NCAA March Madness returns for the 2007 season, offering custom playbooks for each team, an enhanced Dynasty Mode, and other new features. Check out this new feature article going indepth into the 10 most intimidating college stadiums and their interactive environments.

German fansite bf2142-union revealed some information indicating EA might be working on new Battlefield 2142 content for either a patch, addon or boosterpack. In-game ads started popping making mention of new vehicles "coming soon" for both sides, EU and PAC. An ad featuring a huge EU APC clearly states "The Goliath Heavy IFV is finally combat ready," while indications are that PAC might receive a 2-person armored vehicle, TYPE 36 Hachimoto. Earlier, various sources noticed EA testing new maps and a possible new mode, so this might all be a ramp up for some new boosterpack content...

Dragonblade: Cursed Lands' Treasure is primary a first person shooter, but for variety's sake it also includes a spectacular hand-to-hand combat system. Player can choose from wide range of punches, kicks and 18 kinds of both: melee weapons and firearms.

Ar tonelico marks a new approach to the RPG genre by seamlessly combining simulation with role-playing. Gamers can not only customize weapons and items, but now design their character’s personalities, skills, and appearance through virtual interaction. Also past events will intersect with future game play as well as the outcome of the game.

Microsoft Game Studios and Bungie Studios announced two new ways for gamers to receive an invitation to participate in the Halo 3 multiplayer beta program coming this spring through Xbox Live Marketplace.

Agatha Christie: Murder on the Orient Express is a high-quality adventure game that offering a unique adaptation of the novel into a thrilling and suspenseful game. DreamCatcher has released the first patch adressing a few major loopholes in the riddles.

Nominations are now being accepted for the 2007 Game Developers Choice Awards until January 12, 2007. The awards ceremony, to take place Wednesday, March 7, 2007 during Game Developers Conference (GDC), will be hosted in the Esplanade Room in the South Hall of San Francisco's Moscone Convention Center.

It's a whole new ballgame! Major League Baseball 2K7 redefines the pure baseball video game experience with true, next-gen details, all-new throwing mechanics and a revolutionary presentation system. Featuring stunning, lifelike player models, signature style animations, inside edge data and more...

Originally founded in the early 80's Rare went through a few name changes, started off as a C-64/Spectrum, NES developer, scored a hit with GoldenEye on the N64, and went from being a Nintendo studio to being one of Microsoft's flagship developers. Now after more than 2 decades, two of its 3 founders, the Stamper brothers, decided to call it quits and pursue other opportunities. The parting is amicable and has nothing to do with disappointing sales of recent titles, according to Microsoft, which promoted Mark Betteridge and Gregg Mayles from withing to replace Tim & Chris.

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:

• Galactic Command [X360/PC] - Trailer (2)
• Vanguard: Saga of Heroes - Trailer #15
• Arthur and the Invisibles [NDS] - Trailer
• Shining Force EXA [PS2] - Intro Movie
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The first Massive Multiplayer Online World Championships (MMOWC) concluded on December 15th in Miami Beach, Florida with former Swedish Counter Strike Champion Skalman beating U.S. Gamer Neomaven in a 90 minute head-to-head hunting event.

Helldorado: Conspiracy is a sequel of the Wild West tactical action strategy game Desperados 2: Cooper’s Revenge. It continues where Cooper’s Revenge left off and gives you the chance to answer some of the mysterious questions left open, as well as giving new players a well-balanced and self-contained story.

Heroes of Annihilated Empires offers an extraordinary blend of RTS and RPG gameplay, challenging gamers to create a powerful leader and a dominant military force through battle, diplomacy and treachery in a rich fantasy world. This new patch fixes critical errors, adds 2 new skirmish maps, and game balance tweaks.

Enemy Territory: Quake Wars pits the armies of Earth against the invading alien Strogg in the ultimate online strategic shooter. Featuring strategic team play, persistent character promotions, day and nighttime combat missions, and the universe's most powerful weapons and vehicles.

The entire Worthplaying team wishes everybody a Happy New Year! We hope everybody had a safe transition from old into new and may 2007 be even better than last year. We here at Worthplaying have tons of exciting new stuff lined up to better serve you all. Behind the scenes, we are working very hard to expand the website in various ways which will start showing in the months ahead, starting with the long overdue all-new layout/design. Until then, party on & stay safe!

Left Behind: Eternal Forces, a real-time-strategy game, is set in an apocalyptic rendition of New York City. Players can command the Tribulation Forces as they attempt to save people from the Global Community Peacekeepers, commanded by the antichrist.

Armed Assault is a realistic, combat gaming offering freedom of action and immersive complex environments, blended with a unique touch of total simulation. This exe allows to host missions for Armed Assault demo as a stand alone server.

Making History: The Calm & the Storm puts players in control of global conflict, combining a highly sophisticated AI with rich historical detail. Last week's demo was pulled due to an installater bug, a proper version has now been released with improvements to the UI, AI, better balancing, new research and improved diplomacy.

Capcom hired former THQ representative Germaine Gioia as senior vp licensing, where she will expand Capcom's Hollywood presence. After reasonable success with the Resident Evil movies, and the upcoming Street Fighter and Onimusha flicks, Gioia will shop around deals regarding other original franchises suitable for the silver screen.

Kameo: Elements of Power is an action-adventure game with RPG elements, sending players on a magical and epic journey full of intense combat, magnificent exploration and innovative morph-into-warrior action. After Halo, might Microsoft also be bringing Kameo to the movie screen? According to this IMBd listing a movie about "a young elf-girl uses her transformative abilities to fight the evil troll king Thorn," is currently in pre-production, scheduled for 2007...

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:

• Hotel Dusk: Room 215 [NDS] - Trailer
• Tales of The World: Radiant Mythology [PSP] - Trailer
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Last year Resolution Interactive acquired various licenses from Daydream, including Clusterball, which finally gets a sequel. Clusterball 2 is a high-paced, adrenaline pumping flight sport demanding skill, tactics and ball control - designed as a first person shooter but without the splatter and gore.

War is everywhere in EA Mythic's Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning, featuring next generation Realm vs. Realm (RvR) game play that will immerse players in a world of perpetual conflict.

Soldner was one of the most promising titles of 2004, but ended up a major disappointment due to a extremely bugged & rushed release, ultimately resulting in the demise of its developer Wings Simulations. However JoWood seems to have enough faith in the franchise to merit a sequel as gEasy Development Team announced it is currently working on Soldner 2, currently scheduled for Q4 2007.

Super Swing Golf is a wholly rebuilt version of a golf game that's super-popular over in Japan and Korea. It promises to make use of the Nintendo Wii's new controller in order to make playing this golf game an experience in your very own living room.