Next week will voyage into the near future with Kaos Studios' shooter Homefront, and probe the distant past with The Creative Assembly's strategy game Total War: Shogun 2, while Yakuza 4 will ground us in the present day. In the worlds of wild fantasy, we'll be getting Okamiden, DS sequel to the much-loved Okami, and wacky racing on Wii with Trackmania: Build to Race.

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Amid all the Game Developers Conference announcements, the PlayStation Store update happened right on time -- a little earlier than usual, in fact. Pixeljunk Shooter 2 ($9.99) led the pack, along with a full game download for ModNation Racers ($29.99). PS1-era Square fans can rejoice with the arrival of Vagrant Story ($6.99). Read more »

Shacknews receives a slew of new screenshots and trailers for upcoming games everyday. The most anticipated titles receive their own post, because we know you're eager to see that content. For the rest, we have the Daily Filter, a place to feature all of the media we add to our enormous database on a daily basis.

Today's Filter is sizable, featuring media for SOCOM 4: U.S. Navy Seals, Fight Night Champion, Interstellar Marines, Hearts of Iron III: For the Motherland, the just released Who's That Flying!?, Magicka, Patrician IV: Rise of a Dynasty, Ballistic, Tiger Woods PGA Tour 12: The Masters, Operation Flashpoint: Red River, Magic: The Gathering - Tactics, DC Universe Online, Radiant Historia, the HD version of Top Spin 4, the recently delayed Conduit 2, E.Y.E: Divine Cybermancy, the newly announced Angry Birds Rio, creativity using Minecraft, Two Worlds II, and League of Legends. Read more »

Shacknews receives a slew of new screenshots and trailers for upcoming games everyday. The most anticipated titles receive their own post, because we know you're eager to see that content. For the rest, we have the Daily Filter, a place to feature all of the media we add to our enormous database on a daily basis.

It's been a while since I've tackled one of these Daily Filter things, but let me see if I remember how it works. Read more »

A new entry in 2K Sports' tennis franchise Top Spin will be smashing onto Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and Wii in 2011, the publisher announced today.

Made by Mafia II developer 2K Czech, Top Spin 4 will offer "redesigned controls, jaw-dropping player models and Signature Style animations, enhanced TV-style presentation elements, and one of the deepest player rosters to date featuring tennis' top athletes and legendary pros," or so 2K says. Read more »