Black Sea studios have announced the start of the Open Beta test for the RTS/MMO hybrid Worldshift.
The action of this game takes place in the future, thousands of years after the human population was destroyed by a mysterious object that crashed on Earth, called Shard Zero.
The game features randomly generated maps and thousands of objects that replace the classic tech trees.
The Open Beta is being hosted by FilePlanet.
According to an interview given to G4TV at Game Developers Conference 2008, the lead designer of Portal, Kimberly Swift, has confirmed that Valve Software is already working on Portal 2.
There were no other details given to the press besides this announcement.
nVidia has announced that they've reached an agreement to purchase AGEIA Technologies.
AGEIA is known for their PhysX technology, used in popular games like City of Villains, Gears of War, Auto Assault or Unreal Tournament 3.
There were no financial details released to the press.
THQ has recently announced the purchase of Big Huge Games, the studio behind popular game titles like Age Of Empires 3: The Asian Dynasties and Rise Of Nations.
Over 100 employees of Big Huge Games will continue to work on a new role playing game for PC, Xbox360 and Playstation 3.
Ascaron studios have announced that the launch date for the role playing game Sacred 2: Fallen Angel has been changed to September 2008.
This will allow the producer to make some final touches to the game.
Ubisoft will release in the spring of the next year Heroes of Might and Magic Kingdoms, a new web based strategy game based on the Heroes of Might and Magic universe.
Players will rule over their own kingdom and will be able to create heroes and attack their opponents.
The most interesting thing about the game is that the only requirement is an Internet connection, players having the option to play in their own pace, in sessions ranging from 10 minutes to hours.
The Adventure Company has released the horror adventure game Darkness Within in US retail stores.
The game was developed by Zoetrope Interactive studios and is inspired by H.P Lovecraft's stories.
The games will play as detective Howard E. Loreid, who has to investigate the death of Clark Field, a very rich person with a passion for occult.
Midway has announced that the squad based first person shooter BlackSite: Area 51 is Gold and will be launched in the United States of America on the 12th of November 2007.
The game will be initially available for PC and Xbox 360.
Electronic Arts has announced that the already well known first-person shooter Crysis is Gold and will be launched on the already decided date, the 16th of November, 2007.
The game was developed by Crytek studios.
Electronic Arts has announced that they've bought Bioware from VG Holding Group. The purchase price is 860 million dollars.
The company will be merged with the EA Games group, currently lead by Frank Gibeau.