At a hearing before the U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection, ESRB President Patricia Vance revealed that it will fine companies up to $1 million for the most egregious offenses. Repeat offenders could get their rating services suspended, heavily impacting sales as most big retailers refuse to carry unrated titles

Blitzkrieg 2: Fall of the Reich is the first stand-alone expansion for CDV's Blitzkrieg 2 historical RTS, and spans three major offensives from the final days of fighting on the Eastern front and covers both the Soviet and German campaigns in the long Siege of Budapest, Fortress Kurland, and the Soviet Operation Bagration.

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest, based on the upcoming Walt Disney Pictures’ film, is a swashbuckling third-person action/adventure. Players will engage in game play that reflects the cunning world of the film franchise -- with an abundance of disloyalty, humor and revenge.

Earlier today there was a congressional hearing discussing video games, its content and laws to prevent minors from purchasing mature content. The Federal Trade Commission said it supports the video game industry's self-regulation of violent content but also stated an undercover sting operation revealed too many U.S. children (43%, down from 69% in 2003) are still able to buy Mature-rated games in stores.

Paradox Interactive announced today the street date for their next PC release, Perimeter: Emperor's Testament. Developed by KDV Games, this sci-fi RTS will ship to stores in North America and Scandinavia on Aug. 29, 2006.

For the first time ever you can experience the stunning classical animation of Dragon's Lair in true High Definition video. Digital Leisure went back to the drawing board with this latest Dragon’s Lair release to bring the most striking video ever seen from this classic laser disc video game.

Namco Bandai today released new screenshots of the evil villains that will be featured in its upcoming game, Pac-Man World Rally – Toc-Man, Spooky and Erwin.

In Tomb Raider: Legend, Lara comes alive with intricately animated expressions, moves and abilities. An arsenal of modern equipment, such as a magnetic grappling device, binoculars, frag grenades, personal lighting device and communications equipment. This updated demo features the same Bolivia mission, but now sports high resolution graphics, just like the final game (thanks Blues).

Until I'm Gone is a horror 3rd person adventure featuring pre-rendered scenes, in which will move real-time 3D models of characters, something like Microids' Syberia. Originally scheduled for May 2006, the lack of funding forced Faraway Studios, who are not full time developers, to delay the project until Winter 2006.

Ritual Entertainment informed us that it is looking for a Senior Level Designer for a multi-platform next-generation AAA action title. Check out the complete list of requirements for the position, or check out the submission information.

Glory of the Roman Empire is an empire-building simulation set during the height of the glorious Roman Empire. In the game, the player assumes the roles of city planner, governor and military leader. Shortly after the German version, CDV has now released the English demo featuring half a dozen missions, in 2 cities.

AiAi and friends come to the Nintendo Wii! An all-action extravaganza of unique new puzzles and madcap multiplayer gameplay, Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz takes the ground-breaking Nintendo Wii controller and shows the world exactly what it can do!

Rush for Berlin is a tactical RTS game, set on the European battlefields of World War II, where you have to capture the German capital, as either the British/US/French alliance or the Red army of the Soviet Union. This v1.1 is suitable for ALL languages and fixes various bugs, crashes, multiplayer issues, and adds a few new features.

SEGA today are pleased to confirm Rome: Total War - Alexander, the latest expansion pack for Creative Assembly’s award-winning PC strategy title, Rome: Total War will be available exclusively for digital download to registered Total War fans on June 16th, and on general sale from June 19th.

Yesterday, blog site f13.net claimed to have picked up information from a presentation Vivendi did for investors that Blizzard plans to make MMOs for all of its franchises, and had a formula in place to do so in three years, with a $50 million budget. This morning, Blizzard strongly denied these rumors and said they were misquoted. While Blizzard is owned by Vivendi, they make their own game decisions, and no specific plans beyond the upcoming expansion for WoW have been announced.

Test Drive Unlimited challenges players online to experience the most exotic and fastest vehicles on more than 1000 miles of diverse Hawaiian roads. Gamers win races, challenges, missions and tournaments to earn credits and purchase new cars, bikes, rare performance parts, clothes, apparel, homes and garages.

Nexuiz is a free 3D deathmatch game that is simply first person shooting reduced to the very basics with perfect weapon balancing. The new version includes a 21 level single player campaign system, 5 new maps, complete precompiled bump/offset/relief mapping, game and netplay optimization, all new particle effects, new gamemodes and gameplay changes, content download, and much more.

With a vast collection of sports themed quick-fire mini games there are literally 101 great reasons to buy EyeToy: Play Sports. Being an EyeToy game the emphasis is on multiplayer fun, and this game features a brand new team mode perfect for party play.

Daemonica is an intriguing 3D interactive murder mystery that offers an immersive storyline with unexpected twists, extensive dialogues with believable characters, puzzles and both mandatory and optional quests. This v1.1 patch, only for the English version, fixes a few minor bugs and enhancing certain aspects of gameplay.

Glory of the Roman Empire is an empire-building simulation set during the height of the glorious Roman Empire. In the game, the player assumes the roles of city planner, governor and military leader. CDV has released a German demo featuring half a dozen missions, in 2 cities. The English edition is expected later today (9AM PST)...