Electronics retailer Best Buy has begun testing the sale of used video games in a handful of its stores, Piper Jaffray analyst Anthony Gikas said in a client note on Friday.

Auto Assault combines vehicular combat with role-playing elements. Players explore a post-apocalyptic future in customizable cars, motorcycles, semis and even tanks. Players battle other players both in arenas and in epic race vs. race wars for control of the regions in a devastated Earth.

The Walk of Game is a landmark honoring the icons and pioneers of the videogame industry. This year, The Sims has been nominated for this honor. Winners are selected based on fans' votes. Anyone who registers at the Walk Of Game website can vote at least once a day for the entire month of October, and the final inductee will be announced in November 2005.

Set atop the smoldering ruins of a fictional United States torn apart by civil war, Shattered Union is an action-packed strategy game for console and PC. Gamers will play through an exciting single player campaign to reunite the country by force, or online in one-on-one matches.

EA Europe announced today that will co-publish Namco's Ridge Racer 6 for Xbox 360 in PAL territories. Ridge Racer 6 on X360 comes packed with more than 130 cars and 30 circuits, the most courses in any of the series so far! For the first time ever, it will also feature online compatibility with Xbox Live offering endless hours of drifting excitement.

Ensemble Studios has launched a new community site for Age of Empires fans in order to provide an official location for AoE fans to get the latest news and share information with other players. The new site features all the latest Age news, exclusive interviews and insight into Ensemble Studios and AoE, downloadable content and patches, AoE III statistics pages, and community forums where you can chat, discuss strategies and get information from the game’s designers, artists and programmers.

Call of Duty 2 is an all new epic title which delivers an unparalleled portrayal of the chaos and intensity that was World War II. CoD 2 is powered by a proprietary new engine featuring striking new visuals, advanced A.I. technology, the most realistic squad combat and explosive action in new historic campaigns.

City of Villains will provide players with a chance to play the "bad guy" in the comic-book inspired world created by Cryptic Studios. Take on the role of super-powered villains and create your own character using thousands of power and costume options. Then battle heroes and become a true menace to society while plotting your way to world domination.

Today Ubisoft announced that the Heroes of the Pacific video game for the PS2 and Xbox has shipped for retail; the game will also be available for PC in October 2005. Heroes of the Pacific is a dramatic World War II aerial combat-action game developed by IR Gurus of Australia.

Rogue Galaxy is a fantasy-themed RPG which revolves around the game's main character, Jester Rogue. Players follow Rogue as he planet-hops around space, visiting a number of planets, each with their own unique ecosystem populated by various unusual creatures.