In Evochron Alliance you are placed in a recently discovered region of space where your survival depends on your ability to manage wealth and resources as well as your skills in combat. This updated demo adds a 3D cockpit, TrackIR and Windows Vista support, and the usual bug/crash fixes and general improvements.

The State of Michigan must pay the video game industry $182,349 in attorney's fees and costs as a result of successful litigation challenging an unconstitutional effort to enact a law banning the sale or rental of violent video games to minors, Judge George Caram Steeh, US District Court, Eastern District of Michigan, ruled yesterday.

Freeze Interactive's Field Ops, developed by Digital Reality and previously known as Ghost Wars, brings together, in a unique presentation, the two favorite genres of PC gamers; Real-Time-Strategy and First-Person Shooter.

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:

• PDC World Championship Darts (PC/UK only)
• Crazy Frog Racer 2 (PS2/PC/UK only)
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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 videogame experience to date.

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 v3.2 (requires v1.2 patch installed) and addresses a number of known issues, gameplay tweaks, bug fixes and so forth (thanks 3DGamers).

TrackMania United is the complete TrackMania game, regrouping all the TrackMania games released until now and all their add-ons. Ascaron unveils TrackMania United's new connected functionality, allowing players to directly exchange all their creations through the game, its interface and its closed Internet network.

NBA Street series expands on the fast-paced and larger-than-life 3-on-3 basketball gameplay, creating a hyper-real world that merges legendary courts with the hometown courts of your favorite NBA stars into one seamless city of streetball moments.

Introversion Software announced that it was teaming up with Philips to produce an amBX version of DEFCON. In time, the company also hopes to amBX enable their two previous critically acclaimed titles: Darwinia and Uplink.

Bullet Witch is an action adventure taking place in the exceedingly bleak near future of 2013. Civilization is on the brink of extinction after demons begin appearing on the earth, and the player wades into the fray as a witch named Alicia.

In a surprising turn of event, Sony Japan released an announcement that Gran Turismo HD will launch in retail stores, but instead as a free downloadable demo through the PlayStation Store. Shifting development focus to GT 5 instead, the demo, only confirmed for Japan, will be released on December 24th and include ten cars, two layouts of a single track, Time Attack and Drift Trial modes, with an online Network Ranking feature.

Frontline: Fields of Thunder is a new RTS series where players are taken to the frontline, where the gameplay is going back to its RTS roots - inspired by games like Blitzkrieg. With state of the art graphics and an overhauled interface, players will find themselves challenged in many different environments and settings.

iBase Games closed its doors, and laid off all its game development workers (including Leisure Suit Larry creator Al Lowe) while its parent company, iBase Entertainment seeks additional financing. As a result iBase Games' action comedy Sam Suede: Undercover Exposure, has been put on hold indefinitly. iBase Entertainment hopes to revive the project at a later time ...

Full Auto 2: Battlelines is a combat-racing game putting high-speed vehicles outfitted with weapons and armor into fully realized and fully destructible urban street environments. SEGA announced that Full Auto 2: Battlelines has officially gone gold and will release in North America on December 7, 2006.

Seven Lights today introduces itself to all gamers hungry for an online experience that unites strategic gameplay with RPG character development, collectibility, customization, and virtual economies into a series of PC and console game products. Seven Lights are currently developing its first game, The Continuum.

FreeStyle Street Basketball is a fast-paced online basketball game where players meet on virtual courts to challenge each other in a dynamic pick-up game environment, featuring cutting-edge music, fashions and gravity defying basketball moves.

Armed Assault features a new engine with a fresh modern setting, and will reacquaint gamers with the ultimate in realistic, combat gaming. Freedom of action and immersive complex environments, blended with a unique touch of total simulation.

LucasArts and SOE announced that Star Wars Galaxies Chapter 4: Armed and Ready for Action is now available for all SWG subscribers who will automatically receive updates throughout the remainder of 2006 and into 2007, as part of their regular subscription to the game.

id Software announced the hiring of long-time industry veteran and former Ritual CEO Steve Nix as id Software's new Director of Business Development. Marty Stratton, id’s director of business development since 2000, is moving into a production role within the company as an executive producer.

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 :

• Penumbra: Overture - Physics Trailer
• Spectrobes (NDS) - Trailer #3
• World Snooker Championship 2007 (PS2/PS3/X360) - Trailer
• EVE Online: Revelations - Trailer
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