Dead Rising 2 will take the franchise to a new level of zombie-killing fun with tens of thousands of zombies, the all new gambling paradise of Fortune City to explore and conquer plus a host of new in-game objects that can all be used as deadly weapons to stave off the zombie assault. Capcom's Christian Svensson confirmed that DR2 will support Games for Windows Live, so achievements and multiplayer matchmaking will be included.

Darkness Within 2: The Dark Lineage is a sequel to 2007's horror/thriller adventure game Darkness Within: In Pursuit of Loath Nolder and greatly inspired by the works of H.P. Lovecraft. In The Dark Lineage Howard E. Loreid discovers his own horrible past is connected with the madness that is about to swallow him.

Wednesday is my favorite day of the week because we have homemade tacos for dinner. It's not some roach coach stuff or Taco Bell junk (OK, those aren't too bad, either).

Last night, we watched When In Rome, which was nothing special but all right; the latest episode of Entourage; and we started catching up on Caprica, but so far it's not really drawing us in. It seems a bit weird in a sense that there is no clear direction for the series yet.

Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days is a raw and brutal crime shooter designed to take players on an even more intense story experience, following two of gaming's most disturbed criminals, through the gritty Shanghai underworld.

Armada Music, Cloud 9 Music and Foreign Media Games are collaborating to develop Armin van Buuren: In The Mix, allowing players to experience for themselves what it is like to be a DJ like Armin, mixing electronic dance music and interacting with the audience.

Sony has rolled out new PlayStation Store content, starting with a slew of free games for PlayStation Plus subscribers (LittleBigPlanet Avatar, MAG Theme, Gravity Crash etc..), Landit Bandit, DeathSpank, Groovin’ Blocks (PSP), demos for Blur, Deathspank, Gladiator Begins (PSP), DLCs for BUZZ!, NCAA Football 11, Trinity Universe, song packs for Guitar Hero 5, Rock Band, and the usual game/movie trailers, and PS3 themes.

The Ball is a first person action-adventure game featuring a full single-player experience built on Epic’s Unreal™ Engine 3 technology. As a swashbuckling archaeologist working on the slopes of a dormant volcano somewhere in Mexico, you get stuck in a cavern. It doesn’t take long before you realize this is more than just a cave.

In R.U.S.E. players use their brain as the ultimate weapon, fighting a war of perception, where the ability to deceive and mislead the enemy determines success. A first in a strategy game, R.U.S.E. reinvigorates the genre by using deception to give new-found depth to the gameplay. This weekend (July 15 - July 19) fans will be able to play R.U.S.E. multiplayer for free on Steam, featuring 7 maps, and six factions, each with its own strategic profile.

The PES range has long been regarded as offering incredible realism and control, but PES 2011 will reinvigorate the series with the most advanced raft of gameplay additions, control options, and animations to meet the evolution of real-life football.

Fans of the FIA World Rally Championship will soon be able to get closer to the action as Black Bean Game announced today that its internal development studio Milestone is working on a new official WRC video game.

Lucha Libre AAA: Heroes del Ring, using the Unreal Engine 3, features the most popular wrestlers from the quintessential & world famous Mexican sports event.

Driver: San Francisco extends the cinematic car chase experience with a new gameplay feature called "shift." The game was originally planned for Q4 2010, but Ubisoft has confirmed that it is now scheduled for 2011.

In Deus Ex: Human Revolution you play Adam Jensen, a security specialist, handpicked to oversee the defense of one of America's most experimental biotechnology firms. But when a black ops team breaks in and kills the scientists you were hired to protect, everything you thought you knew about your job changes.

Designed by Gabriel Knight 3's Jane Jensen, Gray Matter is an epic adventure game with a story that mixes eerie mysteries with supernatural events.

God Eater Burst, an enhanced edition of God Eater (which is now canceled) with new modifications, enhanced gameplay, additional content and features, re-imagines the post-apocalyptic world with an original and dramatic story of human survival against overwhelming odds.

Blacklight: Tango Down is a fast-paced FPS based in a new fictional universe called Blacklight. The game's near-future setting is brought to life with disturbingly detailed and old-world architecture dripping with modern sci-fi lighting and brightly lit advertisements, an effect that causes each environment to appear both futuristically alien as well as hauntingly familiar.

It barely started, but our weekend plans have already changed. In the afternoon, we are going to a wine & art festival. I have no idea what that is all about, but there will be wine, so that's all that matters. Afterward, we were going to attend a party with some friends, but it turns out another friend is flying in from Hawaii, so we'll have to be good hosts instead. I'll be passed out by then anyhow  ...

We just watched a few episodes of Hell's Kitchen, while we have DayBreakers and The Blind Side lying around, so we may watch those later.

This weekend Good Old Games is selling 11 Rebellion titles (Evil Genius, Empire Earth series, Ground Control series, Lords of Realm series among others) at 50% off, and has added Panzer General 2 as well as Independence War 2: Edge of Chaos to its portfolio, all DRM free of course.

Turn back the pages of time in this earliest chapter of the Kingdom Hearts saga that explores the origins of the series. Showcasing all-new characters and brand new but instantly recognizable Disney environments from the worlds of Snow White, Cinderella and Sleeping Beauty.

Epic Games launched the Unreal Development Kit (UDK), a free edition of Unreal Engine 3, providing the community access to the toolset like never before, and has now released an updated version.

NBA Elite 11 will revolutionize the way basketball simulation games are played, with an all-new technology base, a new control scheme and a real-time physics system.

TF2 is a class-based, multiplayer team warfare game, delivering new game types, a signature art style powered by Valve’s next-gen animation technology, persistent player statistics, etc.  The Engineer Update is available now for the PC via Steam, and introduces new maps, items, achievements, and more.

Pirates of the Burning Sea is an MMORPG set in the Caribbean islands of the 18th Century. As a bold sea captain, master of your own ship and crew, you seek glory and adventure across the trackless deep. Power & Prestige is the first major expansion to PotBS, and adds new features, missions, and NPC factions.

While Guild Wars 2 adds a persistent world, it retains the unique characteristics of the original game, including a strong narrative, extensive instanced game play, an anti-grind design philosophy, and strong support for competitive play. Defeat in Guild Wars 2 is intended to be an experience, not a punishment according to GW2 game designer Jon Peters.

Mafia II immerses players in the mob underworld of a fictitious late 1940s-early 1950s scenario by fusing high-octane gunplay with white-knuckle driving and an engaging narrative. Players will easily become engaged in the game's cinematic Hollywood movie experience with strong, believable characters in a living, breathing city.