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.

Rush for Berlin is a tactical real time strategy game, set on the European battlefields of World War II, during 1944-45. The player's goal; to capture the German capital, as either the British/US/French alliance or the Red army of the Soviet Union. Deep Silver & Paradox will release a multiplayer demo on Thursday May 24th at 9AM PST (6PM Euro time), which we will of course have on our fileserver network as soon as it becomes available.

In each mission of Faces of War, players will be leading a squad of 6 soldiers in a full 3D environment. Through the decisive European battles of World War II, they will be in command of Allied, Soviet and German troops. With innovative new in-game features, two battles will never be fought the same way.

In an interview with Ain't It Cool News, Ritual's VP of development Tom Mustaine revealed that they are looking into bringing its episodic game to next-gen consoles. "We’re gunna do a 360 version at some point in the future. We haven’t finalized those plans yet so I haven’t really announced it yet. But we will be doing it. We also are hoping to be doing a PS 3 version as well. We were looking at Marketplace for the 360 because episodic on Marketplace would make a lot of sense."

Matrix Games released a new patch for its tactical war game, Flashpoint Germany. This update brings your retail game to v1.11 and fixes a Nuclear Option recursion issue and adjusts the Warsaw Pact T-72 tank based on testing.

GRIN revealed today that the first patch for the PC edition of Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter is in the final testing phase, and is scheduled for release this week. GRIN stresses that this v1.10 is a stability patch addressing various issues reported by the community, and otherwise, not to be confused with the scheduled "June" patch which will add new content and additional multiplayer functionality.

Left Behind: Eternal Forces will put players in command of the apocalyptic battles raging in the streets of New York City between the angelic Tribulation Forces and the demonic Global Community Peacekeepers during the End of Days.

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:

• Rush for Berlin - Allied Trailer
• Tabula Rasa - Gameplay Trailer
• Jaws Unleashed [PS2/Xbox/PC] - E3 2006 Trailer
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XS Games revealed today that it has picked up the rights to one of former Acclaim's high-profile titles, The Red Star. Initially scheduled for current-gen platforms, XS Games is currently focussing on the PS2 version, and the fate of the Xbox edition remains to be seen. The Red Star takes place in a parallel fantasy universe in which a mythic empire based on the Soviet Union sets the landscape for an epic battle of militarized sorcery and monolithic technology.

Netamin today announced its first pay-to-play tournament and the launch of Tournaments PRO, where teams compete for cash and other prizes. The inaugural Tournaments PRO event, $5 entry fee, will award each member of the winning team with a PSP.