Tortuga: Two Treasures will have players setting sail as pirate captains in search of action, adventure and of course, treasure. You play Thomas ‘Hawk’ Blythe and after you get betrayed and captured, a dramatic battle for power, romance, treasure and truth commences aboard the Jolly Roger.

Phantom EFX announced that it is currently working on a soon-to-be announced first-person shooter for the PC, tentatively scheduled for 2008. Phantom EFX is not a new developer, but has instead developed the 'Reel Deal' casino games for many years...

Rafa Nadal Tennis offers a new way to play a fast-paced game of tennis using just touch screen control. Using the NDS stylus, players will be able to move their tennis star on court and then, by sweeping the stylus across the Touch Screen, describe serves, lobs, drop shots, powershots and more.

On Dec. 22, Nintendo and Opera Software bring the Internet to the living room couch with a free trial version of the Opera Web browser. Wii owners with a high-speed Internet connection can download a free trial Opera browser to activate the Internet Channel of the Wii Menu and begin surfing the Web.

If you're in pursuit of adrenaline, powder snow and pure freedom then look no further; that's what you’ll get delivered, with Freak Out! the ultimate freeride skiing experience.

Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group has entered into an agreement with Codemasters for distribution and sales of its product slate in North America beginning in April 2007 with titles such as DIRT: Colin McRae Off-Road, Clive Barker's Jericho, etc.

Virtua Fighter 5 raises the bar for console fighting games including all the features fans know and love plus enhanced gameplay mechanics, additional characters and new fighting styles, as well as newly redesigned 3D environments.

Once a multiplatform title, Carmageddon developer Stainless Games' 3-D smash-’em-up vehicle combat racing game NovaDrome will be available for download on Xbox Live Arcade beginning Wednesday, 20th December at 9.00 a.m. GMT

Battlefield 2142 is set in the future, the world is plagued by a second Ice Age, and wars have broken out over the remaining territories. EA has released a new patch, bringing your retail game to v1.10 and fixing various bugs, tweaking weapons, adding spectator function, updating Punkbuster, and more ...

Fasten your seatbelt and be prepared for the race of your life as Formula One 06 brings players a brand new gaming experience, allowing you to get closer to the sport than ever before, and take part in the 2006 FIA Formula One World Championship and truly interact with the sport.

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:

• Disney's Chicken Little: Ace in Action (Wii)
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The Entertainment Software Association (ESA) announced today that its founding president, Douglas Lowenstein, will leave the organization early next year after twelve years of service to launch a new trade association in the investment industry.

inXile entertainment announced today that it has acquired the rights to the addictive 'toy' Line Rider, and will bring all the fun & thrills of the addictive Web version, aswell as adding new features, to the NDS and Nintendo Wii.

TLotR: Shadows of Angmar will allow players to forge heroic legacies in the War for Middle-Earth, experience an evolving persistent recreation of Tolkien's fantasy realm where you can establish their unique reputations, and discover and wield legendary weapons in strategic battles, while adventuring solo or in Fellowships.

While already revealed a little while ago, EA officially announced the development of the NDS exclusive Theme Park, allowing players to create, manage, and develop their own fun-filled park, packed with amazing rides, enticing shops and engaging sideshows, all via an intuitive Touch Screen interface.

Overclocked, developed by House of Tales team, known for The Moment of Silence, is a psychological thriller which uses many technical innovations and a surprising narrative approach to form an eerily real gaming experience.

EA announced Medal of Honor Vanguard, where you reprise the role of Frank Keegan, Corporal of the 82nd Airborne Division and engage in behind enemy lines missions throughout Europe, epic battles that turned America’s first paratroopers into heroes of WWII

Dusk-12 is an FPS about a project to create the perfect soldier that ran out of control, and turned into the incurable virus. The whole city is now under quarantine as the inhabitants transformed into blood-thirsty assassins. A group of Spec Ops. soldiers are now trying to uncover the secrets of those aborted experiments undertaken 4 years ago.

Deep Silver has released a new patch for D-Alive's zoo management game Wildlife Park2 . This v1.11 patch (for all international editions) although there are no details as to what this patch actually fixes ...

In its continuous push to promote its Steam titles, Valve is once more offering Outerlight's multiplayer first person maritime gaming experience, The Ship, for free. Everyone is invited to try The Ship free from December 22nd through 26th. Set on a series of luxury, art deco cruise ships built by Mr X, this devilish game challenges you to kill or be killed.