Strategy First announce today that Brigade E5: New Jagged Union, developed by Apeiron Co, has officially gone gold, and is due to hit stores in North America October, 2006.

French RTL has been known for releasing several Ski Alpin titles the past few years, and last year JoWood also went downhill with a new Ski Racing franchise. This year however both companies are teaming up to bring us a mix of both their products in Alpine Ski Racing 2007: Bode Miller vs. Hermann Maier.'Alpine Ski Racing 2007' - 3 New Screens

Mastiff is bringing Nihon Falcom’s 3D action-RPG Gurumin: A Monstrous Adventure to North America in the first quarter of 2007, emerging gamers in a vivid fantasy world filled with a colorful cast of characters. Real-time combat and stunning 3D graphics combine with a spirited soundtrack to make Gurumin a fast-paced, immersive, magical adventure.

Namco Bandai announced today that development for its latest PS2 exclusive RPG Tales of the Abyss is complete and scheduled to ship nationwide on October 10, 2006.

Embark on your adventure to become the one mighty ruler of them all and take control of vast worlds, sprawling towns and cities or even control the world's horrific monsters to wreak havoc on your cowering enemies. For the first time ever you can rise to rule them all and with it the true destiny of Chantra is under your control...

A new study by copy protection company ECD Systems revealed that buyers of PC games believe that copy protection is not an impediment to game purchases, although 72 percent of consumers are “not actively avoiding” buying games that have copy protection, meaning 28% do...

In Wargaming.net and Akella's turn-based strategy Inhabited Island: Battlefield the battle takes place on Saraksh planet, where four armies (Khonties, the Land of Fathers, Island Empire and Southern barbarians) go toe-to-toe on field of action.

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:

• Sprint Cars: Road to Knoxville (PS2/PC)
• Pacific Storm (PC)
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  We will update this throughout the day when new announcements become available. Read more for details ...

What if what you do as a player in a game impacted your real world? What is reality? .hack, a sci-fi fantasy RPG, has pursued this innovative concept in the previous 4-part series where “The World” was ultimately destroyed. Years after the events of the first .hack series, “The World” was rebuilt.

Aspyr Media announced that the North American version of The Guild 2 PC game has gone gold, continuing in the way of its predecessor by offering players the opportunity to control the fate of generations of a large dynasty during the Middle Ages.