Enemy Territory: Quake Wars pits the armies of Earth against the invading alien Strogg in the ultimate online strategic shooter. Activision today revealed the available player classes for the GDF and Strogg.

NCsoft celebrates its fifth year at E3 with demonstrations of its most diverse offering of MMO game titles and multiplayer products at this year’s show. From the creative minds at NCsoft's Seoul development studios, Aion promises to amaze with its stunning visuals and gameplay that offers unprecedented freedom of movement to player characters.

THQ announced its 2006 video game lineup based on Nickelodeon's top brands for kids. Games based on Nickelodeon's highly rated television series SpongeBob SquarePants, Avatar: The Last Airbender, both scheduled for multiplatforms including Nintendo's next-gen console Revolution.

Revealed earlier this month, Namco Bandai today announced Mobile Ops:The One Year War, a next-gen mechanized shooter exclusively for the Xbox 360 featuring beautifully detailed graphics, a wide array of giant mobile suits, and intense multi-player combat to deliver an exhilarating experience in mechanized warfare.

Meridian4 today announced an online distribution deal for its upcoming action game Shadowgrounds via Steam, Valve’s online platform for digital content distribution and management.

The Battle for Middle-earth 2 v1.03 patch is scheduled on April 25, and will include numerous technical fixes, increased de-sync fixes, extensive balance changes, and the addition of five brand new multiplayer maps - all new locations to BFME 2, and one of which is the return of a popular BFME 1 multiplayer map, Fords of Isen. Read more for balance details ...

Akella's Empire Above All is an action-RTS that blends traditional features of the genre with tactical and arcade elements for an immersive, dynamic, intellectual gameplay. Empire Above All is the story of one of infinite heroes of the war of Humanity against the Alien outer space.

EA's Project Gray Company is a next-gen RPG where the action takes place in a massive open world allowing you to go anywhere you want, and the characters in this world are powered by an incredible simulation based on the same technology used by the makers of The Sims 2. The story of the game is built around a series of Story Quests, which you can choose to follow, embark on a range of other types of quests, or set off on your own adventures in the massive open world environment.

Dungeons & Dragons Online provides you with the definitive online D&D experience, complete with dramatic dungeon crawling, terrifying monster combat and challenging puzzles, character advancement and guild-based power struggles. Turbine announced that the Dungeons & Dragons Online: Stormreach free 7-day trial is now available for download.

Urban Chaos: Riot Response, previously known as Zero Tolerance, is a high velocity, first person shooter where the player confronts real terror in an American city. Eidos today announces that Urban Chaos: Riot Response will be released in Europe on May 19th and North America on June 13, 2006.

Already available on PC since yesterday, Ubisoft announced today that three new skirmish (co-op) maps for Brothers In Arms Earned In Blood are available for free download via Xbox Live for owners of the title. The three new maps include two American skirmish missions, "Into the Farm" and "Across the Marsh," and one German mission, "Flanked From Above."

After Daxter made an appearance on the PSP, it seems the Ratchet & Clank franchise makes its way to the handheld as an all-new action platformer. This exciting adventure comes equipped with an enormous variety of inventive weapons and gadgets that are still not fit for this world!

VUGames announced today that Martin Tremblay has joined as President, Worldwide Studios. In his new role, Martin will be responsible for setting the vision for the company's products, overseeing operations of internal studios, and managing external development relationships.

A preliminary rundown of titles on display at E3 reveals companies have plenty of unannounced games that will be on display for the very first time. DreamCatcher has 8 new titles including Painkiller for PS2 and PSP, Auran is working on an MMO Fury, Hudson's first Revolution Flight Game, Buka has 4 new titles, while THQ has a new Warhammer 40K Dawn of War expansion pack Dark Crusade. Read more for additional titles and the first details ...

It has been a busy few weeks with early announcements through online retailers and premature magazine covers, and today seems to be no different. EBGames' online website lists for two new titles in SCE and Zipper Interactive's SOCOM US Navy Seals franchise. SOCOM US Navy Seals Combined Assault for PS2 and SOCOM US Navy Seals Fireteam Bravo 2 for PSP are both scheduled for end of 2006, although a SCEA representative was unable, or not allowed, to give any comment.

Brothers In Arms: Earned In Blood features a new single-player narrative, new multiplayer missions, an all-new cooperative-style game mode, and new weapons and vehicles. Ubisoft has released a new patch for Gearbox's WWII based FPS bringing your retail game to v1.03 and basically adds 3 new skirmish maps to the game. Whether or not this patch also fixes any bugs or crashes is not known at this point.

PCGamer promised a return of the biggest RTS franchise, and in the upcoming June issue they deliver. Command & Conquer 3 is upon us, and according to the PCG front cover scans (US version, not UK) its all about a new race, new story, and a new war. Set in the Tiberium Universe, Kane is back, and apparently FMVs will be back. There are no specific details yet as to the contents, 2007 release date, but apparently an official announcement is due soon, and we will of course have coverage on it live from E3 in Los Angeles next month.

Rockstar Games announced today that Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories for PS2 will be in North American stores on June 6th, 2006 for the MSRP of $19.99 and will hit European retail shelves on June 9th, 2006 for EUR 29.99 and GBP 19.99 in the UK.

eGames today announced a partnership with Pixel After Pixel to bring the exciting new undersea adventure, Deep Sea Tycoon: Diver’s Paradise, to North America this June. The PC game is a sequel to the classic Deep Sea Tycoon, offering a visually stunning new underwater world for gamers to explore.

In a community update, EA reveals more details on the upcoming BFME 2 v1.03 patch, "patch 1.03 for The Battle for Middle-earth 2 is in its final testing stages and should be ready for launch very soon. The patch will include numerous technical fixes, increased de-sync fixes, extensive balance changes, and the addition of five brand new multiplayer maps - all new locations to BFME 2, and one of which is the return of a popular BFME 1 multiplayer map, Fords of Isen." It also reveals patch 1.04 is already being worked on, which will be a much more comprehensive balance patch.

BFME 2 takes part in the North where a battle is raging between Sauron's forces vs. elves and dwarves. It will be possible to create/customize your own hero, apart from known figures such as Arwin, and become more powerful as you progress in the game. While BFME was all land based, the sequel will also take the action on the sea, naval battles included.

A Texas Hold 'em game that captures the spirit of the professional poker tour, Stacked utilizes an advanced learning artificial intelligence system that adapts to each player's style of play and a detailed tutorial mode to deliver a thrilling and realistic poker experience.

Baseball fans, including our resident batboy, may already have noticed that 2K Sports' latest version MLB 2k6 on the Xbox 360 has severe crash/freeze issues while playing. While being aware of the problem and working on a fix, 2K Sports has released a preliminary workaround that should tide you over until it releases an Xbox Live Auto Update. Read more for details ...

Square Enix is working on a new expansion pack for its MMORPG Final Fantasy XI, which will introduce new maps, monsters, and several new classes such as the much-anticipated Blue Mage. This batch of screens shows off various locations, characters, enemies, and weapons...

Professional video gaming is set to debut on cable television later this year, potentially paving the way for the kings and queens of game controllers to become as familiar to American households as the faces of Johnny Chan or Annie Duke in televised poker.