Space Empires: Battle for Supremacy, a social RPG, is now available for play on Facebook. Set in a galaxy torn asunder, it’s up to you to take control of multiple star systems and reign supreme over every man, woman and child who dares defy you.

Space Empires: Battle for Supremacy marks the beginning of a new chapter in the Space Empires Legacy series that lets players the experience the adventure in a real-time 3D universe. Space battles play out in detail and with realistic effects in a “living and breathing” galaxy.

QUAKE LIVE players from around the world will once again gather in Dallas, Texas to take part in online tournaments at QuakeCon 2010, being held August 12-15 at the Hilton Anatole. Vying for their share of over $50,000 in prize money, professional gamers will compete in the Intel-sponsored QUAKE LIVE Masters Championship (64 players) and the QUAKE LIVE Capture the Flag Championship (32 teams) while up-and-coming players will have the opportunity to prove their prowess in the QUAKE LIVE Open Tournament (128 players).

Registration for the QUAKE LIVE Open Tournament is first come, first served on site at QuakeCon from 9:00am to noon CST on Thursday, August 12.

Having recently cut 4% of its staff, Sony has announced that it will offer a free version of their popular MMO Everquest II, titled EverQuest II: Extended. The game will operate parallel to the paid version, and will be effectively a separate game. Unlike other free-to-play models like Dungeons & Dragons Online and LOTR: Online, SOE is splitting the game, and will release two distinct entities, where players will have the option of either taking part in the subscription-based game or the completely free game. Extended will also give players access to all the paid game’s zones, including those added with the game’s Shadow Odyssey expansion.

Extended will adopt a micro-transaction business model, whereby players can purchase power-up potions, armor, classes, weapons, and mounts and through the marketplace. Additionally, it will use a smaller web-based application download model allowing would-be players faster access to the game. The title is rumored to see a release on or around August 17, so there’s still plenty of time to pack your mule and polish up your dungeoneering boots!

Vice-President of Studios, Gavin Cheshire has confirmed that Codemasters Southam-based studio is currently hard at work on sequels to 2008′s Race Driver: Grid, DiRT and last year’s Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising. “In Southam it’s full steam ahead with the next iteration in our Flashpoint series, as well as the next Dirt and Grid. It’ll be interesting to see how it all pans out.”

He also insisted that UK-based Codemasters would not be shifting resources to India in an attempt to reduce development costs. “This is absolutely not the case,” he said with regard to the 50 percent stake acquisition completed earlier in 2010 by India-based Reliance Big Entertainment. “It’s very much about Reliance investing in our skills and abilities over here in the UK.”

Codemasters has also promised that its upcoming EGO 2.0 physics engine will offer “cutting-edge” capabilities when it arrives via an as-yet unnamed title. Codemasters currently has F1 2010 pinned down for release later this year, while Bodycount is due to land early in 2011.

It’s been a while since we’ve heard anything about Two Worlds II from our friends over at SouthPeak, but today they bring us a new look at the world of Antaloor from the eyes of a tragically misunderstood antagonist, Sordahon. Sordahon is the right-hand man of Antaloor’s chief baddie, Gandohar, and it’s really not easy being him. The video is the first in a series that chronicle his life’s trials and tribulations, while taking a not so serious look at what we can expect when the game arrives.

Warning: Adult Language

Bulkypix has announced that following the successful launch of Snake Galaxy on the iPhone, the game has been ported to iPad and will soon be available on the App Store.

Snake Galaxy is a three dimensional version of the classic Snake game, that has players slithering around 3D planets. Your goal is to consume as many jewels as possible before you crash and burn. You direct the snake with your finger, guiding it toward the goodies while avoiding obstacles like giant letters on the newspaper planet. With each jewel you consume, your snake grows a little longer, making it harder for you to avoid obstacles-and your tail.

There are also point thresholds you must reach to unlock the next planet. In order to reach those point thresholds, you must eat the goodies in your path as fast as you can. There is a multiplier bar at the bottom of the screen that refills every time you feed your snake. But you must be careful not to let the bar zero out. If it does, you will have to start the multiplier chain all over from scratch. There are large diamonds that appear from time to time that are worth big points. Grabbing these before they vanish is critical for making it to the next stage.

Full Sail University’s Girls n’ Gaming summer camp runs August 2 – 6 this year, and is a place where participants learn from industry professionals, and explore the process of game development from concept to completion as it would occur in the real world.

The five-day camp offers a compressed production cycle based on the same model used in the game development industry. Participants work in teams to conceptualize, structure, and build their game utilizing the same tools and software that are used by professionals. Campers will be able to test, revise, and ultimately be able to complete their game, presenting it in an open forum at the conclusion of the session. All participants will come away from this experience with an understanding of the game development process, and their very own playable game.

Paragon Studios has more news about their City of Heroes Going Rogue expansion pack in this third ViDoc of the series. It gives fans the chance to take a deeper journey into Praetoria, where they will meet Emperor Cole, Maelstrom and Desdemona, as well as learn about the consequences of becoming either a loyalist or part of the resistance. You can also discover four new power sets coming in the expansion, including Dual Pistols, Demon Summoning, Kinetic Melee and Electric Control. There’s also a surprise ending that wasn’t shown at Comic-Con, featuring some high-octane action from the Paragon devs themselves.

