When the world of Rayman is threatened by a devastating invasion of crazed, out-of-control bunnies Rayman must rise up against his furry foes to foil their wicked plans. Ubisoft has released a pre-canned interview with Rayman head honcho Michel Ancel.

Paradox Interactive announced the signing of two independent titles for Gamersgate.net, its download portal launched earlier this year. Providing smaller developers with promising games a platform to reach the global market, Birth of America" from Ageod and "Mount&Blade" from Ikisoft, both which will be made available on the download portal in June.

Players assume the roles of RJ the raccoon, Verne the turtle, Hammy the squirrel and Stella the skunk and turn a suburban neighborhood loaded with dangerous obstacles and traps into their personal playground.

Check out the following new screens from NIS America's E3 2006 lineup:

• Disgaea 2 (PS2) - 200 Screens
• Ar Tonelico (PS2) - Screens & Trailer
• Blade Dancer'(PSP) - Screens & Trailer
• Spectral Souls (PSP) - Screens & Trailer

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:

• Evolution GT [PS2/PC] - Making of Trailer #3
• The Legend of Heroes II: Prophecy of the Moonlight Witch [PSP] - Trailer (2)
• Ninety-Nine Nights [X360] - Trailer #5
• Prey [X360/PC] - E3 2006 Trailer [HD]
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Rogue Trooper is a mix of intense 3rd person action and next generation stealth elements, with complex line-of-sight AI, multiple game paths, full tactical use of your bio-chip operated equipment and both single- and multiplayer online gameplay.

Join 2K Games and Gas Powered Games this Thursday at 4pm PST (7pm EST / midnight GMT), where developers will be on-hand to answer questions about Dungeon Siege II: Broken World, the upcoming action-RPG expansion.

Nobilis announced Atlantis V, a new point and click adventure situated in the 1930s. You are Howard Brooks, a young aeronautic engineer who awakes on the Hindenburg zeppelin, investigating a strange vessel, one which will take you to the four corners of the earth, interacting with over 30 NPCs, and solving nearly a dozen puzzles.

CDV has entered into two distribution agreements with DreamCatcher Inc. As part of this agreement, DreamCatcher will distribute Glory of the Roman Empire for CDV in North America. Additionally, CDV will exclusively distribute all German language versions of DreamCatcher’s upcoming 2006 video game titles in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

EA has released the Battlefield 2 v1.3 patch adding a co-op mode, allowing you to play single-player levels on the Internet/LAN with AI bots and human players, ability to request air-dropped vehicles at your location, and the usual tweaks, bug and crash fixes...

Since Troika is no longer amongst the living this patch is not official, so use at your own discretion. This update brings Activision's Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines retail game to v2.3 (requires v1.2 patch installed) and addresses a number of known issues, gameplay tweaks, bug fixes and so forth.

Rush for Berlin is a tactical real time strategy game, set on the European battlefields of World War II, during 1944-45. The player's goal; to capture the German capital, as either the British/US/French alliance or the Red army of the Soviet Union. Deep Silver & Paradox will release a multiplayer demo on Thursday May 24th at 9AM PST (6PM Euro time), which we will of course have on our fileserver network as soon as it becomes available.

Games Media Properties today announced a partnership with Ubisoft to launch ClancyCon, bringing together fans of the Tom Clancy video game franchises that include Splinter Cell, Ghost Recon and Rainbow Six. At each WSVG US event, attendees will have a chance to compete in playing Clancy titles and see previews of upcoming games.

Matrix Games released a new patch for its tactical war game, Flashpoint Germany. This update brings your retail game to v1.11 and fixes a Nuclear Option recursion issue and adjusts the Warsaw Pact T-72 tank based on testing.

GRIN revealed today that the first patch for the PC edition of Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter is in the final testing phase, and is scheduled for release this week. GRIN stresses that this v1.10 is a stability patch addressing various issues reported by the community, and otherwise, not to be confused with the scheduled "June" patch which will add new content and additional multiplayer functionality.

Left Behind: Eternal Forces will put players in command of the apocalyptic battles raging in the streets of New York City between the angelic Tribulation Forces and the demonic Global Community Peacekeepers during the End of Days.

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:

• Rush for Berlin - Allied Trailer
• Tabula Rasa - Gameplay Trailer
• Jaws Unleashed [PS2/Xbox/PC] - E3 2006 Trailer
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Tekken: Dark Resurrection takes all the top elements from the latest arcade version and introduces a host of new, PSP-exclusive features to deliver great mobile gaming.

The Ship is a first person maritime gaming experience set aboard a fleet of 1930s steam liners. Originally a Half Life Mod, The Ship is now being crafted as a full single and multiplayer game in its own right by Edinburgh-based Outerlight.

Check out the following new screens from On Games' E3 2006 lineup:

• The Legend of the Dragon - Features & Screens
• Wild Summer - Features & Screens
• PC Football 2007 - Features & Screens
• Shadows of War - Features & Trailer

In the UK, Tomb Raider Legend is the fastest-selling computer game of 2006 so far, and the fastest selling Tomb Raider game in the entire series. Since its early April release SCi has sold over 2.6 million units of Tomb Raider Legend on all formats, bringing the franchise total to more than 30 million, exceeding internal expectations. Later this year, Eidos will also release TRL on PSP, GBA, NDS and Gamecube.

Killzone is making its handheld debut with Killzone: Liberation, an all new, action-packed installment in the Killzone series has been developed especially for PSP and will feature a new intelligent third-person camera system – ideally suited for handheld gaming.

Vanguard: Saga of Heroes is an MMORPG with a vast, seamless, immersive virtual world filled with elements of familiar High Fantasy, including traditional themes and more, all depicted using cutting-edge graphics technology. Sigil’s expertise and experience in the field will bring groundbreaking static and dynamic content to the genre.

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, creating cinematic, high-definition visuals so intense and powerful, it feels like the gamers are controlling a blockbuster action movie.

Mercury Meltdown features a new vibrant visual style, double the number of stages, a free-look camera, new ways to control your mercury blob, 2 player support, many new modes for ultimate party-puzzle action, as well as game sharing capabilities, customization skins and downloadable content.