SSX On Tour allows players to create their own boarder or skier and take them from a wannabe to a mountain rockstar. Players can get noticed in all-new shred challenges where they earn an invitation to The Tour where they'll face the best racers in the SSX cast. Fly down the all-new tracks, and master the new monster tricks for both boarding and skiing to make it to the top of The Charts.

As part of an ongoing effort to deliver the industry's highest-performing PC technology, AMD today announced the immediate availability of the AMD Athlon 64 FX-57 processor, the world's ultimate PC processor for enthusiasts and hard-core gamers. Providing unparalleled PC performance on 3D games and intense applications, the new AMD Athlon 64 FX-57 processor allows power-hungry users to experience the next generation of single-threaded games with intense and realistic graphic resolutions.

The Inquirer is reporting that at a recent NVIDIA press event in Paris, Epic's Mark Rein revealed that Gears of War will not be a Xbox 360 launch title, saying that it's taking its time as it wants to do the great game with great graphics for the Xbox 360. Gears of War blends the best of tactical action games with the best of survival horror titles, thrusting gamers into the harrowing story of humankind's battle for survival against the Locust Horde, creating cinematic, high-definition visuals so intense and powerful, it feels like the gamers are controlling a blockbuster action movie.

Activision Value has released a new patch for Invictus' action/racing game Street Legal Racing: Redline. This update brings your retail game to v2.2.1 and addresses a slew of gameplay adjustments and bug fixes (thanks 3DGamers). Read more for download links ...

Spartan: Total Warrior puts the player in control of a heroic warrior, engulfing the player into the midst of titanic clashes between mighty armies, blending mythical beasts and legendary monsters into the fray. Brutal combat meets epic warfare on the battlefields of the ancient world as you fight for your life, your freedom and your honor.

Blizzard has released yet another new Warcraft III map, this time called "Deathrose"... Map info: "The Deathrose is a rare flower that grows only in the deepest, darkest swamps of Ashenvale. In the hands of a master alchemist, the petals of the flower can be used to create some of the deadliest poisons known to exist in all Azeroth." This is a medium sized map and the suggested no. of players is 2v2 or FFA. It is based on the "Ashenvale" tileset. Go download it here!

Nival Interactive is proud to announce a producing partnership with GameOver-Games to develop the third person adventure game Brave Dwarves: Creeping Shadows.

Another day, another batch of game trailers were released. Instead of giving them all their own posts, we grouped them, and so far there are trailers for :

• Call of Duty 2 [X360] - North Africa Trailer
• Fatal Frame III: The Tormented [PS2] - Trailer
• Rainbow Six 4: Lockdown [Xbox] - Multiplayer Trailer
• Rollercoaster Tycoon3 : Soaked! - Trailer #2
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  We will update this throughout the day when new trailers become available. Read more for download links ...

Devil Kings is a fast-paced action game set against a backdrop of a warring nation as feudal lords battle for land and power. Choose from a selection of heroic warriors and utilize their unique combat abilities to fight on the battlefields and unify the country. Devil Kings possesses compelling gameplay that will have gamers unleashing a variety of devastating attacks to triumph over every enemy.

Shrapnel Games has released a new patch for Koios Works' strategy/RTS Tin Soldiers: Julius Caesar. This update brings your retail game to v1.11 and fixes a crash bug involving retreating armies and makes the game backwards compatible with any minor revisions, allowing you to play multiplayer against people who have version 1.10 (not v1.00). Read more for download links ...