Master strategy in the medieval world as the award-winning board game classic, Carcassonne comes to life on Xbox Live Arcade. The medieval countryside thrives as you and your opponents strategically place your tiles and complete towns, roads, and farms while amassing the most points.

A heroic task awaits you. Just beyond your galaxy, an ancient malevolence has embarked upon a covetous rampage. This demonic juggernaut seeks nothing less than the total enslavement of every world it encounters. Your world could be next. In a letter to applicants, Richard "Lord British" Garrriott revealed that the game is making great progress and will be entering Closed Beta within the next several weeks.

CDV USA's Paradise City is a blended action-RPG and strategy game, developed by Sirius Games, that asks the player to infiltrate a gang-infested city on the Eastern seaboard in order to root out rampant corruption and violence.

Forza Motorsport 2 features authentic simulation physics, bone-jarring damage, photo-realistic graphics, 300 of the world’s hottest cars for you to collect, and licensed tuning and plenty of customization options.

Guitar Hero II arrives with a new track list, new venues and additional play modes – including the ability to transform the original Guitar Hero SG Controller into a rhythm, lead or bass guitar. Various gamers reported an issue with GH II's whammy bar on the guitar controller, which Red Octane recognized, and now the issue apparently has been resolved through an auto-update.

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:

• ArmA: Combat Operations - Trailer
• Theatre of War - Trailer
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Shin’en Multimedia's Nanostray 2 introduces many new features and elements which have never been used in its genre. This includes innovative touch screen features as well as exciting WiFi functions over the internet.

Yesterday Capcom had its annual gamers/press day, where they showed off most of their upcoming titles. We have fresh new screenshots, trailers and announcements for you to check out from the follow games:

• 'Mega Man Star Force' (NDS) Comes in Three Flavors - Screens & Trailer
• 'Monster Hunter Freedom 2' (PSP) - 38 New Screens & Trailer
• Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trials and Tribulations (NDS) Coming to North America - Screens & Trailer
• Mega Man ZX Advent (NDS) Announced - Screens & Trailer
• 'Harvey Birdman: Attorney at Law' (PS2/PSP) Announced
• 'Project Treasure Island Z' (Wii) Announced - Screens & Trailer
• 'Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles' (Wii) - Screens & Trailer
• 'Resident Evil 4 Wii Edition ' (Wii) - Screens & Trailer
• 'Rocketmen: Axis of Evil' (PS3/X360) Announced - Screens & Trailer
• 'Talisman' (PS3/X360/PC) Announced
• 'Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix' (PS3/X360) Announced
• 'Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo HD Remix' (PS3/X360/PC) Announced - Screens & Trailer

Lost Planet is a sci-fi action shooter set within the merciless frozen tundra of a hostile planet, humans struggle for survival as conflicts arise between man, the surrounding indigenous creatures and the monstrous beings that have invaded. The PC version will feature optimized gfx, DirectX9/10 support, better multiplayer lobby, etc.

Capcom confirmed that it has secured the PlayStation format rights to publish official videogames based on the adrenaline fuelled motor sport, MotoGP. The first game to be published under the terms of this agreement will be MotoGP ’07 (working title) due for release this autumn on the PS2.