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 v1.07 which adds new features, fixes exploits, bugs, crashes and a new "The Uknown" map.

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:

• Heroes of Might & Magic V (PC)
• Jaws Unleashed (PS2/Xbox)
• Lemmings (PSP)
• Rockstar Games presents Table Tennis (X360)
• Rogue Trooper (PS2/Xbox/PC)
• Monster Hunter Freedom (PSP)
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  We will update this throughout the day when new announcements become available. Read more for details...

NFL Head Coach, developed by EA Tiburon, is a 3D strategy sports game that challenges gamers to build and manage every aspect of a football team from the ground up, and work with all coaches in the NFL Coaches Club.

ArenaNet and NCsoft announce today that the studio's latest release, Guild Wars Factions, is now the top PC game in North America and Europe. NPD's weekly sales report showed Guild Wars Factions as the number-one-selling PC game for the weeks beginning April 23, 2006 and April 30, 2006.

CDV has entered into two distribution agreements with DreamCatcher Inc. As part of this agreement, DreamCatcher will distribute Glory of the Roman Empire for CDV in North America. Additionally, CDV will exclusively distribute all German language versions of DreamCatcher’s upcoming 2006 video game titles in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

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.

EA has released the Battlefield 2 v1.3 patch adding a co-op mode, allowing you to play single-player levels on the Internet/LAN with AI bots and human players, ability to request air-dropped vehicles at your location, and the usual tweaks, bug and crash fixes...

Electronic Arts and the Jeep brand announced today that they have signed a deal that will give gamers a chance to experience Jeep vehicles in Medal of Honor Airborne as they were found in World War II. The classic Willys-Overland Jeep will appear for extended, action-packed sequences in several missions of Medal of Honor Airborne.

EA informed us that the Battlefield 2 v1.3 patch will be released later today. The new update will add a co-op mode, allowing you to play single-player levels on the Internet/LAN with AI bots and human players, and you will now also be able to request airdropped vehicles at your location. Read more for full patch notes, and check back later for the actual patch ...

Embark on your adventure to become the one mighty ruler of them all and take control of vast worlds, sprawling towns and cities or even control the world's horrific monsters to wreak havoc on your cowering enemies. For the first time ever you can rise to rule them all and with it the true destiny of Chantra is under your control...