LucasArts presents the first in a series of feature stories about LEGO Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy (working title). You can expect stories like the one to follow periodically, until the game's release across multiple platforms this fall, each article further detailing certain aspects of the game.

Microsoft is currently looking for a software design engineer to join its Direct Physics team, working closely with the Direct3D team, helping to define, develop and map optimized simulation and collision algorithms onto data structures that are optimized for the GPU. Extensive experience with graphics shading languages such as HLSL is expected as well as a good understanding of modern graphics hardware and associated algorithms.

Moscow to Berlin lets the player experience the Eastern Front from both the Russian and the German perspectives. Prepare for the most challenging, and thrilling, tank battles of our time.

Another day, another batch of games shipped to stores. Instead of giving them all their own posts, we grouped them, and so far there are announcements for:

• MotoGP '06 (Xbox 360)
• Lara Croft Tomb Raider: Legend (PSP)
• Break’em All (NDS)
• MotoGP4 (PS2)
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  We will update this throughout the day when new announcements become available. Read more for details ...

The King of Fighters Neowave features favorites from the series previous iterations, and an all-new fighting system that provides fighting styles for players of all skill levels, gamers are treated to lavishly produced high-res backgrounds.

Blizzard has released the North American version of the new update for its MMORPG World of Warcraft. This v1.11 update adds the new high-level Naxxramas dungeon, new armor, and the usual massive slew of bug and crash fixes, as well as balance tweaks.

Eidos issued a new patch for the recently released Hitman: Blood Money, bringing your retail game to v1.2 and adding new graphics options and various improvements.

Merscom announced today that it will publish Rag Doll Kung Fu in North America. In Rag Doll Kung Fu you control your string puppets characters on screen with the mouse, create your own style, act out whatever you feel like, and of course, if you really feel like it, you can have a fight.

CDV announced that the North American version of Night Watch has gone gold. 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 battling vampires, werewolves and other creatures throughout various European cities.

From Western Europe to the Pacific, players test their air-combat skills as they experience the most famous battles of World War II in up to 40 WWII aircraft. Ubisoft has released the first patch bringing your retail game to v1.02 and addressing a few multiplayer and joystick issues.