Battlefield 2142 is set in the future, the world is plagued by a second Ice Age, and wars have broken out over the remaining territories. EA has released a beta version of the upcoming v1.10 patch, so use at your own risk.

Ubisoft announced The Vikings addon for Blue Byte's strategy 2D to 3D remake The Settlers II: The Next Generation, which will obviously add the Viking race, new campaign with 12 missions, all other races become playable in singleplayer, new quest system, and more.

Warhammer: Mark of Chaos is an RTS game set in the renowned Warhammer world, featuring epic battles within massive landscapes, while offering an astounding level of detail, from a bird's eye view down to the insignias on a warrior's armor. Namco will release the v1.6 patch on Monday which will add new features, fix bugs/crashes, and add a slew of unit/item balance tweaks.

Virtua Tennis 3 gives gamers the opportunity to experience new levels of realism never thought possible on a home console system with enhanced photo-realistic graphics and advanced player animations that perfectly match the behaviour and mannerisms of individual professional players.

Winners were announced tonight during the 4th annual Spike TV Video Game Awards held at the University of Southern California's Galen Center in Los Angeles. Hosted by Samuel L. Jackson, the 2006 Video Game Awards premieres on Spike TV Wednesday, Dec. 13 (10:00 PM-Midnight, ET/PT).

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 :

• Mass Effect [X360] - X06 Walkthrough Trailer
• Supreme Commander - Trailer
• Hellgate: London - Trailer #9
• Sam & Max Episode 2 - Situation: Comedy - Trailer #2
• Final Fantasy Versus XIII [PS3] - Trailer
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EA announced The Sims 2 Seasons, the latest Expansion Pack for The Sims 2 loaded with new seasonal activities for your Sims including snowball fights, chasing fireflies, playing in leaf piles, and more!

BoB II: Wings of Victory recreates the fierce and famous air battles southern England in 1940, allowing the player to act as the supreme commander of either side, or simply fly and let your generals manage the war below. This update brings your retail game to v2.05 and improves load times, stability, and also adds multiskin support, advanced flight modeling etc..

Ever since Valve launched its automatic weapons pricing system, the Desert Eagle has remained popular due to its usefulness, even with an ever increasing price. The Five Seven, P228, and Dual Elites will be tweaked and be made more effective to counter this. Valve also revealed that early next year it will start incorporating in-game ads in Counter-Strike v1.6 through its recent partnership with IGA. Strategically placed billboards will begin featuring carefully selected branding in order to not disrupt gameplay.

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.