Valve lastest Steam Update has a few details on what to expect in the near future. Valve intends to implement The Friends system soon, allowing you to see when friends are online, and playing games, as well as chat with them. Valve is also planning on going back to some of the older Counter-Strike: Source maps and giving them an High Dynamic Range pass, starting with de_dust. Next week Red Orchestra: Ostfront 41-45 will be released and playable on Steam, which is already available for preload.

Act of War: High Treason introduces new features and content to enhance and extend the overall experience. High Treason will expand into naval warfare with over a dozen different vessels, such as AEGIS cruisers, frigates, aircraft carriers and submarines. Less scripting, better AI and camera handling.

In an interview with Xbox365.com, Bethesda's PR guru Pete Hines revealed that it currently has 3 teams working on various projects. One team will be utilized to support the imminent TES IV: Oblivion launch with patches, updates and expasions, while another team is actively working on FallOut3, but most importantly, the third team has already started developing, albeit most likely VERY early stages, on The Elder Scrioll V. Of course no details to its content or platforms were revealed.

Authentic WWII atmosphere. Fly in close to Germany's industrial terrain for a bombing raid, strafe the islands of the pacific, or emerge from the cloud cover over London and engage the enemy. The environment looks so real you'll feel like you're the pilot in a famous WWII movie.

Egosoft has released an updated playable demo for its space-combat exploration game X³: REUNION. This demo walks you through key game concepts in a limited game universe. A small hotfix was released addressing a problem with a File Not Found error when you try to play the demo for a second time.

Expedition Trophy is a transcontinental off-road racing game spanning more than 16.000 kilometers of forest and snow-covered roads, from Saint Petersburg to Moscow, or Kiev and Prague. Expedition Trophy will not only severly test the vehicles, but also the driver through spirit, endurance, friendship and mere participation.

Kameo: Elements of Power is an action-adventure game with role-playing elements for gamers of all ages and skill levels. From legendary game developer Rare, Kameo: Elements of Power sends players on a magical and epic journey full of intense combat, magnificent exploration and innovative morph-into-warrior action.

Experience the pro tour in venues that are alive and dynamic with environmental elements that react to your play. Characters are even more stunning with the addition of HD technology and the inclusion of the top players in the world like Maria Sharapova, Venus Williams, Andy Roddick, Lleyton Hewitt and Roger Federer. Put it all online and you once again have the greatest tennis game ever created.

Pirates of the XXI Century, developed by DioSoft, is a new FPS that revolves around modern day sea pirates with action taking place on load, air, sea and even underwater. You will be able to play as either a member of Hong Kong’s triads, modern day pirate or soldier of US Special Forces and have use of about 30 weapons.

Legion Arena is an online Role Playing Strategy Game, and blends core gameplay elements from the RTS & RPG genres. Strategy First has released the first patch bringing your English, French, German, Italian, and Spanish retail game to v1.01b and fixes a few bugs, adds larger multiplayer armies, makes the game more MOD friendly and more.