DEFCON is an online, competitive, multiplayer strategy game based around the theme of global thermonuclear war. 30 of the best UK DEFCON players competed on Saturday 1st Sept. for the championship, as well as a jackpot of prizes worth up to £10,000, including a 50” Philips plasma screen TV.

Harvey Birdman: Attorney at Law is a fully animated interactive adventure, allowing players will step into the shiny wingtips of Harvey Birdman, a third-rate superhero turned third-rate defense attorney charged with exonerating parodied classic cartoon characters.

Double Fusion has made its fusion.runtime technology commercially available to publishers and developers, allowing them to add advertising support to their titles after code development has been completed, making ad placements possible where previously they could not be feasibly implemented, including in back catalog titles and titles late in the development process.

SEGA's PSU: Ambition of the Illuminus expansion features new locations, new enemies, new class types, either online through a party of up to 6, or offline singleplayer.

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:

• Soul Nomad [PS2] - Character Creation Trailer
• Juiced 2 [ALL] - Driver DNA Trailer
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Developed by London based Beautiful Game Studios (BGS), Championship Manager 2008 is fully updated for the 2007/2008 football season and has a completely different look with new skins, menu shortcuts and an improved user interface making it the most easily accessible title in the series to date.

dtp has released screens and trailers for the following upcoming titles:

• 'Windchaser' - 7 New Screens
• 'So Blonde' - 20 New Screens & Trailer
• 'Drakensang: The Dark Eye' - 18 New Screens
• 'Gray Matter' - 3 New Screens & Trailer
• 'Legend: Hand of God' - 13 New Screens
• 'Mata Hari' - 5 New Screens & Trailer
• 'Memento Mori' - 8 New Screens & Trailer
• 'Overclocked' - 11 New Screens & Trailer
• 'Reprobates' - 21 New Screens & Trailer
• 'Undercover: Dual Motives' (NDS) - 8 New Screens
• 'The Three Investigators' (NDS) - 15 New Screens

The Galactic Federation's Base Sector Zero is under attack by Space Pirates. Samus must boot up the generator to restore the defense systems. But at the end of her path, someone awful is waiting for her.

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:

• Guitar Hero III [ALL] - Dragon Force Trailer
• FIBA Basketball Manager 2008 - Trailer
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Buka has released screens and trailers for the following upcoming titles:

• 'Dusk-12' - Screens & Trailer
• 'The Hunt' - Screens & Trailer
• 'Collapse' - Screens & Trailer
• 'The Swarm' Announced - Screens & Trailer
• 'Sledgehammer' Announced - Screens & Trailer

BioShock is a revolution in the shooter genre that will forever change the expectations for the FPS. Going beyond run and gun corridors, monster-closet AIs and static worlds, BioShock creates a living, unique and unpredictable FPS experience. BioShock is the Shooter 2.0.

War Leaders: Clash of Nations will expand upon the RTS genre by placing gamers in the roles of the major leaders of WWII, including Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin. Political, diplomatic and economic decision making will be key to success, while sound tactical strategies will ensure victory on the battlefield.

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:

• Aqua Teen Hunger Force Zombie Ninja Pro-Am [PS2] - Trailer #2
• EA Playground [NDS/Wii] - Gameplay Trailer
• Folklore [PS3] - Trailer
• Freak Out: Extreme Freeride [PSP/PS2/PC] - GC07 Trailer
• Haze [PS3] - Abandoned Resort Walkthrough
• Mafia 2 - Trailer
• NHL 08 [ALL] - Sweden/Finald Elite Trailers (2)
• The Simpsons Game [ALL] - Medal of Homer Trailer
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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 v1.03 and fixing bugs/crashes, various tweaks, AI and path finding improvements and plenty more.

Monte Cristo and Focus announced the latest iteration of its building sim, City Life. The new 2008 Edition features 60 more buildings, bringing the total to 360, including famous structures such as St. Paul Cathedral, Royal Opera etc... New scenarios, 10 new maps, and an updated version of the editor allow you to import satellite maps, as well as import from applications such as World-Machine, or GeoControl.

EVE Online is an MMO game set in a world of galactic proportions, governed by a hyper-capitalistic economy where space flight is the path to all commerce, communication, and conflict. Your mission is to establish yourself as a major competitor, trusted by your friends, feared by your enemies. Later this year CCP is planning a graphical overhaul, see how it'll look like ...

Scholastic Media signed a distribution agreement with Activision Publishing to distribute two new Scholastic developed NDS titles in North America, I SPY Fun House and Animal Genius.

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:

• Mushroom Men [ALL] - Making Of Trailer
• The Witcher - GC07 Trailer
• Dead Head Fred [PSP] - Launch Trailer
• Railfan [PS3] - Trailer #2 [JAP]
• Undercover: Dual Motives [NDS] - Trailer
• Heavenly Sword [PS3] - Making Of Trailer #4
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Combat Mission: Shock Force is a tactical military simulation depicting a hypothetical near future conflict between NATO and Syrian forces in Syria. Battlefront has released a new patch, bringing their download/retail version (not the Paradox edition) to v1.03 and fixing bugs/crashes, various tweaks, AI and path finding improvements and plenty more.

Hacker Evolution Reinsertion is the first expansion pack for the original hacking simulation game, continuing the adventure with new levels and graphics, pushing the game engine beyond what was present until now.

Sony's Playstation Network has gotten a ton of new content today. Earlier this week on Xbox Live, Capcom has released a demo as well as the full Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo HD Remix game, Namco Bandai released Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection Online, and to top it all off there are demos for NASCAR 08, Tiger Woods PGA Tour 08 and All-Pro Football 08.

Sales numbers released by UK’s independent music, video and software performance and sales tracking company, Chart Track, shows that the Nintendo Wii is now being enjoyed by over one million people in the UK, becoming the fastest ever selling home console in UK videogame history to reach this milestone.

Cheyenne Mountain Entertainment, currently working on Star Trek Online, has launched a new internal development studio. Superstition Studios is developing an unannounced game based on an established IP, and will focus on genre-themed MMORPG games with a built in fan base, IPs with a presence in multiple media outlets, and innovations that allow gamers to have a more permanent impact on their in-game environments and societies.

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:

• Art of Murder: FBI Confidential - Trailer
• Overspeed: High Performance Street Racing - Trailer
• Dementium: The Ward [NDS] - Trailer #4
• Universe at War: Earth Assault [X360/PC] - Gameplay Trailer #2
• Galactic Assault: Prisoner of Power - Trailer #5
• Digimon World Dawn/Dusk [NDS] - Trailer
• Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII [PSP] - Trailer #3
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The New International Track & Field features over 20 different athletic events, with several unlockable characters from other Konami franchises, such as Pyramid Head from Silent Hill 2 and Sparkster from Rocket Knight Adventures.