Media analysts Screen Digest's latest research revealed that the market value for MMOGs outside Asia hit $1 billion for the first time in 2006. While subscription services continue to dominate in the West accounting for 87% of the market, new business models like virtual item sales and in-game advertising have also made their mark during the year.

Afterfall is a postapocalyptic computer role-playing game set in Central Europe, destroyed in the course of a nuclear war, introducing you into a story of a search for identity. You are going to become the protagonist of a tale about the rebuilding of the lost order. You are going to create the greatest legend of the wastelands.

Dark Sector is Digital Extreme's new sci-fi/action game. Not many details are available at this point so these new screens will have to speak for themselves.

Dark Crusade features two new playable races, an all-new single player campaign centering on the conquest of a meta-map, with each territory captured giving tangible rewards to the occupying force. THQ has released the v1.20 patch, adding new maps, tweaking the various factions, and fixing bugs and crashes.

DIRT: Colin McRae Off-Road is set to be the most diverse and exhilarating off-road racing experience ever with sensational gravel, mud and dirt events the world over.

Electronic Arts plans to make an equity investment in Korea-based online gaming company, Neowiz Corporation, and expand the existing co-development and publishing relationship with that company.

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. The 550 mb singleplayer demo is coming later today, stay tuned...

Hellgate: London is an RPG set in the immersive first-person perspective. With a completely randomized world that offers a unique experience every time you play, Hellgate: London introduces a demon-ridden place where the last survivors of the human race must meld science and magic to survive.

Capcom announced that Devil May Cry 4, already in development for PS3, is now also in development for Xbox 360 and for PC, each version of the game will be maximized to take advantage of the systems' strengths, leading to a breath-taking visual and gameplay experience.

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:

• Eyeshield 21 [Wii] - Trailer
• World of Chaos - Trailer #5
• Opoona [Wii] - Trailer
• SKATE [PS3/X360] - Mike Carroll Trailer
• Armored Core 4 [PS3/X360] - Launch Trailer
• Mercenaries 2 [PS2/PS3/X360/PC] - Story Design Trailer
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  We will update this throughout the day when new trailers become available. Read more for download links ...