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EA has announced its lineup for E3:

Electronic Arts today unveiled the games it will feature at the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) at the Los Angeles Convention Center July 15 – 17. The games -- scheduled to ship on multiple platforms in 2008 and early 2009 – include riveting graphics, deep stories and online, socially connected experiences. EA’s portfolio covers many genres and platforms for core gamers and new players alike.

Introversion Software also announced today that its upcoming multiplayer version of Darwinia, Multiwinia: Survival of the Flattest will be released on the PC this September.

Also mentioned was Darwinia+, the Xbox Live Arcade release that will contain both multiplayer and singleplayer campaigns, should be released at the end of this year.

The Starcraft 2 image gallery has been updated with 5 new screenshots.

SouthPeak Games today announced Raven Squad: Operation Hidden Dagger for the Xbox 360 and PC, coming to stores this fall. Published by Evolved Games, Raven Squad is set in the near future. The game is a unique blending of real-time strategy and first-person shooter genres.

Recently James was invited to the EA Community Summit for Red Alert 3. Before then, all we’d heard about the title was scraps and pieces. In fact, after the event there are even more questions to ask, and all attendants still know very little about the game.

However, in this two-part Red Alert 3 extravaganza, we’re going to go over the intricacies of the designing of Red Alert 3. For two grueling, exciting and unforgettable days, EA made us keenly aware of what they’re doing, looking to accomplish, and where they are aiming. I’m going to share just that.

Firefly Studios has released an English demo for Stronghold Crusader Extreme. The demo contains three levels from the full game, all containing different difficulty levels.

You can download it here.

The leading online distribution site, GamersGate, awards the most active SI members with a FREE game, of their choice! What's good about this is that this isn't a competition of any sort. This is just an announcement.

2K Games announced today that its developing Sid Meier’s Civilization IV: Colonization, the next offering in the Civilization IV universe. Conceived from the ground up to take advantage of the Civilization IV engine, Colonization will be available fall 2008 exclusively for Games for Windows.

We've just confirmed that Empire: Total War team is open for interview with Strategy Informer. Hence, if you have any questions that you would like to ask the team, submit them here, and those most meaningful ones will be included to our questions list. A fair amount of questions goes at around 10-12 so we'll need to filter the best ones.

Kalypso Media has told Strategy Informer that they've had to delay the European release of Sins of a Solar Empire due to manufacturing issues. The delay will see a few days difference, as it's now scheduled to be released on 20th June, 2008.