Majesco and Konami today announced Strawberry Shortcake Dance Dance Revolution. This Plug'N'Play product combines the high-energy dance gameplay of Dance Dance Revolution (DDR) with Strawberry Shortcake characters and music, and plug right into your TV.

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:

• NCAA Football 07 (PSP/PS2/Xbox/X360)
• Super DBZ (PS2)
• WarPath (Xbox/PC)
• Blade Dancer: Lineage of Light (PSP)
• Monster House (GBA/NDS/NGC/PS2)
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  We will update this throughout the day when new announcements become available. Read more for details ...

Set in World War 2, Sabotage is a 3rd person shooter combining intense battles with guerrilla missions, featuring extensive stealth elements and challenging puzzles. Meet Violette Summer...

Ubisoft's board of directors announced today that Mr. Marc Fiorentino has been elected to serve as director, replacing Ms. Yvette Guillemot who had held the position since 1996 but recently resigned.

Experience all the action of the AFL from the comfort of your living room. AFL Premiership 2006 is the only official game of the AFL featuring all the teams, players, venues and competitions of the 2006 season and is back.

Aspyr announced today that it has signed Bad Day L.A., a third-person action/adventure game with a tongue-in-cheek comedic twist. Set in modern day Los Angeles, Bad Day L.A. combines a fantastical art style, groundbreaking collaborative gameplay elements and a heavy dose of dark satire to create a truly unforgettable experience.

In Dark Messiah of Might and Magic, players will be introduced to the world of Ashan, the new setting for all future Might & Magic games. Ashan is a dark and unforgiving world, scarred by a bloody history and threatened by an apocalyptic prophecy: the Dark Messiah.

That Clive Barker was working on a new game wasn't much of a secret, but the Hollywood Reporter has the first details. You are part of a special forces squad trained in conventional warfare and arcane arts to save humanity. Jericho is an North African city wherein lurks evil incarnate and you are on a perilous quest to reach the innermost chamber where you encounter imprisoned soldiers, World War I infantrymen, Crusaders, going further back in time as you move along. To be published by Codemasters, schedule for late 2007.

Dawnspire: Prelude is a team-based online action-rpg set in an original fantasy world. The game focuses on teamplay, tactics and player skill, all put into a frenzied and exciting mix to bring a new angle to the gaming experience you normally find in action-rpg's.

JoWooD today announced the first expansion for its action/rpg sequel, SpellForce 2: Dragon Storm, offering more of the original’s entertaining and seamless blend of RTS and RPG gameplay. The expansion pack will be released in Winter 2006.

Atari made the following comment on the changed release date: "Given the sheer size and scope of Neverwinter Nights 2 and its 50 to 60-hour single player campaign, it was decided to move the global release date of Neverwinter Nights 2 out a month to late October. This extra time is invaluable as it allows fine tuning and polishing of both the single and multiplayer experiences to ultimately deliver a game that exceeds the tremendous expectations of the Neverwinter Nights fanbase."

Ritual today revealed it is working on a new patch for its recently released SiN Episodes: Emergence, scheduled for later this week. Apart from the usual crash and bug fixes, the new update will also make some multiplayer adjustments, but most importantly add 3 all-new Arena maps.

In Lumines II you control squares made of four smaller block pieces that are dropped into the playing field one at a time to form same-color squares. Unmatched blocks pile up, and the game ends when the pile gets to the top of the playing screen.

Turok is an epic, story-driven first-person shooter set on a dark, mysterious planet in the near future. Players take on the role of Joseph Turok, a former Black Ops commando, now part of an elite Special Forces squad on a mission to take down a war criminal on a genetically-altered planet.

ArenaNet and NCsoft announce today the title of the next game in the franchise, Guild Wars Nightfall, which has already entered the beta testing stage and Guild Wars players worldwide are invited to participate in an exclusive, first-look player-versus-player (PvP) event, July 28 – July 31, 2006.

UCSE includes new and improved technologies from all previous Battlecruiser / Universal Combat titles as well as various other enhancements and content. This massive demo features eight Instant Action scenarios, as well as a small upgrade file in case you have the previous UCaWa game.

THQ today announced the formation of its new California based development team, Incinerator Games, comprised of veterans of the Twisted Metal, NFL GameDay and MLB 2006: The Show projects from Sony's 989 studios, as well as the Midnight Club franchise from Rockstar.

NHL 2K7 introduces a completely new skating engine to give users the true on-ice movement of an NHL game. Additionally, Pro Control receives new enhancements to both offensive and defensive controls, giving hockey fans thrilling new ways to attack and defend on the ice. Read more for details ...

Become part of one of these clans in the apocalyptic world of the first official add-on of Hard Truck Apocalypse. This standalone add-on brings what media & consumers were demanding… Multiplayer mode!! Play over Internet or in a local network with many friends in savage truck battles in this futuristic like Mad Max world.

German publisher Frogster Interactive announced today that it has signed Novarama's 3D fighting adventure Fallen Lords: Condemnation, scheduled for September 2006. Set in the Afterworld, a kingdom of endless war as the Forces of Light, the Forces of Darkness and the Souls of the Purgatory battle for the precarious balance of the world.