Check out the following new screens from Sunflowers' E3 2006 lineup:

• Anno 1701 - Features, Screens & Trailer
• Paraworld - Screens & Trailer

THQ today announced that the first multiplayer map-pack, Collateral Damage, for The Outfit is now available for download on Xbox Live Marketplace for 500 Microsoft Points.

Lighthouse Interactive today released a first patch for its well received train/ logical game Loco Mania. This update brings your retail game (works for all langauges) to v1.1 and is now fully playable on Win9x and WinMe, and addresses a HUD issue.

The Witcher is an action RPG, which combines the features of such games as Dungeon Siege, Baldur’s Gate: Dark Alliance, Gothic and Neverwinter Nights. The game is supposed to ensure entertainment to a broad group of older players, incorporating simple yet interesting game system, along with a complex plot and attractive 3-D graphics.

After a four-year hiatus and a move from Atari back to its original publisher, Hasbro's Micro Machines V4 promises to bring its own hilarious brand of mini multiplayer madness.

LMA Manager 2007 will deliver the series’ totally compelling world of football to the new formats in massively expanded editions, with teams from over 50 countries to manage or pick transfers from, while retaining LMA Manager’s intuitive and user-friendly interface, where every piece of information is no more than a couple of button-presses away, and comes complete with visual presentation.

Xbox Live surpassed 24 million downloads since the Xbox 360 launch in the US on November 22, 2005. For the full week of E3 over 1.5 million gamers Xbox 360 gamers around the world jumped in to Xbox Live through "E3: Bringing It Home," and received a full week's Gold membership for free.

After yesterday's premature revelations, Eidos today officially announced that IO Interactive's Hitman: Blood Money has gone goldmaster, shipped to the manufacturer, and will be in stores on May 30th.

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:

• Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars - Trailer
• The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar - E3 2006 Trailer
• NFL Head Coach - Motivation Trailer
• Heroes of Might & Magic V - Trailer (2)
• Paraworld - E3 2006 Trailer
• Age of Empires III: The WarChiefs - E3 2006 Trailer
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Seagate Technology Maxtor Corporation announced today that their shareholders have approved the previously announced definitive merger agreement under which Seagate will acquire Maxtor in an all stock transaction.

Check out the following new screens from Activision's E3 2006 lineup:

• Spider-Man 3 (ALL) - Trailer
• Marvel: Ultimate Alliance (ALL) - Features, Screens & Trailer
• Tony Hawk's Project 8 (PS2/Xbox/PS3/X360) - Features, Screens & Trailer
• Tony Hawk's Downhill Jam (GBA/NDS/Wii) - Features, Screens & Trailer
• Enemy Territory: Quake Wars - Features, Screens & Trailer
• The Movies: Stunts & Effects - Screens & Trailer
• X-Men: The Official Game (ALL) - Screens
• World Series of Poker: Tournament of Champions (ALL) - Features, Screens & Trailer
• Over The Hedge (ALL) - Screens
• Cabela's African Safari - Trailer

Third Wire Productions has released a new patch for its flight sim Wings Over Vietnam. This v05.15.06 patch includes many new and exciting features, fixes, and improvements.

Ritual announced today that it has released the first patch for its redently released SiN Episodes: Emergence. All you have to do is restart Steam and it will automagically be applied. Main issues addressed are some cheats, bugs, crashes, sound stuttering, and various video card issues. Read more for details ...

Mass Effect is a science-fiction action-RPG created by BioWare, previously known for Jade Empire, KotoR, and Neverwinter Nights. Mass Effect will deliver an immersive story driven gameplay experience with stunning visual fidelity.

Third Wire Productions has released a new patch for its combat flight sim Strike Fighters: Project 1, as well as the Gold Edition. This v05.15.06 patch includes all previous service packs and many new and exciting features, fixes, and improvements.

Check out the following new screens from IDEA's E3 2006 lineup:

• Rock of Pariahs - Features & Screens
• Armed Assault - Features, Screens & Trailer
• Alpha Prime - Features & Screens
• Fish Fillets 2 - Features & Screens

Eidos Interactive and Swedish developer Jadestone today announced the release of Championship Manager Online in Sweden and Norway. Championship Manager Online is a stand-alone massive multiplayer online football management simulation based on the franchise with the same name.

Rogue Trooper is a mix of intense 3rd person action and next generation stealth elements, with complex line-of-sight AI, multiple game paths, full tactical use of your bio-chip operated equipment and both single- and multiplayer online gameplay.

Microsoft has filed a countersuit against Lucent Technologies, contending that Lucent infringes upon several Microsoft patents. Lucent originally filed suit against Microsoft this March, alleging that Microsoft was misusing Lucent's patented technology for decoding MPEG-2 video files in the Xbox 360.

Hong Kong director Stanley Tong, best known for his work on Jackie Chan films such as Supercop, Rumble in the Bronx, and First Strike, is in talks to bring the Eidos' Fear Effect to the big screen.