It’s a very big week for Tom Clancy fans. Ubisoft, which now owns the rights to the Tom Clancy brand, is making the most of it. They’re launching a new short format Ghost Recon Alphas movie, Ghost Recon Future Soldier for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 and the new free Facebook game, Ghost Recon Commander, an isometric tactical combat game.

With The Amazing Spider-Man set to hit Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 in a matter of weeks, Activision will be introducing the best of both worlds when it comes to the web slinger’s gaming adventures.  On the one hand, the development team at Beenox is handling the game, and you already know about the work they did on Shattered Dimensions and Edge of Time.  On the other, they’re going with the open level design that worked so well in previous Spider-Man games before that.  You can’t lose.

We love it when old-school games get a re-release, for a number of reasons.  The sheer joy that the games themselves bring, the fact that we don’t need to hook up an old-school console (from a dusty closet) and a blown-out cartridge to play them, the fact we don’t need to pay hundreds of dollars for the original game and instead invest just a few bucks to relive them…and the list goes on.  Sega has been well known as a company that loves their classic library, and over the next couple of weeks, they’ll prove it with five upcoming release packs for PlayStation Network and Xbox Live Arcade.

Hockey has gone Hollywood with the Los Angeles Kings skating into the Stanley Cup Final. EA Sports is capitalizing on all the buzz with a deep dive into NHL 13. The developer is introducing True Performance Skating and EA Sports Hockey I.Q. to the franchise, which promises to deliver a revamped gameplay experience that accurately captures the speed, creativity and strategy of NHL hockey. In addition, NHL 13 will also deliver new experiences that connect hockey fans to their friends and the real world of hockey with the all-new GM Connected and NHL Moments Live modes. NHL 13 will be available on September 11, 2012.

NEW YORK CITY -- When it comes to Madden and NCAA Football, it’s all about the quarterback. Ryan Tannehill, the former Texas A&M quarterback, is poised to lead the Miami Dolphins this season. The NFL rookie was able to checkout EA Sports before the NFL Draft this year. He talks about his own gaming background and what it’s like to go virtual in NCAA Football 13 and Madden NFL 13 in this exclusive video interview below.

Blizzard Entertainment celebrated an epic launch with its much-anticipated Diablo III, only to experience an epic fail due to DRM issues and the dreaded Error 37 message that prevented many players from logging on. As a result of the launch woes, Blizzard has issued an official apology to gamers, which you can see below this exclusive launch video from a Gamestop in Irvine, CA, home town of Blizzard.

Gamers can register for beta access to CCP Games' upcoming free-to-play first person shooter, DUST 514, set to launch later this year exclusively on PlayStation 3. The registration page is now live and players can register at www.dust514.com/beta The developer talks about the new game in the exclusive video interview below.

When it comes to the global sport, soccer still reigns supreme. EA has sold over 100 million copies of its FIFA games over the years. With E3 around the corner, Electronic Arts unveiled five new innovations that will bring big changes to EA SPORTS FIFA Soccer 13, along with the largest and deepest feature set in the history of the franchise.

When Nintendo presented its big showcase last year before the Electronic Entertainment Expo took place, it shocked the world with the announcement of the Wii U, a new game console that would take advantage of an innovative new touch screen controller.  However, when it came to hitting the floor and seeing the Wii U in action, most people think it came up a bit short, despite the interesting presentations.  This time around, Nintendo has a chance to really show attendees what their next-gen system is made of.  So how can they capitalize?  We’ve got a few ideas…

NEW YORK CITY – ESPN reporter and “Dancing with the Stars” contestant Erin Andrews is in EA Sports new NCAA Football 13 game. Andrews was at the NFL Draft to check out the PlayStation 3 game for the first time, alongside some of the top NFL rookies including Robert Griffin III, Michael Floyd and Trent Richardson. Andrews is a big fan of Richardson, as you’ll see here in this exclusive video interview below.

3D technology company DDD Group has quietly had success with sales of its TriDef 3D for PCs and TriDef 3D Mobile, each of which have topped sales of one million units. TriDef 3D is DDD’s solution for automatic 2D to 3D conversion of games, videos and photos on 3D PCs, TVs and mobile phones. In mobile phones, LG uses the TriDef 3D Mobile Android app for 2D to 3D video conversion on its Optimus 3D range of handsets.

Epic Games, developer of the blockbuster Gears of War franchise and the groundbreaking Infinity Blade series, has added 3D technology company RealD into its Integrated Partners Program(IPP). Epic’s partner program brings industry-leading middleware technologies to the company’s award-winning Unreal Engine 3 (UE3), which powers many bestselling console, PC and mobile games.