A clever mix of strategy and action, Great Invasions plunges you back into Europe of the Dark Ages, a time in history where hundreds of nations and barbarian tribes rush to assault the civilized world, from AD 375 (arrival of the Huns) to AD 1066 (conquest of England by the Normans).

Valve's SteamPowered website has been updated with details on a new Half-Life 2: Deathmatch update plugging multiple cheat exploits, weapon binging, respawn invincibility to prevent spawn camping. Read more for details, or just restart Steam for the effects to take place.

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:

• The Witcher - E3 Technology Trailer
• The Fast & The Furious [PS2] - Trailer
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Raid over the river DS is a vertical shooter in which you play agent Carrie Collins, a pilot in an air strike quick response group of TARPA. The story begins when a tunnel opens on Earth, from which some scouts from a different dimension emerge, set on changing timelines of other worlds for an unidentified purpose.

When Peter Moore revealed a new BC was in the works many gamers hoped for Double Fines' most awesome Psychonauts to be amongst the lucky 20. Alas Big Mutha Truckers beat it to the punch so now Tim Schafer is calling upon the community to email Microsoft demanding them to make one of 2005's best selling titles work on the Xbox 360. Tim even offered Microsoft to fly his engineer and programmers to their offices to help with the conversion, but was turned down saying "Believe us, we have top men working on it now."

At a hearing before the U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection, ESRB President Patricia Vance revealed that it will fine companies up to $1 million for the most egregious offenses. Repeat offenders could get their rating services suspended, heavily impacting sales as most big retailers refuse to carry unrated titles

Blitzkrieg 2: Fall of the Reich is the first stand-alone expansion for CDV's Blitzkrieg 2 historical RTS, and spans three major offensives from the final days of fighting on the Eastern front and covers both the Soviet and German campaigns in the long Siege of Budapest, Fortress Kurland, and the Soviet Operation Bagration.

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest, based on the upcoming Walt Disney Pictures’ film, is a swashbuckling third-person action/adventure. Players will engage in game play that reflects the cunning world of the film franchise -- with an abundance of disloyalty, humor and revenge.

Earlier today there was a congressional hearing discussing video games, its content and laws to prevent minors from purchasing mature content. The Federal Trade Commission said it supports the video game industry's self-regulation of violent content but also stated an undercover sting operation revealed too many U.S. children (43%, down from 69% in 2003) are still able to buy Mature-rated games in stores.

Paradox Interactive announced today the street date for their next PC release, Perimeter: Emperor's Testament. Developed by KDV Games, this sci-fi RTS will ship to stores in North America and Scandinavia on Aug. 29, 2006.