Atari opens the online polls this weekend for its "Want To Be A Car Designer?" contest. The contest invited all novice designers to create an image of their dream concept car. The winner will receive a financial reward of $2,500, and have their design driving alongside cars such as the Lamborghini, Ferrari and Aston Martin as a fully functioning 3D vehicle within Test Drive Unlimited.

Koei Europe announced plans to release Disgaea 2 on PS2 this coming autumn. Loved for its wicked sense of humour, acclaimed for its tactical depth and responsible for more lost hours of sleep than an entire city of dripping taps, over sensitive car alarms and stereos on full bass, Disgaea 2 returns with more of what made the first game such a joy and adds a whole batch of cunning new tricks.

Samurai Warriors 2 is not a major change since its predecessor although the beat'em will feature several changes compared to the original. You will be able to select from 20 characters each offering different ways of fighting, no load times when the action changes from interior to exterior battles, and new combo configurations and better special attacks.

The 2007 Game Developers Conference (GDC) is now accepting submissions for roundtables, tutorials, lectures, panels, and poster sessions, deadline is Friday, July 28. GDC 2007 is scheduled to be held at the San Francisco's Moscone Convention Center March 5-9, 2007.

Kuma Reality Games announced today the release of Kuma War’s 75th episode, “The Death of Zarqawi." Realistically simulating the bold strike that killed al-Queda leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, this latest mission transports players deep behind enemy lines in the middle-east conflict, allowing comprehensive access to the military strategies that brought down the most wanted man in Iraq.

Battle Lord is an adventure game with tactical turn-based battles and role-playing elements. In a fairy tale fantasy world of fearless knights, evil mages, wise kings and beautiful princesses the player controls a hero. Leading their character through the game world, exploring it, commanding armies in battle and accomplishing various quests can mean great reward or huge defeats.

If you still haven't purchased Day of Defeat: Source, you'll get a chance to play the new maps in about a week, as Valve'll be having a second Day of Defeat: Source Free Weekend. The second free weekend will commence at 1:00 p.m. Pacific time on July 7th, and conclude at 1:00 p.m Pacific time on July 10th. Get on Steam and start downloading if you do not have it yet ...

Back in April 2006, Autumn Moon Entertainment announced that it had terminated its contract with publisher Bad Brain, and thus causing a delay for the game overall. Today AME announced that it has signed a new publisher for A Vampyre Story, although its name, nor a release date, have yet to be disclosed.

Armed Assault will reacquaint gamers with the ultimate in realistic, combat gaming, featuring a new engine with a fresh modern setting. Freedom of action and immersive complex environments, blended with a unique touch of total simulation. Originally scheduled for Q1 2006, Bohemia has postponed Armed Assault and pushed the launch date to Q3 2006 instead.