Square Enix revealed that the first in a series of three previously announced add-on scenarios for its Final Fantasy XI MMO game is scheduled for March 23, 2009.

Metal Gear Online is a dedicated online game featuring characters, weaponry and levels taken from and inspired by Metal Gear Solid 4, allowing up to 16 people to play simultaneously. This 3rd MGO expansion pack features a vast amount of new content - including new maps, special characters, new gear and more.

Valkyria Chronicles is set in a fictitious continent reminiscent of 1930s Europe - divided in two and ruled by the Empire and the Federation. The game follows a hero named Welkin and his fellow soldiers of the Federation’s 7th Platoon as they engage in a series of epic battles. SEGA plans to released 3 DLC packages adding a new Hard EX Mode, and two missions.

Resident Evil 5 promises to revolutionize the survival horror series by delivering an unbelievable level of detail, realism and control. A new "versus" multiplayer mode will be released post-launch as paid digital content via Xbox Live and PlayStation Network.

Electronic Arts' official downloadable NCAA Tournament edition of its college basketball video game NCAA Basketball 09 will be available to download exclusively on Xbox Live, just in time for the start of the NCAA tournament.

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. Fans who pre-order the game before April 23rd will be given a code and instructions to download the 1Gb singleplayer demo on April 3rd, one week before it goes public.

PES 2009 will retain the intuitive ‘point and click’ interface used to control both the player in possession of the ball and to send those around him on to runs into space. However, a new ‘traditional’ control system using either a Wii Remote or Classic controller has also been implemented.

Eidos and Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment on behalf of DC Comics announce Batman: Arkham Asylum, a 3rd-person action game powered by the Unreal Engine 3, with a dark and gritty setting reminiscent of Bioshock. Gamestop revealed a Batman collector's edition, which is listed at $100, and includes a 12" Batarang, DC Custom Encyclopedia, DLC pack 1, bonus DVD with behind the scenes footage and the soundtrack.

'Based on the 20th Century Fox feature film of the same name, Dragonball: Evolution promises to be the perfect companion for the movie by incorporating all of the characters, bone jarring fights and spectacular special abilities that fans have come to expect.

Sonic's Ultimate Genesis Collection, aka SEGA Mega Drive Ultimate Collection, will feature the best first-party games from SEGA's venerable 16-bit Genesis years as well as bonus content from its 8-bit Master System and 1980s arcade era games library.

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:

• Battlefield Online [PC] - Trailer
• Runes of Magic [PC] - Cinematic Trailer
• Batman: Arkham Asylum [PS3/X360/PC] - Invisible Predator Trailer
• Arma II [X360/PC] - National Party Faction Trailer
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Sony has rolled out new PlayStation Store content, starting with Qore Episode 10 ($2.99), Red Baron Arcade ($9.99), BUZZ! Junior: Jungle Party ($4.99), Astro Tripper ($4.99), DLCs for Hot Shots Golf Out Of Bounds: Playable Sackboy ($1.99), BUZZ! Quiz TV National Geographic: Prehistoric Pack ($7.99), Burnout Paradise, Street Fighter IV Shadaloo Pack ($3.99), song packs for Guitar Hero World Tour, and Rock Band, demos for Wheelman, WWE Legends of Wrestlemania, The Chronicles of Riddick, Red Baron Arcade, and the usual game/movie trailers and PS3 themes.

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:

• The Bigs 2 [ALL] - Trailer
• Empires of Steel [PC] - Trailer (4)
• GTA: Chinatown Wars [NDS] - Dealing & Delivering Trailer
• inFamous [PS3] - Beauty Of Power Trailer
• Stormrise [ALL] - Verticality 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. On Codemasters' OFP: DR forum, the community manager has confirmed that a demo will be released for all platforms prior to launch.

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. Former Flagship Studios founder Bill Roper revealed that the game will be released on the PC first, then console(s), although only the X360 has been confirmed so far.

Aion is the ultimate MMORPG with strengthened interaction between players, consisting of 3 realms - the heavens, the devildom and the dragon realm. Players will experience dynamic communications with the world of Aion as they conduct strategic battles.

Battlestations: Pacific features a massive U.S. and Japanese single player campaign that offers a unique blend of action and strategy. Players must plan their moves carefully on huge open-world arenas and fight in the air, above sea and underwater to relive some of the most hard-fought battles in WWII history.

The first game based on the new Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D’s TV show, the game allows up to 4 players to compete within two distinctly different ways. The ‘Story Mode’ lets single players explore the world of Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D’s world and meet its all-new dueling stars in a series of thrilling card games, and the game will act as the basis for 2009’s Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championship.

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:

• The Conduit [Wii] - Trailer #12
• Excitebots: Trick Racing [Wii] - Trailer
• The Path - Launch Trailer
• UFC 2009 Undisputed [ALL] - Kendall Grove Intro Trailer
• MadWorld [Wii] - Death Watch Ep. 4
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In Colonization, players lead one of four European nations on a quest to conquer and rule the New World. Players will be challenged to guide their people from the oppressive motherland, discover the New World, and negotiate, trade and fight with both the natives and other nations as they acquire power and fight for freedom and independence.

Volition, Inc.'s third-person shooter franchise will make its open-world, next-gen debut with Red Faction: Guerrilla. 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.

AMD announced that it has shipped the 50 millionth ATI "Hollywood" graphics processor for Nintendo's Wii console. This figure is in line with the forecast that Nintendo made last year about shipping 50 million Wii consoles by spring 2009.

Blade Games, formed last month, has secured an initial round of financing for $4 million from California Technology Ventures.

Dynasty Warriors: Strikeforce will forever change the way gamers experience the Dynasty Warriors universe. In the game, players will enlist in quests that will challenge their very sense of what it means to be a true warrior.

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:

• Sacred 2: Fallen Angel [PS3/X360] - High Elf Mount Trailer
• The Godfather II [ALL] - How I Play The Godfather Trailer
• Little King’s Story [Wii] - Developer Walkthrough Trailer
• 101-in-1 Explosive Megamix [NDS] - Trailer
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