Shippin' Out Oct. 12-18: Dead Space, Saints Row 2, FIFA 09

The jam-packed week also offers Golden Axe: Beast Rider, SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs Confrontation, Blitz: The League II, Rock Revolution, and Age of Booty.

–Tor Thorsen Tokyo Game Show attendance hits all-time high

Annual game show attracts nearly 195,000 visitors, breaking the show's all-time record yet again.

–Hirohiko Niizumi THQ spills 50 Cent: Blood on the Sand

Australian ratings board lists SmackDown publisher as bringing ex-Vivendi action game down under.

–Brendan Sinclair Spore getting spare Parts, Space expansion

EA confirms Creepy & Cute Parts Pack for November 18, with Space stage slated for spring 2009.

–Tom Magrino BlizzCon 2008: Forging Diablo III's depths

Lead world designer Leonard Boyarsky and lead exterior environment artist Chris Donelson offer a tour through the art and lore of Blizzard's upcoming dungeon crawler.

–Tom Magrino TGS 2008: Running the cosplay gauntlet

We check out the dozens of cosplayers holding court in between halls three and four of the Tokyo Game Show.

–Randolph Ramsay BlizzCon 2008: Staying true to Diablo

Lead designer Jay Wilson opens up about his team's game creation philosophy, with more information to arrive "in the coming months...and years."

–Tom Magrino BlizzCon 2008: Starcraft II split into trilogy

Blizzard's Rob Pardo reveals sci-fi RTS will now be three separate products; Terran campaign Wings of Liberty will arrive first.

–Tom Magrino BlizzCon 2008: Diablo III's wizard explained

In its first panel, Blizzard explores in depth the newest class as well as the top-level skill system for third installment of seminal dungeon crawler.

–Tom Magrino Warhammer Online army 750,000 strong

Mythic touts latest registration figures from recently released massively multiplayer online role-playing game.

–Brendan Sinclair TGS 2008: Castlevania stakes claim on PS3, 360

Konami's gothic horror franchise is ready to whip it on new systems; teaser trailer suggests the return of Alucard.

–Hirohiko Niizumi BlizzCon 2008: Blizzard greets its horde

World of Warcraft maker delivers opening remarks at annual convention, unveils wizard class in Diablo III and talks up first-ever Starcraft II tourney.

–Tom Magrino TGS 2008: Square Enix's show-floor theatrics

Closed-door approach can't shut out crowds drawn to gawk at massive screen playing trailers and cutscenes for JPRG giant's upcoming offerings.

–Randolph Ramsay TGS 2008: Sega's Yakuza 3 roughs up showgoers

House of Sonic's booth features model-and-champagne-laden display for upcoming gangster game alongside Hula Wii and a full-size rampaging "Werehog."

–Randolph Ramsay Game stocks bloodied in market meltdown

Activision falls 28%, THQ sheds 39%, EA slides 37%, and Take-Two loses 40% during four-week roller-coaster ride on Wall Street, capped by today's sixth-straight triple-digit Dow Jones drop.

–Tor Thorsen