An in-house 3D Realms interview with former Apogee developer Jim Norwood (known for Shadow Warrior and Bio Menace) reveals the juicy bit that he is currently working on an RPG for EA, Lord of the Rings: The White Council. After The Third Age, this would be EA's second attempt at developing an RPG set in J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings universe. While there are no details, The White Council is mentioned in the trilogy as a body formed to prevent Sauron from obtaining the One Ring, and includes Gandalf but also Saruman before turning evil. Now that the cat is out of the bag ...

Universal Combat: A World Apart uses a new graphics engine, offer high definition first-person character models, new first-person weapon models and classes such as machine guns, fixed gun turrets and several new combat weapons. This patch brings your retail game to v1.00.11 and adds a new audio engine and various gameplay tweaks.

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 :

• MLB '06: The Show [PS2] - Trailer #2
• MVP 06 NCAA Baseball - Trailer (2)
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  We will update this throughout the day when new trailers become available. Read more for download links ...

Namco Bandai Games today announced Curious George has gone gold. Curious George is about to embark on his biggest adventure ever, as the star of a new animated feature film and his long-awaited videogame debut.

Whether you're musically inclined or musically impaired, Nintendo's new Electroplankton will make you a mixing maestro. The musical experience, launching today exclusively for Nintendo DS, lets users score music by using the touch screen or speaking into the microphone. Sounds can be sampled, manipulated, changed and rearranged to help even novices create engrossing beats and harmonies.

War on Terror is a modern combat RTS game, set against the background of today's greatest threat to world peace – terrorism! Forces clash in believable scenarios, set within real locations across the globe.

X-OOM Software today unveiled X-OOM Music on PSP, a new software suite that records Internet radio directly to the Sony PSP.

Burnout Revenge slams into the Xbox 360 with a suite of new online features set to define next-generation automotive anarchy, jaw-dropping high-definition graphics and the retina-searing speed that the Burnout series is famous for.

Take 2 announced that it has acquired independent developers Irrational Games. Known for such titles as SWAT 4, Tribes Vengeance and Freedom Force, Irrational is currently working on Bioshock for Take Two, scheduled for PC and nextgen consoles, but also SWAT 4 expansion pack for Vivendi.

Rising Kingdoms is an RTS set in a fantasy world, which focuses on empire development and dynamic tactical battles. BlackBean Games has released a new patch for Haemimont's RTS, bringing your European retail game to v1.2 and mainly adds bug, crash and game freeze fixes. Read more for download links ...