Electronic Arts, through its Sims Studio, has sent out word that The Sims 3 will soon get its first expansion pack now that it has officially gone gold. "World Adventures" will be available on November 17th in North America and will be in stores worldwide the same week. Details right here.

This one's definitely no rumor. Funcom itself has announced on their official homepage that they are cutting "around 20% of the staff...mostly in the Company's Norwegian subsidiary."

Relic Entertainment has released a very short teaser trailer for Chaos Rising, the upcoming expansion pack for Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II. Check it out after the jump.

With no relation to Brad or Angelina whatsoever, an Anchorage-Pitt retail pack for Fallout 3 has been spotted in online retail stores. The expansion packs are obviously for both the Xbox 360 and PC versions of the game, including the Operation: Anchorage and The Pitt DLC.

Her Interactive might as well give itself a pat on the back for none of the mainstream developers would have expected this to happen during their next-generation watch. One of the longest running PC game franchises in history has once again claimed top spot in its launch date, trumping the likes of EA's Spore Creature Creator and Blizzard's Diablo Battle Chest SKU. Get the top ten at the full story.

It's like even before Will Wright's Spore releases, Electronic Arts keeps shoveling more and more moolah into the vault. Someone definitely did something right by getting IKEA involved in the latest expansion to The Sims 2, because the brand-approved luxuries tucked away inside every twenty buck box managed to overtake every PC retail game offered in the US. The full top ten list follows at the full story.

With over 10 million Zerg life forms nesting on the planet Char, would-be tourists and Terran Space Marines should definitely it as one of their "must see" places to visit in Blizzard's upcoming StarCraft 2. The game's official website recently updated itself with an in-depth feature of the planet, along with a brief history of its role in the StarCraft universe. Find out more about Char and its inhabitants in our full article.

Atari has announced an expansion pack for Neverwinter Nights 2, entitled Storm of Zehir. As it happens, Storm of Zehir will hearken back to some of the most memorable moments in PC RPG gaming, with a decidedly Baldur's Gate-like take on the Neverwinter Nights convention. Learn some of the features of this expansion after the jump!

The Sims 2 denizens finally get a chance to deck out their digs with stylish IKEA furniture in the latest Sims 2 expansion pack, The Sims 2 IKEA Home Stuff. Get desk lamps, TV sets, matching set of drawers,beds...everything that you need to make your Sim's home as comfy as possible. Now if we only can get the same luxury. Check out the full article for the important details.

Coming straight from the Sierra Spring Break 08 in Mallorca last week, news that Massive Entertainment's World in Conflict: Soviet Assault is in pre-Alpha stages sought our attentions, and it may be that the next adventure for strategists on the PC, PlayStation 3, and the Xbox 360 is on track for its release later this year. But the developers have lifted the curtains on some new details about Soviet Assault. You can clear the air on those when you read the full story.