Majesco announced that it's establishing an internal development facility in the Los Angeles area, adding technical and design skills to the company’s overall operation, with a focus on products and properties that resonate with the casual gamer.

Empire has signed an agreement with Fireglow Game to distribute Stranger, an RPG / RTS hybrid, and Sudden Strike 3: Arms for Victory, latest installment in the WWII RTS franchise, in the UK.

Final Fantasy XI: Wings of the Goddess, the 3rd expansion pack for Square Enix MMO, includes new areas, a wide variety of new jobs, time travel, and large scale battlefields. At a Final Fantasy Fan Festival in Osaka, Japan the Final Fantasy XI team announced a new Job for the game, the Scholar.

Reflexive Entertainment, in conjunction with The Axiom Corporation, announces that the mining colony 'AF128' in orbit above Neutron Star PSR B1913+16 is now in full production. Inside the mine, pilots discover side-scrolling, omni-directional, 3D, physics-based job challenges that will push their piloting skills while dazzling their eyes.

Trion World Network has tapped Nicholas Beliaeff, former Executive Director of Development and San Diego Studio Manager for Sony Online Entertainment, to grow the publisher and developer’s San Diego presence as well as manage game development across all of Trion’s studio locations.

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:

• Kane & Lynch: Dead Men [PS3/X360/PC] - Sissy Trailer
• Need for Speed ProStreet [ALL] - Race Day Events & Tech Trailer
• Empire Earth 3 - Eastern Faction Trailer
• Super Smash Bros. Brawl [Wii] - Fox Saves Diddy Trailer
• CSI 4: Hard Evidence [X360/PC] - Making Of Trailer #1
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Antitrust regulators have cleared Electronic Arts' $775 million purchase of VG Holding Corp, which owns two software studios from private equity fund Elevation Partners, BioWare Corp. and Pandemic Studios.

Activision's latest financial numbers show a net revenue increase of 69% from last year's $188.2 million to $317.7M. Net income jumped from a $42.6M loss to a $28.5M gain. In the conference call, Activision executives said that while it's only been in stores for a week, GH III is the best launch title in company history, selling $100M in North America alone. Looking ahead, Activision is planning new titles in the Call of Duty, Tony Hawk and Guitar Hero franchises and has plans for new titles in cooperation with Dreamworks (Monsters Vs. Aliens, Madagascar II, Kung Fu Panda,) two unannounced superhero titles and, to top it all off, its first James Bond-licensed title.

Devil May Cry 4 is the fourth installment in Capcom's series starring Dante, the gunslinging demon hunter. DMC4 will introduce a new hero, Nero, who possesses a demonic arm that can pull in enemies or use them as projectiles. The Collector's Edition package includes volume 1 of ADV Films' Devil May Cry: The Animated Series, a Steelbook case and a bonus DVD filled with extras.

Bowser has captured Mario and his friends in his pursuit of a crystal that the group collected when it fell from the sky, and he doesn't hesitate to shrink them to miniature size to get rid of them and get his hands on the other four crystals. The mini-heroes have to find the crystals before he does, making their way through giant environments filled with enormous creatures.

Announced a few months ago, Crave Entertainment's Professional Bull Riders captures all the adrenaline and challenge of the Toughest Sport on Dirt, letting you play as a pro bull rider or as a bull in multiple events leading up to the World Finals.

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 Club [PS3/X360] - Trailer #2
• Viking: Battle For Asgard - Trailer
• Universe at War: Earth Assault [X360/PC] - Trailer (3)
• Mass Effect [X360] - Combat Soldier Trailer
• Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games [NDS/Wii] - Archery Trailer
• Aqua Teen Hunger Force Zombie Ninja Pro-Am [PS2] - Trailer #4
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Playlogic Entertainment announced that it has successfully closed $12,3 million in equity through a private placement at the end of the third quarter, allowing it to reduce debt, and finance new titles.

Sins of a Solar Empire is a real-time space strategy title under development at Ironclad Games. Unfolding the fate of three unique factions, Sins of a Solar Empire is the first chapter in an epic science fiction saga. Sins of a Solar Empire Beta 4 kicks off today and features the Vasari, an ancient exiled race.

International Cricket Captain allows you to manage tactics and influence performance of real players in the game of cricket before, during and after each match throughout the domestic and international seasons.

Aion is the ultimate MMORPG with strengthened interaction between players. Aion’s world consists 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.

Blazing Angels 2: Secret Missions of WWII is an intense action-adventure air combat game that takes place during World War II. The players lead an elite undercover squad of pilots secretly created by the American government to execute Operation Wildcard.

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:

• Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles [Wii] - Enemies Trailer
• Sudden Strike 3: Arms for Victory - Iwo Jima Trailer
• Sonic Rivals 2 [PSP] - Trailer #4
• Burnout Paradise [PS3/X360] - Hawker Trailer
• The Simpsons Game [ALL] - Game Engine Trailer
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In addition to a new campaign that ties up the Dread Lords saga, GalCiv II: Twilight of the Arnor adds civilization-specific technology trees and planetary improvements that add even more flavor to each alien race, while greatly expanding the strategic depth of the game.

In PES8, player detail has been taken to incredible levels with full facial animation and high-def to show full movement and subtle details to the various kits during the course of a match. All "next-gen" versions will also benefit from an extensive Edit mode, allowing gamers to customize their PES experience.

SCEA has released several playable demos for upcoming games on the PlayStation Network, EA's NFS ProStreet (906mb) and Sierra's sci-fi shooter TimeShift (479mb). The classic PsOne title Twisted Metal 2 is now playable on PSP/PS3, and there's a slow of downloladable content for The Godfather: Don’s Edition. Game trailer wise there is a ton of stuff to watch like Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune, Burnout, Beowulf, GT5 Prologue, and a few movie trailers as well.

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:

• Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune [PS3] - Trailer
• Alone in the Dark [PS3/X360/PC] - Central Park Trailer
• Gears of War [PC] - Editor Trailer
• Condemned 2: Bloodshot [PS3/X360] - Trailer
• Theseis [X360/PC] - Haunted House Flythrough Trailer
• Rayman Raving Rabbids 2 [NDS] - Trailer
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While D3Publisher's X360 exclusive Oneechanbara vorteX never made it to North America (Microsoft did not want to certify it due to its nudity) it seems the Wii might see the next installment in the franchise, known for its scantily clad women, lots of zombies and blood by the bucketloads.

Become Mario as he traverses a galaxy of gravities, traveling in and out of gravitational fields by blasting from planet to planet. Players experience dizzying perspective shifts as they run upside down through wild alien worlds that need to be seen to be believed.

Humans, succumbing to ray-guns, mind-control, and shiny flying saucers, have failed to defend their planet and let it fall easily into the clutches of the Big Brain and his army of Brain Thingys. The only hope left for mankind is three Teenage Zombies that have arisen from a graveyard disturbed in the invasion.