Japanese magazine Famitsu has the first Xbox 360 sales numbers since its launch last weekend. Initial reports of it selling out seem to be very untrue, unless it was meant for a specific store. Out of the 159,000 total available units, only 39% were actually sold, which translates into roughly 62,000 X360s on its first two days. In comparison, the original Xbox sold 123,000 units in its first three days. Seems Microsoft has some work cut out for them ...

Rainbow Islands endeared itself to an entire generation of gamers in the late 1980s with its playful mix of intense platforming challenges, a delightfully cute visual style and, of course, a heavy emphasis on rainbow-firing action. Rainbow Islands Revolution takes these core elements and transposes them onto the NDS.

Matrix Games has released a demo for Worlds Apart Productions' strategic sci-fi trading card game, allowing you to try out the single player tutorial campaign as well as The Jupiter Initiative scenario. Read more for download links ...

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 :

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The Running With Scissors newsletter reveals that a third Postal installment is in the works. "It has been formally announced that the next milestone in the POSTAL saga is already in development. The game, under the working title, POSTAL 3: Catharsis and is headed directly down the throat of the XBox 360 and the PC. More details on what happens to a complex, multi-dimensional individual like The Dude after he has razed Paradise and left it a (radioactive) parking lot. Let the questions and suggestions pour forth."

The Blood Magic is an original 3rd person perspective RPG where the weapon of choice is magic. In this game, the player controls an Unlikely Hero in an ambitious search through many hostile environments looking for Modo, the ethereal being bent on destroying the world.

Halo Zero is a free (french) fan made 2D action game based on Bungie and Halo FPS. Set on the same planet as the official Halo novel The Fall of Reach and you to play as Master Chief, ducking, jumping, switching and picking up weapons, on your way to blast all that is Covenant out of the way.

Activision has released the first patch for Lionhead's movie studio sim, The Movies. This update brings your US, UK, French, Italian, German, Spanish, and Dutch retail game to v1.1 and will allow owners of the game to access the PropShop, which will feature a variety of new, downloadable content for the game, including additional costumes, sets, & props.

Blizzard has released new update patches for Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos as well as The Frozen Throne. This upgrade brings your retail game to v1.20b and fixes a crash that could happen in multiplayer games. Read more for download links ...

id Software has released the first patch for Raven's FPS Quake 4. This patch brings your retail game to v1.0.5 and this update is recommended for Windows users with Intel Hyper-Threading Technology (HT Technology) enabled processors, multiple processors, or systems with a dual core processor. The update is also required for Windows and Linux server admins.

MotoGP 2006: URT takes the franchise to the next generation as the only official game of the MotoGP Championship on X360. MotoGP 2006 looks set to create a new definition of high speed for racing fans looking for the fastest thrills on the fastest console.

Sony Online Entertainment announced today that it will be releasing EverQuest: Titanium, an all-inclusive collection consisting of EverQuest Classic and the first ten expansions.

EgoSoft has announced that the next X3 Reunion patch will be a little bit later than initially promised, but they have revealed some of the details what it will address, such as improved AI, various performance increases, and the usual bug fixes and game balance tweaks. Read more for a partial fix list...

At the Tokyo Game Show Namco announced a sequel to Baten Kaitos was in the works, with a Japanese release date scheduled for December 2005. Baten Kaitos II takes place 20 years after the original with 2 new continents to explore, in addition to locations from the original. You play as Sagi, Milly or Giro on your quest to find the source of a series of unnatural phenomena.

Originally only made for the arcades, Bandai revealed that Noritaka Funamizu's studio Kraft & Meister, formerly with Capcom, is working on a Super Dragon Ball Z PS2 conversion. No details are available at this point but it is scheduled for release in Japan during 2006.

With recent message board reports of disc scratching from the new Xbox 360, consumers can protect their investment in Xbox media as well as any other game, music, movie or data disc with GameDR AutoMax, a digital 'doctor' from Digital Innovations that repairs surface scratches or abrasions on discs of all kinds in just 60 seconds.

Already revealed last week, Ubisoft today officially announced that its internally developed action-filled flight combat game Blazing Angels: Squadrons of WWII is also coming to the Xbox 360.

Shiny Entertainment, who just finished The Matrix: Path of Neo, is gearing up for its next video game projects, and has announced several open positions for the company's design, programming, art, animation and audio teams. Open Positions: PSP Programmer, Physics Programmer, Xbox360 Programmer, Animation Programmer, 3D Animator, VFX Artist, Designer, Sound Editor. Please visit www.shiny.com for details, and email resume/CV to ocjobs@shiny.com.

In Tales of the Abyss, Luke is the lone son of a noble family who lost his memories when he was a kid during an invasion by an enemy country. He grew up spoiled and naive and has learned how to use a sword as a hobby. Tia lost her parents and has been raised as a warrior and priestess of the Lorelai religion, and uses a mysterious form of ancient power called Seventh Sound.

Namco today announced Snoopy vs. the Red Baron, an exhilarating aerial-based action adventure game starring Peanuts top dog Snoopy and a cast of classic characters. Read more for details, screens & trailer ...