Nintendo just announced at its conference in London that the Wii will launch in Europe on December 8, for 249 Euro. Europe will get the same bundle, console, one Wii remote, one Nunchuck, 5 Wii Sports titles as North America. At launch there will be approximately 15 - 20 titles such as Red Steel, Rayman, Need for Speed Carbon, Tony Hawk, Super Monkey Ball, with a price range from 49 - 59 Euros.

Mage Knight Apocalypse is an action RPG based on the collectible miniature game from WizKids Games. Designed with a unique character leveling system and an unprecedented focus on team play, Mage Knight Apocalypse allows up to five players to embark on a cooperative or competitive journey through a war-torn fantasy setting.

Data Design Interactive announced that they have signed up the computer game rights to Cannonball 8000, a 72hr race across 5 countries, with Spearmint Rhinos lapdancing girls, champagne parties every night, and prizes for actions such as the Weird and Wonderful Award, Blingest M*ther F**ker Award, Style Award, Fuel Glugger Award, Determination Award, Hungaroring Circuit Award.

Nintendo Wii will arrive in Australia on December 7th, and will retail for $399.95. The price includes one wireless Wii Remote controller, one Nunchuk controller and five different Wii Sports games on one disc, which anyone can play using simple movements, experienced or not.

Warhammer: Mark of Chaos is an RTS game set in the renowned Warhammer world, featuring epic battles within massive landscapes, while offering an astounding level of detail, from a bird's eye view down to the insignias on a warrior's armor.

EA announced today that it has signed a Euro publishing agreement with 10Tacle for Storm Region's upcoming RTS title Codename: Panzers - Cold War. For the first time, the series leaves the World War II stage to take the story into Cold War East-West conflicts fought on fictitious battlefields.

Joint Task Force is a story of modern war where players match superior tactics and military technology against dangerous unconventional forces around the globe. Sierra has released the first patch, bringing your retail gamr to v1.1 and adds 2 new multiplayer maps, and fixes to random errors, improved mission load times, driver updates, and other updates.

The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy videogame will set 15 of the popular television show's characters against each other in a fighting/adventure game.

The game gives you the opportunity to play through the events of the film - leading up to and following the break down of the heist - from the perspective of each character. Eidos announced that Reservoir Dogs will be available on shelves everywhere in North America on Oct. 24, 2006.

Packed full with more than 100 new features, Football Manager 2007 is set for release on PC, and Xbox 360, while Football Manager Handheld on PSP completes the format line-up, with all platforms set for a Christmas 2006 release.

Devil May Cry 4 is the fourth installment in Capcom's series starring Dante, the gunslinging demon hunter. DMC4 will introduce a new hero, Nero, who posseses a demonic arm that can pull in enemies or use them as projectiles.

Take control of a liquid Mercury ‘blob’, and avoid the various obstacles and hazards to reach the end goal. The Mercury blob itself now has 4 varying ‘states’ – Normal, Solid, Fast and Slow. These states allow for larger more complex levels, which in turn mean a greater challenge and more enjoyment.

Flyboys Squadron is a single player game combined with an MMOG that puts the player in the pilot seat of a Nieuport 17 biplane to participate in exciting World War I era missions inspired by the FLYBOYS movie. This MMOG demo allows you FREE access to online World War I flying with hundreds of other online game enthusiasts and aviators.

Saber Interactive's TimeShift is an FPS in which players control time to complete missions and defeat foes. The game will leverage first-of-its-kind gameplay abilities and functionality, the latest graphics technology, and high production values to create a truly unique action game experience.

Telltale revealed that it would love to bring Sam & Max to the Wii. At the recent Penny Arcade Expo Telltale's CEO Dan Connor think it'd be a good fit and Designer Heather Logas proclaimed that the Wii controller would be for an adventure game. Problem is, Telltale needs the guys at Nintendo to agree. And with a company as big as Nintendo, getting noticed by the right people can be tricky, give them a hand and express your interest...

To go along with the recent Wii console tidbits, Nintendo also provided assets for the following launch titles: Avatar: The Last Airbender ~ Battalion Wars 2 ~ Big Brain Academy ~ Chicken Little: Ace in Action ~ Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 2 ~ Elebits ~ Excite Truck ~ The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess ~ Madden NFL 07 ~ Mario Strikers Charged ~ Metroid Prime 3 ~ Super Mario Galaxy ~ Trauma Center: Second Opinion ~ WarioWare: Smooth Moves ~ Wii Sports

Havok announced today that Blizzard Entertainment has licensed Havok 4.0, to use in upcoming, yet unannounced, PC and Macintosh games.

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 :

• Mercury Meltdown [PSP] - Trailer #2
• Faces of War - Launch Trailer
• Rayman Raving Rabbids [ALL] - Official Trailer
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  We will update this throughout the day when new trailers become available. Read more for download links ...

Namco Bandai America today announced the explosive Japanese Pop (J-Pop) and Hip Hop music song lineup that will be featured in its drift racing video game The Fast and the Furious, inspired by the events of the Universal Pictures’ film,

Galactic Civilizations II takes place in the distant future, when mankind has become a space-faring civilization and must contend with other extraterrestrial powers for domination of the galaxy. Stardock has released a v1.3.1 retail patch to address a few issues that came up after last week's patch.