Ritual Entertainment is looking for several highly skilled and motivated artists to add to our latest project. Jobs us for grabs are : Art Lead / Art Director, 3D Animators, 3D Environmental Artists. Check out Ritual's Help Wanted section for more information on these, as well as other positions it is looking to fill.

The World Cyber Games today announced that Microsoft Corp.’s Xbox 360 and Games for Windows will sponsor the global tournament through 2008, providing hardware, software, and marketing support for the events.

Namco Bandai announced today that the final chapter in its RPG series, Xenosaga Episode III: Also sprach Zarathustra, is coming to North America fall 2006. As Shion, uncover the future of mankind in a journey to unveil the Gnosis phenomenon and save the galaxy in this exciting conclusion to the Xenosaga trilogy.

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. Ubisoft has released a singleplayer demo with 3 playable missions (2 campaign missions, 1 custom game), 2 playable races, and 6 presets for Duel game (play on Ubi.com).

The Chronicles of Spellborn is a MMORPG set in the Enclave of the Five Sacrifices. Developed by Dutch studio Khaeon Games, Spellborn uses the Unreal 2.5 Engine, and today it has released an explanation of character statistics

Strategic Command 2 Blitzkrieg adds tons of new features including many player submitted suggestions. This demo features the same 2 campaigns as before, but now also includes an all new Demo Tutorial Guide, the full game manual (153 pages in pdf format) as well as several game tweaks and enhancements.

Down In Flames focuses on tactical fighter to fighter dogfight combat in World War II. The game is turn based, and the action is resolved through a unique 'action - reaction' game mechanic. This demo features the same content as before, but now includes an all new damage system, updated cannon and machinegun effectiveness, improved wingmen AI, new spitfire animations and more.

Atari and Obsidian Entertainment today announced that the official Neverwinter Nights 2 web site has gone live, and is scheduled for a September 2006 release. Neverwinter Nights 2 is set in the popular Dungeons & Dragons Forgotten Realms universe, and will transport players back to the embattled city of Neverwinter.

Blur the lines between game and reality with the return of "The World" - a complex virtual landscape filled with intrigue and mystery. When are you playing the game and when is the game playing you? Real life and game life become intertwined as you play the player killer-hunter Haseo in search of a mysterious character in a vividly created MMO world.

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:

• Auto Assault (PC)
• Samurai Champloo: Sidetracked (PS2)
• Bone: The Great Cow Race (PC)
• Hummer Badlands (PS2/Xbox)
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  We will update this throughout the day when new announcements become available. Read more for details...