The Elder Scrolls series is an addictive one at that. You can spend hours lost in the world, doing random quests, and defeating random foes. When I used to work at GameStop back in high school, my manager told me the sad tale about how The Elder Scrolls caused him to fail a few college classes (sorry Billy), and when a game has the power to do that, well, you know it must be quite special.

Nathan Drake, Indiana Jones, Chuck Norris. Three names that are synonymous with kicking ass and taking names. One of these guys has a great video game, the other two, eh not so much, but hey, we still love 'em anyway. And hey, Nathan Drake is about to have his hand in a world where Indian Jones succeeded, and lucky for us, Uwe Boll is staying far away from it.

It's been six years since SSX 3, and Todd Batty thinks its time to bring SSX back. He's reinvented the franchise, drawing comparisons with his take on SSX to recent reboots such as JJ Abrams' Star Trek, or Nolan's The Dark Knight. He wants to stay true to what made the original games great, but innovate enough to bring in people who might not have played the older games.

Look out Tony Hawk and Shaun White, the snowboarding landscape just got some new competition. Electronic Arts is bringing back SSX, its bestselling snowboarding franchise that put the arcade in snowboarding. A stunning reinvention of the classic action snowboarding franchise, SSX: Deadly Descents packs adrenaline into every run with compelling characters and heart-pumping adventures as riders battle the most treacherous and diverse mountain ranges on Earth. 

Electronic Arts and 38 Studios will debut Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning, the company’s first title previously referred to under the codename “Project Mercury,” at Comic Con 2010. Reckoning is an epic, open-world role-playing game set in Amalur, a mysterious and magical new fantasy world created by New York Times best-selling author R. A. Salvatore. Brought to life visually through the trademark visceral style of renowned artist and Spawn creator Todd McFarlane, Reckoning brings a new level of intense action combat to the RPG genre. The game is being developed under the leadership of Ken Rolston, lead designer of the critically acclaimed RPGs Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind and Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion and is scheduled for release in fall 2011.

SAN FRANCISCO, California -- Activision really got things started at the Game Developers Conference (GDC) this year at its first look announcement party showing off its upcoming game True Crime, a reboot of the gritty, open-world action/adventure series. As part of the reboot, the franchise goes international to Hong Kong where you roam the streets of Hong Kong hunting Triad gang members as the character Wei.

Gas Powered Games, makers of Supreme Commander 2, has started developing Kings and Castles, an epic real-time strategy game for the PC and next-generation consoles. This one-of-a-kind experience will let players take on the role of one of three powerful kings who are vying for control of an all-new, original fantasy world.