Football Manager 2006 is a comprehensive soccer management simulation offering a host of new features, including the ability for managers to negotiate with their board of directors. Ahead of its launch, SEGA has released the first patch for SI's Football Manager 2006 which includes game fixes and enhancements, a data update and a full language pack.

While there has not yet been an official announcement, at the Tokyo Game Show Namco announced a sequel to Baten Kaitos was in the works, with a Japanese release date scheduled for December 2005. Baten Kaitos II takes place 20 years after the original with ll new continents to explore, in addition to locations from the original. You play as Sagi, Milly or Giro on your quest to find the source of a series of unnatural phenomena.

2K Sports today announced that Major League Baseball 2K5: World Series Edition, a special edition of the critically acclaimed baseball video game franchise, has shipped to retailers across North America.

East Front is a high-tech first-person 3D shooter, which takes place in an alternate universe where the fascist Germany won in the Second World War. A soldier of the German Resistance, Karl Stolz, turns out to be involved in the deadly play of mysterious powers, and at stake is control over the entire world.

SEGA of America today announced the release of Shining Force Neo exclusively for the PlayStation2. Featuring stunning anime cut-scenes from Studio 4°C, and a dynamic story spanning more than 40 hours, Shining Force Neo takes the popular Shining Force franchise into the realm of action role-playing.

id Software and Activision today announced the release of two all-new multiplayer maps for DOOM 3 for the Xbox. The new, exclusive levels titled Communications and Surface are readily available for download via Xbox Live and are sponsored by the newly released DOOM 3: Resurrection of Evil for the Xbox.

Groove Games today announced the shipping of the adrenaline-packed, first-person shooter Land of the Dead: Road to Fiddler’s Green, based on George A. Romero’s horror film Land of the Dead.

Empire Earth II: The Art of Supremacy will return gamers to the front lines of the greatest battles in history with new civilizations at their command, new campaigns and a host of new features that make this year's best strategy game more addicting than ever. Bold victories on far-off battlefields, from wintry Russian plains to scorching African deserts, will establish the player's undisputable reputation as the world's greatest leader – past, present and future.

Armada Online is a vast multiplayer universe packed with great gameplay. You take on the role of a starship captain and wage war against a biomechanical alien horde, known as the Armada.

For the first time, Football Manager 2006 will offer fans of Sports Interactive's games an opportunity to experience the highs and lows of virtual football management 'on the go'.