Activision announced today that two of its games were honored at the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences' Ninth Annual Interactive Achievement Awards Call of Duty 2: Big Red One earned "Outstanding Achievement in Story and Character Development" and The Movies was named "Simulation Game of the Year."

Fire Department 3 takes the accurate portrayal of the fire fighter's realm to the next level thanks to a new technological platform that allows for an incomparably rich and realistic game experience.

Day of Defeat: Source is the latest version of the WWII online action game from Valve. This weekend, everyone is invited to try DoD: Source for free. Join the ranks as Axis or Allies troops located in Western Europe during the height of the war in 1944. All you need to do is install Steam, and you're good to go...

Ninety-Nine Nights is a fantasy action game that mixes action game with strategy elements. You control a massive army that is challenged by hordes of enemies, in a multi-angle scenario, where you can assume the role of various characters and see the game world from totally different points of view.

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 :

• Auto Assault - Final Trailer
• Empire Earth II: The Art of Supremacy - Behind the Scenes #3
• Battle of Europe: Royal Air Forces - Trailer #2
• Dungeons & Dragons Online: Stormreach - Characters Pack
• Pursuit Force [PSP] - Story Trailer
• Rise & Fall: Civilizations at War - Trailer #9
• Rush for Berlin - Trailers (2)
• Samurai Warriors: State of War [PSP] - Trailer
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  We will update this throughout the day when new trailers become available. Read more for download links ...

Valve has changed the Half-Life 2: Aftermath name to Half-Life 2: Episode One, and will release content in a series of episodes according to GameSpot. Similar to Ritual's SiN Episodes, Valve will use its Steam content delivery to offer several episodes instead of full addons, according to Valve' Doug Lombardi. An estimated released date for Half-Life 2: Episode One was not revealed.

Project-Zero has released the long in development new patch for Jowood's online shooter Soldner: Secret Wars. This update brings your retail game to v33668 and adds new weapons, maps, optimized portal and netcode, balances all weapons and vehicles to encourage teamplay.

UPDATE: An updated patch/server has been released addressing an installation issue.

Eidos Interactive today confirms that Commandos Strike Force, developed by Pyro Studios, will be released on April 4th, 2006 on PS2, Xbox and PC in North America.

LucasArts and TT Games today announced their plans to release LEGO Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy, the sequel to one of the best-selling video games of 2005. Created by TT Games and developed by Traveller's Tales, LEGO Star Wars II is slated for release this fall across seven platforms.

Fight Night Round 3 brings the most intense boxing experience to gamers. Film-quality graphics showcase devastating punch impacts unparalleled in any game or film. On the way to becoming boxing's greatest legend, train to fight like the best including Muhammad Ali or create a boxing style unique only to your boxer.