After being confirmed for a 2009 release back in March, we've now narrowed down the waiting period for Sega's "Modern Day Spy-RPG", Alpha Protocol (Xbox 360, PS3, and PC). The release date: October 6th 2009 for North America.

2K Games has finally set your date with Big Daddy, but just like a real date juggler, the Big Daddies of BioShock 2 won't be ringing doorbells on the same night. The announcement was made during the publisher's conference call to discuss second quarter financial results, and it was Take Two CEO Ben Feder who made the confirmation. Hit the full article for the dates.

Total recall for Terminator Salvation on PC as Evolved Games received numerous complaints of error messages when installing the game. The publisher has now pulled out all retail copies of the game to fix the defect that "occurred during replication".

Finally. The Potter gang is back (this time with more raging hormones and some erstwhile snogging behind curtains in between classes). After the whole ordeal with the "Harry Potter and the delayed video game" scenario, we get a street date notched in stone. The game was delayed due to the rescheduling of the movie, but now that mid-2009 is here, we can expect the game to finally roll in. What's more is that the game is coming out a few weeks ahead of the movie too!

Those who missed out on Firaxis and 2K Games' Sid Meier's Civilization IV the first time around will be getting another chance to get their copies of the game. Not only the base Civilization IV game, mind you, but also the game's three expansion packs.

Come April 30th, Xbox Live subscribers and PC owners of Battlestations: Pacific will be getting the demo for the said game. Wanna get a close-up feel of the famed Kamikaze attacks during WWII? Then this is your chance.

The early birds do get the freebies after all. Ubisoft announced today that those who pre-ordered the Prince of Persia game in North America will be receiving a free upgraded Limited Edition version of the game. More details after the jump

The Need for Speed ProStreet gig didn't work out for Electronic Arts and internal studio Black Box, but the superstar publisher decided they could still make a turnaround for the franchise again, starting with Need for Speed Undercover. Perhaps guided by the popularity of night and illegal street racing movies, Need for Speed Undercover's design resettled for the open sandbox design of Most Wanted with a different story. A story, they say, that will include Mission Impossible 3's Maggie Q.

After all the delays and the setbacks, publisher Electronic Arts has finally raised the green flag on its upcoming life simulation game, Spore (PC, Nintendo Wii, DS, Mac, and Mobile), and is ready to ship the much awaited title by next month. The company earlier announced that Spore has finally gone gold is now currently in the manufacturing process. Check out further statements issued by EA after the jump.

Do you ever wonder which among the consoles are getting the most attention from the developers, meaning how many developers are actually working on a particular platform? Apparently, Game Developer Magazine wondered precisely about this, and so has published a survey report on the state of the game development. Their findings can be found after the jump.