The online game market in will grow from $1.1 billion in 2005 to $4.4 billion by 2010 in North America, according to a new study conducted by market research and consulting company Parks Associates, who will discuss their new data at the Austin Game Conference.

In One Piece: Pirates' Carnival you can dominate the game board by defeating up to three friends in a series of zany games guaranteed to tickle the funny bone of the surliest of pirates. Gamers must evade bombs in a dodge ball field, locate the Pandaman, out-maneuver giant feet and more to become King of the Pirates.

Merscom has selected Exent Technologies to add in-game advertising to six of the company's most popular casual and action titles.

World in Conflict is a strategy game that delivers intense action and coordinated team play amidst the war the world feared most – an apocalyptic showdown between the Soviet Union and the United States, with completely destructible 3D battlefields, aggressive team-based multiplayer action and a focus on fast, hard-hitting battles.

Activision announced that award-winning composers Chance Thomas (King Kong, LotR series), Cris Velasco (God of War) and Mark Griskey (Best of LucasArts Original Soundtrack) have scored 50 minutes of original music for Marvel: Ultimate Alliance including arrangements for multiple game levels, in-game cinematics and the Super Hero and boss battle themes.

Call of Juarez is situated in 19th-century Wild West America and requires a combination of both intelligent stealth and pure shooting. Ubisoft has now released the multiplayer demo allowing you to try out 2 maps (skirmish and robbery) with 2 of the game's 4 modes.

3DRealms announced today that the previously mentioned v1.1 patch for Human Head's sci-fi FPS Prey is coming tomorrow at 9am PST (6pm Euro time). This is a tech/bug fix patch, there are no new game play elements in this update (nor are there any planned for the future). The previously announced new content (maps, multiplayer skins) is not part of this update, and will be made available at a later date. Read more for detailed fix list...

Another day, another batch of games shipped to stores. Instead of giving them all their own posts, we grouped them, and so far there are announcements for:

• Ultimate Ghosts‘N Goblins (PSP)
• Saints Row (Xbox 360)
• Dance Factory (PS2)
• Xenosaga Episode III: Also sprach Zarathustra (PS2)
• Bomberman: Act Zero (Xbox 360)
• Yu-Gi-Oh! Double Pack 2 (GBA)
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  We will update this throughout the day when new announcements become available. Read more for details ...

Putting a grenade in your hands and a smile on your face, Codemasters today confirms plans for the return of Cannon Fodder, the classic and hilarious combat gaming franchise, in spring 2007.

Ascaron has released a new patch its latest iteration in the ANSTOSS soccer management franchise. This second patch requires v1.01 to be installed and fixes various bugs, and game crashes. Old save games will no longer work after applying this patch.

Buckle up and prepare to unleash automotive anarchy in the ultimate burner’s paradise. EA today announced that Burnout 5 is in development for the PS3 and Xbox 360.

Virtua Fighter 5 is the latest installment in the critically-acclaimed series, and will elevate the arcade fighting genre to all-new heights as it takes true advantage of the capabilities of the next-generation hardware.

Square Enix announced today that its PS2 exclusive Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII will be shipping to PAL territories in November 2006.

Last year Microsoft's Japanese X360 title list mentioned Operation Darkness from Metal Saga developers Success, and hadn't been heard of since. While details are still slim, Operation Darkness is a tactica RPG set during WW2, where you, as part of an special ops team, are tracking down Hitler. Success implements multiple scenarios and mixes historical events with fiction.

In Mercury Meltdown, sequel to last Archer Maclean’s Mercury, you once again taking control of the liquid Mercury blob, avoiding various obstacles and hazards to reach the end goal.

The Chronicles of Spellborn is an MMORPG set in the Enclave of the Five Sacrifices. Developed by Dutch studio Khaeon Games, previously known for Alpha Black Zero, Spellborn uses the Unreal 2.5 Engine.

JoWood and European publisher Deepsilver revealed that its upcoming action/rpg Gothic 3 will not be using the StarForce protection, but instead they opted to go with SecuRom after thousands of fans, and even one of the Piranha Bytes developers, signed a petition to pressure both parties to not include the beleaguered Russian protection scheme.

Check out the following new screens from 2K Games' Games Convention 2006 lineup:

• Bioshock [ALL] - Screens
• Dungeon Siege: Throne of Agony [PSP] - Screens
• The Family Guy [ALL] - Screens
• Ghost Rider [ALL] - Screens
• The Darkness [PS3/X360] - Screens
• Stronghold Legends - Screens
• Sid Meier's RailRoads! - Screens

Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six makes its next-generation hardware debut in the most dramatic installment of the renowned first-person shooter franchise to date. Rainbow operatives take to the chaotic streets of Las Vegas as an escalating terrorist siege in "Sin City" threatens to take world terrorism to new, uncontrollable heights.

Step up as the lead blocker to create a hole, and then take control of the tailback and smash through, overpower, or slash away from would-be tacklers as you fight for every yard. Innovative rushing controls give you a game-breaking ground attack featuring all-new jukes, cutbacks, and the distinct running styles of your favorite backs. EA released a Madden NFL 07 demo on Xbox Live Marketplace, allowing you to play the Seattle Seahawks vs. Pittsburgh Steelers in one minute quarters.