Sega reveals preorder figures for upcoming strategy game are over six the number for Shogun 2 during its "first official week." Full Story

Sega reveals free launch-day DLC is game's ninth playable faction, Pontus. Full Story

UK developer Creative Assembly has announced Total War: Arena as a free-to-play title. Full Story

Discover Lara Croft's origin story in Tomb Raider, or build a bustling urban empire in SimCity this week. Full Story

Sega brings action-adventure game to Steam four years after console versions shipped; Hardlight Studios handled the port, available now for $15. Full Story

Nintendo's angelic adventurer leads a formation full of new releases at retailers, including Ninja Gaiden 3, Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City, Armored Core V. Full Story

Portal 2 picks up Game of the Year, Story, and Design gongs from the British Academy; Markus "Notch" Persson receives BAFTA Special Award. Full Story

Contenders for the UK's top video game awards revealed; Uncharted 3, Little Big Planet 2 also hotly tipped. Full Story

Naughty Dog leads the pack with 12 nominations for AIAS-organized honors, joins Portal 2, Skyrim, Batman: Arkham City, and Zelda: Skyward Sword as Game of the Year candidates. Full Story

Sega's Aussie-based studio Creative Assembly will now be known as Sega Studios Australia; working on London 2012 Olympic Games title. Full Story

Despite weak game sales, publisher rides Sonic Color's 2.18 million units to 3.1 percent revenue climb; Vanquish sells 830,000, Shogun 2 moves 600,000. Full Story

New release slate led by THQ's war-at-home shooter, Sega's period strategy game, Japanese mob title, and the Defiant Map Pack for Bungie's shooter; Top Spin 4, MotoGP 10/11, Gods Eater Burst, and Okamiden also out. Full Story

Sega to release Creative Assembly's latest Sengoku-era action strategy title on PC early next year. Full Story

Prestigious British music-writing awards hand PS3-exclusive shooter inaugural video game music gong. Full Story

Avalanche Studios' over-the-top action game heads to retail. Full Story

Quantic Dream's PS3-exclusive thriller leads slate of new releases including Endless Ocean: Blue World, Sonic and Sega All-Stars Racing, Napoleon: Total War. Full Story

Modern Warfare 2, Sims 3 top sellers as domestic physical game hardware, software, and accessory sales slip 8 percent; PC software slides 23 percent to $538 million; DS sells 11M, Wii hits 9.6M. Full Story

French general the subject of The Creative Assembly's turn-based/real-time PC strategy franchise, due in 2010. Full Story

Prototype tops NPD's monthly non-PC top 20 with nearly 600,000 units, while Ghostbusters just misses the top 10; Sims 3 new PC king, Spore Galactic Adventures opens strong. Full Story

Blizzard's second World of Warcraft expansion again secures top billing during uneventful week for NPD's retail PC sales. Full Story

Blizzard's second expansion for juggernaut MMOG continues reign as NPD's weekly recap sees no big movers. Full Story

Second World of Warcraft expansion holds off Company of Heroes add-on from taking top slot in NPD's weekly recap. Full Story

Sega and Creative Assembly's historical RTS action title retains pole position in the NPD Group's weekly sales recap. Full Story

Vin Diesel's latest, Warner Bros. film adaptation, and Nintendo critter collector join Legends of Wrestlemania, Stormrise, and new Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles in stores this week. Full Story

Creative Assembly's Ken Turner chats about the high expectations surrounding Stormrise, the challenges of building a console RTS, and what we can expect when the game is released at the end of this month. Full Story

Ensemble's swan song leads a murderer's row of new releases including multiple MLB games, Empire: Total War, HAWX, and Sonic and the Black Knight. Full Story

Creative Assembly's epic-scale RTS bumped a month for fine-tuning; multiplayer beta coming postlaunch. Full Story

Tokyo-based publisher suffers major setbacks on decline of its once-popular pachinko business; game sales up overseas, but down in Japan. Full Story

Company's US chief executive says it has "no interest" in mergers and acquisitions right now. Full Story

Creative Assembly's PC strategy series heads to the gunpowder age in 2008 with Empire: Total War. Full Story

Sonic makes a return to Sydney. Full Story

World of Warcraft and its Burning Crusade expansion top the charts as The Sims 2 continues racking up sales. Full Story

The Sims 2: Pets continues to be a PC game retailer's best friend as EA's virtual life franchise claims four of the top 10 slots for the week. Full Story

Sega's Medieval II: Total War enters the retail fray, slaying all comers except for Electronic Arts' Sims 2: Pets. Full Story

Collector's edition of Creative Assembly's RTS to come with "making of" documentary, soundtrack, poster, figurine. Full Story

Sega Europe has been busy buying up various studios and expanding others--we talk to creative director Matt Woodley about the thinking behind the strategy. Full Story

EA offers first stat-minded NFL management sim and Sega digitally distributes Rome: Total War add-on as flow of new releases narrows to trickle. Full Story

[UPDATE] Release of Rome: Total War expansion pushed back; add-on will be downloadable for $14.99, features new map based on the Great's exploits. Full Story

Sega announces digitally distributed expansion to Rome: Total War; legendary Macedonian conqueror to be focus. Full Story

The Creative Assembly makes console debut with Spartan: Total Warrior, now shipping to stores. Full Story

Do as the Romans do with a sample of The Creative Assembly's new PC add-on, now available on GameSpot DLX. Full Story

Shadow the Hedgehog leads pack of titles to be shown by Sega; Condemned: Criminal Origins and Full Auto for Xbox 360 among them. Full Story

Agreement will see the Twin Snakes developer working on an unnamed game for unidentified consoles to be released at an undetermined date. Full Story

Sega and The Creative Assembly announce the formation of a new action game franchise for all current-generation consoles. Full Story

Doom 3, Call of Duty, Rome: Total War are among the 10 best-selling games of 2004; full list due Wednesday from NPD. Full Story

The Creative Assembly-developed ancient-world RTS has finally begun its retail campaign. Full Story

Upcoming Total War iteration playable today via a new single-player demo; tutorial and the Battle of Trebia map ready for play. Full Story

[UPDATE] Revenue jumps $52.6 million during the publisher's first fiscal quarter thanks to strong sales of Shrek 2 and Spider-Man 2. Full Story

Activision announces the North American release of its Medieval: Total War compilation. Full Story

Activision releases a list of the games that it will be showing at E3, including Doom III, True Crime, and Rome: Total War. Full Story