D3Publisher of Europe today announced its first game for the NDS will be based on Cartoon Network Enterprises (CNE) hit animated series Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi. Use music to defeat your enemies in this new Rock 'n' Roll Brawler.

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:

• Final Fantasy XI: Treasures of Aht Urhgan (PS2/X360/PC)
• StarShift: The Zaran Legacy (PC)
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Rogue Trooper is a mix of intense 3rd person action and next generation stealth elements, with complex line-of-sight AI, multiple game paths, full tactical use of your bio-chip operated equipment and both single- and multiplayer online gameplay.

VUGames announced today that Martin Tremblay has joined as President, Worldwide Studios. In his new role, Martin will be responsible for setting the vision for the company's products, overseeing operations of internal studios, and managing external development relationships.

The war between the Aztecs and the allies was over. The Aztecs, crazed with dreams of ruling the planet, had come up against the steely resolve of the stronger, cleverer Greeks. And, most importantly of all, they'd come up against the Greek god.

id Software has released a new patch for Raven's FPS Quake 4. This update brings your retail game to v1.2 and addresses issues and adds gameplay elements throughout single and multiplayer, voice chat in multiplayer, a forcemodel option, fixed pure server auto-downloading, HTT support, smooth stairjumping and 4 new multiplayer maps. This update also fixes the widescreen issue that plagued the v1.1 patch.

A preliminary rundown of titles on display at E3 reveals companies have plenty of unannounced games that will be on display for the very first time. DreamCatcher has 8 new titles including Painkiller for PS2 and PSP, Auran is working on an MMO Fury, Hudson's first Revolution Flight Game, Buka has 4 new titles, while THQ has a new Warhammer 40K Dawn of War expansion pack Dark Crusade. Read more for additional titles and the first details ...

Revealed last year, VUGames today announced that it has signed FreeStyle Street Basketball, a fast-paced online basketball game where players meet on virtual courts to challenge each other in a dynamic pick-up game environment, featuring cutting-edge music, fashions and gravity defying basketball moves.

Frogster has released the first patch for Load's miniature racing game Mad Tracks, bringing your German retail game to v1.2 and adds match making to facilitate multiplayer gaming.

It has been a busy few weeks with early announcements through online retailers and premature magazine covers, and today seems to be no different. EBGames' online website lists for two new titles in SCE and Zipper Interactive's SOCOM US Navy Seals franchise. SOCOM US Navy Seals Combined Assault for PS2 and SOCOM US Navy Seals Fireteam Bravo 2 for PSP are both scheduled for end of 2006, although a SCEA representative was unable, or not allowed, to give any comment.