2K and Firaxis Games announced that Sid Meier's Railroads! for PC has gone to gold master and will be available at stores in North America on October 17 and in Europe on October 27.

Armed Assault features a new engine with a fresh modern setting, and will reacquaint gamers with the ultimate in realistic, combat gaming. Freedom of action and immersive complex environments, blended with a unique touch of total simulation.

THQ has released the Euro versions of the first patch for its 3D WWII RTS Company of Heroes. Like the North American edition, this v1.2 patch fixes connection problems, SLI performance, exploits, and various other issue and crashes.

The Settlers II: The Next Generation is the remake of BlueByt's 2D classic Settlers 2, making the jump to 3D. Ubisoft has released the first patch making gameplay adjustments, fixing bugs, tweaking the editor, but also adding new features such as save option in multiplayer and new maps.

Stardock Entertainment has signed an agreement to publish Ironclad Games’ real-time space strategy game, Sins of a Solar Empire, coming August 2007. Unfolding the fate of three unique factions, Sins of a Solar Empire is the first chapter in an epic science fiction saga.

Fall of the Reich is the first stand-alone expansion for Blitzkrieg 2, and spans three major offensives from the final days of fighting on the Eastern front and covers both the Soviet and German campaigns in the long Siege of Budapest, Fortress Kurland, and the Soviet Operation Bagration.

The Xfire online game community will soon be open to game players on the PS3, with built-in Xfire features available in SOE's Untold Legends: Dark Kingdom, allowing gamers to track when friends are playing Dark Kingdom online as well as chat with players on either a PC or a PS3.

Buena Vista Games announced an agreement to license Emergent's Gamebryo Element game engine and toolset for use in developing multiple, yet unannounced, next-generation BVG titles for the PS3 and Xbox 360.

Horse Racing Manager 2 is a sport management and horse racing game. It was designed for management game fans as well as riding and horse racing aficionados.

Konami announced a partnership with Reebok for Pro Evolution Soccer 6 title. The deal will see Reebok branding displayed within the football title, and working with Konami throughout the game’s marketing and promotional campaigns.