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 ...

Battles of Prince of Persia is a card based action game situated between Sands of Time and Warrior Within. Scheduled for released this holiday season, Battles of Prince of Persia will have you command units and troops by means of a Tactics interface, and controls fights by means of a card based battle system utilizing specific rules.

Valve's SteamPowered website has been updated with details regarding the latest Rag Doll Kung Fu update through its online delivery system Steam. This release addresses a camera issue, adds chat log, mouse sensitivity can now be saved, missing text bug fix, and online server list has many improvements, including search for friends, and various filters. Just restart Steam for the effects to take place.

In reaction to German publisher Frogster seizing its Bet on Soldier support, UK publisher Digital Jesters announces that both DJ and BoS developer Kylotonn will continue support for Bet on Soldier: Blood Sport with patches, compatibilty issues and anything else that crops up in the future. Claiming Frogster did their statement in error, a retraction or clarification is said to be announced soon.

Black Bean announced today it will expand its strategy lineup with Space Empires IV and Stary fury, to be released as a bundle pack by the end of 2005.

Lumines creator Tetsuya Mizuguchi has unveiled his newest PSP creation, Every Extend Extra. As with most of his other titles gameplay and music are closely intertwined and are equally important in the game experience. E3 is a mix between shoot'm up and strategy, as you have to provoke chain reactions by avoiding enemy fire. Not too many details were disclosed yet, but Every Extend Extra is expected in Japanese stores January 2006, so more will be revealed in the near future.