ArenaNet and NCsoft announce the successful conclusion of the first Guild Wars World Championship (GWWC) and the crowning of guild The Last Pride (EvIL) from Korea as Guild Wars World Champions during Taiwan Game Show in Taipei, winning a total of $50,000 dollars

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 :

• Rainbow Six Critical Hour - Dev Diary #1
• Rogue Trooper [PS2/Xbox/PC] - Trailer
• Samurai Champloo: Sidetracked [PS2] - Trailer Pack
• Take Command: 2nd Manassas - Trailer #2
• Stoked Rider - Sunset Tech Trailer
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  We will update this throughout the day when new trailers become available. Read more for download links ...

College Hoops 2K6 for X360 delivers all the excitement of college basketball through incredible next generation graphics, unparalleled gameplay, the entire suite of features found in the critically-acclaimed current generation versions, and an expanded roster of teams and players.

Capcom today announced that it is bringing animated series based on its Street Fighter and Darkstalkers videogames to UMD. Street Fighter Alpha: The Movie, 29 episodes of the Street Fighter II V animated series, Night Warriors Darkstalkers Revenge Alpha and Night Warriors Darkstalkers Revenge Omega.

Today Midway released its quaterly results and dispite the fact that net revenues dropped 9% it remains optimistic for the coming year with an estimated 3& revenue increase. In the subsequent conference call Midway revealed Epic Games' Unreal Tournament 2007 is currently scheduled for Winter 2007 (Dec. 2006 - March 2007). End of last year Midway closed Australian developer Ratbag, but predicts it will hire an additional 100 over the coming year and plans to steamline its production by improving tech sharing amongst internal studios.

TimeShift is an innovative FPS in which players control time to complete missions and defeat foes, is in development by Saber Interactive. TimeShift 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.

Morphid Brood challenges the player to aid the Brood on the journey they seem compelled to undertake, to a place yet unknown, but the going won’t be easy. Standing in their way are countless environmental challenges and puzzles, and worse still, a group of equally strange jungle-dwelling creatures with a ravenous appetite.

Vietnam Combat: First Battle, under development at Exozet Games/Provox, is a Vietnam military turn-based strategy to bwe published by Black Pepper Games.

In an interview with EuroGamer Criterion's Alex Ward commented on recent speculations that BLACK might be making an appearance on the Xbox 360. "I keep reading all over forums that we're going to make a 360 version of BLACK, and it's just not true." Alex denied the reason that BLACK doesn't work on the X360 as a sign EA simply holding out for a possible port, but he went on to say that the sequel will be on the nextgen console somewhere in the future.

Wizards of the Coast has announced the next installment in its online strategy Trading Card Game, Magic Online III, which will arrive this summer with many new features, a whole new look and a mentor system that makes it easier than ever to learn to play.

Far Cry Instincts Evolution will introduce players to an entirely new story, characters and game features that reflect and improve upon the critically acclaimed elements of the first title.

Paradox has released a new patch for their strategy game Crusader Kings. This update brings your retail game to v1.05 and overhauls many game mechanisms, introducing many new features, and completely reworking and rebalancing almost all aspects of the game.. Read more for detailed fix list and download links.

Call of Juarez is situated in 19th-century Wild West America and requires a combination of both intelligent stealth and pure shooting. Fast-paced revolver duels using historically accurate firearms, horseback riding, and memorable locations combine with top-notch graphics and an enthralling soundtrack to immerse both casual and hardcore players.

Midway announced today the broadening of its in-game advertising strategy with a multi-year multi-game deal with Double Fusion to provide dynamic, in-game advertising exclusively to select, upcoming Midway titles, starting with Stranglehold, developed in collaboration with John Woo.

WarPath, developed by Digital Extremes, is new fast-paced Sci-fi FPS game offering up a unique single player experience as well as multiplayer modes that will challenge any shooter fan who owns an Xbox, or a PC.

Ahead of its retail launch, EA has already released the first patch for its 3D RTS sequel The Battle for Middle-Earth 2. This update brings your retail game to v1.1 and improves stability of the game and fixes a few desyncs. Read more for download links ...

In Law & Order: Criminal Intent, players scour the crime scenes for evidence, interview witnesses and interrogate suspects in hopes of tracking down the elusive killers. Legacy Interactive has released the first patch fixing a navigation bug and some graphical issues on NVIDIA GeForce videocards, but is only valid for North American editions of the game.

Taito Legends 2 will compliment the first collection and fulfill the wishes of many retro gamers dreams with 40 additional titles including Darius Gaiden, Puzzle Bobble 2, Space Invaders DX, Elevator Action Returns, Rastan 2, Qix and many others.

Tony Hawk's American Wasteland gives you the freedom to skate or bike throughout a rich, expansive open environment in which you never have to skate the same line twice. Aspyr has released the first patch for its THAW PC port, bringing your retail game to v1.01 and addressing a multiplayer crash when messaging a homie.

The long blue bar. The yellow block. And those darn zigzag things whose images stay on your brain. These familiar Tetris shapes started a generation of video game fans. Now Nintendo is putting a new spin on the classic with Tetris DS.