Ubisoft today announced The Settlers: Heritage of Kings Expansion Disk, a new add-on for The Settlers: Heritage of Kings, the popular construction-based strategy game series. The expansion pack extends the story of the original game with a fresh campaign, additional units and buildings, new gameplay features, a map editor and three exclusive heroes.

The Bard's Tale will eschew genre clichés in favor of intelligent humor for an original and truly entertaining experience. inXile's development focus on the RPG genre comes from Brian Fargo's long legacy of delivering standard-setting RPGs to market. This updated demo features a tutorial and one level from Chapter VI: The Mountain Pass area (Mountain Tomb). Read more for download links ...

Picking up immediately where the original Myst ended, players are presented the privilege, challenge and responsibility of restoring the lost empire of the D'ni - an ancient civilization of people who thrived for thousands of years but later met with a great catastrophe. Myst V: End of Ages advances the graphical beauty and detail of its worlds with a fully immersive 3D environment. Check the freshly launched Myst 5 website, or read more for new screens ...

Night Watch is a tactical RPG using the Silent Storm engine and based on material from Russian writer Lukyanenko. Situated in the not-so-distant future, the game will have you battle vampires, werewolves and other creatures throughout various European cities. No specific release date is mentioned (thanks Mario). Read more for details and screens ...

Check out the following new screens from SEGA's 2005 E3 lineup:

• 'Condemned: Criminal Origins' (X360) - Screens
• 'Full Auto' (X360) - Screens
• 'Gunstar Super Heroes' (GBA) - Screens
• 'NHL: Eastside Hockey Manager 2005' - Screens
• 'Phantasy Star Universe' (PS2) - Screens
• 'Shadow the Hedgehog' (NGC/PS2/Xbox) - Screens
• 'Shining Force Neo' (PS2) - Screens
• 'Sonic Gems Collection' (NGC) - Screens
• 'Sonic Rush' (NDS) - Screens
• 'Spartan: Total Warrior' (NGC/PS2/Xbox) - Screens
• 'Virtua Tennis World Tour' (PSP) - Screens

Check out the following new screens from Square Enix's 2005 E3 lineup:

• 'Code Age Commanders' (PS2) - Screens
• 'Dirge of Cerberus - Final Fantasy VII' (PS2) - Screens
• 'Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King' (PS2) - Screens
• 'Final Fantasy XI: Chains of Promathia' (PS2/PC) - Screens
• 'Final Fantasy XII' (PS2) - Screens
• 'Front Mission Online' (PS2/PC) - Screens
• 'Fullmetal Alchemist 2: Curse of the Crimson Elixir' (PS2) - Screens
• 'Kingdom Hearts II' (PS2) - Screens
• 'Radiata Stories' (PS2) - Screens
• 'Romancing SaGa' (PS2) - Screens

Valve's SteamPowered website has been updated with details regarding yet another update for its Counterstrike Source, fixing a hang bug and re-releasing changes from Thursday's update. The Source Engine and Steam also get a few fixes and tweaks. Just restart Steam for the effects to take place.

Gears of War blends the best of tactical action games with the best of survival horror titles, thrusting gamers into the harrowing story of humankind's battle for survival against the Locust Horde, creating cinematic, high-definition visuals so intense and powerful, it feels like the gamers are controlling a blockbuster action movie. In an interview with EuroGamer, Microsoft's J. Allard confirmed that Epic's X360 launch title Gears of War will also be coming to the PC, "Gears Of War will be on both platforms, but it might be on one before the other. That's a little bit more of a game time decision. It's Xbox and PC."

Check out the following new screens from LucasArts' 2005 E3 lineup:

• 'Star Wars Battlefront II' (PS2/Xbox/PC) - Screens & Trailer
• 'Star Wars: Empire at War' - Screens
• 'Star Wars Galaxies: The Total Experience' - Screens

Another day, another batch of game trailers were released. Instead of giving them all their own posts, we grouped them, and so far there are trailers for :

• Pacific Storm - E3 2005 Trailer
• StarCraft Ghost - E3 2005 Trailer
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  We will update this throughout the day when new trailers become available. Read more for download links ...

