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Viking: Battle for Asgard Trailer #2Freya always gets what she wants, and if that means bringing a Viking back from the dead to avenge the hordes who have destroyed her followers, so be it. The newest tailer from SEGA’s Viking: Battle for Asgard is pretty interesting, especially for gamers out there who enjoy nothing more than taking a broadsword to an enemy and cutting him in half. Ah, nothing could be sweeter in my book - a fun, blood soaked hack and slash action/adventure game with a taste for vengeance. If that is not enough, the graphics look pretty decent and the monsters formidable.

Kingdom Under Fire: Circle of Doom Trailer #9The above trailer features footage from Kingdom Under Fire: Circle of Doom, a next generation action-rpg that features randomly generated dungeons and landscapes. There are thousands of enemies in this game that will attack you from all possible directions. As far as role playing games go, this one looks like it could be a winner.

Penumbra: Black Plague Trailer 2The above clip is the second official trailer for Paradox Interactive’s Penumbra: Black Plague. Penumbra is a psychological horror adventure game that we have been waiting for. It seems as if psychological horror games have been flooding the market for the past few years, but this one looks original enough to remain exciting. Considering this is being released in February, I am sure we have at least one more trailer headed our way prior to release.

 Lobbying will begin this week in the UK following a move by the EU in France where game makers will start to receive up to a 20% tax rebate on development costs. According to the UK developer body Tiga’s CEO and chairman Fred Hasson, steps are being taken to get the same tax breaks for UK developers, and the government is expected to make a decision very soon.

These cool new screens for Iron Man not only make me happy to see one of my favorite comic book heroes making his way to consoles everywhere, but it also gets me psyched over the movie coming out in May 2008. The first Iron Man project produced under the license agreement, will be based on Marvel Studios’ Iron Man feature film starring Robert Downey Jr. and Terrence Howard, and directed by Jon Favreau. The game will be released along with the movie in the Spring and will be a single-player action-adventure game for the PS2, PS3, PSP, Wii and Xbox 360.

In news that should surprise absolutely no one, Valve has revealed that they are currently working on new maps for the popular online shooter, Team Fortress 2. The maps are currently being tested and will be released on PC sometime next year as downloadable content. In addition to this news, Xbox 360 owners will soon be receiving a patch for The Orange Box which “fixes several game-play exploits, improves bandwidth usage, improves stats reporting, and fixes some menu bugs.” As much fun as TF2 is, the maps do tend to get a little old at times, since they’re all pretty similar. Hopefully Valve has taken this into consideration when designing these new maps.