El Presidente will return next year with a few new tricks up his sleeve in a new entry in the island republic simulator series Tropico, publisher Kalypso Media announced today.

Helmed by Tropico 3 developer Haemimont Games, Tropico 4 will feature a new campaign of twenty missions across ten maps. Other shiny newness includes twenty buildings such as "Stock Exchange, Shopping mall, Aqua Park and a Mausoleum to El Presidente," six disasters including "volcanoes, droughts and tornadoes," a Council of Ministers and trading with other nations. Plus, ah, Facebook and Twitter integration. Read more »

[Update: 3:49pm] It appears that some of the promotions have changed. Rather than offer the standard edition of Titan Quest, players can now get the Titan Quest: Gold Edition for $4.99 (75% off from $19.99). Also, X3: Gold appears to have been removed from today's promotion.

[Original Story] Hey, Canada. Happy birthday. As a gift to you we all chipped in and lobbied Valve to discount a few titles just for you. No, this has nothing to do with the ongoing Perils of Summer promotion. This is something we've cooked up for you and you alone. Trust us.Today's sale highlights include 40% off all things Dragon Age, Thief: Deadly Shadows for $2.99 and The Misadventures of P.B. Winterbottom for half-price. Read more »

Absolute Power, the first expansion pack for Tropico 3 PC, is set to bring "new campaigns, new missions, new islands, unique buildings and new presidential powers" to the dictatorship management simulator in July, according to publisher Kalypso.

All that said, what better way to show off the new additions than with a trailer?

According to Eurogamer, Electronic Arts' Command & Conquer 4 is reportedly having playability issues due to its DRM scheme, which requires a persistent Internet connection. The issues are similar to the ones Ubisoft has been facing with the PC version of Assassin's Creed II, which also requires a persistent net connection.

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With Command & Conquer 4: Tiberian Twilight released in North America today to conclude the long-running 'Tiberium' storyline, the actor Joe Kucan reflects upon fifteen years of playing the RTS series' villain-cum-anti-hero Kane in cheesy FMV segments.

Get the cult leader out of his black robes and into business casual and Kucan takes on a far lighter attitude--"sweet and fruity," he jokes--as he joshes through the interview. Read more »

Command & Conquer 4 developer EA Los Angeles has issued a trailer for its real-time strategy sequel revealing the exclusive pre-order bonus mission 'Night Moves.'

Night Moves is a prequel mission kicking off twelve hours before the start of the main campaign, putting players under the command of a Nod separatist who insists upon assassinating Nod's leader Kane using its iconic 'Obelisk of Light' laser tower. Because every diabolical villain needs a plan that's sheer elegance in its simplicity. Read more »

A new developer diary for Command and Conquer 4: Tiberian Twilight has come out of publisher Electronic Arts, in which some of the makers from developer EALA talk about the game's new take on multiplayer and co-operative play.

EA Los Angeles has released a new live-action trailer and a handful of screenshots to tease the single-player story for Command and Conquer 4: Tiberian Twilight.

Tiberian Twilight wraps up fifteen-years worth strategic, real-time conflicts between the Brotherhood of NOD and the Global Defense Initiative when it comes out exclusively for PC on March 16. Read more »

Offense. Defense. Support. The latest single-player-focused developer diary for EA's Command and Conquer 4 - Tiberian Twilight explains how the latest chapter in the RTS-warfare series implements a class-based system, allowing players to approach the game's battles using a variety of different strategies.

Player progression is set up to allow players to easily switch between the game's different class types to try out different abilities and tactics. The game's developers also discuss how both the GDI and NOD will give players a unique perspective on the events of the story as they unfold. Read more »

"What class will you choose?" asks this Command & Conquer 4 (PC) trailer. Regardless of NOD or GDI , you've got the same three options: Offense, Defense and Support.

As for why you'd want to choose one class over another, the trailer doesn't really specify. It's focused more on pretty moving pictures than a detailed breakdown, presumably to make you want to play and find out for yourself. Read more »

Don't want to wait until March 16 to play Command & Conquer 4 PC? No problem, as Electronic Arts is apparently on a beta kick and launching multiplayer betas of both EA LA's impending strategy game and DICE's Battlefield: Bad Company 2 PC today.

The five-versus-five Command & Conquer 4 multiplayer beta is "PUBLIC and open to anyone and everyone around the world," going by the game's official site. Read more »

The new "Tiberium Harvesting" trailer for EA Los Angeles' Command and Conquer 4: Tiberium Twilight explains how the gathering of the strategy game's all-purpose resource has changed from previous entries in the series.

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Sam Bass, co-lead designer on EALA's Command & Conquer 4, narrates this five-and-a-half minute highlights reel of the strategy sequel's campaign mission "Transport Down," offering a fair amount of in-game footage and insight along the way.

Billed as the "epic conclusion to the beloved Tiberium universe" and sporting all sorts of RPG-esque tweaks to the franchise, such as class-based units and persistent player progression, Command & Conquer 4: Tiberian Twilight hits PC on March 16. If you can't wait that long, well, pre-orders get access to the five-on-five multiplayer beta...

Hot on the heels of frosty new Command & Conquer 4: Tiberian Twilight screenshots yesterday and last week's news that the storyline-concluding PC real-time strategy will hit on March 16, 2010, EA Los Angeles has released the first C&C 4 gameplay trailer.

On display are the mobile bases new to the final chapter of the Tiberium saga as well as the higher end of the tech trees, not to mention plenty of big explosions. Fans hoping to see cheesy live-action cinematics can always rewatch the first trailer.

Lasers, rockets and giant robots star in our latest look Command & Conquer 4: Tiberian Twilight, providing a glimpse of a multiplayer bout located in the Arctic.

EA Los Angeles' PC RTS sequel is slated to hit North America on March 16, with a multiplayer beta due before then and rumors of layoffs at the studio after.