FIFA Manager 07, previously known as Total Club Manager 2006 is getting an expansion to its already extensive 2,000 clubs and over 20,000 players. The Extra Time expansion, currently only announced in Germany as "Verlängerung," adds new stadiums from all over Europe, new features such as ability to sell advertisement, start as coach, half time screens with commentary and plenty more..

In an interview with MTV, Sony Computer Entertainment Europe's CEO Phil Harrison revealed that a sequel for LocoRoco is in the works, "It was a very successful game for us and we're continuing to evolve the franchise," he said. "We're going to bring 'LocoRoco' back in a couple of new ways with some new friends in the future."

Nintendo has plenty in store to keep your Wii Remote and touch screen busy in the New Year. Whatever sort of games you like to play there is something for everyone, ranging from nail-bitingly addictive puzzle games to adrenaline-filled action titles. With no less than 66 NDS titles and 26 Wii games, this selection will keep you tied up until Easter!

World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade is the exciting new expansion to Blizzard's massively multiplayer online role-playing game. It expands the game by tremendous bounds, adding new races, quest, lands, Battlegrounds, professions and items, raising the level cap to 70, and more.

In a post morten look at Prey, Human Head Studios' CEO, Tim Gerritsen, and co-founder Chris Rhinehart look back at their long in development sci-fi shooter Prey, and give us more details behind the ideas and development. In closing Chris briefly touches on the currently in development Prey 2, stating that they are looking into dynamic stuff, developing the Portal system and the improving the way the alien AI uses the portals. A reference to a Prey mod allowing you to create your own portal with the wrench might be a clue to expect something similar in the sequel.

GripShift combines high-flying stunt driving with unique puzzle-solving action in an all-out, pedal-to-the-metal racing experience. Sidhe Interactive is optimizing the PSP version for the PS3 (720p, 60fps), which will be downloadable from the PlayStation Store in demo mode (limited to a subset of the levels in Challenge Mode), which you can then purchase and unlock the full game.

In Final Fantasy XI, players embark on numerous adventures through vast environments in Vana'diel: a persistent world with over a hundred areas to explore, including mountains, forests, glaciers, deserts, oceans, rivers, castles, and dungeons. This December update adds new features, job adjustments, salvage, besieged updates, warping to Sky, and more!

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:

• Dragon Quest IX : Defender Of The Stars [NDS] - Trailer
• The Shield [PS2/PC] - Trailer
• Fuzion Frenzy 2 [X360] - Trailer #6
• Pirates Constructible Strategy Game Online - Trailer
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Meridian4 has signed a multi-title publishing agreement with Cinemax to bring two of their casual titles; Bugs Escape 3D and Gumboy: Crazy Adventures to North America.

SilverBirch Studio's War! is an RTS on the DS that lets you command up to 64 units on each side, and offers both a tactical and combat view using the dual screens.

THQ brings some holiday cheer to its sandbox action game Saints Row. The freely downloadable The Ho Ho Ho Pack (not available in Germany, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, Singapore, Taiwan) adds Santa Claus ensemble to your inventory, including coat, hat, boots and hair, now available for download on Xbox Live Marketplace.

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. This v1.20 retail patch, not for the Steam edition, fixes a slew of issues, crashes, and makes a bunch of tweaks.

Much earlier than the 2006 edition, QuakeCon 2007 has already been scheduled for August 2-5, 2007 at the Hilton Anatole Hotel in Dallas, TX, with more gaming, events, exhibits and fun than ever before. This year’s BYOC Area has been expanded with almost twice as many spots, while the exhibit area grew 5 times for more exhibitors. Registration starts 9:00pm EST May 2, 2007, so get in line ...

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. VF5 is scheduled for release in North America on Feb. 20, 2007 and Europe early 2007.

EA announced that Bob McMillen, fullback/linebacker of the Arena Football League’s ArenaBowl XX Champion Chicago Rush, will serve as the cover athlete for Arena Football: Road to Glory, the second iteration of the Arena Football franchise.

Space Renegades The Series is a casual top-down 2D space shooter, combining ‘Space Renegades 1’ and ‘Space Renegades 2: Ultimatum,' offering hours of gameplay with 4 levels of difficulty along with tons upgradeable weapons, shields, and much more!

Crave Entertainment announced plans to publish Sudokuro for the NDS, featuring both the incredibly popular and highly addictive Sudoku and Kakuro logic games, Sudokuro contains enough puzzling goodness to keep even the most avid fans occupied.

Alien Arena 2007 is a first person online deathmatch shooter using id Software's Q2 and Q3 source code under the GPL license. With features including 32 bit graphics, new particle engine and effects, light blooms, reflective water, hi resolution textures and skins, hi poly models, stain maps. This v6.02 update adds new features, optimizations and functionality have been added to the game.

Ubisoft announced Prince of Persia Rival Swords will be coming to the Wii, based on Prince of Persia The Two Thrones. Taking advantage of the Wii remote and Nunchuck, players will be able to clash swords with enemies, execute speed kills and perform the Prince's well-known acrobatic moves such as running on walls.

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