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.

In “Painkiller: Hell Wars,” gamers play the role of Daniel Garner, who after an unfortunate car accident is trapped between Heaven and Hell. To escape purgatory and find his salvation, he must fight mobs of hellish monsters to stop an imminent Unholy War.

Atelier Iris 2: The Azoth of Destiny is a sequel RPG to Atelier Iris: Eternal Mana for the PS2. Atelier Iris 2 takes synthesizing to a new level, with new game play, features, and improved graphics, create, customize, and enhance your items and weapons. Experience an epic adventure that crosses two different worlds. And battle evil to save the world from utter destruction.

COR Entertainment has released Alien Arena 2006: GE, which features a host of new features and improvements, including 9 new maps, alt-fires for every weapon, a brand new vehicle(hovercraft), increased visibility, and improved bot AI. Alien Arena 2006 GE has five gamemodes, including DM, TD< CTF, All Out Assault, and Deathball, as well as five different mutators that can be applied.

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.

Today 3D Realms posted their latest installment in the weekly Prey update in Human Head Software's Prey Project Lead Chris Rhinehart talks about what's been going on the past week, mostly bug fixes, 3DR & 2k Games' input, new features, optimizing the game tweaking, feedback on the recent press tour etc..

SEGA announced today that Sonic Riders went gold and will be shipping to retailers in North America on Feb 21, 2006. Sonic Riders integrates extreme sports, high-speed racing and head-to-head battles, and offers a new racing experience with Sonic.