Activision announced that the next game in the popular first-person shooter series will launch on most popular gaming consoles like the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii, PlayStation 2, Nintendo DS, and PC, and it will be out before the end of this fiscal year during a conference call with investors this week.

Of course, since 5 won’t be developed by Infinity Ward, who produced the award-winning, critically acclaimed fourth game in the series, we can’t be sure that this year’s entry will be as good.

The fifth game in the series will not be produced anymore by Infinity Ward, the company that produced the award-winning and critically acclaimed Call of Duty 4 so this is something every Call of Duty fans have to watch out for.

What war or era will this new game cover? Will it spawned on the Call of Duty 4’s Modern Warfare genre or will be much more advanced? Will the 5th edition be better or worse? That’s the million dollar question my friend.

And that is something to keep us glued for the release this year.

Ubisoft has announced that a new Prince of Persia game is scheduled to be released towards the end of 2008 on PC, Xbox and PS3 platforms.

The next installment will mark the popular series’ debut on next-generation consoles and is now being developed by Ubisoft’s Montreal studio - the same team that created the Prince of Persia Sands of Time trilogy.

With the new chapter in the Prince of Persia franchise, the game will feature new game play, a new art style and is expected to to rejuvenate the action-adventure gaming genre.

Furthermore, Ubisoft is also set to release a new Prince of Persia game designed specifically for the Nintendo DS. This version will feature a new storyline and new characters with Ubisoft promising to deliver more details in the future.