Beginning Sept. 15, 2006, gamers can square off against the world’s best RTS players in the Rise of the Ultimate Champion tournament, sponsored by Intel, ATI, and Logitech. With $100,000 on the line, when the dust settles, the Ultimate Champion will take the lion’s share of $40,000. Equipment from supporting sponsors ATI and Logitech will also be randomly awarded throughout the tournament.

Crash Boom Bang! will allow players to roll the dice and dive into one of 40 action-oriented, outrageously funny, multiplayer mini-games, as they communicate with and bet against opponents through the never-before-seen DS Motion Panel Communicator.

Crave Entertainment today announced World Championship Cards for the PS2 and PSP, featuring over 30 different varieties of classic card games including Bridge, Gin Rummy, Solitaire, Cribbage, Hearts, Spades, Crazy 8's and more! Extensive multiplayer features allow players to compete online or wirelessly against others in the same room.

UT2004 Creative has released a new patch for Epic's sci-fi FPS Unreal Tournament 2004 with weapons sounds and music enhanced, especially to take advantage of the X-Fi card's firepower and 128 voice support. Weapons and music both now use multiple voices for a bigger sound, and three dimensional panning for use with multi-speaker set-ups to surround you with sound.

From the mind of game industry legend Gunpei Yokoi and Q Entertainment, Namco Bandai America announces Gunpey, an exciting, innovative and challenging puzzle game with dynamic music that changes as you play. Gunpey will test your reflexes, stretch your mind and dazzle your senses.

Iocaine Studios today announced their upcoming action-strategy game, ThreadSpace: Hyperbol. Set in the distant future, players will engage in highly tactical multiplayer combat as they control massive gunships capable of firing a large variety of projectiles.

In Mercury Meltdown, sequel to last Archer Maclean’s Mercury, you once again taking control of the liquid Mercury blob, avoiding various obstacles and hazards to reach the end goal.

Ghostlight has signed a European distribution agreement for Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga. Enter the world of the Junkyard, where rival tribes fight an endless war-vying for supremacy and the right to ascend to Nirvana.

UFO: Extraterrestrials, developed by Chaos Concept, is a 3D tactical/strategy title with a rich and compelling sci-fi story.

Take-Two today announced that the Company has received notice from the Securities and Exchange Commission that it is conducting an informal non-public investigation into certain stock option grants made from January 1997 to the present. Take 2 had already initiated an internal review of its option grants, led by a committee consisting of independent board members who have retained independent legal counsel and accountants to assist in the review.