Value Price Publisher Metro 3D and games developer Data Design Interactive have been very busy over the last few months; both companies are now finally ready to unveil some high-profile changes. They would initially like to present a whole host of titles due for release this year for Playstation2, PSP, PC and Xbox formats.

Ubisoft will release a Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter demo through Xbox Live Marketplace approximately one week before the game's official launch, according to Major Nelson's latest podcast. Since the game is schedule to be in stores March 9th, this means the demo should arrive in about two weeks.

FlatOut 2 is an over-the-top racing game where players experience the drive of their lives as they race around fully destructible environments in one of 16 fully customizable and upgradeable cars.

GTA: Liberty City Stories takes place 3 years before GTA 3 and our main character Toni Cipriani has returned from laying low for the past 4 years after taking out a rival mob boss for the Leone crime family. Having welcomed him back with open arms, the Don Salvatore Leone is putting Toni to back work under the watchful eye of Vincenzo Cilli, one of his most trusted capo’s. Take Two announced GTA:LCS will get its PS2 release on April 28, 2006.

Citing disappointing holiday sales revealed in its financial statement last week, Activision is handing pinkslips to about 150 people (7% of its workforce). Company spokesman Ashley Dyer said cuts were across the board, including various people at development studios. The layoffs had to happen in order to realign the company's operations for the next two years. Whether this will delay any of the current titles was not disclosed, but some teams will be trimmed down, so who knows ...

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 - IsenMor Trailer
• Fight Night Round 3 - Berrera vs. Morales Trailer
• Panzer Elite Action [PS2/Xbox/PC] - Trailer #6
• Red Orchestra: Ostfront 41-45 - Trailer
• The Sims 2 Open for Business - Valentine's Trailers (2)
• Viewtiful Joe: Red Hot Rumble [PSP] - Trailer
• TOCA Race Driver 3 [PS2/Xbox/PC] - Classes Trailer
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  We will update this throughout the day when new trailers become available. Read more for download links ...

Atari has released an updated version of the European patch for Liquid Ent's RTS/PRG game Dragonshard This update brings your UK/French & German retail game to v1.2.1b adds new maps, addresses multiplayer issues, graphical and sound problems. Read more for download links ..

Hearts of Iron II: Doomsday is a stand-alone expansion pack for their strategy title Hearts of Iron II. The expansion will include the original game and boasts a World War III scenario, a complete scenario editor as well as an extended time line.

While it is currently still listed as scheduled for April 2006, a "change of pre-order date" email from Best Buy's customer care service obtained by Joystiq reveals that Nintendo's Legend of Zelda: The Twilight Princess might be pushed back to November 1st, 2006. Officially Nintendo does not comment on speculations and has not narrowed any sort of release date down beyond a vague "2006."

GTR2 is the next big step forward for the GTR brand, and sports a host of new features and improvements. In addition to all the favourite cars and tracks returning from GTR, the player will now be able to experience the thrill of driving a whole set of new and exotic sports cars on several new tracks.

The Western Conference All-Stars will make it four wins in five years and current NBA scoring leader, Kobe Bryant of the L.A. Lakers, will take home the MVP hardware at NBA All-Star 2006 in Houston as predicted by a precise simulation on NBA '06 for the PS2.

Videogame design icon Will Wright, creator of SimCity and The Sims, will deliver a keynote address during the 2006 Game Developers Conference (GDC). In his address, Wright will explore topics related to next-generation game design and development strategies.

CDV's latest real-time strategy title, American Conquest: Divided Nation, has gone gold today. The game, which will be in stores in early April, will have players re-enacting some of the grandest battles of 19th century America.

Huxley is a massively multiplayer online first person shooting game utilizing the Unreal 3 engine that takes place in a post-apocalyptic world. Human beings have mutated and are divided into two opposing races, Sapiens and Alternative, who are forced to battle against one another to gain control of the world and its resources.

EA's AJ Marini made a little announcement: "We have some great news for you regarding the upcoming patch. 1.2 is in the final stages of its release cycle. This means you need to keep an eye on this web space for further info and a release date. I want to extend a huge thanks to our community for helping us grasp the issues that have made your gameplay less than optimal at times. We are very happy with the improvements in this patch and sincerely hope you are all pleased with the work we’ve done."

Today Ubisoft and Shaun White, snowboarding halfpipe Gold Medalist in the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin and six time X Games Gold Medalist, announced an exclusive worldwide agreement to create video games inspired by White's world-famous snowboarding style.

Today Ubisoft announces that Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Lockdown, the latest PC iteration of the award-winning tactical shooter is ready for retail and will be on store shelves across the U.S. on February 16th, 2006.

Revealed a few weeks ago, Activision today officially announced it has signed a licensing deal that grants Activision the global rights, excluding Japan, to develop console, handheld and PC games based on the Transformers brand. The first game will be tied to the much-anticipated July 4, 2007 movie release of the live action Transformers film.

The Wild is a single-player, side-scrolling adventure game based on the upcoming Walt Disney Pictures’ film, premiering April 14, 2006. Players take on the role of Samson the Lion or Benny the Squirrel as they journey from the New York City Zoo to the wild in search of Samson’s lost teenage son, Ryan.

Dino Crisis 2 takes place outdoors, in the lush detailed environments of the jungle, as player’s fight to survive the constant attack of vicious dinosaurs. Capcom has released a tiny patch fixing a CD in Drive bug when you use it with a fully installed game.