Viacom today announced that it has reached a definitive agreement to acquire online gaming community Xfire, Inc. for $102 million in cash.

Enemy Territory: Quake Wars pits the armies of Earth against the invading alien Strogg in the ultimate online strategic shooter. Activision today revealed the available player classes for the GDF and Strogg.

Set in the year 2020, years before the original Perfect Dark, Perfect Dark: Zero reveals the origins of Joanna Dark, one of the most lethal special agents. Microsoft and Rare today announced that a free demo will be available via Xbox Live allowing you to play the Outpost in solo mode, split screen co-op, or Xbox Live. There will also be a free update with eight new bot personalities, and a premium (paying) package with 4 new multiplayer maps.

X-Men: The Official Game ties in with the upcoming movie X-Men: The Last Stand and provides the backstory. The new X-Men game, written by screenwriter Zak Penn and comic book writer Chris Claremont, lets you play as either Wolverine, Nightcrawler, or Iceman.

Maelstrom is a groundbreaking strategy action epic which takes place on a devastated future Earth. In the wake of an apocalyptic ecological disaster, the planet is threatened by an alien invasion, thus becoming the battleground as a divided human race fights for survival.

NCsoft celebrates its fifth year at E3 with demonstrations of its most diverse offering of MMO game titles and multiplayer products at this year’s show. From the creative minds at NCsoft's Seoul development studios, Aion promises to amaze with its stunning visuals and gameplay that offers unprecedented freedom of movement to player characters.

StarShift is a turn-based online strategy game which takes place in a fictional universe. StarShift is a twisted game where you can back-stab your allies, corrupt your enemies and mess with everybody else! Codeco has released a demo allowing you to try out a tutorial and LAN multiplayer.

THQ announced its 2006 video game lineup based on Nickelodeon's top brands for kids. Games based on Nickelodeon's highly rated television series SpongeBob SquarePants, Avatar: The Last Airbender, both scheduled for multiplatforms including Nintendo's next-gen console Revolution.

Another day, another batch of games shipped to stores. Instead of giving them all their own posts, we grouped them, and so far there are announcements for:

• Rampage: Total Destruction (NGC/PS2)
• DinoHunters (PC)
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Sony London's PSP-exclusive Gangs of London is an all-new spin-off title takes the setting and criminal themes of the legendary Getaway franchise but offers gamers a whole new handheld gang warfare experience.