THQ and Relic Entertainment have today announced the next title in the Company of Heroes series; Company of Heroes: Tales of Valor. The exclusive Games for Windows game is planned for release in spring 2009.

"Company of Heroes is one of the most critically acclaimed RTS series of all time," said Peter Matiss, vice president of global brand management, THQ. "With Company of Heroes: Tales of Valor, Relic Entertainment is delivering an all-new, standalone chapter in the franchise and continues to push the boundaries of innovation and quality in the genre."

In a recent interview with Strategy Informer, to be published later today, Tom Soderlund, producer at Paradox Interactive, said that the company is considering porting the exclusive PC Turn-based strategy, Elven Legacy, to consoles via the Xbox Live Arcade or PlayStation Network.

"We are considering it. The console audience is becoming more and more important, but we feel that the target group for Elven Legacy are still predominantly PC users." said Tom Soderlund.

On August 15, 2007, history was made as the first ever online, franchise-specific, video-game channel was born with Command & Conquer TV and its flagship show, BattleCast Primetime.

Now, a year later, the show will be going live for the first time as a 2 hour live event as BattleCast Primetime goes to London to kick off Red Alert 3 and EA's be the one event.

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In wake of the upcoming release of Red Alert 3, EA have announced that the title has gone gold for the PC. EA state: "The return to the over-the-top, time-altered universe of Red Alert-where parachuting armoured bears, George Takei, war dolphins and psionic Japanese school girls can co-exist without question-is almost here!"

Needless to say, they're excited, we're excited, and the US PC release on Ocotober 28th has Red Alert fans nervously shaking with anticipation. Xbox 360 owners must wait until November 11th however, with European gamers awaiting release on both the PC and 360 on October 31st and November 14th respectively.

With more than 30 million player creations invading the Internet since the launch of Spore, fans have let their imaginations run wild and soon players will be able to take their creativity and gameplay to even greater heights. Electronic Arts today announced the development of a Space stage expansion pack and Spore Creepy & Cute Parts Pack -- add-ons that will grow and evolve spore.

Eurogamer is breaking the news that Electronic Arts Red Alert 3 will be arriving for PC on October 31st. This release will be followed by a Xbox 360 version on the 14th of November. EA previously announced that a Playstation 3 version has been put on hold and no new information regarding that version has yet been revealed.

Sierra announced today that it will be closing 21 game servers on 1st November. This is probably due to the Activision Blizzard merger, although we cannot confirm this as Sierra haven't given a reason for shutting down these servers.

Paradox Interactive today announced that the grand strategy collection Europa Universalis III: Complete will be released the 14th of October in North America and the 17th of October in Europe.

Included in the collection is the multiple award winning Europa Universalis III enhanced by the expansions Napoleon's Ambition and In Nomine. The timeline of the original game has been expanded, forward through the Napoleonic Era to 1820, and backwards to let you start as early as 1399, while the Hundred Years War between England and France is still going on.

In the aftermath of a great war, when your enemy has wiped out everything you hold dear, the time has come to regroup and strike back. Enlist in the Morphid army and use all the weapons and genetic powers at your disposal to eradicate the New Order menace!

Games Faction has released a playable demo for Project Aftermath, an Arcade RTS game where you command up to four squads of soldiers in exciting battles in a retro-futuristic world. Click here to download the demo.