Halo 2 Vista will offer gamers both the single-player campaign and multiplayer experience of the original, as well as the additional maps offered in the "Halo 2 Multiplayer Map Pack." Gamers will also have the exciting opportunity to build, create and customise their own multiplayer levels.

Scarface is a 3rd person action shooter set in a complex world filled with excess and greed, players can take the role of Tony Montana, one of the most ruthless gangsters ever depicted on film. Sierra announced today Scarface is scheduled to launch in North America on October 8, and Europe Oct 13.

Flying Lab Software unveiled the addition of avatar combat to Pirates of the Burning Sea, its Source powered MMORPG set in the Caribbean during the 1720s.

DarkStar One delivers fast-paced action within a vast and authentic universe, spectacular graphics, freedom of choice, a gripping story and the power to save the federal galaxy from its nemesis! This tiny patch addresses an issue with certain joysticks not registering X-axis.

The creators of online ultracomic Penny Arcade have joined forces with independent video game developer Hothead Games, to collaboratively create episodic video games based on the Penny Arcade comic.

Check out the following new screens from Sony's Games Convention 2006 lineup:

• Genji 2 [PS3] - Screens
• WarHawk [PS3] - Screens
• The Eye of Judgment [PS3] - Screens
• Everybody's Golf 5 [PS3] - Screens

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.

Sony revealed that it will have no less than twenty seven titles on display for the PS3, in addition to 18 titles for its portable PSP. The list of next-gen titles list 19 products with 8 yet to be announced new titles.

Based on Russian author Dmitriy Glukhovskiy's Metro 2033, 4A-Games' The Last Refuge is a 3D horror/action/survival FPS with elements RPG genre game.

Conspiracy Entertainment Europe is pleased to announce collaboration with Broadsword Interactive Limited for two PS2 unique Baja racing titles.

Freeze Interactive's Field Ops, developed by Digital Reality and previously known as Ghost Wars, brings together, in a unique presentation, the two favorite genres of PC gamers; Real-Time-Strategy and First-Person Shooter.

God Hand is an over-the-top action game with outrageous undertones, with great power comes great responsibility. Play as a drifter bestowed with supernatural-like abilities who must confront the fate and responsibilities inherent with this newfound power. Hand-to-hand combat is at its best when gamers unleash the power of the God Hand to deliver righteous punishment onto worthy enemies.

Tony Hawk's Downhill Jam delivers a skateboard experience focused on head-to-head racing, allowing players to feel the breakneck speed of downhill competition as they tear up the world's steepest terrains while performing tricks and outmaneuvering opponents in such locations as San Francisco, Machu Picchu and Hong Kong.

When CDV released Panzers: Phase 2, it wasn't a sequel so much as a continuation of the original game. The franchise has since moved over to 10Tacle, and developer Stormregion is working on a legit successor, Panzers 2. It will be set immediately after WWII, with an alternate timeline where Russia wasn't intimidated by the American atom bomb and continued the war undeterred. Although fictitious, the settings and units are realistic, and the brand-new engine is impressive. With a scheduled late 2007 release date, it is sure to be further optimized and improved.

Codemasters announced the Archlord sever name competition where contestants can enter now to name all five ArchLord servers for launch day. Not only will the winners' names grace the game servers, MMOART.com is also throwing in a fabulous custom painted ArchLord PC case.

With the announcements of FIFA 07 and Pro Evolution Soccer 6 at the Leipzig Games Convention as next-generation exclusives, the Xbox 360 has become the only place football fans can enjoy next-generation versions of these titles for the coming 12 months.

Caesar IV takes the city-building genre into the 21st century, with new gameplay and features, and a cutting edge 3D graphics engine developed specifically for the title.

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:

• SpyHunter: Nowhere to Run [PS2/Xbox] - Trailer #4
• Team Fortress 2 - Character Classes Trailer
• Age of Empires III: The WarChiefs - GC 2006 Trailer
• Stranglehold [PS3/X360/PC] - Trailer #4
• Heroes of Annihilated Empires - GC 06 Trailer
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  We will update this throughout the day when new trailers become available. Read more for download links ...

Valve's SteamPowered website has been updated with details on the promised Counter-Strike: Source update, adding a radar overhaul, HDR treatment for de_train, as well as some bug fixes, layout and SourceTV tweaks, as well as assorted exploit fixes. Just restart Steam for the effects to take place.