EA will celebrate Europe's most prestigious club soccer tournament, May's UEFA Champions League, with the launch of UEFA Champions League 2006-2007, which will ship to stores worldwide on March 20, 2007.

Pendulo Studios is working on a follow-up to last year's hit title Runaway: A Road Adventure, an adventure game with 3D characters with a cartoon look and high-impact visual features that include 2D and 3D in an unmatchable style.

Gears of War blends the best of tactical action games with the best of survival horror titles, thrusting gamers into the harrowing story of humankind's battle for survival against the Locust Horde. At GDC Mark Rein confirmed that Epic is planning and working on the conversion, as the game was actually developed on a PC. Epic is a small company so it usually focuses on one project at a time, so Gears of War for PC will get its full attention once UT 3 ships.

Lineage II: The Chaotic Throne – Interlude adds a new area as well as new skills and items for high level players, and lay the foundation for the innovative changes coming in later updates of The Chaotic Throne.

Set between the largely unexplored era between Ep III and Ep IV, Star Wars: The Force Unleashed casts players as Darth Vader's "Secret Apprentice" and promises to unveil new revelations about the Star Wars galaxy. Tentatively scheduled for Fall 2007, a LucasArts representative revealed it has been pushed back to Spring 2008.

EA will celebrate Europe’s most prestigious club soccer tournament, May's UEFA Champions League, with the launch of UEFA Champions League 2006-2007, which will ship to stores worldwide on March 20, 2007. In the meantime Xbox Live Gold members can check out a 1.3Gb demo...

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).

A clever mix of strategy and action, Great Invasions plunges you back into Europe of the Dark Ages, a time in history where hundreds of nations and barbarian tribes rush to assault the civilized world, from AD 375 (arrival of the Huns) to AD 1066 (conquest of England by the Normans).

Avatar Reality announced that it has licensed Crytek’s CryENGINE 2 for use in creating their recently announced Mars-based massively multiplayer virtual world, allowing players to live their fantasy lives by creating personalized characters, or avatars, in a beautiful environment.

DiamondWare announced today that its 3D voice technology has been selected for Auran's MMORPG, Fury; each voice will sound like it was spoken by the player's avatar. 3D voice adds elements of realism and immersion, improves tactical coordination, and provides live voice communications.

Red Ocean combines fast-paced, uncompromising action with perilous diving sequences. You take on the role of Jack Hard, who stumbles upon a Cold War-era Russian research station on the ocean floor taken over by a terrorist group.

EA today announced The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth Anthology, a compilation which will include The Battle for Middle-earth, LotR: The Battle for Middle-earth II Collector's Edition, and its The Rise of the Witch-King expansion. It will ship March 20, 2007, for an MSRP of $39.99.

Check out the following new screens from EA's PC lineup presented at GDC 2007:

• Crysis (PC) - Screens
• Hellgate: London (PC) - Screens & Trailer
• Mercenaries 2: World in Flames (PS2/X360/PS3/PC) - Screens
• Portal (PC) - Screens

Shrapnel Games and Weird Worlds: Return to Infinite Space developer Digital Eel are taking gamers on a bold new adventure with Eat Electric Death!, a fast and furious board game of tactical starship combat for two or more players (allowing for team play).

Paradox Interactive announced a new booster pack for Hearts of Iron II: Doomsday, Armageddon. Scheduled for March 2007, as a download only, Armageddon will include two completely new alternative history scenarios, perfect for those looking for new challenges!

EA announced today it has signed on to publish Harmonix's next title, in cooperation with MTV. Oddly enough the announcement did not reveal any details as to what sort of title, its name, platform, nor an estimated release time. Harmonix is of course known for developing the Guitar Hero, and Karaoke Revolution franchise and promises that its next title will take all they have learned from past projects to the next level.

Philips has signed a licensing agreement with Rivers Run Red to have its ambient experiences technology included in Linden Lab's 3D virtual Second Life world, allowing a dedicated amBX-enabled environment to be created through light, air movement and rumble.

A stunningly beautiful martial arts drama set in a mythical time and place in the Far East, Heavenly Sword, developed by Ninja Theory, takes players on a roller coaster of emotion and action that truly exploits the potential of gaming as the new artistic entertainment medium.

Microsoft announced that more than 6 million gamers worldwide are connected to Xbox Live, a milestone that was reached four months ahead of schedule. Xbox Live offers the best in online gaming, ubiquitous voice, video and text chatting, Achievements, demos, trailers and more.

Death to Spies was the name of a set of counterintelligence departments in the Soviet Army formed during WWII. Their mission was to secure the rear of the active Red Army by arresting traitors, deserters, spies and criminal elements. During the war these agents became the main force combating the German intelligence service.

The Guild 2: Pirates of the European Seas is the official add-on of the beloved medieval experience. It provides a total new area – the seas of Northern Europe, where trading might be as promising as roaming the dangerous waters as a pirate...

NCSoft is preparing to announce a fourth and final expansion to its MMORPG Guild Wars, Eye of the North, adding mostly content for high-level players, such as new multi-level dungeons, new armor sets, new skills and additional Heroes. On top of that, NCsoft is also starting to work on a full-fledged sequel, with an updated gfx engine, set 100 years after the original. Scheduled for launch in 2009-10, with a beta starting in 2008, Guild Wars 2 will add zone-wide events like DAoC, a refined control system and plenty more ...

Runaway: the Dream of the Turtle is an adventure game with 3D characters with a cartoon look and high-impact visual features that include 2D and 3D in an unmatchable style. This v1.1 patch is for the German edition of the game only, and fixes a DirectX bug and the "Globe" problem.

During a Morgan Stanley investor conference Electronic Arts' outgoing chief executive Larry Probst said the publisher expects Sony's 10 year console market dominance to slip in the current hardware war, mainly due to the year lead by Microsoft, and the much cheaper Wii with its innovative Wiimote controller. While Probst still expects Sony to prevail, it will be a tough fight with a less commanding lead.

Dreamlords combines the accessibility of a web game with RPG character development, RTS battles and long term tactical strategy in a never before seen gaming experience. Lockpick has released a new set of patches for its online RTS-client bringing it all the way up to v1.05.