The Battle for Middle-earth II: The Rise of the Witch-king enhances every existing feature and offering players the chance to command the rise of evil in Middle-earth while experiencing the epic battles that took place before those depicted in the films.

Galactic Civilizations II: Dark Avatar adds a gripping new single-player campaign sees the elimination of two of the game’s alien races and the introduction of several others. Stardock plans to significantly extend the feature set of the expansion pack, which has been given a new release date of February 2007.

Ever since last week's BF2142 demo release, the forums have filled up with people complaining about disconnect issues after mere minutes of play, an issue that we also expienced in the closed beta test. "We are aware that some players are experiencing disconnects while playing the Demo. Please know we are running checks and making enhancements to our support systems so that these disconnects can be solved as quickly as possible."

All your favorite DOA girls are back in Team Ninja’s Xbox 360 exclusive, Dead or Alive: Xtreme 2, and ready to battle it out in the tropical waters of Zack’s Island.

Guitar Hero II arrives with a new track list, new venues and additional play modes – including the ability to transform the original Guitar Hero SG Controller into a rhythm, lead or bass guitar. Red Octane expanded the confirmed tracklist to 38, out of a total of 55 expected, songs...

SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs Combined Assault adds an all-new 4-player cooperative play, improved enemy behavior and tactics, and new vehicles and weapons for campaign mode. Command the most feared Special Forces team ever assembled through a single, massive Area of Operation with varied missions spanning across multiple diverse regions.

Starting on Wednesday of next week Valve'll be starting a beta of the new Counter-Strike weapons market. The beta will give some real-world data to start the market going, along with making sure that any issues get fixed before its rolled this out to the entire community. Information on how to join the beta should show up shortly ...

Theatre of War,previously known as WWII RTS and Battlefield Command, depicts stunningly authentic battles of World War II between 1939-1945. Command hundreds of different unit types in 5 historically accurate campaigns (US, UK, Soviet, German, French and Polish).

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.

EA has grabbed the lead spot in the highly-anticipated annual Top 20 Publishers Report, issued by Game Developer magazine, while Nintendo climbs to second, Microsoft slides down the list, Disney's Buena Vista Games and MMORPG publisher NCSoft join the group; Codemasters Drops Out

Data Design Interactive announce that Earache Extreme Metal Racing went gold. Teenage Goth-Metal girl designs extreme metal racing video game based in Hell…. Earache Extreme Metal Racing will feature ten evil Earache racing teams burning a lot more than rubber through hell and other wastelands.

Heretic Kingdoms: Reluctant Hero is sequel to last year's Kult: Heretic Kingdoms RPG. Will you heed your father's wishes, settle down and raise a family, work a job, become a pillar of the community? Or will you take up your father's sword and try to complete the quest he could never complete, earning your own place in legend?

Open Season will allow gamers to relive the humor and adventure of the movie by creating a fun and immersive interactive world that conveys the same comedic storyline, zany characters and artistic images projected in the animated film. This multilangauge demo contains two levels of the game.

Interactive Data Visualization announced that they’ve joined Epic Games’ Integrated Partners Program for Unreal Engine 3. SpeedTree has been fully integrated into Unreal Engine 3 and is now available for licensing directly from IDV.

EA announced today that it has signed a partnership with recording artist, actress, fashion designer and philanthropist Hilary Duff, to make her inaugural video game debut in The Sims 2 Pets games, joined by her beloved Chihuahua Lola.

A mysterious floating island has suddenly appeared over peaceful Yoshi’s Island. Soon after its arrival, a gaggle of kids vanishes from the island school. Thankfully, Baby Mario, Baby Peach and Baby Donkey Kong manage to avoid being kidnapped.

Nearly half a million players got their first taste of Guild Wars Nightfall in last weekend's World Preview Event. Averaging 8.5 hours each over the course of the weekend, players amassed more than 4 million hours of game play, shattering the previous attendance record of 3 million hours set during the Guild Wars Factions preview event earlier this year.

Heatseeker will strap you into the pilot’s seat and deliver an exhilarating white-knuckle ride that’ll have you clutching the joypad as you engage in face-melting 6G turns and fight against a seemingly-impossible amount of airborne enemies.

Blizzard revealed that the WoW: The Burning Crusade Collector's Edition package will come in a special box that contains many exclusive extras to enhance your adventure into Outland, such as behind-the-scenes DVD, exclusive in-game pet: Netherwhelp, map of Outland mouse pad, soundtrack, hardcover art book, 2 WoW trading card game starter packs, plus exclusive cards, and of course the game itself.

Epic and Microsoft Game Studios let fans go behind the scenes to play Gears of War and meet its creators before the game hits store shelves. On October 27, 2006, two lucky winners from the U.S. will join other winners from around the world at Epic Games in Raleigh, North Carolina for a day of exclusive fun.

Codemasters today announced it has signed a non-exclusive agreement with U.S. pro racer Travis Pastrana, the star of this year’s summer X Games and winner of the first ever X Games Rally event, to feature in DIRT: Colin McRae Off-Road, scheduled for release in 2007.

Sam and Max: Season 1: Culture Shock and begins as Sam and Max discover that a group of former child stars have become involved in nefarious deeds. Only the six foot dog and his cunning rabbit companion can unravel the mystery! Telltale revealed a comprehensive pricing plan for Sam & Max: Season 1.

Bigfoot Networks announced it is sponsoring Blizzard's World of Warcraft Gurubashi Challenge Fan Contest taking place Sept.28 - Oct 11, 2006. where it is giving away real gold, silver and copper coins emblazed with the World of Warcraft and Killer Network Interface Cards signature logos.

EA has released yet another patch for its 3D RTS The Battle for Middle-Earth 2, bringing your retail game to v1.06 patch and fixing an issue with the online lobby.

The celebrated arcade-style football franchise is back and better than ever with a new treatment of America's most popular sport. Blitz: The League exposes the harsh and troubling, behind-the-scenes stories of a fictional professional football league.