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.”

Paradox Interactive announced that Lead and Gold: Gangs of the Wild West is going to be available for half the price on Valve’s Steam Platform. The game is also going to be free to play the whole weekend, to give players the ability to take a glimpse into the game.

Developed by Fatshark, the game continues to build up a great community, with the recent addition of dedicated servers and the new map. You can try out the game for free throughout the weekend by visiting store.steampowered.com/app/42120/.

Activision Publishing announced that James Bond 007: Blood Stone is being developed by Bizzare Creations. It is expected to be an original Bond experience from the legendary screenwriter Bruce Feirstein. Award Winning artist Joss Stone will create original music for the game.

“James Bond 007: Blood Stone captures the cinematic intensity of a Bond film by immersing players in an intriguing conspiracy that will require them to think and act like James Bond,” said David Pokress, Head of Marketing for Licensed Properties, Activision Publishing. “In addition, the game will feature a diverse array of multi-player modes and debut strategic objective-based game play that will allow Xbox 360, PS3TM and PC players to battle as teams of spies and mercenaries through authentic Bond locales.”

A limited edition version of Medal of Honor was announced by Electronic Arts, in which players will get access to the unique weapon, MP7, and also access to the TOZ-194 and 870MC2 shotguns from day one. Other players will have to level up in order to unlock those shotguns.

Executive Producer of Medal of Honor, Greg Goodrich, said that access to a weapon like the MP7 will allow players to experience a tool developed with the Special Operations Community in mind. He also said that with is light weight and high rate of fire and its ability to penetrate body armor, the MP7 handles like a pistol yet allows targets to be engaged like a rifle.

Electronic Arts announced today that their award-winning EA SPORTS FIFA Gameplay on the Sony PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 is going to be implemented in the arriving FIFA 11 for Windows-Based PCs. The football game console engine has been optimized to run on Windows-Based PCs, delivering next generation gameplay to the FIFA 11.

“The EA SPORTS FIFA franchise is committed to investing and innovating for PC and this is a watershed moment,” said Executive Producer Kaz Makita. “We are delivering to FIFA 11 PC the high quality gameplay, innovative game modes and stunning graphics that have made FIFA the highest rated sports game on the PlayStation3 and Xbox 360 and winner of over 50 sports game of the year awards.”

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.

Croteam announced that their high definition first-person shooter, Serious Sam HD: The Second Encounter, is going to be free for all users on Valve’s Steam Platform throughout the weekend, from the 8th of July, to the 11th of July, 2010.

Steam users around the world will be able to play and experience all the new multiplayer modes of the game with up to sixteen players.

Modes like Cooperative Survival, My Burden and Beast Hunt, and also the classic DeathMatch and Campaign Cooperative Modes will be available.

Activision Publishing announced that the second downloadable map package that contains new multiplayer maps for the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 military first-person shooter is now available in North America for the Sony PlayStation 3 Computer Entertainment System and all over the world for Windows-Based Personal Computers.

The downloadable Resurgence map package for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 will be available today, the 7th of July, 2010, for the Sony PlayStation 3 gaming console in Europe and Australia.

A new patch is announced for The Scourge Project: Episodes 1 and 2 and is going to release on the 5th of July 2010 on Monday. The game is also on a special Summer Sales deal at $4.99.

The new patch v1.2 will be publically made available through Gamersgate.

The update will feature the following list of fixes and improvements: Echo AI General improvements. Echo AI navigation improvements. Teleport problem with someone incapacitated experienced by some client. Crash when spamming the “E” key to enter and exit a stationary weapon. No auto team selection in multiplayer when coming from a Deathmatch server and entering a server with team based matches.

The global publisher and developer of video games, UTV Ignition Entertainment, has announced the agreement between them and Hothead Games to co-publish a game entitled Swarm around the world on all the available platforms throughout digital channels.

Swarm is game in which the player can take control of fifty utterly fearless Swarmites and then drive them through an entertaining (and often suicidal) battle for the greater good. The player will have the ability to run, bash, huddle, boost, stack, jump, throw and push his way through destruction, while collecting valuable DNA and ensuring that at least one of those Swarmite survives.

Twentieth Century Fox Licensing and Merchandising, and SEGA of America, announced today that the new and second downloadable map package for the Aliens vs Predator first-person shooter will be released on the 7th of July, 2010, for the Xbox LIVE Marketplace for the Xbox 360 video game console, The Sony PlayStation Store for the Sony PlayStation 3 video gaming console, and Valve’s Steam platform for Windows-Based PCs.

The Bughunt Map Pack is the first newly developed downloadable map package that will include four brand new maps and weather types for the game.