Another day, another batch of games shipped to stores. Instead of giving them all their own posts, we grouped them, and so far there are announcements for:

• The Battle for Middle-earth II: The Rise of the Witch-king (PC)
• MapleStory (PC)
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Lighthouse Interactive and developer VSTEP announced that an Add-On pack is in the works for Ship Simulator 2006, which will feature a.o. 6 new ships, one of them a giant cruise ship capable of carrying thousands of passengers. All new ships are playable in the 2006 version environments and can be used to create new missions.

Ubisoft has released a new patch for its tactical FPS Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter, bringing your retail/download version to v1.35, and addresses various multiplayer issues such as OGR Coop, disconnect problems, stability issues, as well as bug/crash fixes, and other improvements.

Slope Shaiming is a young SCN soldier. Where the WRF survives slope the attack of the Syndicate soldiers, who want to take over control of the area tried in the east of Asia to break in. It decides to create a group, which oppose to the aggressors: the Resistance. This German demo allows you to try out one mission of the full game.

Call of Juarez is situated in 19th-century Wild West America and requires a combination of both intelligent stealth and pure shooting. Techland has released the first patch, bringing your retail game to v1.1.0.0 and adding an anticheat system, some tweaks, and a few multiplayer options.

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. In an interview with Joypad, producer Keiji Inafune revealed he is already thinking about a sequel, in which he would like to add features that did not make it in the upcoming title, such as flying mechs.

Sonic and The Secret Rings stars the Blue dude with the ‘tude on his first solo adventure since the original Sonic The Hedgehog in '91. This intense and exciting action game combines high-speed action with easy to play controls to offer a brand new experience!

In Beer Tycoon you build, staff and manage your very own brewery. Invent new beer recipes from dozens of available ingredients, set them into production, create market leading brands and distribute them to your customers.

Before Hitler attacked Russia, he unleashed the bestiary of his German blitzkrieg on Allied forces in the Aegean peninsula. This patch fixes minor issues and bugs reported since Patch 1, including the bug in the resupply code that prevented supplies from being transferred from air delivered SEPs to on-map Bases.

Announcing the launch of the official website, CDV USA re-confirms that, after selling the license to 10Tacle, it will still publish Digital Reality's 3D alternate history RTS War Front: Turning Point in North America, scheduled for February 19, 2007. In the coming weeks, the site will being showcasing new videos, screenshots, developer commentary and other assets.