GameFactory and Monolith Studio officially announce a new agricultural real-time strategy game Jagged Farm: Birth of a Hero, built using the Officers engine.

Pro Cycling Manager 2006 is the latest edition in Cyanide Studio's long running cycling manager. For the first time in the life of the Cycling Manager series, the German T-Mobile team will be present, making Discovery Channel the only Pro Tour squad not available in PCM 2006.

Guitar manufacturer Gibson is offering experienced PS2 Guitar Hero players the opportunity of a lifetime: to play the game on stage at the Download Festival, a rock concert headlined by bands such as Tool, Metallica and Guns And Roses.

Airline Tycoon 2 sees the player take the reins of an airline which they must bring to financial success. As well as managing staff, buying new aircraft and opening up new air routes, players must deal with crabby passengers and engage in corporate espionage against their competitors.

Bright, refreshing and compulsive, LocoRoco plunges you into a colourful world where jelly-like creatures sing, roll and bounce their way through levels to reach their goals.

Already revealed a few weeks ago, Midway today announced a publishing agreement with Cyan Worlds to bring Myst to the PSP. Over a decade since PC adventurers first sampled the delights of Myst’s emotive and visual feasts, the new handheld development will engage the player like never before and literally take them to another world.

Midway announces today that Rise & Fall: Civilizations at War has gone gold and is scheduled to ship to U.S. stores on June 12. Rise & Fall: Civilizations at War is a detailed RTS game that lets players completely command one of the four mightiest empires of the ancient world: Greece, Rome, Egypt, and Persia.

It has been much talked about, especially over the past few days, and it finally seems to be taking shape. A new Xbox 360 update is scheduled to take effect in the next week and will include the highly anticipated background downloading, boot to the dash option, a much-improved Marketplace, DVD playback tweaks, as well as various other new features and enhancements.

As society succumbs to a worldwide energy crisis, a new global depression takes hold. Amidst this desperate backdrop, two superpower alliances emerge. Join the battle on the frontlines of tomorrow as the Western Coalition or the Red Star Alliance.

Matrix Games has released a PureSim Baseball 2007 demo covering a limited number of seasons compared to the 105 (1900-2005) that can be played in the full version. A v1.1 update for the retail game has also been released, resolving a number of minor issues in the original release, this update adds full expansion support for player leagues as a free new feature.