Atari revealed that the PC edition of its online racing game Test Drive Unlimited will ship with Hardcore Mode, unlockable when you reach Champion status in the game. The new mode will also be available on the Xbox 360, included in the upcoming patch #3 on Xbox Live.

TLotR: Shadows of Angmar will allow players to forge heroic legacies in the War for Middle-Earth, experience an evolving persistent recreation of Tolkien's fantasy realm where you can establish their unique reputations, and discover and wield legendary weapons in strategic battles, while adventuring solo or in Fellowships.

Midway announced that it has shipped more than 1.8 million units worldwide of Happy Feet the videogame based on the Warner Bros. Pictures blockbuster feature film, Happy Feet, which released in the U.S. on November 17th and has grossed more than $326 million at the box office.

The Adventure Company announced it will publish Broken Sword: The Angel of Death in North America, but renamed as Secrets of the Ark to better appeal to the NA adventure gaming market, and to reflect the mystery at the heart of the adventure, the Ark of the Covenant.

Meridian4 announced that it has signed Big Blue Bubble's fast-paced, addictive ‘match 3’ puzzle concept game Pop-A-Tronic to retail and online markets in North America and Worldwide.

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.

Europa Universalis III delves deeply into the areas of exploration, trade, warfare and diplomacy and is an epic strategy game where players take control of a nation and guide it through the ages to become a great global empire. Paradox revealed it will release a demo on January 17, 2007, at 9AM PST, which we of course will have on our fileserver network.

The Godfather The Don's Edition (PS3) includes The Corleone Expansion Pack with new gameplay and missions while The Godfather Blackhand Edition (Wii) gives an enhanced combat experience with Wiimotion-based Blackhand Control

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. provides players with dynamic gameplay of fast and tough combats, where you are to oppose smart & dangerous enemies, a large set of diverse weaponry, possibility to control machinery, detailed and interactive game world, story-driven single player with original team gameplay, and multiplayer with numerous modes.

U.S. sales figures released by the NPD Group confirmed a red-hot launch for Nintendo's new Wii system, and the crowning of the portable Nintendo DS as the best-selling video game device of any type for both the holidays and all of 2006.