During the opening hours of the Games Convetion in Liepzig Nitendo announced two new titles for the Wii, Mario Strikers Charged and Battalion Wars 2. Read more for details...

Stronghold Legends builds on the fantastic Stronghold heritage with beautifully crafted visuals and the epic legends of the middle ages. The demo contains a tutorial and a skirmish level, playable from 3 positions in 3 difficulty levels. You will fight against Vlad who (also) has creepers and dragons and Mordred who has werewolves and stake hurlers. The demo also show cases the new `King of the Hill' mode.

SEGA today announced the complete line up of top tennis stars, plus a whole host of new features destined to set the courts alight in Virtua Tennis 3. By releasing on the PSP and PC, as well as on PS3 and X360 in Spring 2007, this will be the first time this classic franchise has had a simultaneous multi-platform release.

Maelstrom is a groundbreaking strategy action epic which takes place on a devastated future Earth. In the wake of an apocalyptic ecological disaster, the planet is threatened by an alien invasion, thus becoming the battleground as a divided human race fights for survival.

Being patient might help you win a hand at poker, but it certainly won’t help you get ‘Texas Hold ‘em’ for free. All Xbox 360 gamers who log on to Xbox Live Marketplace between 1am Pacific Wednesday, August 23 through 1am Pacific Friday, August 25 can download ‘Texas Hold ‘em’ for free.

The Mark, a first person shooter, is about the real threat from today – terrorism. The war of the 21st century is now being fought; and it’s here. US Marine corps officer Steve Fletcher and top-rated mercenary Austin Hawke join up in a thrilling battle against international terrorism.

Far Cry Instincts Predator includes two games in one – all new Far Cry Instincts Predator content, as well as the original Far Cry Instincts. After a few months, UbiSoft is finally releasing the first update for the next-gen FarCry installment fixing various issues with the game. Read more for details ...

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:

• Tony Hawk’s Downhill Jam [Wii] - Behind the Scenes Trailer #1
• Dark Messiah of Might & Magic - Kill Kevin Trailer #2
• Reprobates - Trailer
• Test Drive Unlimited [X360] - Chevrolet Trailer
• One Piece: Pirates' Carnival [NGC/PS2] - Trailer
• Naruto: Clash of Ninja 2 [NGC] - Trailer #4
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  We will update this throughout the day when new trailers become available. Read more for download links ...

Unreal Tournament 2007 is being developed by North Carolina-based Epic Games. The game promises to blow fans away with the gameplay, modifiability and visuals that Epic's Unreal Engine 3 technology will deliver.

Valve and casual game developer PopCap Games today announced an agreement to deliver PopCap's games via Steam.