Embark on your adventure to become the one mighty ruler of them all and take control of vast worlds, sprawling towns and cities or even control the world's horrific monsters to wreak havoc on your cowering enemies. In order to boost the popularity, Codemasters decided to drop the monthly fees, and starting January 4, Archlord will be free to play after purchase.

SEGA is Q&A testing the first patch for Creative Assembly's recently released 3D RTS Medieval II: Total War. The update is expected in the next few days and will include a new charge mechanic, 2 new charges (formed/unformed charge), unit balancing, AI optimizations, unpacker for the modders, and the usual bug/crash fixes. A full fix list is expected shortly ...

Stategy First parent company Silverstar Holdings announced that it had achieved over 90% acceptance of its offer to acquire the shares of Empire Interactive. The acquisition was pending shareholder approval, which has now been finalized.

EAGames is working on a remake of Bullfrog's old classic Theme Park for the NDS, currently only scheduled for Japan in March 2007. While details are slim, the new screens clearly show the stylus and tactical screen being used to build your amusement park and menu navigation. Since the text is in English, it's safe to assume the game will be coming overseas.

The World Series of Video Games announced it has signed deals with major broadcast, cable and satellite networks CBS, CSTV and VOOM HD Networks’ GAMEPLAY HD to air extensive coverage of its 2006 season, bringing professional video game competitions to major U.S. network television for the first time.

Playlogic and Eidos Interactive announced the signing of an agreement for Eidos to distribute two of Playlogic's highly anticipated PC titles, RTS Ancient Wars: Sparta, and 3rd action game Infernal, in the first quarter of 2007.

Blast! Entertainment has agreed a major deal with Little Britain’s licensing agent Granada Ventures, to publish Little Britain The Video Game, based on the long running popular British comedy show on TV.

Take-Two and independent in-game advertising company Double Fusion, today announced that the companies have entered into a multi-title agreement (up to nine titles) for the sale of in-game advertising opportunities in a selection of 2K and 2K Sports titles.

When Derek Smart and his team set out to develop a fast paced space combat shooter, they didn’t want to do just your regular run-of-the-mill shooter. Instead they wanted to blend in all the elements that made the space combat genre of yester years awesome, with the current generation technology found in our industry recognized suite of games.

Bringing fast and furious bite-size gaming, Atari's PSP-exclusive Hot PXL is comprised of 200 deviously crafted micro-games based on a quirky and original story premise, drawing inspiration from street culture and the digital lifestyle.

Set in the deceptively idyllic town of Bright Falls, Washington, Alan Wake places gamers in the role of the best-selling suspense author, Alan Wake. He escapes to this small town to recover from the mysterious disappearance of his fiancée. In Bright Falls Wake comes face to face with his darkest nightmares. While there never really was an official release date, OXM seems to think it has been delayed until 2008.

The game will provide players with extremely dynamic gameplay of fast and tough combats, where players are to oppose dangerous and wise enemies, a large set of multifarious weaponry, possibility to control various machinery, incredible detailing and game world interactivity, story-driven single player with original team gameplay, a well-balanced multiplayer with numerous modes.

Although we have yet to see any assets, or an official announcement for that matter, it is no secret EA is working on yet another sequel in the Burnout series. While Burnout 5 is slated for the PS3 and Xbox 360, a new EBGames product listing indicates that Criterion is also working on a PSP and PS2 edition, under the name of Burnout Dominator. All versions of the new destructive racing game are tentatively scheduled for March 2007, no further details available.

Explore the African wilderness by jeep, helicopter or on foot and capture some of Africa’s finest wildlife species and environments on your camera, up close and personal. Originally signed by Digital Jesters, Wild Earth was recently signed by Ubisoft for North America, and now Xplosiv snagged the European rights.

Alpha Prime is a sci-fi FPS action game with an emphasis on the single player experience, with a varied gameplay balance of combat and more technical activities such as hacking and remotely controlling robotic devices. IDEA Games has released a Russian demo, but since its an FPS, once you get past the install, it shouldn't be much of a problem ...

Enemy Territory: Quake Wars pits the armies of Earth against the invading alien Strogg in the ultimate online strategic shooter. Featuring strategic team play, persistent character promotions, day and nighttime combat missions, and the universe's most powerful weapons and vehicles.

Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures is an Online Action RPG, mixing a deep, story-driven single-player experience and a massive and brutal multiplayer end-game brings forth the ultimate representation of the Age of Conan.

TinyWarz is a massively multiplayer, turn-based, strategy game where players battle other players and computer controlled bandits on distant worlds. From now until the end of December, every computer controlled Bandit destroyed on any planet has a small chance of having an Xbox 360 Modification. If you find and destroy this Bandit then salvage the Xbox modification you'll win an Xbox 360 ... it's that easy!

Featuring an enhanced version of the original’s lauded physics engine with even faster driving track designs, FlatOut 2 also boasts numerous improvements, enhancements and additions to make the title the definitive FlatOut experience. At long last Empire has released a 2 track, 2 events, 3 car drivable demo.

You’re the designated gunner, you’re on patrol… and yes, you’re a target. It’s your assignment to be the bait and to draw fire; it sucks, but it’s your job. At least you have the fire-power to keep bad-guys at bay (thanks Blues).