Take care of and train your lovable yet unpredictable pets in this laptop-friendly member of The Sim Stories series.

Mad Tracks is an action-packed toy-car racing game, with toy cars powered by spring engines. Complete up to 45 challenges and gather 12 crazy achievements. Races are set in everyday places, like toy stores, mini-golf parks, and restaurants.

A little while ago JoWood announced it would be bringing its biggest franchises to console, and today brings the first announcement in that regard. Having recently split with Piranha Bytes (which means no more patches btw) over the bug ridden quality of the previous Gothic titles, Jowood announced today that it is in negotiations with a major development studio for Gothic 4, scheduled for PC and consoles.

Overlord is an original next-generation title from Age of Wonders developer Triumph Studios. A groundbreaking action adventure, Overlord is set in a seriously warped fantasy world where players can be evil (or really evil).

Pokemon Diamond/Pearl are set in a new region called "Sinnoh," where players can choose to begin their adventure as either a boy or girl Pokemon trainer on a path to becoming Pokemon League Champion.

Strategy First has signed Enemy Engaged 2, sequel to the chopper classic Enemy Engaged: RAH-66 Comanche Versus Ka-52 Hokum, featuring new dynamic missions, multiplayer, and a complete overhaul of the graphics and audio to bring the game up to date with the latest and best flight simulations available.

Global Star Software announced it has signed Cat Daddy Games' Wii exclusive Carnival Games, designed for families and children of all ages, bringing home all the excitement and fanfare of a day at the carnival.

FlatOut: Total Carnage is a re-imagining of FlatOut 2 rebuilt from the ground up and specifically developed to make use of the additional feature sets and improved processing ability. Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment will sell and market Flat Out Ultimate Carnage under the Empire label throughout North and South America.

Nobilis announces Kheops Studio' Cleopatra: A Queen's Destiny, an adventure game in which the player will be plunged in the tormented period of the Antique Egypt. Help the young new queen Cleopatra to make good decisions for her Empire and become the queen of kings.

Glukoza: ACTION! combines 3rd person action game with classical fighting, when you move from one level to another, beating your enemies hard. Player controls Glukoza directly and can use various types of weapons that can be found within game levels. Melee and hand-to-hand combat modes are also present.

The Galactic Federation's Base Sector Zero is under attack by Space Pirates. Samus must boot up the generator to restore the defense systems. But at the end of her path, someone awful is waiting for her.

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:

• Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (ALL)
• Naruto: Ninja Council 3 (NDS)
• The New York Times Crosswords (NDS)
• Odin Sphere (PS2)
• Brooktown High (PSP)
• Death, Jr. and the Science Fair of Doom (NDS)
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Alerts, blue lights and bloody excoriations – humanity need the gods in white, and DreamCatcher is bringing it to North America. In Lifesigns for the NDS, it’s up to you if you save lives. Each second is important – the emergency room is waiting for you!

Sierra officially announced The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena, presenting a reinvention of 2004's Escape from Butcher Bay in HD, enhancements, as well as adding the Dark Athena chapter, an expansion of the original game with an exciting new story and new gameplay features.

FlatOut: Total Carnage is a re-imagining of FlatOut 2 rebuilt from the ground up and specifically developed to make use of the additional feature sets and improved processing ability of third generation technologies.

Supreme Commander features a riveting, action-packed storyline, ground-breaking gameplay and genre-defining online multiplayer battles. levels. THQ has released a new patch for GPG's 3D RTS, bringing your retail game to v1.1.3251.

Blizzard has released the much anticipated "Black Temple" update for its MMORPG World of Warcraft. This v2.1.0 patch adds The Black Temple raid dungeon, 100 new rare and epic items, tier-6 armor sets, and plenty more ...

Akella has signed a publishing agreement to bring Commander: Europe at War to Russia. Commander: Europe at War is the first in a series of high level turn based strategy games, jointly developed by Firepower Entertainment and Slitherine Software.

According to the latest Nintendo Power issue, Kuju is currently working on bringing Geometry Wars: Galaxies to the NDS and Wii, adding singleplayer and various multiplayer modes on top of the Retro Evolved content. The handheld edition will use the touchscreen and most likely be in sold stores, the Wii version makes use of the Wiimote, and probably be downloadable like its Xbox Live Arcade counterpart.

European Street Racing is a fast and furious new street racing game for PC from XIDER Games. Test your driving skills and race through the streets of seven of Europe’s principal cities including Moscow, Warsaw, London, Paris, Madrid, Berlin and Hamburg.