Playlogic Entertainment acquired the right to the survival horror game Obscure II from French development studio Hydravision. Set two years after the original, things are about to go wrong for our students once again ...

Test Drive Unlimited challenges players online to experience the most exotic and fastest vehicles on more than 1000 miles of diverse Hawaiian roads. Atari has finally released the first patch for its MMO/racing game, fixing various exploits, crashes, and optimizing performance, as well as adding two bonus cars, the Audi RS4 and Nissan Skyline R34.

SKATE will deliver the feel of skating through innovative controls, authentic cameras and a fully reactive skateboarding city. The game features professional skaters such as Danny Way and PJ Ladd, as well as a reactive city and relevant in-game cameras that capture and deliver the most authentic skateboard experience to date.

EA and Jostens announced that Madden NFL 08 will give players the opportunity to extend their experience to the real world by giving them the ability to purchase their own custom-designed “Ring of a Champion,” customized to recognize the player's Madden Gamer Level advancements through the game.

The Witcher is an action RPG, combining features of such games as Dungeon Siege, Baldur’s Gate: Dark Alliance, Gothic and Neverwinter Nights, incorporating a simple-yet-interesting game system, along with a complex plot and attractive 3D graphics. When Atari signed The Witcher it was set for Sept. 2007, which has now been pushed back to October.

CDV announced that it is working on a new expansion for its WWII RTS game Blitzkrieg 2. The Liberation addon is set near the end of the second world war and will add 2 entire new Western front campaings set in Italy, Belgium, the Netherlands and France, and will of course also include plenty of new units, maps, and game modes.

Ultimate Duck Hunting is a realistic hunting simulation that features both shooting and retrieving. Choose your dog (yellow, chocolate, or black Labrador retriever) and train him to respond to your commands, all controlled by player motions using the Wii Remote.

GarageGames and Pronto Games announce the availability of Torque licensing for the Wii console. Torque for Wii is based on the Torque Game Engine, with built-in support for the unique Wii controller, making it a complete package for both disc-based and downloadable Wii games.

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: Paper Mario (N64), Balloon Fight (NES), Silent Debuggers (TGfx16).

You are a fugitive and you’re being ruthlessly hunted by the very government you once served. The key to your survival is to improvise, adapt and overcome, your environment becomes your weapon. Composers Kaveh Cohen and Michael Nielsen in association with Groove Addicts bring their unique brand of orchestral-electronic fusion to Ubisoft's latest stealth action game.

From the dawn of modern airmobile operations in Vietnam, to the bloody street fighting in Somalia, to battling the Taliban at the top of the world, Air Assault Task Force showcases forty plus years of airmobile operations around the globe.

Sony Computer Entertainment UK today announced the availability of a high value Starter Pack for PS3, comprising a PS3, two first party games and two SIXAXIS wireless controllers, at £425.

Last month EA promised the new v1.06 patch for its 3D sci-fi RTS C&C3: Tiberium Wars to be released in July, and it seems it is keeping its word. C&C community manager Apoc revealed that the patch has passed QA and is scheduled for release tomorrow. The new patch fixes the invincibility exploit, increases disconnect reporting, fixes the Cloaking field bug, and plenty more. A v1.07 patch is already in the works, and is expected soon ...

Take Two has released screens and trailers for its upcoming titles:

• 'BioShock' (X360/PC) - Features, Screens & Trailer
• 'Sid Meier's Civilization Revolution' (NDS/Wii/PS3/X360) - Screens
• 'Top Spin 3' (PS3/X360) - Screens

Space Empires V completely updates the user interface, and takes the player into a real-time rendered 3D universe. Watch space battles play out in glorious detail with realistic effects.

Fallout 3 places a player in the role of a Vault-dweller, who ventures from his secluded, underground survival Vault into a post-apocalyptic world of mutants, radiation, gangs and violence.

Microsoft has released the summer backwards compatibility update, adding 61, and 4 updated ones, original Xbox games that you will be able to play on your X360. At the time of writing it is not yet available on Xbox Live, so you need to download it here, and burn it to DVD. Titles of note are WE 8, PGR 1/2, Outrun, Full Spectrum Warrior, DOOM 3, America's Army and plenty more...

Ubisoft released screens and trailers for its upcoming titles:

• Assassin's Creed [ALL] - Features & Screens
• Brothers In Arms Hell's Highway [ALL] - Features & Screens
• HAZE [ALL] - Features & Screens
• Jam Sessions [NDS] - Features & Screens
• My Word Coach [NDS/Wii] - Screens
• Naruto: Rise of a Ninja [X360] - Features & Screens
• Nitrobike [Wii] - Features, Screens & Trailer
• Rayman Raving Rabbids 2 [NDS/Wii] - Features & Screens

Nyko has unveiled a prototype of the Wii Party Station, which has all of the necessities for a Wii-themed gaming session. The station, which is tentatively priced at $24.99, features four Wiimote slots, cup holders, and LED score displays, and atop it all, a bowl for chips and dip — which is being redesigned to hold more grub.

Gary Grigsby’s World at War: A World Divided gives you complete control over the production, research, and military strategy for any of the major powers during WWII. The v1.011 patch brings several rule changes, a few interface improvements, and tons of new mod-ability improvements.