Paraworld developer SEK announced it is shutting down, and as a parting gift they will release a final booster pack for their recently released 3D RTS. Next week there will be more details but the free addon will include 3 singleplayer missions, 2 new heroes, 10 new dinosaurs and 4 new multiplayer maps. Specific reasons for the closure were not provided.

Virtua Fighter 5 raises the bar for console fighting games including all the features fans know and love plus enhanced gameplay mechanics, additional characters and new fighting styles, as well as newly redesigned 3D environments. AM2's Murayama tells us more about the Quest Mode.

The Battlefield 2142: Northern Strike Booster Pack brings all-out infantry-focused battles into new snow-covered battlegrounds across Europe. Infantry focused booster pack with 3 new maps, 2 new vehicles, weapons, rewards, and medals.

SouthPeak Interactive and Artificial Studios announce that their four-player cooperative online-enabled action game Monster Madness: Battle For Suburbia will be blasting its way onto PC and the Xbox 360 on April 3, 2007.

2Moons is a free, totally brutal MMORPG designed specifically for adult gamers, created to be an easy-to-get-into title set in an aggressive, dangerous and visually stunning world. Acclaim is giving players a chance to get their own voices into the actual game to breathe life into the characters they will encounter.

Eidos and TT Games confirm a new LEGO adventure in Bionicle Heroes, bringing to life the most powerful and exciting LEGO characters ever seen in one game, in an action-packed world of adventure and discovery.

MotorStorm delivers brutal off-road racing, plunging players into a stunningly realistic - but frenzied and chaotic - environment awash with grit, mud and petrol, in a game that leaves the standard rules of racing in the dust. SCEA confirmed a recent date change on the official site from the original Feb. 26, to March 2007.

Karaoke Revolution Presents: American Idol lets you sing and perform using a USB headset/microphone, take part in auditions, earn an invitation to Hollywood and compete through the Semi-Finals and Finals stages just like on the TV show.

Another day, another batch of game trailers was released. Instead of giving them all their own posts, we grouped them, and so far there are trailers for:

• Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2 [ALL] - UAV Drone Trailer
• The Sims 2 Seasons - Trailer
• TimeO [Wii/PS3/X360] - Trailer (2)
• S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl - Stalkers Trailer
• Titan Quest: Immortal Throne - Gameplay Trailer
• World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade - Trailer
• Sam & Max Episode 3: The Mole, the Mob, and the Meatball - Trailer (2)
• Garfield's Nightmare [NDS] - Trailer
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Paradox Interactive announced that it has reached an exclusive deal with the national chain, Target. to be the exclusive carrier of Europa Universalis III Collectors Edition for the North American market. The CE includes a giant world map, strategy guide, soundtrack, and other bonus material.

Adds layers of strategy to your gaming experience by building mobile bases, wielding the power of terrifying Ion Storms on the battlefield, or customising your armies by combining units. Battle it out online with native VOIP, integrated clan support, and new spectator modes that let you play RTS games like a sport.

At home or on the go, challenge the world's top golfers in all-new PGA TOUR Mode, featuring training sessions, practice, and The FedEx Cup, the new PGA TOUR championship playoff system. Hone your skills in the all-new Shooting Gallery, then play as or against 11 players, including John Daly, on 12 championship courses.

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.

UFO: Afterlight is a mixture of squad based tactical action and global strategy with the gamer controlling the actions of elite ground troops, and the running and construction of an intricate network of interlinking bases while collecting resources. This demo allows you to play 5 randomly generated missions...

Silverfall is a fantasy-style 3D action RPG that casts players into a world torn between science and nature. Monte Cristo has released the first patch bringing your French retail game to v1.14 and adds various optimizations, UI changes, multiplayer fixes, and other tweaks.

Shivering Isles features more than 30 hours of new gameplay and allows you to explore an entirely new plane of Oblivion – the realm of Sheogorath, the Daedric Prince of Madness. In Shivering Isles you can continue playing with your existing save game/character, or create an all new character just to explore the new content.

Bullet Witch is an action adventure taking place in the exceedingly bleak near future of 2013. Civilization is on the brink of extinction after demons begin appearing on the earth, and the player wades into the fray as a witch named Alicia.

Supreme Commander brings an all new level of scope and scale to the RTS genre, establishing a new benchmark in strategic and tactical RTS gaming. Developed by Chris Taylor, known for his work with Total Annihilation under Cave Dog, and Supreme Commander will mark his return to a genre that he helped popularize.

Brian Lara International Cricket 2007 will capture all the thrills and intensity of world-class international cricket, now also online. The game leads with a dedicated ICC Cricket World Cup 2007 mode featuring all the teams, players, stadia, kits and equipment of the tournament.

After two years of development Climax's Warhammer Online was cancelled after which Games Workshop granted its license to Mythic Entertainment. Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning is an MMO game for PC and console set in the fantasy world of Warhammer.

Diver: Deep Water Adventures is a mix of 3D tactical strategies and first-person adventure action. This demo/trial lets you play the game for a full hour.

The Battlefield 2142: Northern Strike Booster Pack brings all-out infantry-focused battles into new snow-covered battlegrounds across Europe. Infantry focused booster pack with 3 new maps, 2 new vehicles, weapons, rewards, and medals.

Another day, another batch of game trailers was released. Instead of giving them all their own posts, we grouped them, and so far there are trailers for:

• Maelstrom - Trailer #4
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Last year Take Two announced closure of its Vienna studio, responsible for creating titles such as Max Payne 1/2 for consoles, GTA 3, Vice city etc. Since then it has been real quiet but now a new studio has emerged from the ashes as Hannes Seifert, Niki Laber, and Jürgen Goeldner team up once again with Games That Matter. No current projects are revealed, except for "a visionary game production business model."

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. This single-player demo allows you to play select tutorial chapters and all the Western nations from 1492 to 1520.