Activision, WXP and Paintball Professional Greg Hastings announced today that, for the first time, Greg Hastings’ Tournament Paintball MAX’D (GHTP) will launch this fall on PS2, with speed and performance exceeding earlier versions.

Spider-Man: Battle for New York allows gamers to take on the role of their favorite Super Hero, Spider-Man, and one of his famed nemeses, Green Goblin, in an original storyline which builds upon their legendary comic book rivalry.

Ubisoft announced that the Dark Messiah of Might and Magic multiplayer open beta will begin on Tuesday, August 29 at 9 a.m (PDT). The public beta will be open to 100,000 people, feature one map (Vradeck's Crossing) and all all character classes, skills, weapons and spells.

Check out the following new screens from Techland's Games Convention 2006 lineup:

• Chrome 2 - Screens & Trailer
• WarHound - Screens
• FIM Speedway GrandPrix 2 - Screens
• Xpand Rally Xtreme - Screens
• Crazzy Soccer Mundial - Screens

Genesis Rising: The Universal Crusade is a futuristic 3D game that uses the best elements of RPGs within the context of a fast moving RTS game, set in a mysterious future universe where organic machines are built using genetic engineering. Originally scheduled for November 2006, it has been pushed back to early 2007.

KOEI announced today Samurao Warriors 2 has gone gold. Samurai Warriors 2 is a beat-'em-up featuring several changes compared to the original. You will be able to select from 20 characters each offering different ways of fighting, no load times when the action changes from interior to exterior battles, and new combo configurations and better special attacks.

With NFL Street 3 you can play your style of football both on the ground and in the air in this newest iteration of the popular NFL STREET franchise. Show off your style and boost your score by performing stunning aerial moves, jumping into the air and collecting special items and game modifiers that hover above the playing field.

Universal Combat: A World Apart uses a new graphics engine, offer high definition first-person character models, new first-person weapon models and classes such as machine guns, fixed gun turrets and several new combat weapons. This patch brings your retail game to v1.00.17 and fixes a multiplayer master gameserver issue.

French developer Cyanide is already working on a new project, Loki, an action/RPG set in a universe inspired by mythology and ancient races such as the Greeks, Vikings, Aztecs and Egyptians.

Check out the following new screens from JoWood's Games Convention 2006 lineup:

• Peacebreakers - Screens & Trailer
• Alpine Ski Racing 2007 (PC)- Screens