Making History: The Calm & the Storm puts players in control of global conflict, combining a highly sophisticated AI with rich historical detail. This pre-release demo allows you to check out a full-length tutorial, as well as one scenario, playable with all 8 nations but with a limited number of turns.

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:

• WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2007 (PS2/X360)
• F-24 Stealth Fighter (GBA)
• SingStar Rocks! (PS2)
• NFL Street 3 (PSP/PS2)
• EA Replay (PSP)
• Star Wars Galaxies: the Complete Online Adventures (PC)
• Eragon (GBA/NDS/PSP/PS2/Xbox/X360/PC)
• Sonic The Hedgehog (X360)
• Everquest II: Echoes of Faydwer (PC)
• Warhammer: Mark of Chaos (PC)
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In Sacred: Underworld, players will be able to re-live the excitement of the entire original Sacred adventure with two new characters, or continue with existing characters. This new patch brings your English retail game to v2.28 and addresses gameplay issues, fixes single/multiplayer problems, quest issues and more ...

Signed by RTL Enterprises, German developer Silver Style, known for The Fall: Last Days of Gaia, keeps on trickling out screens for for its upcoming adventure game Simon the Sorcerer 4.

While the PC edition has been breaking sales records the past few months, the PSP and Xbox 360 have yet to be released, but SEGA announced that both platforms have now gone gold and are on track for their December 1st, 2006 retail debut.

Enhanced versions of the PS2 and PC game of the same name, Asterix and Obelix XXL 2 for the handhelds will take advantage of their unique capabilities while staying rooted in the same great tradition of parody that runs throughout the stories of Asterix and his friends.

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:

• Madden NFL 2007 [Wii] - Defense Trailer
• Hellgate: London - GStar 2006 Trailer
• Lost Planet [X360] - Trailer 7
• Army of Two [PS3/Xbox] - Trailer #2
• Thrillville [PS2/Xbox] - Trailer #3
• Untold Legends Dark Kingdom [PS3] - Story & Characters Trailer
• Warhammer: Mark of Chaos - Launch Trailer
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Atlus U.S.A. announced the acquisition of the North American publishing rights to Izuna: Legend of the Unemployed Ninja, an original RPG designed exclusively for the NDS and slated to be in retail stores February of 2007.

Set one year after the events of its predecessor, in Yakuza 2 you will face the Osaka underworld and the terrible Dragon of the West, Ryûji Kôda.

Destination: Treasure Island is an all-new adventure from Kheops Studios, freely inspired by Robert Louis Stevenson's novel, but situated four years after its conclusion. You take on the role of Jim Hawkins who sets out on a quest to find pirate Long John Silver's secret buried treasure on Emerald Island, but alas so are his old enemies.

With its fully licensed squads, groundbreaking Century Stick control system and more natural camera perspective, Cricket 07 will bring players the most immersive gameplay experience to date. EA producer Justin Forrest tells us more about cameras and presentation.

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.

Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six makes its next-gen debut in the most dramatic installment of the renowned FPS franchise to date. Rainbow operatives take to the chaotic streets of Las Vegas as an escalating terrorist siege in "Sin City" threatens to take world terrorism to new, uncontrollable heights.

Asphalt 2: Urban GT shifts into gear with six game modes, numerous tuning possibilities, 30 tracks and 36 licensed cars and motorcycles, taking handheld racing simulations to a new level.

SimBin and Valve today announced an agreement to deliver RACE: The Official WTCC Game to consumers around the world via Steam. In addition, all retail copies of RACE in North America will include Steam functionality for auto-updating, matchmaking, and anti-piracy encryption.

Eidos confirmed that the latest iteration of Celador’s quiz show, Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? Party Edition will be BUZZ! compatible for even more fun and increased competivity.

In Crysis, shooter fans will face a new kind of gameplay challenge requiring adaptive tactics and customization of weapons and armor in dynamic, hostile environments as mankind struggles to survive in the face of a horrific alien invasion.

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.

Recent research revealed that 79 % of the hardcore gamers are more interested in purchasing a Wii than a PS3 (70 %), however, among those interested in purchasing only one of the next-gen systems, 62 percent are interested only in purchasing a PS3.

Bus Driver is a realistic simulation of a bus driver's duty, offering over ten different kinds of buses to drive, an expansive city environment with various districts, and over two dozen routes with varying weather conditions set at differing times of day.