At PAX East Blizzard has announced a new title: Hearthstone, a F2P online collectable trading card game. You can sign up for the beta on the game's website.

Patch 1.9 for Skyrim is now live on Steam. The patch features several bug fixes and the new 'Legendary mode'.

The patch notes state:

Skyrim 1.9

NEW FEATURES

A Kickstarter has been launched for a follow up to Planescape: Torment. Currently the Kickstarter has already passed its $900,000 goal and is sitting at $1,235,073.

Xbox Live Gold will be free next weekend. March 8th - 10th the service will be free for all. The promotion is for Bioshock Infinite.

Blizzard has up a trailer for the new World of WarCraft: Mists of Pandaria patch. You can check it out below:

The MechWarrior Online Open Beta is now live. You can signup to take part here.

The 2012 Steam Halloween Sale is now live. Enjoy your Halloween PC goodies.

The new World of WarCraft expansion Mists of Pandaria has gone live. The expansion adds a new race (Pandaren), a new class (Monk), raises the level cap, and more. You can upgrade to the expansion digitally direct from Blizzard or pick up a boxed copy in stores now.

The Baldur's Gate Enhanced Edition release date has been set for September 18th. Penny Arcade has weighed in on the situation. The updated BG boasts several new features such as:

• New Adventure: The Black Pits
• New Character: Dorn Il-Khan
• New Character: Neera the Wild Mage
• New Character: Rasaad yn Bashir