2K Games and Gas Powered Games today announced that Dungeon Siege II: Broken World for PC has gone gold and is off to manufacturing, on track for its North American launch on August 1st.

You are a DevastationZone Trooper, one of the Blue Star Alliance’s toughest, hardened in combat and trained for action. During a space border patrol in the vicinity of planet Ardanis, you receive a code red distress call. The Rakkai Empire is invading the planet. This v1.32 patch fixes some sound issue with nForce audio cards.

The Adventure Company today announced that the North American version of Safecracker: The Ultimate Puzzle Adventure has gone gold. Developed by Kheops Studio, Safecracker is a unique puzzle adventure game that requires you to use your wits, deductive reasoning, and puzzle solving skills to crack the master safe!

Cartoon Network announced today that it has signed an agreement with Seoul-based Grigon Entertainment to develop the first MMO set in its cartoon universe. The game will be free to download, with subscription and micro-transactions available to players to enhance the gaming experience.

A regulatory filing with the SEC reveals that Activision has been sued by one of its shareholders over its issuance of stock options, in particular backdating, a practice that involves changing the date of a stock option from the day it was actually issued to an earlier date, usually when the stock was trading at a lower price, which makes the option more valuable. As many as sixty companies are currently under investigation for similar practices.

Hellgate: London is an RPG set in the immersive first-person perspective. With a completely randomized world that offers a unique experience every time you play, Hellgate: London introduces a demon-ridden place where the last survivors of the human race must meld science and magic to survive.

Rising Star Games today announced that The New Zealand Story, one of the most distinctive and original platform games of the 1980s, will be the next title in the firm’s Revolution series of updates to classic videogames for the NDS.

Deep Silver has released a new patch for D-Alive's zoo management game Wildlife Park2 . This v1.04 patch (for all international editions) optimized store management, animals now form herds, and visitors are no longer moody cause of bad weather.

World Snooker Championship 2007 boasts 104 of the World’s best snooker players, with ten official tournaments all realistically modelled for the 2007 season.

Legacy Interactive announced today its first downloadable game based on a television franchise, Law & Order Criminal Intent: The Vengeful Heart. You can now download the demo, which includes all content, but you need to purchase a serial key to unlock the full game.

Revealed yesterday, Codemasters today officially announced Clive Barker's Jericho, an action horror title devised by the master mythmaker, novelist and filmmaker Clive Barker.

Matrix Games has released a new patch for PureSim Baseball 2007, bringing your retail game to v1.2. In additional to resolving a number of minor issues, this update adds support for IE 7, Multi-base throwing errors, improved management AI, and improved time period specific pitcher usage.

Battle B-Daman, and its sequel Battle B-Daman 2 are based on the popular animated program "Battle B-Daman," the second season of which debuts on American television later this year.

French developer Cyanide is already working on a new project, Loki, an action/RPG set in a universe inspired by mythology and ancient races such as the Greeks, Vikings, Aztecs and Egyptians. Focus has updated its Loki product page to reflect a change in release date, from September to Q4 2006.

Star Fox returns to its roots with a blistering space shooter on the Nintendo DS. Initially named Star Fox DS, Nintendo has finalized the title and is now known as Star Fox Command.

The Operational Art Of War series allows you to play and create any battle from the entire 20th Century of warfare and up to the modern day, with reasonable accuracy back as far as the 1850s. The patch fixes a reconstitution bug found in the release version of the game as well as a few other minor issues.

Another day, another batch of game trailers was released. Instead of giving them all their own posts, we grouped them, and so far there are trailers for:

• Portal [PS3/X360/PC] - Trailer
• Dead Rising [X360] - Trailer
• Painkiller: Hell Wars [Xbox] - Trailerpack #3
• Mario Hoops 3-on-3 [NDS] - Trailer
• Virtua Fighter 5 [PS3] - Trailer (5)
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  We will update this throughout the day when new trailers become available. Read more for download links ...

Asustek Computer announced it will deliver PS3 game consoles to Sony this month as the Japanese firm gets ready to step up productions to meet demand for the 2006 holiday season. The first shipment is for 4 million units, with a target of 200,000 units per month thereafter. Hon Hai Precision Industry Co will pitch in shortly and will soon begin making PS3 units for Sony as well.

Battle of Britain II: Wings of Victory recreates the fierce and famous air battles southern England in 1940, allowing the player to either act as the supreme commander of either side, or simply click "fly" and let your generals manage the war below. This update brings your retail game to v2.04 and improves AI, adds new graphical features, and improves audio quality.

Take Command: 2nd Manassas explores the titular 1862 battle of the American Civil War, which proved to be the pivotal engagement of the Northern Virginia Campaign. MadMinute Games has released an updated mod tools SDK, so you can now make, or modify, scenarios.