Nominations are now being accepted for the 6th annual Game Developers Choice Awards. Entries can be submitted through www.igda.org/awards up until Jan. 13, 2006, the awards ceremony will take place Wednesday, March 22, 2006 during the GDC.

Featuring all new authentic tricks, FIFA Street 2 provides new gameplay experiences by making over-the-top moves and skills even bigger in this fast-paced sequel.

Octagon Entertainment announced today that it has set up a unit that delivers computer and video games on-time and on-budget. Octagon's development services business grew from virtually no revenue eighteen months ago to a multi-million dollar business in 2005.

Blizzard has released a new update for its MMORPG World of Warcraft. This v1.9.0 patch is for US/Australian editions of the game and adds the Gates of Ahn'Qiraj dungeons, a Linked Auction House system, multiple battleground queues, soul shards bags, a Raid Calendar system, and a slew of gameplay & ba;ance tweaks, bug & crash fixes, etc.

After a life of small-time jobs and petty thefts you've been accepted into America's most famous criminal organization, the Corleone family. Now it's up to you to carry out orders, earn respect, rise through the ranks, and make New York City your own. Play your cards right and you could even be running everything as the next, and most powerful, Don.

Paradox Interactive announced today the street date for their anticipated title Hearts of Iron II: Doomsday. Doomsday is a stand-alone expansion to the critically acclaimed Hearts of Iron II.

The Matrix: Path of Neo will enable players to actually play as Neo, the central character, and relive his most important and memorable scenarios from the complete film trilogy, including the original film, The Matrix. Atari has released a new patch for the North American edition of the game, fixing minor graphical issues caused by Patch 1 and changes made to the control options now save.

SOE today also announced the 2nd expansion for EQ II, Kingdom of Sky. The new addon includes a structured Achievement system of skills and abilities, expands the arena challenges with four deadly new arena champions and two new arena zones, ten new adventure zones, 25 new enemies and troves full of new treasures ...

Fight Night Round 3 brings the most intense boxing experience to gamers. Film-quality graphics showcase devastating punch impacts unparalleled in any game or film. On the way to becoming boxing's greatest legend, train to fight like the best including Muhammad Ali or create a boxing style unique only to your boxer.

EverQuest: Prophecy of Ro adds three new features, spheres of influence, a trap system, and for the first time in EverQuest, players can destroy objects in the world.

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 :

• Age of Pirates - Trailer #2
• Naruto: Narutimate Hero [PS2] - JAP Trailer
• Mega Man Maverick Hunter X [PSP] - Trailer #2
• Final Fight: Streetwise [PS2/Xbox] - Trailer #3
• Refuse! Home, Sweep Home - Trailerpack
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  We will update this throughout the day when new trailers become available. Read more for download links ...

Global War on Terror: Death Strike is a thrill-filled jet-powered fast-paced action game, and the first of the company's new Global War on Terror series. Global War on Terror: Death Strike features a plot brimming with relevance in today's world as you track down and stop WMD-seeking terrorists.

PRISM: Threat Level Red is the commercial version that sets the world and environments that inspire the Army National Guard's game PRISM: Black Shield, and will feature a more detailed story line along with a unique campaign structure. The game will also feature distinct missions, unique events, unique weapons, and a few more surprises.

Grotesque is a new adventure/rpg from German developer Silent Dreams, and promises to be an original blend of traditional fantasy RPG (like Gothic, Fable, Baldur's Gate, Planescape Torment) and sarcastic humor with adventure elements along the lines of Monkey Island.

Lighthouse Interactive and Wicked Studios have announced that the English releasedate of the upcoming adventure game Keepsake has been postponed with 3 weeks to February 24th 2006. The delay is predominantly being caused while recording English voices for the game.

A few weeks ago a rumor started floating around that the January 2006 issue of PSM would reveal that UT 2007 was to be a PS3 launch title, but this community post by an Epic producer on the Atari forums tells a different story, "PC first. We're not scheduled to be a ps3 launch title, not certain where those news sites are getting that from. There will be a pre-release demo (on the PC at least)."

The Stalin Subway is a realistic first-person shooter which is set in Stalin's Moscow of fall 1952. This demo allows you to check out one level from the full game.

Darsana is a combination of a fast paced first person shooter, and a detailed statistics system and strategies of an RPG. Darsana runs along the lines of a fantasy medieval time including magic, and one of the opposition forces being the Undead. It is solely multiplayer and meant for 5-30 people per server.

Takeda 2 is a game of epic Samurai action, set in 16th century feudal Japan. Takeda 2 puts the player in the role of Daimyo, a feudal lord fighting for the title of Shogun, supreme military commander. Magitech has released a small patch for its demo, adding a bunch of new portraits and a few gameplay/balance tweaks.

Phantasy Star Universe is being developed for both the PS2 and the PC, offering two complete RPG experiences - a single-player action adventure spanning multiple planets, and a robust online multi-player component.