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.

Atari and Marc Ecko celebrated as recipients of an MTV Video Music Award for its action-adventure game Marc Ecko's Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure, named as winner of the first-ever Best Video Game Soundtrack category at the annual video music awards show.

Panzer Tactics DS lets would-be commanders lead their forces to victory or defeat in three exciting single-player campaigns, or compete in WiFi or wireless multiplayer, offering a competitive ladder system to rank the best online commanders. If you haven't yet, also check our preview....

THQ plans to release an "official" singleplayer demo for Relic's WWII based RTS Company of Heroes, featuring new Skirmish content between the Axis and Allied forces, and in general updated code. If you thought the beta demo was huge, then you better strap in, the non-beta version is even a smidgen bigger. Come back Tuesday September 5, 2006 at 9AM PST (6PN Euro time), we will have it available on our filesever network.

Frogwares third title in the Sherlock Holmes series. After Mystery of the Mummy, and The Silver Earring, the French studio is actively working on Sherlock Holmes: The Awaken, scheduled for release October 2006.

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:

• Pacific Storm: Allies - New Features Trailer
• Dawnspire: Prelude - Trailer
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Crackdown pushes the action-driving hybrid genre into the next generation with the introduction of the first-ever truly 3-dimensional persistent playground, highly innovative co-op gameplay and an extensive prop interaction system all while taking place in a massive and highly-stylized urban center.

Paradox Interactive announced that it has set the launch date for Silent Heroes. The stand-alone expansion to Codemaster' Soldiers: Heroes of World War II, will be only be available for download via Gamer's Gate on September 8th, 2006,

Tortuga: Two Treasures will have players setting sail as pirate captains in search of action, adventure and of course, treasure. You play Thomas ‘Hawk’ Blythe and after you get betrayed and captured, a dramatic battle for power, romance, treasure and truth commences aboard the Jolly Roger.

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:

• Red Ocean - GC06 Teaser
• Warhammer 40K: Dawn of War - Dark Crusade - Trailer
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  We will update this throughout the day when new trailers become available. Read more for download links ...