As of press time, "soon" is ticking at T-minus 3 days and 16 hours. Gas Powered Games' Dungeon Siege-gone-zero gravity has been silent as of late in the press, but it seems that the developers have not been slacking in Space Siege's development. In a few days, we'll be able to see whether the time spent since the last gameplay montage has improved, and what the sci-fi action RPG has to offer us. On ot the full story for just a little more.

Yes, future Napoleons - Creative Assembly has just given what they believe would be the time their latest Total War installment would be ripe for the picking. 2009 may be too long a wait for many fans, but at least the developers, together with Sega, have provided us with a means to tide us over. Watch the newest official trailer of Empire: Total War at the full story.

Gartner Inc., considered the PC industry's leading technological research and advisory company has just corrected EA DICE's Ben Cousins' approximations of the PC hardware install base - it's not just hundreds of millions. According to Gartner, there's already more than 1 billion PCs used all over the world, and if the hardware adoption rate continues, it will reach 2 billion by 2014. That's close to a third of the world's total population. Facts and more at the full story.

This is definitely turning out to be a big year for Koei. There are more awesome game titles heading your way for you and your beloved console of choice. So what are you waiting for, head on over to full article for the list.

Atari has finally announced that the Xbox 360, PC, Wii, and PS2 versions of Alone in the Dark have finally gone gold.  In addition, the publisher of the game also gave a general time frame on when we can expect to see the PlayStation 3 version of this title on retail shelves. To find out more, head on over to the full version of this article.

Alone in the Dark, Atari's final massive, mainstream videogame project 4 years in the making, will be releasing in less than a month, we're told from a recent interview with Infogrames' head honcho, Phil Harrison. Those who are still tossing dimes deciding whether they'd pick up a copy or not for their PlayStation 3s, Xbox 360s, Wiis, or Windows rigs may love what's coming before that. Atari has plans to release demos for before their version's respective release dates.

Looks like Mass Effect will be gracing your gaming machine soon, as BioWare officially announced that the RPG action game had just gone gold. The developer, together with publisher Electronic Arts, said that the master copy is now sent to manufacturing for mass production, and the special revamp of Mass Effect - a game originally designed for the PC in mind - will be coming in the next two weeks. More at the full story.

Big news coming in for Europe, as we announce that preparations are underway for this year's London Games Festival. Wondering exactly when 2008's celebrations begin? Visit the full article for the rest of the details!

We all know screenshots are never enough. Fortunately, Electronic Arts has finally unleashed actual footage of the intriguing title developed by Digital Illusions Creative Entertainment, Mirror's Edge (PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PC). You know, that first-person platformer. Find its debut trailer at the full article.

The recent Byron report released in Europe gave the different classification groups in the region something to think about. Despite advocating a medium between both the BBFC and PEGI rating systems, ELSPA had its own opinion regarding the matter by favoring the PEGI Age Rating System as the sole classification system for video games in Europe. Find out the reason behind this by reading our full article after the jump.