JoWooD Productions announces the Line-Up for 2006 which will be presented at E3 in Los Angeles. JoWooD is focusing especially on two titles: Gothic 3 and The Guild 2 which will be released in the second part of the year. Additionally to these highlights, three new JowooD Products will celebrate their premiere, said to be JoWooD's first episodic content game Dogs of War, the Panzer Elite Action standalone addon Shifting Dunes and presumable the next chapter in the Spellforce franchise.

The Stalin Subway is a realistic first-person shooter which is set in Stalin's Moscow of fall 1952. Iosif Stalin, the General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of USSR is now 72 years old, and a group of military officials of high rank decides that the Generalissimo is weak and the power can be taken away from him.

THQ has released some details about the upcoming v1.5 patch for Relic's 3D RTS Dawn Of War/Winter Assault, adding unit balancing, interface enhancements, some optimizations and bug fixes. This preliminary list is still a under construction and is based on current work, so not final in any way (thanks Relicnews). Read more for details...

Heroes of Might & Magic V will offer a wealth of innovations such as a highly immersive scenario, a variety of appealing factions, modern 3D graphics, a revolutionary tactical combat system, and a story-based campaign mode. Next week Ubisoft will release a 680mb singleplayer demo with 3 maps, last map from Human campaign at Haven city; first map from Hell campaign; one skirmish map with beating hero Maeve (thanks Tiscali). We will of course have it available on our fileserver network when it gets released.

The past week has been pretty productive in terms of demo releases, so in order to make it easier for people to track down their favorite game, here is a quick roundup of what was released in the past week :

• Abyss Lights: Frozen Systems - Alpha Demo
• Emergency 4 - German Demo
• Astronoid - Trial/Demo Client
• Strategic Command 2 Blitzkrieg - Demo
• Refuse: Home, Sweep Home! - Russian Demo

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The Secrets of Da Vinci: The Forbidden Manuscript is a major adventure and investigation game, the first game created about the life and work of Leonardo da Vinci. It offers players the opportunity to grapple with the mysteries of the codes hidden within the works of the great Italian genius.

Get ready to swing into action in Total Pro Golf. Total Pro Golf puts you in charge of your golf career, allowing you to fully customize golfers, sponsors, courses, and scheduling.

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:

• X-Men: The Official Game [ALL] Trailer
• Winning Eleven 10 [PS2] - Trailer (2)
• Zegapain XOR [X360] - Trailer
• Table Tennis [X360] - Trailerpack
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  We will update this throughout the day when new trailers become available. Read more for download links ...

Abyss Lights: Frozen Systems is a space-based fly 'n' shoot-style 3D game with a first-person view mode in style of the legendary old titles FreeSpace and Wing Commander. Its stirring storyline is combined with spectacular graphics, supported by unique spaceship designs and movie-like special effects.

Atlus U.S.A. today announced the acquisition of the North American publishing rights to Battle B-Daman and Battle B-Daman 2. Both games are based on the popular animated program "Battle B-Daman," the second season of which debuts on American television later this year.