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The ever increasing Steam games catalog has gotten another title;
RedLynx Trials 2 Second Edition — a spectacular motorcycle game featuring stunning graphics, addictive gameplay, and integrated Steamworks functionality — is now available via Steam.
Trials 2 offers gamers four distinct moto gaming modes: Race, Flip, Wheelie, and Dynamic). Race mode offers traditional racing. Flip challenges players [...]

PC port of BioWare’s successful RPG has shipped to US retails. You can get it for MSRP of $49.95.
Press Release:
Leading video game developer BioWare, a division of Electronic Arts Inc., has announced that the award-winning space epic Mass Effect for the PC is now available in stores across North America. Rated “M” for Mature, [...]

Lost Planet: Extreme Condition Colonies Edition is now shipped to US retail stores; Capcom has also released 34 new screenshots.
Press Release:
Capcom Entertainment, a leading worldwide developer and publisher of video games, is pleased to announce that Lost Planet: Extreme Condition COLONIES EDITION for the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft and Windows-based [...]

2006’s badly received FPS UberSoldier 2 is getting resurrected by Strategy First. Hopefully, they’ll add the other cheek to Burut’s half-ass job and churn out a passable shooter. PR below:
Press Release:
Software publisher Strategy First Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Silverstar Holdings, Ltd. (NASDAQ: SSTR), is bringing back the undead and well-armed hero Karl [...]

SEGA has renewed the license for Unreal 3.0 engine and plans to use it on a yet-to-be-announced upcoming cross-platform title. Oh goody! Even more color-less environments and brown trees!
Press Release:
SEGA of America today announced that it has extended its relationship with Epic Games by signing a new Unreal Engine 3 licensing deal for an [...]

Deck 13, A German games developer, has announced it’s latest project; Venetica. A Roleplaying game featuring clevage-showing heroine and some random amazing fantasy plot…
Press Release:
Deck 13, one of Germany’s most successful game developers, has teamed up with dtp entertainment to present Venetica, a visually stunning role-play game with a cryptic storyline. Venetica mixes emotions and [...]

When Slash isn’t busy snorting cocaine off hookers, screwing up performances or getting hammered, Slash is giving his two cents on video games:
The thing about video games is that they do promote this sort of lethargy in kids..
“They turn into gaming zombies. So I understand the concern that people who play Guitar Hero would [...]

After the BETA, final version of Valve’s Steam client has been released. Features include:
Steam Client

Enabled ClearType fonts if they are enabled in Windows
Improved in-game status and play time tracking for games with launcher apps
Improved in-game overlay input handling in a variety of games that previously did not capture or block keyboard input correctly
Added D3D10 support [...]

The rumors were indeed true as Capcom has confirmed their fourth installment of legendary Street Fighter games will also be landing on the PCs.
Press Release:
Capcom, a leading worldwide developer and publisher of video games, today announced the development of Street Fighter IV, the next iteration of the genre-establishing fighting game series, for the PLAYSTATION 3 [...]

Stardock has released another patch for their space-RTS; Sins of A Solar Empire. The patch fixes/updates a variety of things. check out the release log and download links after the break.