Majesco today announced that America's sweetest sweetheart, Strawberry Shortcake, will star in the brand new GBA adventure Strawberry Shortcake Sweet Dreams, based on the October premiere of the theatrical movie from DIC Entertainment.

The Blood Magic is an original 3rd person perspective RPG where the weapon of choice is magic. In this game, the player controls an Unlikely Hero in an ambitious search through many hostile environments looking for Modo, the ethereal being bent on destroying the world.

Got Game Entertainment today announced that it will release Barrow Hill: Curse of the Ancient Circle on September 1st in North America, and that the retail version will include bonus features allowing you to delve deeper into the Barrow Hill mystery.

2K Games and Firaxis Games today announced Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Warlords has gone gold. Civ IV: Warlords comes loaded with new civilizations, new leaders and more units, resources and wonders that can be used in both single and multiplayer games.

Monster House will allow players to experience key moments of the movie as they uncover the mysteries of the house in order to save their neighborhood. Players will also take on unique adventures that were inspired by the film. With three playable characters, fans of the film will enjoy seeing the movie come to life in their living rooms.

The Settlers II: The Next Generation is the remake of BlueByt's 2D classic Settlers 2, making the jump to 3D. This English demo replaces the earlier released German edition, and allows you to try out the same tutorial and one map.

Spellborn today announce the second playable race in their upcoming MMORPG The Chronicles of Spellborn; The Daevi.

Vivendi has released an updated v1.06 patch for Monolith's first person close-quarters combat experience FEAR addressing a loading issue with games saved before the 1.05 update and several other various fixes, but it now works for ALL languages editions.

Fight an all-out war for survival in the year 2142. EA and Digital Illusions are developing the next installment in the Battlefield franchise, Battlefield 2142, scheduled to ship worldwide this winter for the PC.

Packed with non-stop action, an explosive arsenal of alien weaponry, advanced mental abilities and an irreverent personality that satires 1960's era icons and science-fiction mythology, Destroy All Humans! 2 uncovers an open-ended world where the player can unleash massive destruction on the ground or in their UFO.

In a move that surely will please a lot of gamers, JoWooD's community manager Johann Ertl announced that Piranha Bytes' RPG Gothic 3 will not feature the oft criticized Starforce copy protection, but instead have a more user-friendly, though not yet specified, protection scheme.

Red Steel is an action-packed first-person experience with an engaging storyline unfolding as you learn that your fiancée has been kidnapped and her father – a Japanese mafia kingpin – murdered by a rival gang. The only way to save your loved one and defend your honor is to journey from L.A. to Japan and confront the Tokyo underworld.

SOny Japan is working with Game Republic, known for Genji, on an RPG based on GONZO Digimation's animated movie Brave Story.

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:

• DarkStar One - Dev Diary #1
• Miami Vice: The Game [PSP/PS2/Xbox/PC] - Trailer #3
• NCAA Football 07 [PS2/Xbox] - Momentum Trailer
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  We will update this throughout the day when new trailers become available. Read more for download links ...

The Game Initiative today announced keynotes and speakers for this year's Austin Game Conference taking place September 6-7-8, 2006 in Austin, Texas. Headline speakers include: Blizzard's Rob Pardo, Dell's Michael Dell, and Science-Fiction Author Vernor Vinge.

You Are Empty immerses players in an exaggerated dark and obscure atmosphere of Soviet totalitarianism. Fighting against mutants created by the Soviet super human program, the players are tasked to figure out what happened in the city and stop the mutants from spreading further.

THQ has decided to delay the patch for Iron Lore's RTS Titan Quest a few more days to ensure that issues are addressed effectively and that the process of patching will go as smoothly as possible. Originally scheduled for today it has been pushed back until Friday, July 7th. Read more for the updated fixlist ...

EA has released the beta version of the upcoming Battlefield 2 v1.4 patch adding the new Road to Jalalabad map, modes, and various other tweaks.

Tekken 6 is the next installment in Namco Bandai's popular 3D fighting series, coming exclusively to the PS3.