Microsoft has released the first patch for Ensemble Studios' AoE III: The WarChiefs, bringing your retail game to v1.03 which mainly addresses balance issues and a few exploits...

Ensemble has released the Age of Empires III v1.11 patch mainly focuses on adding balance changes to the game, but also adds a new map. Read more for details and download links ...

In Hard Rock Casino players are challenged to try their luck at more than 20 different casino games, experience high-stakes arenas and invitation-only tournaments and win un-lockable upgrades to their fully customizable alter egos.

Galactic Dream: Rage of War it's a 3D strategy game in real time in which you gather resources, build facilities in space and train star-ships with the final purpose of decimating your enemies.

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.

Codemasters announced that as of March 16, 2007, all closed European subscriptions to D&D Online: Stormreach will be re-activated for 10 days! All players who have closed their subscriptions since launch, will be able to return to the mysterious city of Stormreach to sample all of the new content that they may have missed out on.

Shrek The Third will take players on an all-new adventure filled with fun and exciting new challenges, never-before-seen characters and environments, plus the same humor we've come to love from Shrek and the gang.

Opera Software today confirms that the Opera-powered Nintendo DS Browser will be released to the North American market on June 4, 2007. The retail price has not yet been confirmed by Nintendo. The DS Browser was released in Europe in October 2006 and can be purchased for €39.99 at major game retailers.

Lexicon Entertainment announced that it has signed Agon, Private Moon Studios' point and click adventure series set at the turn of the century presenting an intriguing and immersive storyline with various plot twists in lifelike settings.

Lighthouse has released a new patch for Kerberos' 4x space strategy game bringing your English, German, French and Spanish retail game to v1.2.2 and tweaks AI, improves multiplayer, and a slew of fixes, and adjustments.

Dungeons & Dragons: Tactics offers an original, intriguing D&D storyline where you take on the role of a mortal child caught in a conflict of two competing dragons striving for godhood.

Previously available only via download from Telltale Games or GameTap, Sam & Max: Episodes 1-6 will be coming to retail stores in August 2007. The Adventure Company will distribute the title in North America, while JoWood will publish the game in Europe.

Veil Entertainment and Spore Productions announced the development of Rise & Ruin, an online, card-based, fantasy combat game set for release for both PC and Mac this spring.

War Leaders: Clash of Nations will expand upon the RTS genre by placing gamers in the roles of the major leaders of WWII, including Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin. Political, diplomatic and economic decision making will be key to success, while sound tactical strategies will ensure victory on the battlefield.

A job recruitment page for several open positions at THQ's internal development studio Relic Entertainment reveals multiple projects are in the works, but while most descriptions are ambiguous, one provides some interesting info. Relic is looking for a Senior Network Programmer to work on a Dawn of War project, which could mean any number of things, if it weren't the requirement of proven MMO development experience, as well as client, server architecture and TCP/IP networking. To top it all off, the listing also mentions Xbox Live, GameSpy, Quazal and Demonware, possibly indicating a multiplatform MMO.

EA will celebrate Europe's most prestigious club soccer tournament, May's UEFA Champions League, with the launch of UEFA Champions League 2006-2007, which will ship to stores worldwide on March 20, 2007.

A new breed of gaming PCs with the highest specifications available for gamers and featuring a level of personalisation never before seen is launched tomorrow at CeBIT 2007 by Commodore Gaming. The new range includes four different models from an entry level gaming PC to an extreme specification model which is optimised to the highest level.

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:

• Grim Grimoire [PS2] - Trailer (2)
• Belief & Betrayal - Trailer
• The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar - Town of Bree Trailer
• Mushroom Men [ALL] - Trailer #2
• Fury - Trailer #2
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  We will update this throughout the day when new trailers become available. Read more for download links ...

Pogo Island includes five games, the colored-stone-grouping Phlinx, the balloon-popping Poppit!, the color-matching Squelchies, a card-based Tri-Peaks Solitaire, the scrambled-word challenge Word Whomp, as well as meta game that challenges players to find Pogo mascots across the backdrop of Pogo Island.

Def Jam: Icon infuses hip-hop music, culture and lifestyle into the gameplay, bringing unique and innovative content to the next generation of gaming. Sony announced that tomorrow PS3 owners will be able to download a demo for EA's Def Jam Icon, as well as free trailers for Resistance: Fall of Man, Disturbia, Premonition, and Shooter.