Outsource Media today announced that it has created the voice of Pac-Man – the world’s most recognised videogame character for publisher Namco Hometek, in the forthcoming Pac-Man World 3. In celebration of the 25th Anniversary of the global gaming icon, Pac-Man’s verbal abilities have been vastly expanded from its two famous sounds – “wocka wocka” - to a full vocabulary with a voice provided by Martin T. Sherman.

Full Spectrum Warrior: Ten Hammers builds upon the ground-breaking, genre-blending game play of the original, integrating an all new robust multiplayer system, player-controlled coalition forces, mechanized units and enhanced character abilities and advanced enemy A.I. Full Spectrum Warrior: Ten Hammers is scheduled to release this winter.

According to NPD's annual gaming report, PS2 and Xbox online gamers indicated an increased willingness to pay for online game play, as well as interest in paying for downloadable content. So while consoles are making gain, PC gamers who play online has experienced a two percentage point decline in usage penetration since last year.

Da Vinci Experience 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.

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.

In a surprise announcement, German publisher dtp revealed today that it has signed True Crime 2 and Tony Hawk: American Wasteland on the PC, scheduled for Q1 2006. No North American announcement, release date, or publisher, has been announced yet. True Crime: New York City will follow gang member turned NYPD officer Marcus Reed through the meticulously re-created streets of a real-life metropolitan area.

Comic Book Creator's Self-Publishing software will allow a gamer or comic book enthusiast the opportunity to "Make Your Own Comic". You, as the artist will now be able to easily self-publish and share your own comic book adventure captured and created from your PC based video game play.

Tri Synergy announced today it has signed a distribution agreement with Cenega to bring UFO: Aftershock to North American retailers. UFO: Aftershock features a vastly improved tactical and RPG design and a wide variety of new features.

The Suffering: Ties That Bind is an action-horror game that emphasizes the disturbing terror of its predecessor, with all-new twisted creatures and a few familiar faces. Midway has released a demo allowing you to try out the Streets South theatre level. Read more for download links ...

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 :

• Age of Empires III - Theatrical Trailer
• The Lord of the Rings Tactics [PSP] - Trailer #2
• Marc Ecko's Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure - Trailer #11
• The Matrix: Path of Neo - Trailer #2
• Need For Speed Most Wanted - Trailer (3)
• RF Online - Trailer #2
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  We will update this throughout the day when new trailers become available. Read more for download links ...