MaxNick has just released Box Battle, a physics based puzzle game, for the iPhone and iPad. Operating an advanced, steam-powered artillery cannon, players apply a mix of cunning, precision shooting, and brute force to blast their way through 130 industrially themed puzzles, where each copper piped level offers unique fortification types and challenging tasks.

Set 40 years into the the the Quark-Tulan war, players start out as elite cannoneers tasked with destroying the resources stored in the elaborate Tulan barricades. Players drag and orient the cannon’s breach mechanism to control the pitch and velocity of their shots. As they progress, they unlock 10 types of ammunition, with the more destructive and extravagant shell types costing more points. Players must strategically choose from their arsenal to smash, blast, freeze and bounce their way to victory.

Harmonix and MTV Games put rumors and speculation to rest at the Comic-Con 2010 Faux Fun to Real Rock panel as they revealed that Rock Band 3 players will get to rock out to tracks from Marilyn Manson, Filter, Foreigner, Def Leppard, The B-52’s and Tears For Fears. The game’s set-list was a major topic of discussion over the course of the three-day event after both companies drew thousands of guesses from fans as a result of releasing clues to the announcement via both Facebook and Twitter. The tracks announced are Marilyn Manson’s The Beautiful People, Filter’s Hey Man, Nice Shot, Foreigner’s Cold As Ice, Def Leppard’s Foolin’, The B-52s’ Rock Lobster, the Tears For Fears GenX anthem Everybody Wants To Rule The World.

Rock Band 3 will ship October 26 in North America for the Xbox 360 ($59.99), PlayStation 3 ($59.99), Wii ($59.99), and Nintendo DS ($29.99). The title will be compatible with all Rock Band and The Beatles: Rock Band peripherals, as well as most Guitar Hero and third-party instrument and microphone controllers.

ORIGIN is in the midst of a special promotion for the launch of what just might be the most anticipated PC game in the last 10 years. For one week only (through August 1), every ORIGIN high-performance PC will come bundled with a free copy of the Collector’s Edition of StarCraft II.

The StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty Collector’s Edition comes with an exclusive 2GB USB flash drive replica of Jim Raynor’s dog tag, preloaded with the original StarCraft and the StarCraft: Brood War expansion set, The Art of StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty (artwork from the game featured in a 176-page book), a behind-the-scenes DVD containing over an hour of developer interviews and cinematics with director’s commentary, the official soundtrack CD, StarCraft comic book issue #0, and a World of Warcraft mini Thor in-game pet that can be applied to all characters on a single Battle.net account.

“As fans of Blizzard Entertainment for over ten years ORIGIN wanted to do something special to celebrate the launch of StarCraft 2.” says Kevin Wasielewski, CEO/Co-Founder of ORIGIN PC. “StarCraft II running on a high-performance ORIGIN system is the best way to experience this gaming masterpiece from Blizzard.”

The mouse and keyboard have always been far superior to gamepads in action gaming, which is one of the reasons why cross-platform play hasn’t caught on with developers and publishers. Now, GoGamer reports that Swiss hardware maker Splitfish Gameware is trying to level the playing field with their FragFX line of combination mouse/gamepad units for the Playstation 3. The company is expanding their collection with the Piranha, Barracuda and Shark models, being introduced at this year’s Gamescom convention in Cologne, Germany.

Jason Johnson, Splitfish’s head of Creative Development, has high praise for the new additions. “The controllers have some surprisingly excellent capabilities, such as dual platform compliance, full PC support and extremely low power consumption. We are excited to be showing these for the first time at Gamescom 2010.” The show opens on August 18.

Other Ocean lays out their final argument for puffin power with Puffins Let’s Race. Cute and cuddly as penguins may be, Other Ocean’s Puffins series culminates with downloadable proof that puffins are far better than penguins by showing the puffin’s greatest advantage: flight.

In April, Other Ocean showed how Puffins are better egg handlers in Puffins Let’s Roll. Last month, the developer proved how puffins are way better at fishing in Puffins Let’s Fish. This week brings us Puffins Let’s Race, the third DSiWare game taken from the Nintendo DS game, Puffins Island Adventure. Puffins are way faster than penguins…in the air!

Puffins Let’s Race is now available as DSiWare for 500 Nintendo points.

There are now two ways to play FIFA Soccer 11 on your Wii. You can opt for the traditional 11 versus 11 matches or try out the new 5 versus 5 street soccer mode.

In Street Mode, each player boasts a distinctive style of play with unique abilities to match. Use the wall to jump past defenders or bank passes to teammates. Choose to play arcade style, and you can build up and then activate your power meter to blast shots, ignite a speed burst or send shock waves over your opponents.

FIFA Soccer 11 will be available for the Wii October 1 in Europe and Asia and October 4 in North America.

Clash of the Titans is now available nationwide for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. Developed by Game Republic and licensed by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, the title goes beyond the feature film and delivers an action-adventure complete with additional content and symbolic mythical creatures.

In Clash of the Titans, the ultimate struggle for power pits man against the gods. Born of two worlds, Perseus sets out on a mission to vanquish the god who destroyed his family and come to terms with his demigod status. Through the swamps, mountains and underworld, two modes of play let players assume Perseus’ adventure from the film, or take on original bosses in adaptations of one of the greatest mythological stories ever told. Using more than 80 customizable sub-weapons players can journey solo or with a friend to complete missions and slay a roster of mythological enemies that includes Centaurs, Cyclops, Medusa and the Kraken.