Since Troika is no longer amongst the living this patch is not official, so use at your own discretion. This update brings Activision's Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines retail game to v3.8 (requires v1.2 patch installed) and addresses a number of known issues, gameplay tweaks, bug fixes and so forth.

Last week Sierra released two new game types called Control and Conquer All in F.E.A.R.’s first title-update on Xbox Live Marketplace, promising three new map packs in the near future. Keeping to that promise, FEAR Nightmare Pack is now available on Xbox Live for 500 Microsoft Points, adding 4 new maps (Conquer All, CTF, Deathmatch and Control).

City Interactive announced Art of Murder: FBI Confidential, created by by the team who made Schizm, Sentinel and Reah, a point & click adventure where the player takes on the role of an FBI agent, whose task is to solve a series of macabre murders of wealthy, well-to-do citizens.

Elephant Entertainment & K2 Network is letting Sword of the New World: Granado Espada players level-up right out of the box by offering one unlocked character per game from among these four – Rescue Knight, Idge Imbrulia, Lorch Furuholmen, and Najib Sharif.

The Nielsen Company and Sony Computer Entertainment America announced an initiative to develop a measurement system for game network advertising that will help make game software a more competitive advertising platform.

This summer, MMORPG Knight Online will be more exciting than ever as K2 Network announced several exciting significant improvements and promotions for the game including exclusive boosts for new accounts, GM Wars, a new Moradon patch and new anti-cheating policies.

NHL 08 will feature an exclusive AHL license for the first time, with all 29 teams from the primary development league for the NHL fully playable in game.

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:

• Space Station Tycoon [Wii] - Intro Movie
• Empire Earth III - Intro Movie
• Lair [PS3] - Trailer< (2)
• NCAA Football 08 [ALL] - Trailer #10
• eXperience112 - Trailer
• Insecticide [ALL] - Trailer #3
• Dementium: The Ward [NDS] - Trailer #3
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  We will update this throughout the day when new trailers become available. Read more for download links ...

Overlord, an original next-gen title from Age of Wonders developer Triumph Studios, is a groundbreaking action adventure set in a seriously warped fantasy world where players can be evil (or really evil). Codemasters has released a small patch fixing an uninstall issue with the game/demo, and also addresses a potential progress block late in the Dwarven Brewery level.

Wahoo Studios' Saga is a new MMORTS game, bringing persistency to RTS gaming. You build cities and armies to defend and manage a persistent online kingdom in a persistent fantasy world. Come back Thursday, as we will have the open beta available, so you have a chance to check what all the fuss is about ...

Medal of Honor Airborne is set to redefine the series by introducing players to an entirely new way of experiencing a WWII FPS, namely the fully interactive Airborne experience. Composer Michael Giacchino, known for scoring Lost, Alias, MI:III, The Incredibles, and most recently Ratatouille, has signed on to produce the music for Medal of Honor Airborne.

Modders turned pro Paleo Entertainment announce its CryENGINE 2 powered original FPS game Merchants of Brooklyn (M.O.B), a fast-paced, futuristic (3100 A.D.) mafia action mixed with Neanderthal vs. Cro-Magnon clones.

Warfare is a real-time global war simulator with real material and it's devoted to a conflict in the Near East. The main goal of the first campaign (USA) is taking full control of the region; the second one is coming to power in Saudi Arabia and achieving the withdrawal of all American troops.

War Wound is an isometric action/strategy game that centres around a Special Forces unit during a war in the near future, featuring real-time game play where each mission sees the player take command of a four man squad who must battle through various locations using a range of skills.

This fast-paced FPS features state-of-the-art 3-D graphics and an intense storyline that engrosses the player in its world, maintaining the deep and vivid story with the original Russian voices. The same appeal that moviegoers have for foreign films is brought to life to create a truly unique experience.

Enter the world of extreme ping-pong in Balls of Fury, based on the upcoming movie with Christopher Walken, for the Nintendo DS. In the unsanctioned, underground and unhinged world of extreme Ping-Pong, the competition is brutal and the stakes are deadly.

NCsoft revealed its line up for the E3 Media & Business Summit July 11-13 in Santa Monica where the company will provide a preview of several of its upcoming titles, including Richard Garriott's Tabula Rasa, Aion, Guild Wars: Eye of the North and Dungeon Runners.

Prank TV is a neo-classic adventure game, a throwback to old adventure games where the player enters a world where reality TV has gone crazy. The object of the game is to follow a family who pulls pranks on unsuspecting victims to advance from level to level.

Section 8 is a futuristic first person shooter that brings strategy and tactics to the genre in a game where players can modify the battlefield on the fly. In Section 8 you are part of an elite infantry squad with a penchant for taking on suicide missions that no one else will tackle.

Revealed last week, LucasArts announced that its theme park sim Thrillville will open its gates for a whole new season in Thrillville: Off the Rails. Featuring some of the most outlandish roller-coaster concepts ever imagined, as well as new ways to talk to park guests and a wider array of carnival games.