Nobilis' new historical wargame brings back to life the greatest battles and lets you write your own History. Napoleon's Campaigns is a unique concept from AGEOD, the original designer of Europa Universalis, Pax Romana, Grandes Invasions, Birth of America and American Civil War.

Rail Simulator will offer the opportunity for players to take charge of steam, diesel and electric trains on real routes in the UK and Germany. Challenging and fun gameplay will even enable players to design their own ideal journey routes. This demo includes a tutorial and Black 5 running out of Bath Green Park, heading to Radstock.

In Windchaser, start-up studio Chimera Entertainment's first real-time tactical game, you assume leadership of one of Ensai’s guilds and take command of one of the mighty sailing ships that serve as mobile headquarters.

While other FPS titles claim to feature action-packed, highly realistic gameplay, BlackSite: Area 51 takes next-gen gaming to an all-new level integrating cutting edge technology, game design and story writing to create the ultimate entertainment experience. This v1.1 patch improves multi-language support, overall game performance and the usual bug/crash fixes.

World in Conflict is an RTS that delivers action and coordinated team play amidst a showdown between the Soviet Union and the US, with completely destructible 3D battlefields, aggressive team-based multiplayer. Massive has released the v1.003 patch, mainly adds balancing, big fixes and multiplayer features.

Soldier of Fortune Payback continues with the organization know as The Shop where players take on the role of a hired mercenary, blasting their way through high intensity combat situations. This v1.1 patch fixes the Windows Vista issues and display problems.

Atlus USA has obtained the North American publishing rights for Spectral Force 3, which was revealed last year. The first of the series to land in the Western hemisphere, Spectral Force 3 delivers challenging strategy RPG gameplay, a classic fantasy story, and tons of character and item customization options.

The weapon-based fighting game franchise has been reinvented as Namco Bandai announced Soulcalibur Legends exclusively for the Wii, fully immersing players in a 3rd person action adventure that takes a unique approach to the series by truly utilizing the Wii Remote and Nunchuk.

While the HD DVD vs. Blu-ray war is still waging, HD DVD has made progress today, as one of its main drawbacks, capacity, may have been overcome. At the 40th Steering Committee Meeting, Toshiba's latest triple-layer HD DVD ROM, which expands its capacity from 17GB up to 51GB, has been approved bringing it on par with Sony's dual-layer Blu-ray Disc. The new disc supports several file systems, like ISO 9660 and Universal Disk Format (UDF) and plays in current DVD players, while production cost remains virtually the same (thx TeamXbox).

CoD 4: Modern Warfare is a new action-thriller that will arm gamers with the most advanced and powerful arsenal of modern day firepower to fight a new war in the world’s most treacherous hot spots. Infinity Ward is working on the first patch for the Xbox 360 version of the game, adding new features, optimizing, tweaking and fixing bugs.

Based on the animated TV series, One Piece: Unlimited Adventure, makes its exclusive debut on the Wii. Join Captain Monkey D. Luffy and the rest of the Straw Hat Pirates as they embark on a search for the ultimate treasure in this all new original quest.

Atlus has obtained the North American rights for Operation Darkness, an epic fantasy WWII turn-based strategy game from Metal Saga developers Success. Set during WW2 you are part of an special ops team tasked with tracking down Hitler, featuring multiple scenarios, mixing historical events with fiction.

NiGHTS: Journey of Dreams is the long awaited sequel to the NiGHTS franchise that gave gamers the freedom to fly in a world of dreams and imagination.

Microsoft has launched a new promotion: If you buy an Xbox 360 before Dec. 21, you can have a copy of Bungie's sci-fi FPS Halo 3 sent to you. To take advantage of the promo, all you need to do is sign in on Xbox/Windows Live, register this page on your PC, enter the XBX7777 code, and submit your new console's serial number and a valid mailing address. A brand spanking new copy of Halo 3 should arrive shortly thereafter.

Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures is an Online Action RPG, mixing a deep, story-driven single-player experience and a massive and brutal multiplayer end-game brings forth the ultimate representation of the Age of Conan.

Culpa Innata, developed by Turkish Momentum, is a story-driven, 3rd person game using the classic mouse in a point and click interface, featuring a wide variety of organic obstacles ranging from logic puzzles to hi-tech gadget manipulation to dialog and inventory challenges.

SEGA's Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity is a fast-paced new Sonic racing game created by Sonic team that takes Sonic into never-before seen worlds with edge-of-your-seat racing intensity and all-new gravity controlling moves.

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:

• Beowulf (PSP/PS3/X360/PC)
• Next Life (PC)
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Ghost Squad for the Wii adds a number of new platform-specific gameplay modes and uses the Wiimote as a multi-purpose tool that allows players to easily control the targeting of on-screen enemies, defuse bombs, and rescue hostages.

In The House of the Dead you will defy the undead with shotgun (Wii Zapper compatible) in hand as you explore a post-apocalyptic wasteland of unrelenting terror featuring beautifully rendered gore, six game modes (Time Attack, Arcade, etc.), co-op, and a wide variety of branching paths.