Age of Empires III is an RTS set in 1500 A.D. and chronicles the Age of Discovery that started around the time that Columbus discovered the new world. Ensemble has released the manual version of the v1.06 which adds new features, fixes exploits, bugs, crashes and updates a few maps.

A Texas Hold 'em game that captures the spirit of the professional poker tour, Stacked utilizes an advanced learning artificial intelligence system that adapts to each player's style of play and a detailed tutorial mode to deliver a thrilling and realistic poker experience.

Tyrone McMillan was convincted to seven years in jail for leading police on a high-speed chase through two counties on August 5th of last year. After 55 minutes of hot pursuit he crashed into a few cars, injuring a police officer, all because of a parole violation. McMillan later told police he thought he could outrun them because he played the PlayStation video game Grand Theft Auto.

Crave Entertainment today announced a brand new installment in the popular BMX Franchise, Dave Mirra BMX Challenge for the PSP.

Enemy Territory: Quake Wars pits the armies of Earth against the invading alien Strogg in the ultimate online strategic shooter. Activision revealed today that ET: Quake Wars will be playable at the Activision booth at E3 2006 where they will have a 24 player LAN set up.

Ritual Entertainment is looking for several highly skilled and motivated artists to add to our latest project. Jobs us for grabs are : Art Lead / Art Director, 3D Animators, 3D Environmental Artists. Check out Ritual's Help Wanted section for more information on these, as well as other positions it is looking to fill.

The World Cyber Games today announced that Microsoft Corp.’s Xbox 360 and Games for Windows will sponsor the global tournament through 2008, providing hardware, software, and marketing support for the events.

Namco Bandai announced today that the final chapter in its RPG series, Xenosaga Episode III: Also sprach Zarathustra, is coming to North America fall 2006. As Shion, uncover the future of mankind in a journey to unveil the Gnosis phenomenon and save the galaxy in this exciting conclusion to the Xenosaga trilogy.

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