Rise & Fall: Civilizations at War is a detailed RTS game letting you completely command one of the four mightiest empires of the ancient world: Greece, Rome, Egypt, and Persia. This patch brings your US/UK/German and French retail game to v1.13, although details as to what exactly it fixes are not available at this point.

Caesar IV takes the city-building genre into the 21st century, with new gameplay and features, and a cutting edge 3D graphics engine developed specifically for the title. Sierra/Vivendi will release a singleplayer demo on August 16, 2006, which we will, of course, have available on our fileserver network

Dead Head Fred draws players into an original alternative universe as they embark on a quest for vengeance to solve their own murder by using the decapitated heads of enemies to battle through environments designed to showcase each head’s unique abilities.

Aspyr signed two new titles for North American distribution. 1701 A.D. is a 17th century empire-building simulation in which you transform a small colony into a flourishing civilization through exploration, trade and military conflict. ParaWorld is an RTS game set in a parallel, prehistoric world, where warring tribes use mighty dinosaurs and other creatures to wage brutal combat.

Sony London's PSP-exclusive Gangs of London is an all-new spin-off title takes the setting and criminal themes of the legendary Getaway franchise but offers gamers a whole new handheld gang warfare experience.

Simutronics announced today its first licensee for its new HeroEngine, a complete integrated platform for development of MMORPGs. Bioware Austin will be using the development suite for its upcoming MMO project.

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:

• Dead Rising (Xbox 360)
• D1 Grand Prix (PS2)
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In Dark Messiah of Might and Magic, players will be introduced to the world of Ashan, the new setting for all future Might & Magic games. Ashan is a dark and unforgiving world, scarred by a bloody history and threatened by an apocalyptic prophecy: the Dark Messiah. This massive demo allows you to try out a tutorial and the first map of the game.

Sierra announced F.E.A.R. Combat, the new multiplayer component from F.E.A.R, featuring 10 modes, 19 maps, which will be available as a free download on Thursday, August 17th, 2006.

Namco Bandai Games announced today Mobile Suit Gundam, a sci-fi action game with stunning high-definition graphics, promising gorgeous Mobile Suit battles and the opportunity to participate in thrilling epic battles taking place on the futuristic Earth.