Falcon 4.0: Allied Force features extensive improvements in all areas including artificial intelligence, graphics, multiplayer, terrain and of course the stunning real time, fully dynamic campaign engine. This patch brings your retail game to v1.0.12 and improves stability and avionics, adds an auto updater and a few other tweaks.

Last week, some Halo-themed controllers popped up, but it seems that is not all McFarlane is up to, as McFarlane Toys announced a licensing agreement with Microsoft to produce a line of Halo action figures, including Master Chief, Brute Chieftain, Jackal Sniper, Grunt 2-Pack, and Cortana.

White Gold: War in Paradise explores the shadowy background of modern low intensity conflicts, where the newest weapons often do battle with the antics of witchdoctors. An FPS with a handful of RPG elements thrown in for a good measure, White Gold offers a rich scenario in addition to the non-stop action.

Race: Caterham allows you to drive a total of 60 individual new cars/car skins based on some of the most exciting models of the Caterham sports car range, as well as two new tracks ; the legendary circuit of Imola and the former GP-track of Estoril.

The princess worlds are in peril and only the player can save them in Disney Princess: Enchanted Journey (Wii, PS2, and PC). In Disney Princess: Magical Jewels (NDS), you enter a fun-filled enchanted adventure to regain a kingdom’s magical power, players strive to break the spell that binds the kingdom by recovering the stolen Magical Jewels.

This Wednesday XBLA sees the arrival of the tactical, insect-infested combat game Band of Bugs, from Wednesday 20th June at 09.00 GMT. Don’t let their tiny size fool you, because these bugs are armed to the teeth, ready to take your orders and spring into action.

WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2008 will let players take the fight into their own hands with the debut of Superstar Fighting Styles. The game features eight unique styles, each having its own strategy and exclusive attributes.

K2 Network announced that the company has closed a $16 million Series B round of venture capital led by Intel Capital. The funds will be used to further develop and internationally market and grow its portfolio of Free2Play multi-player online games.

505 Games announced the official expansion pack for its realistic tactical combat simulation title ArmA: Armed Assault. ArmA: Queen’s Gambit adds two new story based campaigns, and two new multiplayer missions.

Playing as a warrior riding a voracious dragon trained for deadly aerial and ground combat, and capable of scorching, clawing and smashing thousands of enemies, gamers must defeat countless armies to save a civilization. Together, the gamer and the beast will attempt to change the destiny of a world on the brink of extinction.

Today Nintendo added yet another 3 classic games to the Wii's Shop Channel. Wii owners with a high-speed Internet access can redeem Wii Points to download the following titles: NES Open Tournament Golf, World Sports Competition, Bloody Wolf.

Zu Online, which refers to lots of classical sutras, has its setting based on the supernature novel, The Life of Swordsman in a area called Zu. It is a 3D MMORPG with a rich culture of immortals and knight-errants, with an emphasis on the traditional Chinese culture of monkery.

Revealed last month, EA Playground is now in development, capturing the exuberance and nostalgia of your neighborhood playground, turning your gaming space into an arena of interactive fun with immersive activities designed for kids, and the kid inside all of us.

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:

• Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (NDS/PS2/PS3/X360/Wii)
• Hot Brain (PSP)
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Konami announced the latest installment in its popular soccer franchise, Pro Evolution Soccer 2008, making its debut on the PS3. PES 2008 features a proprietary adaptive AI system entitled Teamvision, a sophisticated AI programming that learns and adapts according to an individual’s style of play.

Talismoon's Tiltboard is an intelligent piece of kit and comes pre-loaded with TiltTune technology, giving gamers the option to adjust the tilt sensitivity, adjust the 0 degree in order to hold the controller at the most comfortable angle, invert the Y axis and turn the tilt function on and off.

WipEout Pulse is Sony's latest installment in its anti-gravity combat racing series, featuring 24 new tracks, 8 teams, 7 adrenaline-fuelled game modes, wireless multiplayer, downloadable packs including new tracks, ships and tunes...

A few days ago 3D Realms revealed it had 2 major announcements coming up in the near future, and the latest issue of GameInformer might have one of them. Under development at Recoil Games, freshly formed by co-founder of Max Payne's Remedy, Earth No More is a Unreal Engine 3-powered single-player action game (with added multiplayer, co-op), currently scheduled for 2009. It's described as Aliens, War of the Worlds, Terminator, 28 Days Later, and The Thing all rolled into one...

The German development team Piranha Bytes and Koch Media's premium games label Deep Silver will be working together in the future, with details to be released at a later date. Deep Silver has already acted as a co-publishing partner for Gothic 3, the most recent title developed by the team from Essen.

In Manhunt 2 an experiment at a secret research facility has gone catastrophically wrong. Daniel Lamb and Leo Kasper are the only surviving subjects. The Pickman Project will stop at nothing to hunt them down and stop the truth from getting out.