The developers of the best-selling franchises like Counter-Strike, Half-Life, Portal, Left 4 Dead, and Team Fortress, and also leading technologies like the Steam Platform, and the Source Engine, Valve, announced a sequel to one of the most played mods worldwide, Dota 2.

Dota 2 will be released for Windows-Based PCs, and MACs in 2011 as a totally new, retail game. It will feature a unique combination of online real-time strategy and role-playing action that has made the mod popular in the first place, with tens of millions of gamers worldwide, expanding each and every day.

Everquest: House of Thule is the seventeenth expansion to Sony’s epic adventure Massively Multiplayer Online Role-playing Game, Everquest. Players can experience an even more immersive gameplay and captivating storyline, starting today.

House of Thule features an environment which is never seen before, and filled with adventure and mysteries, while packed with features that are going to alter the game, like: a level cap increase, 18 raids, 13 zones, 17 missions and much more.

Premier Video Game Publisher and Developer, Tripwire Interactive, is very pleased to announce the release of its fourth free content package for its hit cooperative survival horror first-person shooter for Windows-Based PCs, Killing Floor, along with a brand new Downloadable Character Content Package.

The Free “Incendiary” Content Package boosts the Firebug Perk with a brand new weapon, which is the MAC-10. The MAC-10 features a punch with a high-rate of fire and also .45 caliber rounds. Players with the Firebug perk will also be able to shoot incendiary ammo that will burn all enemies.

“Team 17″ are very proud to announce the release of the latest Alien Breed title named Alien Breed: Impact on the PlayStation Network in the United States for the Sony PlayStation 3 video gaming system.

Alien Breed: Impact is an arcade shooter which is packed which combines action, survival-horror and tactical weapon upgrade abilities, as well as advanced customization, to create a dynamic adventure in a foreboding world of dread and horror.

Blizzard Entertainment announced the release date of the Cataclysm expansion pack for the popular massively multiplayer online role-playing game, World of Warcraft.

The Expansion pack will be released on the 7th of December, 2010, on a DVD-ROM available for Windows-Based PCs and MACs. The expansion pack, Cataclysm, will also be offered in the online digital Blizzard Store.

The CEO of Blizzard Entertainment, Mike Morhaime, said that Cataclysm includes the best content they have ever created for World of Warcraft, and that with the help of their beta testers, they are putting the final polish on it.

Dead Rising 2 was released to North American major retailers today. The game represents the second installment of the zombie action series by Capcom, where players will be introduced to a new character and new combo weapon mechanics with hundreds of thousands of zombies that wait to eat your flesh.

Developed by Blue Castle Games in collaboration with Capcom, Dead Rising 2 will introduce you to a new hero named Chuck Greene whose tragic past has brought him into Fortune City, where he will compete in the Terror is Reality game show, where contestants have to survive environments filled with flesh-eating zombies.

Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and DC Entertainment announced today the sequel to the critically acclaimed Batman: Arkham Asylum, Batman: Arkham City. The game, Batman: Arkham City, will be released on the Sony PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 consoles as well as on Windows-Based PCs in the Autumn of the year 2011.

Batman: Arkham City is going to be developed by Rocksteady Studios, keeping the foundation of the first game, Batman: Arkham Asylum. Batman: Arkham City is based on the DC Comics’ core Batman license. The game will send the player into the maximum security home for all thugs and criminals, the Arhkam City.

Worms is the title that sold twenty five million copies over its lifespan of fifteen years. Its hilarious humor, strategic gameplay and wild weaponry combined in one amazingly addictive video game are experienced on every possible platform.

On the 26th of August, 2010, the game will be returning to the one and only platform that made it so popular and successful – The PC.

“Worms Reloaded has been a labour of love for the team given the legacy of 2D PC WormsTM titles such as Worms 2, Worms Armageddon etc. It has been almost 10 years since the last 2D game was released on personal computers”, said Martyn Brown, iconic figure in the world of WormsTM and Business Development Director at Team17.

Sony Online Entertainment announced today, EverQuest II Extended, which is a new free adventure service coming to players around the world. The critically acclaimed PC franchises now absolutely free!

EverQuest II Extended will offer players a subscription-free business model, and also operate in parallel with the subscription based game, for the first time in the MMO industry.

“As the digital entertainment market evolves, SOE is focused on continued innovation in content delivery that best fit the needs of the growing consumer base,” said Sony Online Entertainment President, John Smedley.

Blizzard Entertainment announced that StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty is now available for purchase around the world.

StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty is the sequel to the ’98 hit real-time strategy, StarCraft. StarCraft has been hailed by players around the world as the top real-time strategy game of all time.

“We’ve worked hard to deliver an epic continuation of the StarCraft story line as well as the ultimate competitive real-time strategy game with StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty,” said Mike Morhaime, CEO and cofounder of Blizzard Entertainment. “Combined with the next-generation online environment of the new Battle.net, we believe players will agree that StarCraft II offers an experience unlike anything we’ve ever created, and we’re excited to finally be able to share it with them.”

The Electronic Arts Studio, Maxis, announced that its next project is going to be an online sci-fi action rpg entitled, Darkspore. The game is going to combine action and fiction elements, and is expected to launch in February, 2011.

“Darkspore is inspired in part by the award-winning creature editor tech of Spore, but also in large part from the team’s own passion for gaming and prior experience,” said Lucy Bradshaw, General Manager of Maxis Studio. “The team has combined these inspirations to produce a unique take on the action RPG genre.”

The leading video game developer and studio of Electronic Arts, BioWare, confirmed today the development of Dragon Age 2 at their studio based in Edmonton.

Dragon Age 2 is going to be the sequel to the triple-platinum-selling Dragon Age: Origins which received “RPG of the Year” in 2009 by Game Informer, G4, IGN and SpikeTV. More action and a new responsive combat system with a dynamic storyline will be introduced in the new Dragon Age 2 RPG. The game is expected to release in March of 2011 on the Xbox 360, Sony PlayStation 3 and Windows-Based PCs.