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.

38 Studios has acquired Big Huge Games, previously an internal studio for THQ, including all of its proprietary IP, tools, technology, assets, and works-in-progress. The acquisition is a critical step in 38 Studios’ strategy to deliver a broad range of entertainment products centered on its original fantasy IP, codenamed Copernicus.

Free Realms is a free whimsical fantasy massively multiplayer RPG from Sony Online offering lighthearted adventuring, aimed primarily at casual female gamers, and optional bonus content via micro transactions.

Staying true to its early vision, NetDevil has improved upon the original Jumpgate in every way, with a complete graphics update, and the integration of advanced AI features to ensure unpredictable and compelling situations. Originally scheduled for release in June, Codemasters has pushed back the launch in order to give the product more time to meet its objectives.

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:

• Dark Void [ALL] - Developer Diary Trailer #1
• Interstellar Marines [PS3/X360/PC] - Photo Session Trailer
• Fairy Tales: Three Heroes [X360/PC] - Trailer #2
• Return to Mysterious Island 2 [PC] - Trailers (2)
• Monster Hunter Freedom Unite [PSP] - Tutorial Trailer #2
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Take Two released its Q2 2009 results revealing that net revenue for Q2 2009 dropped from last year's $539.8 million (release period of GTA IV) to $229.7 million, driven by GTA IV DLC, MLB 2K9, GTA IV and GTA: Chinatown Wars (NDS), while last year's $98.2 million income dwindled to a $10.1 million net loss. More importantly Take-Two revealed it will be delaying Mafia II and Red Dead Redemption until the second half of fiscal 2010 (Nov. 1, 2009 - Apr. 30, 2010) to allow more development time, while BioShock 2 is tentatively scheduled for Oct. 30 in Europe and Nov. 3, 2009 in North America.

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. We sat down with design director James Hague for our final interview/chat ...

Screen Digest reveals that video games' rising share of audience consumption and reach will make it impossible for brands to ignore, predicting in-game ads will clock in at $1 billion by 2014.

Nikopol: Secrets of the Immortals, based on Enki Bilal's Nikopol Trilogy graphic novel series, is a visually striking, richly detailed point and click adventure game developed by Benoît Sokal’s White Birds Productions.

Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth takes the Ace Attorney series from the courtroom to the crime scene, leaving the legal battle behind while bringing the action to various crime scenes.

Rock Band 2 builds upon the original to introduce co-op band gameplay, multiple instruments, online multiplayer, unparalleled downloadable content and raises the bar by delivering an entirely new level of depth, connectivity, authenticity and features.

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: Modern Warfare 2 [ALL] - Trailer #3
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Dynasty Warriors: Gundam 2 combines the devastating power of the Mobile Suit, the rich legacy of the GUNDAM universe and the furious Tactical Action game play of the Dynasty Warriors series. The game will thrust players into incredible battles against legions of enemy Mobile Suits on distant planetary surfaces and in the far reaches of outer space.

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:

• Burnout Paradise [ALL] - Big Surf Island Trailer
• Crimson Gem Saga [PSP] - Trailer
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Operation Flashpoint 2 will see the most realistic modeling of conflict scenarios in a new contemporary theater of war. By offering a multitude of military disciplines, gameplay will deliver warfare more realistic and intense than ever before.

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:

• CrimeCraft - Gerome Mills Trailer
• Red Faction: Guerrilla [ALL] - Tools of Destruction Trailer #5
• Brutal Legend [ALL] - Brutal Thoughts With Jack Black #1
• Boom Blox Bash Party [Wii] - Spielberg Trailer
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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. The multiplayer demo features ten-player Damage Control mode. While the PS3 and Xbox 360 editions are due in stores next week, THQ confirmed that the PC version is scheduled for this summer.

Sony has rolled out new PlayStation Store content, starting with downloadable PSOne titles Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six ($5.99), Ford Racing ($5.99), demos for inFAMOUS, Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10, and Disney/Pixar's UP, DLCs for LittleBigPlanet ($3.99), MotorStorm Pacific Rift (free), H.A.W.X - Russian Falcons Pack ($4.99), PAIN ($0.99), F.E.A.R. 2 Armored Front Map Pack ($6.99), song packs for Guitar Hero World Tour and Rock Band, as well as the usual game/movie trailers and PS3 themes.

Formed earlier 2009, Ruffian Games has been on a recruiting spree as of late, and is currently a 40 person strong game development studio based in Dundee, moving into full production on its yet to be announced first title. Ruffian staff have previously worked on games such as Crackdown, Fable 2, Project Gotham Racing, Grand Theft Auto, Mortal Kombat and is comprised of former EA, Midway, Free Radical, Real World employees, but also a bunch on newcomers.

Midway announced that it has entered into a "stalking horse" asset purchase agreement with Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc., meaning that WBIE would acquire substantially all of Midway's U.S. assets including the Mortal Kombat franchise and its development studios in Chicago/Seattle, but not the TNA/Wheelman franchises.

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. The multiplayer demo features ten-player Damage Control mode.

Damnation features open environments, frenetic combat, daredevil acrobatics and high-octane vehicle-based stunts. Presenting players with an intense test of reflexes, quick thinking and rapid-fire conflict, Damnation will feature vast landscapes, each covering miles of distance and thousands of vertical feet.

Football SuperStars is a free-to-download online game, developed by Monumental Games, allowing players to meet within a utopian soccer-styled virtual world and take part in 3, 5, 7 and 11-a-side football matches.

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:

• Alpha Protocol [ALL] - Developer Diary Trailer #3
• Blur [PS3/X360/PC] - Teaser Trailer
• Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood [PS3/X360/PC] - Trailer
• Dynasty Warriors 6 Empires [X360/PS3] - Trailer #2
• Ghostbusters: The Video Game [ALL] - Annie Potts Trailer
• Guitar Hero On Tour: Modern Hits [NDS] - Trailer
• Venetica [X360/PC] - Developer Diary Trailer #1
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Wasting valuable tax payer dollars in a budget crisis, Governor Schwarzenegger today filed an appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court in a bid to enact a law that would ban the sale or rental of violent video games to people under 18, legislation that was ruled unconstitutional months ago.