World Tour Soccer '06 is a showboat of quick points-based game modes, each offering something unique and challenging, and all offering fast paced accessible gaming – perfect for showing off your natural talent in all the different modes.

Wildlife Park 2 adds a whole new level of organic simulation, making your livestock even more life like. Add in realistic weather conditions, botanical gardens and a highly advanced strategic and business simulation engine and you have the ultimate Wildlife Park tycoon game. Deep Silver has released a German demo allowing you to try out 3 missions and a sandbox map.

Heroes of Annihilated Empires offers an extraordinary blend of RTS and RPG gameplay, challenging gamers to create a powerful leader and a dominant military force through battle, diplomacy and treachery in a rich fantasy world. GSC World has released the open beta allowing you to try out one singleplayer mission.

Rogue Trooper is a mix of intense 3rd person action and next generation stealth elements, with complex line-of-sight AI, multiple game paths, full tactical use of your bio-chip operated equipment and both single- and multiplayer online gameplay.

Test Drive Unlimited challenges players online to experience the most exotic and fastest vehicles on more than 1000 miles of diverse Hawaiian roads. Gamers win races, challenges, missions and tournaments to earn credits and purchase new cars, bikes, rare performance parts, clothes, apparel, homes and garages.

Ritual announced today that SiN Episode 1: Emergence has officially gone gold and is headed off to replication for release on May 10. Elexis Sinclaire and her sworn enemy, John R. Blade, face off in Freeport City, a near-future mixture of San Francisco, Tokyo and New York, all set inside the unrestricted SiN universe.

Battlefront.com has signed a publishing agreement with Hungarian wargame developer Hussar Games to bring its turns based strategy game 1848 to North America, for free.

Prey is serious, dark story, based on authentic Cherokee mythology. Themes of sacrifice, love and responsibility are explored and the story dives into emotional territory not yet explored by similar games. "When it's done" has been replaced by a July 10 release date, as 2K Games confirms Human Head/3DRealms' sci-fi FPS will have a simultaneous launch on the X360 and PC.

Black Bean announced today that it is bringing last year's strategy game, Crown of Glory, to Europe. Simulating one of the bloodiest periods in history Crown of Glory focuses on the driving forces behind the Napoleonic Wars as well as combat itself by putting you in direct control of a European nation.

Create exactly the city you want: build uniquely-designed structures, from residences to corporate skyscrapers. Improve the quality of life by providing recreational and entertainment opportunities-without letting taxes spiral out of control.

Bioware has released a new patch for its 3D RPG Neverwinter Nights, and the Shadows of Undrentide and Hordes of the Underdark addons. This upgrade brings your retail game to v1.67, adds 13 creatures and variations, 79 placeables, and other resources from the Pirates of the Sword Coast Premium Module to the game resources, added 45 new and modified 7 scripting commands, added an option for CPU Affinity for multiple core systems, and various fixes and enhancements.

Naruto: Ultimate Ninja places players in the vivid and vibrant world of Naruto Uzumaki. Channel chakra to unleash powerful techniques and special ninjutsu during battles.

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:

• Dr. Sudoku (GBA)
• Guild Wars (PC)
• Guilty Gear Dust Strikers (NDS)
• Shadowgrounds (PC)
• Winback 2: Project Poseidon (PS2)
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  We will update this throughout the day when new announcements become available. Read more for details...

According to the Wall Street Journal, Microsoft plans to pay $200 million to $400 million for Massive, a company that places ads in video games. Although both parties declined to comment, this acquisition could lead to ads in Microsoft's Xbox Live service.

Valve announced the development of future game releases for the Xbox 360, powered by a customized version of Source, the technology that powered Valve's Half-Life 2.

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.

RedOctane today launched their worldwide search for the next guitar hero! The Be a Guitar Hero II competition offers independent musicians the opportunity to have their song featured in game play for the upcoming title Guitar Hero II for the PS2.

WEBZEN announced today its lineup of PC and next generation MMOGs for showcase at the E3 in Los Angeles. Its lineup includes mainly the same titles as last year, Huxley, Soul of the Ultimate Nation and Project Wiki.

Buena Vista Games today announced it has entered into an agreement with Tokyo-based Q Entertainment Inc. to publish four new titles, in all international regions except Asia, such as Lumines II, Meteos: Disney Edition and Every Extend Extra.

Big Huge Games announced Rise of Legends went gold. Rise of Nations: Rise of Legends morphs the RTS genre into the fantasy space, allowing gamers to rampage through towering cities, flame-swept deserts and brutal ice plains in battles filled with mystic creatures, fantastic machines and stunning acts of magic.