After a life of small-time jobs and petty thefts you've been accepted into America's most famous criminal organization, the Corleone family. Now it's up to you to carry out orders, earn respect, rise through the ranks, and make New York City your own. Play your cards right and you could even be running everything as the next, and most powerful, Don.

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 :

• Battle for Middle-Earth 2 - Designing A Mission Trailer
• Soul of the Ultimate Nation - Trailer #3
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Okami tells the story of a mythical sun god who sets out to restore a dismal world, decimating the forces of evil who stand in the way by commanding the elements and mythical abilities the deity possesses. Capcom revealed Okami is scheduled for North American release this summer.

Lost Planet is a sci-fi action shooter set within the merciless frozen tundra of a hostile planet, humans struggle for survival as conflicts arise between man, the surrounding indigenous creatures and the monstrous beings that have invaded.

Dead Rising is survival horror game, in which you play Frank West, a freelance photographer who has made his way to an idyllic suburban town to get his hands on the scoop. He soon discovers that the town has been overrun with zombies, and while fighting off hordes of gruesome zombies, you have to discover the cause of the disturbing outbreak.

On Friday, February 17, Team Legends emerged as the winner of EA's "Best of the Battlefield" video game tournament. The tournament, which was played on Xbox for Battlefield 2: Modern Combat, ended with a final score of 340 to 337, with Team Legends narrowly defeating Team Professional Skills.

Rampage: Total Destruction reinvents the classic arcade series and offers up a wide array of playable monsters that have the ability to perform unique combo attacks and individual super moves. Rampage: Total Destruction unleashes the chaos like never before with new levels of destruction, and an interactive 3D environment.

Yggdra Union is Atlus U.S.A.'s latest strategy role-playing game for the Game Boy Advance, scheduled for release in the fall of 2006.

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 :

• Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter - Dev Diary #3
• David Douillet Judo [ALL] - Trailer
• Fight Night Round 3 [ALL] - Trailer #10
• TOCA Race Driver 3 [PS2/Xbox/PC] - Trailer #9
• Top Spin 2 [GBA/NDS/X360] - Trailer
• WarPath [Xbox/PC] - Trailer
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Atari today announced the implementation of its corporate action plan. This announcement follows the company's statement in early February that it would act on cost control, dispose of non-core assets and place a stronger emphasis on external development studios. The company announced today the restructuring of its operations, which will result in a worldwide workforce reduction of approximately 20%.

Fire Department 3 takes the accurate portrayal of the fire fighter's realm to the next level thanks to a new technological platform that allows for an incomparably rich and realistic game experience.

Kudos is a turn based game 'life sim' game based on social relationships, like the Sims, but not set in a 3D world. It's VERY important that your character builds up a lot of strong friendships with interesting people. Your character wants to be popular and cool. Can you help them do that?

LucasArts has released the first patch for Petroglyph's just released RTS Star Wars Empire at War. This update brings your retail game to v1.02 and addresses a server disconnection issue as well as all of the fixes included in the v1.01 patch.

The beloved armored Arthur, with his renowned boxers in tow, charges onto the portable gaming scene as Capcom today announced Ultimate Ghosts ‘n Goblins, an exciting side-scrolling action adventure game for the PSP.

Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Double Agent will completely revolutionize and reinvent the spy action genre by introducing an unprecedented double agent concept and an entirely new breed of game play that adds an exciting new dimension to the gaming experience.

Capcom today announced Power Stone Collection for the PSP, a compilation including enhanced versions of Power Stone and Power Stone 2, originally released for the Sega Dreamcast and arcades.

Capcom today announced Capcom Puzzle World for the PSP, a collection with five amazing titles including the cult classic Super Puzzle Fighter II, Block Block, and the three-in-one Buster Bros. Collection.

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.

Today 3D Realms posted their latest installment in the weekly Prey update in Human Head Software's Prey Project Lead Chris Rhinehart talks about how they used to hand-animated our characters, and have now switched to motion capturing for Prey, the difficulties in doing so for the first time and what they have learned from the experience.

A little while back, Microsoft announced it had signed a deal with satellite tv provider DirecTV, although there were no details beyond that it would "extend the DirectTV experience to the Xbox 360 system." OXM's rumor section reveals that this might translate into an entire new blade in the X360 Dashboard, offering all sort of goodies in High Definition, such as TV episodes, movies on demand and TiVo-like functions such as standard-definition streaming (DVR). No confirmation or estimated release date could be obtained from Microsoft beyond the typical "no comment on rumors" reply.