Galactic Civilizations II: Dark Avatar adds a gripping new single-player campaign sees the elimination of two of the game’s alien races and the introduction of several others. Stardock plans to significantly extend the feature set of the expansion pack, which has been given a new release date of February 2007.

Settlers fans can look forward to revisiting the series' beloved features, alongside new and enhanced gameplay to be revealed in 2007. The Settlers VI (working title) will combine city building, strategy, economies, groundbreaking graphics and an aquarium effect on the PC.

Developed in conjunction with renowned brain and neurology professor, Dr. Makoto Shichida, professor at the University of Newport. They test, train and improve the player’s brain functions in a series of fun challenges and problems

Wild Hare Entertainment and Alten8 announce an exclusive North American publishing agreement where Wild Hare will publish several of Alten8’s unannounced upcoming PSP titles (details to be announced at a later date) in the North American market.

Xfire today announced the finalists for the World of Warcraft Summer Movie Contest. With $23,000 in prizes up for grabs, gamers are invited to visit Xfire.com to view the exceptional Machinima movies and vote for their favorite finalists.

Virtua Fighter 5 raises the bar for console fighting games including all the features fans know and love plus enhanced gameplay mechanics, additional characters and new fighting styles, as well as newly redesigned 3D environments.

At home or on the go, challenge the world's top golfers in all-new PGA TOUR Mode, featuring training sessions, practice, and The FedEx Cup, the new PGA TOUR championship playoff system. Hone your skills in the all-new Shooting Gallery, then play as or against 11 players, including John Daly, on 12 championship courses. EA has released a 916mb demo, available for download on Xbox Live Marketplace.

Take-Two and Tecmo today announced a European publishing agreement for Tokobot Plus: Mysteries Of The Karakuri. Your favorite mechanical helpers are back as the Tokobots help Bolt unlock and discover the Mysteries of the Karakuri! The Tokobots are swinging, climbing, and spinning their way back in a totally enhanced and upgraded Karakuri experience.

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:

• Mortal Kombat: Armageddon (PS2)
• Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War: Dark Crusade (PC)
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Ever since last week's BF2142 demo release, the forums have filled up with people complaining about disconnect issues after mere minutes of play, an issue that we also expienced in the closed beta test. "We are aware that some players are experiencing disconnects while playing the Demo. Please know we are running checks and making enhancements to our support systems so that these disconnects can be solved as quickly as possible."