City of Villains will provide players with a chance to play the "bad guy" in the comic-book inspired world created by Cryptic Studios. Take on the role of super-powered villains and create your own character using thousands of power and costume options. Then battle heroes and become a true menace to society while plotting your way to world domination.

Ubisoft announced today it will publish Benoit Sokal's latest masterpiece, Paradise, throughout North America. Paradise is an adventure game which immerses the player in the heart of Africa, where a young woman, the daughter of a fierce dictator, crosses the continent in the company of a leopard, to take him to the place of his birth, the peaks of Kilimanjaro.

World Forces: War on Terror is a tactical, arcade style RTS, which is set in the very near future, utilizing the modern weaponry of tomorrow.

Vanguard: Saga of Heroes will be the premier third generation MMORPG. A vast, seamless, immersive virtual world filled with elements of familiar High Fantasy, including traditional themes and more, all depicted using cutting-edge graphics technology. Sigil’s expertise and experience in the field will bring groundbreaking static and dynamic content to the genre.

Gekido is a multiplatform fighting game by NAPS team previously developed and published on PSone, GBC, and GBA. This time Gekido PSP is completely rewritten, to bring some fresh air to fighting game players. Gekido will also rewrite the genre by bringing a brand new vision of fighting action games.

TrackMania Original will take advantage of Trackmania Sunrise's new graphics engine. All the great features that made TrackMania Sunrise famous will be added. This single/multiplayer demo includes The original Racing mode and 3 technical tracks, but also 3 new (Stunt, Puzzle and Platform) modes. Read more for download links ...

Prince of Persia The Two Thrones takes the best features from The Sands of Time and Warrior Within, and combines them with new gameplay elements such as a second playable character, an intuitive Speed Kill system, outdoor Babylon environment, chariot combat and more. With such favorite elements and major improvements, PoP The Two Thrones is poised to take the action-adventure gaming experience to a new level.

Super Mario Strikers, known in Europe as Mario Smash Football, is a five-a-side based football tournament pitting teams of classic Nintendo characters against each other. To win games players simply have to place more balls in the back of their opponent's net than the other team.

The fourth game in the PC strategy series that has sold over five million copies, Sid Meier's Civilization IV is a bold step forward for the franchise, with spectacular new 3D graphics and all-new single and multiplayer content. Civilization IV will also set a new standard for user-modification, allowing gamers to create their own add-ons using the standard Python and XML scripting languages. Firaxis producer Barry Caudill tells us more about the new Civilization IV civics feature.

Blizzard has released a new update for its MMORPG World of Warcraft. This v1.8.0 patch is for UK and German editions of the game and addresses a slew of balancing changes, updates the UI and game world, adds druidic talent, extends Silithus zone, as well as the usual bug and crash fixes. Read more for detailed fix list and download links ..

Atari and Marc Ecko today announced a musical collaboration with Sean 'Diddy' Combs for in-game music tracks for Marc Ecko's Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure, which will also be available on a soundtrack included in the Limited Edition of the product.

Aspyr Media, Inc. announced today they will publish Tony Hawk's American Wasteland for the PC, with an anticipated release in December 2005. Get ready for unlimited skating and BMX biking in the vast wasteland of skate culture - Los Angeles.

EA announced today that NCAA March Madness 06, the strategic college hoops simulation featuring the all-new EA SPORTS Lockdown Stick, has shipped to retailers nationwide and is now available in stores under the EA SPORTS brand.

Announced a few weeks ago, Empire Interactive and Bugbear Entertainment today revealed that FlatOut 2 will be released for the PS2, Xbox and PC in the 1st half of 2006.

Majorem announced today that it is expanding the beta test for its MMORTS Ballerium and is accepting 1000 more testers. After having tested the new application system, players are invited to use it and join the last week of Beta round 28, before changing servers and restarting the battle for Ballerium. To apply, visit http://apply.ballerium.com.Applications processed within 24-48 hours.

Matrix Games announced its plans for the recently acquired publishing right for the Operational Art of War series as it has reached an agreement with the original designer and developer of The Operational Art of War, Norm Koger, to assist in updating the most recent version of the engine to assure full compatibility with the latest WinXP systems.

Get ready for some Chinese take-out! KOEI today announced that Dynasty Warriors 5 Xtreme Legends will ship to North American retailers on November 15, 2005 with an MSRP of only $29.99.

Interactive Entertainment Merchant's Association (IEMA)'s president Hal Halpin reacted today to the recent signing by govenor Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger of the A.B. 1179 bill making it illegal to sell Mature rated games to minor.

Capcom today announced the release of Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney for Nintendo DS, the first in the popular court room battle series from Japan to be released in the US.