In Final Fantasy XI, players embark on numerous adventures through vast environments in Vana'diel: a persistent world with over a hundred areas to explore, including mountains, forests, glaciers, deserts, oceans, rivers, castles, and dungeons. This December update adds new features, job adjustments, salvage, besieged updates, warping to Sky, and more!

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:

• Dragon Quest IX : Defender Of The Stars [NDS] - Trailer
• The Shield [PS2/PC] - Trailer
• Fuzion Frenzy 2 [X360] - Trailer #6
• Pirates Constructible Strategy Game Online - Trailer
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  We will update this throughout the day when new trailers become available. Read more for download links ...

Meridian4 has signed a multi-title publishing agreement with Cinemax to bring two of their casual titles; Bugs Escape 3D and Gumboy: Crazy Adventures to North America.

SilverBirch Studio's War! is an RTS on the DS that lets you command up to 64 units on each side, and offers both a tactical and combat view using the dual screens.

THQ brings some holiday cheer to its sandbox action game Saints Row. The freely downloadable The Ho Ho Ho Pack (not available in Germany, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, Singapore, Taiwan) adds Santa Claus ensemble to your inventory, including coat, hat, boots and hair, now available for download on Xbox Live Marketplace.

Space Empires V completely updates the user interface, and takes the player into a real-time rendered 3D universe. Watch space battles play out in glorious detail with realistic effects. This v1.20 retail patch, not for the Steam edition, fixes a slew of issues, crashes, and makes a bunch of tweaks.

Much earlier than the 2006 edition, QuakeCon 2007 has already been scheduled for August 2-5, 2007 at the Hilton Anatole Hotel in Dallas, TX, with more gaming, events, exhibits and fun than ever before. This year’s BYOC Area has been expanded with almost twice as many spots, while the exhibit area grew 5 times for more exhibitors. Registration starts 9:00pm EST May 2, 2007, so get in line ...

Virtua Fighter 5 raises the bar for console fighting games including all the features fans know and love plus enhanced gameplay mechanics, additional characters and new fighting styles, as well as newly redesigned 3D environments. VF5 is scheduled for release in North America on Feb. 20, 2007 and Europe early 2007.

EA announced that Bob McMillen, fullback/linebacker of the Arena Football League’s ArenaBowl XX Champion Chicago Rush, will serve as the cover athlete for Arena Football: Road to Glory, the second iteration of the Arena Football franchise.

Space Renegades The Series is a casual top-down 2D space shooter, combining ‘Space Renegades 1’ and ‘Space Renegades 2: Ultimatum,' offering hours of gameplay with 4 levels of difficulty along with tons upgradeable weapons, shields, and much more!