In Pirates of the Caribbean Online you embark on quests for adventure and treasure in an effort to become the Caribbean’s most legendary pirate. Along the way they learn skills and tactics from the notorious Jack Sparrow, helping them forge alliances, hunt for buried treasure, battle evil undead forces and face off against known enemies from the movies. VR Studio's VP Mike Goslin answers some savvy questions ...

SCi announced today that since its launch in April 2006 Tomb Raider Legend has sold over 2.9 million units on all formats, while Hitman Blood Money, launched in May 2006, so far has sold over 1.5 million units. Total Overdose, Conflict Global Storm, Commandos Strike Force, Rogue Trooper and Urban Chaos are all selling well, so SCi is confident of achieving the recently upgraded market expectations of a trading profit of approximately £25 million for the year ended 30th June 2006.

Sonic The Hedgehog melds top-tier animation production values with next generation art, physics and game design to create the most intense, high velocity Sonic adventure yet! Featuring interactive 3D environments, a large cast of new and returning characters, and a blistering sense of speed.

Matrix Games and 2by3 Games today announced Gary Grigsby's World At War: A World Divided, adding a host of new features, such as including spies, neutral country diplomacy, variable political events, unit experience and scenarios that occur after the war as well as starting earlier than the original.

Shenmue Online is a PC MMO Action Role-Playing Game (RPG) based on the Dreamcast Shenmue franchise. SEGA has reached an alliance agreement with JC Entertainment Corp. in Korea to co-develop and co-publish Shenmue Online.

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. Ubisoft is releasing a 2 level singleplayer demo (340mb) on Thursday, which we will of course have on our fileserver network.

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:

• Gothic 3 - Teaser #2
• Tiger Woods PGA Tour 07 [PSP] - Trailer (2)
• Battlefield 2142 - Trailer #6
• Nascar 07 [PSP/PS2/Xbox] - Trailer (2)
• Pirates of the Caribbean Online - Trailer #2
• Rayman Raving Rabbids [ALL] - Bunnies Can't 14 Juillet Trailer
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  We will update this throughout the day when new trailers become available. Read more for download links ...

Ultimate Ghosts 'n' Goblins sees the triumphant return of valiant knight, Sir Arthur, as he must save the princess from the clutches of evil. Specifically recreated from the ground up, witness the evolution of the series with the inclusion of exciting upgrades and new gameplay features, all the while retaining the legendary qualities reminiscent to the property.

Valve's SteamPowered website has been updated with details on a new The Ship patch adding server stability, various balance and game tweaks, and various gameplay fixes. Read more for details fixlist, or just restart Steam for the effects to take place.