Paradox has released an updated patch for its strategy game Hearts of Iron II. This update brings your retail game to v1.3a and polishes multiplayer experience, improves AI, production and more, as well as adding additional events, new ministers and tech teams. Read more for download links ...

Square Enix announced today that Final Fantasy XI for Xbox 360 will make its stateside debut at Xbox 360: Zero Hour. Set out on your own to discover the countless secrets of Vana'diel, or form a party with your friends to purge the beastman forces and bring home sensational spoils!

When assassins from Agent 47's contract agency, The ICA, are systematically eliminated in a series of hits, it seems a larger, more powerful agency has entered the fray. For Agent 47 it's business as usual, until suddenly he loses contact with The ICA. Sensing that he may be the next target, he travels to America, where he prepares to make a killing.

Shrapnel Games and Boku Strategy Games announced today that the next game in the Horse and Musket 2 series, entitled Prussia's Glory (no relationship to the GMT boardgame of the same name) is now shipping around the world.

id Software and Activision announced today that Quake 4 for the Xbox 360 has shipped to retailers nationwide. This next chapter in the futuristic war between the Earth and the Strogg transports players into the boots of Matthew Kane, an elite member of the legendary Rhino squad as they, along with an armada of Earth's finest soldiers, invade the home planet of the barbaric aliens threatening to annihilate Earth.

Diabolique: License to Sin is a brand new third person game from Metropolis Team. Unique atmosphere, excellent gameplay, spectacular shaders, Renderware Physics. Tailored suits, expensive cars, dynamic action, and business class graphics. Hell has pretty much to offer.

Dangerous Waters allows the player total control over multiple air, surface and subsurface platforms in a modern-day naval environment. This demo features two playable platforms, the MH-60R Seahawk helicopter and the Kilo class Diesel submarine, and is now also multiplayer enabled, and has four controllable platforms and can support up to 30 players in multi-station play. Read more for download links ...

Meridian4 and developer Rebelmind announced today that their Sci-Fi Action/RPG Space Hack has shipped to retail stores and is now available. In Soace hack you play an ex-military man trapped inside a Black Nebula, and your ship is being boarded by aliens.

EB Games will launch Microsoft's highly anticipated next generation videogame console, the Xbox 360, to pre-notified, pre-sale customers at midnight on November 21st at its flagship store at Universal CityWalk in Los Angeles.

Confirmed pre-orders only? So what, thats like 20 people?

VBS2 provides a low-cost military-off-the-shelf interactive virtual environment suitable for a wide range of training and analytical purposes. VBS2 is suitable for training small teams in urban tactics, practicing entire combat teams in combined arms operations or even non-military usage such as incident response or terrain visualization.

Atari today announced it has signed a publishing agrreement with Bandai to bring the NDS exclusive Tamagotchi Connexion Corner Shop to Europe. In the game, players open speciality shops, and develop their businesses by serving customers needs through mini games that utilise the Nintendo DS touch-screen functionality.

World Racing 2 will put the fun of driving at centre stage and offer optimised arcade racing characteristics, rich and varied range of mission modes, lively scenarios, enhanced tuning options and a great variety of cars. TDK has released a new World Racing 2 demo featuring the same Italy scenario, this time driveable in Skoda Octavia RS and Octavia RACE cars (thanks WarlockTeam). Read more for download links ...

CCP Games today announced the public release of EVE Online: Red Moon Rising", a new expansion to its highly successful and fast-growing Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game (MMORPG) "EVE Online®: Exodus". Red Moon Rising is scheduled for release this December, and will be provided to subscribers free of charge.

Battle of Britain II "Wings of Victory" recreates the fierce and famous air battles southern England in 1940, allowing the player to either act as the supreme commander of either side, or simply click "fly" and let your generals manage the war below. This update brings your retail game to v2.03 and addresses various bug & crash fixes, adds mod features and a few other optimizations.

BFME 2 takes part in the North where a battle is raging between Sauron's forces vs. elves and dwarves. It will be possible to create/customize your own hero, apart from known figures such as Arwin, and become more powerful as you progress in the game. While BFME was all land based, the sequel will also take the action on the sea, naval battles included, courtesy of an updated engine.

MVP 06 NCAA Baseball is being produced by Electronic Arts Canada in Vancouver, B.C., and will celebrate everything that makes NCAA baseball unique -- aluminum bats, intense action, and stadiums filled with school spirit and packed with passionate fans.

In Awaken, you play the role of William Thane, a middle-aged man down on his luck. You, along with six others, are trapped in an abandoned prison, held captive by a psychotic killer. You have until 6:00 am to find a way out, or you will all die. But there's one small catch: one of you is the killer (thanks Blues).

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 :

• Stacked with Daniel Negreanu - Tips Trailer #1
• Crazy Frog Racer - Trailer #2
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  We will update this throughout the day when new trailers become available. Read more for download links ...

Developed by Strangelite Studio, the game is based on the Starship Troopers movie in which you will take the role of an elite 'special forces' trooper in the Mobile Infantry spearheading the assault against thousands of intelligent enemy bugs, emulating the best scenes from the movie and a whole lot more! Empire has now released the English version of the Plasma Mountains demo (thanks 3DGamers).

As promised CDV and Stormregion have released a new downloadable content pack for Codename: Panzers, Phase Two. The content pack, which includes eight new multiplayer maps, key gameplay enhancements and many minor bugfixes. The patch included in the download brings the retail game to version 1.06 and will enhance gameplay and extend the Phase Two experience for fans of the game.