a fatal mistake.

Set 50 years after the climactic events of the original Red Faction, this third-person, open-world action-shooter will return to Mars and once again redefine the limits of destruction-based gameplay. Users with a European XBL/PSN account can claim their free key over at THQ (sign-up required) and start downloading the demo early...

Champions Online is an MMORPG based on the popular pen-and-paper Champions RPG, giving players the power of total customization of their hero experience while they explore a vast universe of richly detailed 3D environments.

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:

• Monster Hunter Freedom Unite [PSP] - Phenomenon Trailer
• Crime Scene [NDS] - Trailer
• DemiGod [PC] - Queen of Thorns Trailer
• Jumpgate Evolution [PC] - Making Of Trailer #1
• Battlestations: Pacific [ALL] - Attract Mode Trailer
• X-Men Origins: Wolverine [ALL] - Behind the Scenes Trailer #2
• Zeno Clash [PC] - The Corwid of The Free Trailer
• Invincible Tiger: The Legend of Han Tao [PS3/X360] - Trailer
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Batman: Arkham Asylum is a 3rd-person action game powered by the Unreal Engine 3, with a dark and gritty setting reminiscent of Bioshock. A few weeks ago, we revealed a $100 Batman collector's edition, which has now been confirmed.

Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People is a story-driven series with a comic spin based on Matt and Mike Chapman's online animated series. The player uncovers each episode's comedic plot through character interaction, dialogue-based puzzles, and the use/abuse of inventory items. WiiWare sales of Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People have more than doubled since Nintendo's new storage solution was unveiled at GDC 09.

Sony has rolled out new PlayStation Store content, starting with PULSE 4/9 Edition (free), Rag Doll Kung Fu: Fists of Plastic ($9.99), Flock!($14.99), LittleBigPlanet Rag Doll Kung Fu Costume Pack ($5.99), song packs for Guitar Hero World Tour, and Rock Band, demos for Flock and Sonic’s Ultimate Genesis Collection, as well as the usual game/movie trailers and PS3 themes.

The online games market grew more than 63% to reach $2.8 billion in 2008. A new study by Pearl Research forecasts the online games market in China will exceed $5.5 billion in 2012.

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:

• Black Prophecy - Gameplay Trailer
• Roogoo Twisted Towers [Wii] - Trailer
• Theatre of War 2 - Trailer (7)
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Gore Verbinski has long expressed his interest in doing the Bioshock movie, revealed a while back, but apparently he believes so much in the project that the Pirates of the Caribbean director has turned down Walt Disney Pictures to work on the 4th installment in the series. The film adaptation of 2K's action game will begin production in 2010, and Universal Pictures has tasked John Logan (The Aviator, Star Trek: Nemesis) to write the screenplay, while BioShock creator Ken Levine is consulting.

GTR Evolution takes GT and WTCC Extreme cars to the legendary Nordschleife, the holy grail of racing. In GTR Evolution gamers will experience the modern version of the monumental track of Nürburgring Nordschleife along with the Nürburgring GP layout.

Konami announced that its forthcoming PES 2010 will benefit from the most exhaustive raft of new features in the series’ history, with every aspect of the game benefiting from key improvements. Major gameplay additions will make PES 2010 the most realistic football simulation available.

Holy Invasion of Privacy, Badman! What Did I Do to Deserve This? is a strategy game with some RPG mixed in where you, as the God of Destruction, need to help Badman, the overlord, help to save his underground empire.

Champions Online is an MMORPG based on the popular pen-and-paper Champions RPG, giving players the power of total customization of their hero experience while they explore a vast universe of richly detailed 3D environments.

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:

• Battle Rage: The Robot Wars [Wii] - Trailer #2
• The Dark Spire [NDS] - Trailer
• Earthrise [PC] - GDC09 Trailer
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Magician's Quest Mysterious Times combines adventure elements with simulation RPG, tasking you with attending classes at Magic Academy while learning the mysteries of magic and the art of casting spells while building relationships with other students.

World Cyber Games (WCG) has opened online registration for the WCG USA 2009 Championship Season. This year the winners of the online qualifiers will feed directly into the WCG USA 2009 National Final.

Section 8 is a futuristic FPS that brings strategy and tactics to the genre in a game where players can modify the battlefield on the fly. You are part of an elite infantry squad with a penchant for taking on suicide missions that no one else will tackle. Last year TimeGate settled an Section 8 trademark infringement dispute with ABC Studios over an upcoming Section 8 TV series, and now it has filed suit against Paramount for calling off negotiations and then announcing its own Section 8 interactive web series.