Shortly after the North American version, Blizzard has now also released the European version of the new update for its MMORPG World of Warcraft. This v1.9.4 update adds a new Guild Recruitment channel, and fixed a bug that could cause players to appear to be porting around in a small area.

Square Enix announced today that its PS2 exclusive RPG Grandia III has shipped to retailers nationwide. Grandia III follows the growth of an aspiring pilot, Yuki and the unexpected adventure that awaits him, drawing gamers into a wondrous world with an innovative battle system and uplifting story about the freedom in controlling one’s own destiny.

While already revealed some time ago, Ubisoft's PSP exclusive spy action game Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Essentials, which will offer a new and unique gaming experience with a storyline drawn from the series.

SEGA of America announced today that its highly destructive combat-racing title, Full Auto, has shipped nationwide to retailers. Full Auto is a next-generation, arcade-style combat-racer that combines weapon-equipped vehicles with highly detailed, fully destructible urban environments for fierce combat and reckless destruction.

Dreamfall: The Longest Journey is an action-packed thriller set in a large and varied game world mixing gritty reality with imaginative fantasy. The game features three worlds, three distinctly different playable characters, and exciting action-adventure gameplay wrapped in a mature, exhilarating, and innovative storyline.

As promised, EA has released the new Battlefield 2 patch. This update brings your retail game to v1.2 and addresses various exploits, bug fixes and mainly weapons/vehicle tweaks for better balancing. Read more for download links ...

Loco Mania is a simulation of a train dispatcher - a very important person who has control over a large railway network with many trains in it. The player controls switches and train directions with the intent to get the trains through the system as fast as possible.

Topware Interactive has acquired the exclusive rights to publish Xpand Rally in the North American market, and will be hitting the shelves in April of 2006 for only $19.99.

Onimusha: Dawn of Dreams is situated in 1598 and will have several new features and additions over previous titles, such as a new camera system, updated graphics and optimized gameplay mechanics.

Majesco today ships AoE: The Age of Kings for NDS. In AoE: The Age of Kings players command five different civilizations, build armies and take them on scores of campaigns. Boasting turn-based strategy game play, AoE: The Age of Kings allows players to move from the Dark Ages through the Middle Ages with one goal in mind: domination of the known world.

Combining an optimized driving engine with an innovative concept, Black Bean and the Italian software house, Milestone, are ready to deliver an electrifying racing title for fans of the genre. Evolution GT is set to hit the streets this spring, featuring an expansive single player career mode and other unique features.

Atari today announced that Marc Ecko's Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure has shipped to retail stores nationwide.

VUGames announced today that Empire Earth II: The Art of Supremacy has shipped and is now in North American stores. EE: The Art of Supremacy will return gamers to the front lines of the greatest battles in history with new civilizations at their command, new campaigns and a host of new features that make this year's best strategy game more addicting than ever.

Etrom is an epic adventure among realms and cities, democracies and “nazi” dictatorships, a journey through space-time portals, among the Thrones of the Abyss, beyond the gates of the City of Light and many more locations, situations, rituals, secret-services plots, dark spells. This demo features an alternative prologue of the final game, with advanced equipment fighting against hordes of bloody enemies.

Nexuiz is a free 3D deathmatch game that is simply first person shooting reduced to the very basics with perfect weapon balancing. This 1.5 brings massive changes to the gameplay, technology, and content.

War World is the battleground where ancient enemies must settle age old conflicts through clashes of mechanized warriors in a unique combination of all-out action and active strategy. Lighthouse has released a demo allowing you to play as one mechanoid, on one map, with all available weapons in both singleplayer and DM/TDM multiplayer, LAN or online.

In Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon 3, players will embody Captain Scott Mitchell as he commands the Ghosts and Special Forces allies equipped with the IWS in the quest to save the president of the United States, recover stolen nuclear codes and eliminate a vicious band of renegade soldiers hell-bent on unleashing catastrophe.

Value Price Publisher Metro 3D and games developer Data Design Interactive have been very busy over the last few months; both companies are now finally ready to unveil some high-profile changes. They would initially like to present a whole host of titles due for release this year for Playstation2, PSP, PC and Xbox formats.

Ubisoft will release a Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter demo through Xbox Live Marketplace approximately one week before the game's official launch, according to Major Nelson's latest podcast. Since the game is schedule to be in stores March 9th, this means the demo should arrive in about two weeks.

FlatOut 2 is an over-the-top racing game where players experience the drive of their lives as they race around fully destructible environments in one of 16 fully customizable and upgradeable cars.