TimeShift is an innovative FPS in which players control time to complete missions and defeat foes, is in development by Saber Interactive. TimeShift will leverage first-of-its-kind gameplay abilities and functionality, the latest graphics technology, and high production values to create a truly unique action game experience. Atari is now accepting sign-ups for the Timeshift multiplayer beta test, which commences during the last week of January 2006.

Hero's Journey is the new 3-D Massively Multiplayer Online Roleplaying Game from Simutronics, which is expected to be released somewhere in 2005. Simutronics will provide Hero's Journey players with frequent mini-releases as well as larger boxed expansions.

Juiced: Eliminator will deliver a unique gameplay experience, taking advantage of the PSP's functionality to offer never-before-seen multiplayer games and expand on the crew and pink-slip racing.

EA today announced The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth II Collector's Edition. The first ever Collector's Edition DVD release will include extra DVD video content, poster, map of middle-earth, exclusive in-game content such as units and maps.

Wintersport Pro 2006, developed by Cyanide Studios, is based on the upcoming Olympic Wintersports in Torino, and will feature 16 disciplines (skiing, bobsled, skijumping etc.) and over 700 athletes from 29 countries, as well as multiplayer. Also known as Winter Challenge in France.

While Wild Arms The 4th Detonator is not yet available in North America, Sony Japan has already revealed it is working on a 5th title in the series. Developed by Media Vision, Wild Arms The Vth Vanguard celebrates the 10 year anniversary of the franchise and revolves around the planet Fargaia which is slowly but surely losing its green, and changes to a wasteland. Severe environment and cruel monsters threaten life, people still hanging on to the planet. In such a wold world, there are adventurers whoask for a thrill or a dream. People call them Migratory Bird.

Heed the call of the open road, throw the gears in motion and take off in a tractor trailer. Be your own boss behind the wheel of your big rig. Meet many trucks on the road to form long convoys on your way to fame and fortune! Valusoft has now released the final patch bringing your retail only version of the game to v1.02 and no details are available to what it fixes ..

Untold Legends: The Warrior's Code is the next game in the Untold Legends series following the top- selling Brotherhood of the Blade. The Warrior's Code is an entirely new RPG, as compared to its predecessor, with an evolutionary interactive combat engine, new 3D enhanced graphics, special effects and lighting.

Take 2 today announced preliminary net sales of $1.2 billion for its 2005 fiscal year and Q4 net sales of $308 million. The results reveal that College Hoops 2K6 and Top Spin 2 have been pushed back from Q1 to Q2 2006 to provide additional time for development. A few new games were also introduced, including the port of GTA: Liberty City Stories to a current-gen console (most likely the PS2), and two new titles for the PSP, including an all-new GTA offering.

Capcom today announced its first title for Xbox Live Arcade, Street Fighter II' Hyper Fighting. In addition to several offline modes and numerous leaderboards and achievements, the game takes advantage of the new online features of Xbox 360 to create a seamless online multiplayer experience.

Field Commander is the first military turn-based strategy game for PSP offering engaging, challenging skill based warfare in a realistic military setting. Read more for new screens ...

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 :

• KAO The Kangaroo 3 - Trailer
• Pursuit Force [PSP] - Trailer #5
• 25 to Life (PS2/Xbox/PC) - Trailer #5
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  We will update this throughout the day when new trailers become available. Read more for download links ...

Live the adventures of Chicken Little and his gang of misfit friends – Fish-Out-of-Water, Runt of the Litter and Abby Mallard, AKA "The Ugly Duckling" -- as the game catapults gamers into the hair-raising adventures of the movie and beyond. But it will take more than cool moves to complete each mission. This demo allows you to check out sme custscenes and a multiobjective mission (thanks 3DGamers). Read more for download links ..

THQ is bringing Team17's popular Worms title to the PSP and Nintendo DS, which is now officially known as Worms: Open Warfare. Retaining the same gameplay and unique sense of humour that has epitomised the brand for almost a decade, Worms brings a whole raft of new features and laugh-out-loud comedy to the handhelds.

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 the first patch for its strategy game, bringing the English retail version to v1.21, but no details as to what it fixes are available at this point.

Heart of Empire: Rome leads the player through 14 huge missions as they actually build & control ancient Rome in glorious real-time 3D. From simple beginnings, they must quickly build housing for their growing population; start to meet their increasing desires for food, goods and entertainment.

2K Games has contracted with Even Balance, Inc. to integrate PunkBuster Anti-Cheat software into the highly anticipated PREY, currently being developed by Human Head Studios and executive produced by 3D Realms. PunkBuster Anti-Cheat features will be available "out-of-the-box" with the retail release of the game.

VU Games today announced that it has completed the purchase of independent developer, High Moon Studios. VU Games will retain High Moon's team of more than 100 development professionals, as well as rights to the studio's intellectual properties. High Moon recently released its first FPS title DarkWatch, published by Capcom.

NVIDIA took its acclaimed SLI technology to a new level today by introducing support for the industry's first ever Quad SLI-certified PC. Delivering the most extreme high definition gaming experience available on the PC, Quad SLI features four of NVIDIA's flagship GeForce 7800 GTX GPUs each with two GeForce 7800 GTX graphics processing units (GPUs) on-board with an NVIDIA nForce4 SLI X16 motherboard.