After a false start earlier this week, Microsoft has released the December backwards compatibility update, with a few extra additions. This free update currently adds 37 original Xbox games that you will be able to play on your X360, although some are region restricted. Titles of note are recent games such as Scarface, Splinter Cell Double Agent, MK: Armageddon, and favorites such as Psychonauts...

The Producers Guild of America announced that the 2007 Vanguard Award, outstanding achievement in new media and technology, will be presented to game designer Will Wright whose creative vision has inspired some of the most critically acclaimed and popular video games in the short history of the medium.

Another day, another batch of games shipped to stores. Instead of giving them all their own posts, we grouped them, and so far there are announcements for:

• Anarchy Online: Lost Eden (PC)
• Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas (PC)
• Metal Slug Anthology (Wii)
• Far Cry Vengeance (Wii)
• Birth of America (PC)
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Tony is back in a brand-new adventure with modern 3D-graphics. However, Tony Tough 2: A Rake's Progress is no sequel, but a prequel – it takes the player back into Tony’s youth, into the year 1953, when Tony was 13 years old. This first patch addresses a copyprotection issue.

Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened rises to the challenge of being entirely in 3D; while the creators have kept classic game mechanics, the game benefits from the freedom and the immersion brought by a superb animated and detailed real time 3D environment.

Empire Interactive announce that it has signed a digital distribution agreement with Valve to offer three of its titles, Flat Out II, Vegas Tycoon, and Ghost Master, via Steam.

Mercury Meltdown Revolution is a brain-teasing puzzle game that challenges players to immerse themselves in a colorful world of sci-fi machines, crazy characters, and bubbling test tubes.

In Gods and Heroes you become a classic hero of the ancient world, born of immortal blood. As a scion of the gods, you will have the opportunity to pursue his destiny through a series of Epic Quests that will span all levels of gameplay, over time commanding amazing God Powers and acquiring famous weapons and treasure of myth.

Certain Affinity is a new development studio based in Austin, TX founded by Max Hoberman, former multiplayer team lead for Halo 2 and Halo 3 over at Bungie. Certain Affinity's first project is developing multiplayer maps for Halo 2, while currently also creating a new X360 title to be announced at a later date.

Vigil: Blood Bitterness, previously known as Victi: Blood Bitterness, is a 3D episodic, black & white, moody adventure game where you play a character trapped on an asteroid, a relic of an ancient civilization.

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 v1.12 and adds auto save, various optimizations, UI changes, multiplayer fixes, and other tweaks.

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:

• Supreme Commander - Tutorial Trailer (3)
• NCAA March Madness 07 [X360] - Trailer #2
• Fuzion Frenzy 2 [X360] - Trailer #3
• Motorstorm [PS3] - Trailer
• Mythic Wars - Trailer (2)
• Metal Slug Anthology [PSP/Wii] - Trailer #3
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Currently only available as digital download, Merscom announced it has signed on to publish Outerlight's The Ship, a full single and multiplayer first person maritime gaming experience set aboard a fleet of 1930s steam liners.

Battlestations: Midway follows the story of naval recruit Henry Walker, whose first assignment as a gunner at Pearl Harbor is the starting point of an incredible career at the heart of the US Pacific Fleet in 1942, in what was to become one of the most inspirational military campaigns in history.

Wii made its debut across Europe last week on Friday 8th December, with thousands of people lined up to get their hands on Nintendo’s new console. Attracting vast crowds and selling out in stores all over Europe in just a matter of hours, a breathtaking 325,000 units were sold in the first two days making it the fastest selling home console in history.

The Legend Of Heroes III: Song Of The Ocean will embark players on an entirely new journey in a vast world with beautifully illustrated characters. Crafted by the studio that brought you Ys and Brandish, The Legend of Heroes III: Song of the Ocean stands to deliver an exciting on-the-go RPG experience for all PSP owners.

The winter season is near and RTL Enterprises announces yet another skiing title, as usual developed by 49Games, also known for Alpine Skiing. RTL Winter Games 2007 features 15 categories such as speed skating, biathlon, skijumping, alpine skiing, and making its entry this year is curling.

SEGA announced that Obsidian Entertainment will create an RPG based on the Alien film franchise with license from 20th Century Fox. This title will be developed for the next-gen systems and the PC.

Action packed pool, with a whole host of unlockable adult content provided by glamour photographer J. Stephen Hicks, making it hard to put your PSP down for quite some time. 13 scintillating pool games including 9 ball, 8 ball, Rotation, Black Jack and Snooker that will please and satisfy any pool shark

Fatal Inertia mixes street racing, demolition derbies and rallying with a futuristic setting where machines no longer need wheels and the laws of physics govern all. The sport is called Inertia and it's one that offers a heady mix of speed, combat and real world environments that can be used to make your victory and break your opponents.

Another day, another batch of games shipped to stores. Instead of giving them all their own posts, we grouped them, and so far there are announcements for:

• Starshatter: The Gathering Storm (PC)
• Micro Machines v4 (NDS)
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Horse Racing Manager 2 is a sport management and horse racing game designed for management game fans as well as riding and horse racing aficionados. This v1.0.1.1 patch, for the French version only, adds a stable/jockey name editor, texture fixes, and multiplayer improvements.

Starshatter: The Gathering Storm integrates elements of real-time-strategy games by allowing fleet commanders to direct the battle on a tactical level, launching fighters and directing destroyers to defend the fleet and annihilate enemy forces.

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 :

• Dark Sector [PS3/X360] - Trailer #5
• Bladestorm: The Hundred Years War [PS3/X360] - Trailer #2
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Philips announced that it has reached agreements with Codemasters (TOCA Race Driver 3) and Introversion (DEFCON and Darwinia) to amBX-enable their upcoming games utilizing a special scripting language that will redefine the experience of playing games by extending the game world out of the screen and into the real world.