Acclaim Games is pleased to announce that its CEO Howard Marks has a plan to lead the newly minted company into the future. The first offering from Acclaim Games will be the totally free Multiplayer Online game BOTS and it is now open for limited beta registration!

A few months ago, Midway announced that it had signed a license agreement for The Ant Bully with Warner Bros Interactive, and today, the first concrete material has surfaced. After bullying an innocent ant colony, a young boy named Lucas is magically shrunken down to ant size and embarks on a remarkable adventure.

The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy video game pits the characters from the popular Cartoon Network television show against each other in an adventure-fighting game, filled with mayhem and chaos.

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 :

• Stranglehold [PS3/X360/PC] - Trailer #2
• Mortal Kombat: Armageddon [PS2/Xbox] - Trailer
• Battle for Middle-Earth 2 - War of The Rings Trailer Part 1 & 2
• Rise & Fall: Civilizations at War - Trailer #10
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  We will update this throughout the day when new trailers become available. Read more for download links ...

The last time we heard about Fear & Respect was almost a year ago, when Midway announced it was delaying the game until 2006. As it turns out, the game won't be coming at all and has been cancelled. Fear & Respect was an innovative action/adventure game based in the intense, urban environment of South Central L.A. with collaboration between Snoop Dogg and Boyz'n the Hood director John Singleton.

WarPath is a fast-paced FPS game featuring a unique single player mode that allows gamers to battle for control of different territories, with each providing distinct strategic advantages. This multiplayer demo features a DM/TDM map Breach, and a CTF map Rush, both playable online/LAN and against bots.

LucasArts presents the first in a series of feature stories about LEGO Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy (working title). You can expect stories like the one to follow periodically, until the game's release across multiple platforms this fall, each article further detailing certain aspects of the game.

Mayor Greg Nickels and the World Cyber Games Committee (WCGC) announced today that Seattle will host the 2007 World Cyber Games Grand Final. The mayor welcomed this premier event for the interactive video game industry to Seattle during a signing ceremony today at City Hall.

In Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon 3, players will embody Captain Scott Mitchell as he commands the Ghosts and Special Forces allies equipped with the IWS in the quest to save the president of the United States, recover stolen nuclear codes and eliminate a vicious band of renegade soldiers hell-bent on unleashing catastrophe.

The Adventure Company today announced the specific enhancements that will be added to the North American version of Keepsake. The changes include new voiceovers, the addition of an in-game map, improved pathfinding, and more. Read on for further information and more screens ...

Koch Media has signed MadMinute Games' strategy game Take Command: 2nd Manassas for distribution in Germany on April 21st. TC2M explores the titular 1862 battle of the American Civil War, which proved to be the pivotal engagement of the Northern Virginia Campaign.

In Ghost Recon 3 you command the Ghosts and Special Forces allies equipped with the IWS in the quest to save the president of the United States, recover stolen nuclear codes and eliminate a vicious band of renegade soldiers hell-bent on unleashing catastrophe. Ubisoft announced the X360 version is now gold, and also confirms release dates for other platforms.

Warfare is a real-time global war simulator with real material and it's devoted to a conflict in the Near East. There are two campaigns, one for the USA, the other for Saudi Arabia. The main goal of the first campaign is taking full control of the region; the second one is coming to power in Saudi Arabia and achieving the withdrawal of all American troops.

Blizzard announced plans to release a fully localised Spanish version of its MMORPG World of Warcraft. WoW's European customer base is currently at more than 1 million players, with the worldwide total now at more than 6 million players.

Battlefield 2: Modern Combat developer DICE has announced that the Xbox 360 edition has been delayed. Originally scheduled for later this month, it has been postponed until April 11, 2006. BF2: Modern Combat will drop players into the heat of battle on the high tech frontlines, entering a new modern era of combat with more firepower and new expansive environments.

Ninety-Nine Nights is a fantasy game that mixes action with strategy elements. You control a massive army that is challenged by hordes of enemies, in a multi-angle scenario, where you can assume the role of various characters and see the game world from totally different points of view.

In Superman Returns: The Videogame, you explore and protect the truly living city of Metropolis, one that is not only expansive (with 80 sq miles and over 9,000 buildings), but also changes dynamically with you as you affect gameplay.

Slitherine in association with Black Bean and Strategy First, today announced the Cult of Mithras has gone gold, and is only available by digital download. Cult of Mithras allows players to take their armies on new adventures into a new world, fighting against old enemies and new mythological beasts.

UberSoldier is a high-tech first-person 3D shooter, which takes place in an alternate universe where the fascist Germany won WW2. This demo offers one mission, where you have to free a resistance leader from an underground complex and enemy base, using a variety of weapons.

Reef Entertainment announced today that it has signed a publishing agreement with Frozenbyte to publish its action game Shadowgrounds in the UK, Turkey, Greece and the Middle East in April.