Heroes of Might & Magic V will offer a wealth of innovations such as a highly immersive scenario, a variety of appealing factions, modern 3D graphics, a revolutionary tactical combat system, and a story-based campaign mode. Ubisoft has released a singleplayer demo with 3 playable missions (2 campaign missions, 1 custom game), 2 playable races, and 6 presets for Duel game (play on Ubi.com).

The Chronicles of Spellborn is a MMORPG set in the Enclave of the Five Sacrifices. Developed by Dutch studio Khaeon Games, Spellborn uses the Unreal 2.5 Engine, and today it has released an explanation of character statistics

Strategic Command 2 Blitzkrieg adds tons of new features including many player submitted suggestions. This demo features the same 2 campaigns as before, but now also includes an all new Demo Tutorial Guide, the full game manual (153 pages in pdf format) as well as several game tweaks and enhancements.

Down In Flames focuses on tactical fighter to fighter dogfight combat in World War II. The game is turn based, and the action is resolved through a unique 'action - reaction' game mechanic. This demo features the same content as before, but now includes an all new damage system, updated cannon and machinegun effectiveness, improved wingmen AI, new spitfire animations and more.

Atari and Obsidian Entertainment today announced that the official Neverwinter Nights 2 web site has gone live, and is scheduled for a September 2006 release. Neverwinter Nights 2 is set in the popular Dungeons & Dragons Forgotten Realms universe, and will transport players back to the embattled city of Neverwinter.

Blur the lines between game and reality with the return of "The World" - a complex virtual landscape filled with intrigue and mystery. When are you playing the game and when is the game playing you? Real life and game life become intertwined as you play the player killer-hunter Haseo in search of a mysterious character in a vividly created MMO world.

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:

• Auto Assault (PC)
• Samurai Champloo: Sidetracked (PS2)
• Bone: The Great Cow Race (PC)
• Hummer Badlands (PS2/Xbox)
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  We will update this throughout the day when new announcements become available. Read more for details...

Deer Drive is a stage-based 3D action hunting game, tailored for casual players, but with elements appealing to hardcore gamers. With only a firearm for protection, the player must take stand in an environment full of wild animals - whitetail deer trot and gallop, grizzly and moose charge and attack!

Announced earlier this year, Open Season will allow gamers to relive the humor and adventure of the movie by creating a fun and immersive interactive world that conveys the same comedic storyline, zany characters and artistic images projected in the animated film.

Shortly after previous update Firaxis has released another, large, patch for Sid Meier's Civilization IV. This update brings your retail game to v1.61 and includes numerous optimizations for memory usage that should help performance on all machines but are tailored to especially improve performance on machines at or near the minimum specification.