Check out the following new screens from Majesco's 2005 E3 lineup:

• 'Advent Rising' (Xbox/PC) - Screens
• 'Advent Shadow' (PSP) - Screens
• 'Age of Empires: The Age of Kings' (NDS) - Screens
• 'ATV Quad Fury 2' (NDS) - Screens
• 'Black & White Creatures' (NDS) - Screens
• 'A Boy and His Blob' (NDS) - Screens
• 'Bust-A-Move DS' (NDS) - Screens
• 'The Darkness' (PS3/X360) - Screens & Trailer
• 'Demonik' (X360/PC) - Screens & Trailer
• 'Golden Nugget Casino' (GBA/NDS) - Screens
• 'Guilty Gear Dust Strikers' (NDS) - Screens
• 'Guilty Gear Judgment' (PSP) - Screens
• 'Infected' (PSP) - Screens & Trailer
• 'Jaws Unleashed' (PS2/Xbox/PC) - Screens & Trailer
• 'Taxi Driver' (PS2/Xbox) - Screens
• 'Teen Titans' (PS2) - Screens
• 'Texas Hold 'Em Poker' (NDS) - Screens

Check out the following new screens from Konami's 2005 E3 lineup:

• 'Beatmania' (PS2) - Screens
• 'Castlevania: Curse of Darkness' (PS2/Xbox) - Screens
• 'Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow' (NDS) - Screens
• 'Coded Arms' (PSP) - Screens
• 'Crime Life: Gang Wars' (PS2/Xbox/PC) - Screens
• 'Death Jr' (PSP) - Screens
• 'Dragon Booster' (NDS) - Screens
• 'Frogger: Ancient Shadow' (NGC/PS2/Xbox) - Screens
• 'Frogger: Helmet Chaos' (NDS/PSP) - Screens
• 'Karaoke Revolution Party' (NGC/PS2/Xbox) - Screens
• 'Lost in Blue' (NDS) - Screens
• 'Metal Gear Ac!d 2' (PSP) - Screens
• 'Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence' (PS2) - Screens
• 'Shaman King: Master of Spirits 2' (GBA) - Screens
• 'S.L.A.I.' (PS2) - Screens
• 'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 3: Mutant Nightmare' (NDS/NGC/PS2/Xbox) - Screens
• 'Winx Club' (GBA/PS2/PC) - Screens
• 'Ys: The Ark of Napishtim' (PSP/PS2) - Screens
• 'Yu-Gi-Oh! Nightmare Troubadour' (NDS) - Screens

Mojo Master is an online virtual seduction playground in a rich 3-D game world, under development at AXE Unlimited and WildTangent. It lets guys use the ultimate Playbook of moves to approach women in ways they might never dream of in real life

Check out the following new screens & trailers from PlayLogic's 2005 E3 lineup:

• 'Gene Troopers' (PS2/Xbox/PC) - Screens & Trailer
• 'Knights of the Temple 2' (PS2/Xbox/PC) - Screens & Trailer
• 'P.R.I.S.M. Threat Level Red' - Screens
• 'Project Delta' (PS3/X360/PC) - Screens
• 'Sparta: Ancient Wars' - Screens & Trailer
• 'World Racing 2' (Xbox/PC) - Screens & Trailer
• 'Xyanide' (PSP) - Screens

THQ's MotoGP: Ultimate Racing Technology 3 is steering towards success thanks to a unique innovation that will revolutionise multiplayer gaming. Described as 'embedded gameplay', this powerful feature blurs the line between offline and online action, making it quicker and easier than ever for speed demons to challenge each other.

Control the fate of the galaxy in LucasArts' all new RTS game Star Wars: Empire at War. Set a few years before the events of Episode IV A New Hope, the game will let players rewrite history as well as experience the aftermath of Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith, the creation of the Rebel Alliance, and Darth Vader's rise to power. LucasArts has just launched the official Empire at War website, which unfortunately also reveals the game has been pushed back from its original fall 2005 release date, all the way back to spring 2006.

Check out the following new screens & trailers from Tecmo's 2005 E3 lineup:

• 'Dead or Alive 4' (X360) - Screens
• 'Fatal Frame III: The Tormented' (PS2) - Screens
• 'Ninja Gaiden Black' (Xbox) - Screens
• 'Tecmo Classic Arcade' (Xbox) - Screens
• 'Trapt' (PS2) - Screens

In a follow up to our Tecmo vs. Ninjahacker editorial from a few months back, it seems a federal judge last week dismissed a lawsuit by California game maker Tecmo against the proprietors and users of the website, after the company quietly settled with the two main defendants. Read more for details ...

Check out the following new screens & trailers from SCi's 2005 E3 lineup:

• 'Battlestations Midway' (PS2/Xbox/PC) - Screens & Trailer
• 'Conflict: Global Terror' (PS2/Xboc/PC) - Screens & Trailer
• 'Rogue Trooper' (PS2/Xbox) - Screens
• 'Roll Call' (PS2/Xbox) - Screens
• 'Total Overdose' (PS2/Xbox/PC) - Screens

Check out the following new screens from Bandai's 2005 E3 lineup:

• 'Digimon World 4' (PS2) - Screens & Trailer
• 'Ghost In The Shell: Stand Alone Complex' (PSP) - Screens
• 'Inuyasha: Feudal Combat' (PS2) - Screens
• 'Mobile Suit Gundam Seed: Never Ending Tomorrow' (PS2) - Screens
• 'One Piece Grand Battle' (NGC/PS2) - Screens