When negotiations are no longer an option and the world’s most dangerous weapons are compromised, it’s time for the Winback assault team to neutralize the threat. Originally scheduled to ship April 18, KOEI announced today that the launch has been pushed back for a week, and no specifics as to why were provided.

Icculus has released an updated dedicated Linux server files for Infinity Ward's Call of Duty 2. This v1.2c version addresses mods with localized strings and resolves a crash issue.

Microsoft Game Studios and Rare Ltd are giving Xbox 360 fans a chance to unleash their inner artist and create their own original art designs for their favorite video game characters with the Kameo: Elements of Power Design Your Skin Contest.

Already available on PC since yesterday, Ubisoft announced today that three new skirmish (co-op) maps for Brothers In Arms Earned In Blood are available for free download via Xbox Live for owners of the title. The three new maps include two American skirmish missions, "Into the Farm" and "Across the Marsh," and one German mission, "Flanked From Above."

Activision and Lionhead today announced The Movies expansion pack, Stunts & Effects, adding new features such as stuntmen, a movie-making toolset, a diverse selection of dangerous stunts, astounding visual effects, impressive new sets and a number of brand-new techniques and technologies that can be used when making a movie.

Ubisoft today announced that Heroes of Might and Magic V has gone gold and is scheduled for release in North America on May 23, 2006. Developed by Nival Interactive (Blitzkrieg, Silent Storm, Etherlords), HoMM5 will be available in both standard and limited editions and will ship with a rating of "T" (Teen).

War on Terror is a modern combat RTS game, set against the background of today's greatest threat to world peace – terrorism! Forces clash in believable scenarios, set within real locations across the globe. This patch brings your German retail game to v1.03, addresses a few multiplayer issues, and makes a few other tweaks.

Namco Bandai announced today its PSP exclusive The Legend of Heroes II: Prophecy of the Moonlight Witch. This role-playing title featuring meticulously detailed characters and an epic coming-of-age story introduces two courageous young heroes who must save a magical world in peril.

Dusk2Dawn announced today that Mayhem Studios' fantasy RPG Neverend has gone gold. Discovering the background of Agavaen, and determining her final personality is one of the main purposes of the game, which continuously appears as the principal plot is being resolved.

Players take on the roll of a safecracker, hired by the wealthy family of a deceased eccentric billionaire, to crack 35 different safes... one of which holds his last will and testament. A unique puzzle adventure game on set in an extravagant mansion that will challenge all types of puzzle enthusiasts and wannabe safecrackers.

EA today announced that its C&C RTS franchise is returning in full force with Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars. This next chapter takes the series back to its roots in the Tiberium universe and features the fast, fluid gameplay that C&C is known for and a gripping story that will redefine storytelling in RTS games.

Revealed in yesterdays E3 sneak peek, Dusk-12 is an FPS about a project to create the perfect soldier that ran out of control, and turned into the incurable virus. The whole city is now under quarantine as the inhabitants transformed into blood-thirsty assassins. A group of Spec Ops. soldiers are now trying to uncover the secrets of those aborted experiments undertaken 4 years ago.

Sunflowers will be presenting two major new titles at this year's E3 in Los Angeles: ANNO 1701 and ParaWorld. From May 10 – 12, 2006, Sunflowers will present the two forthcoming game highlights ANNO 1701 and ParaWorld at the E3 2006 in Los Angeles.

Command & Conquer The First Decade celebrates the 10th anniversary of this innovative franchise and includes a dozen of your favorite C&C games spanning over the last ten years. EA has released a new patch addressing missing music from Covert Operations and the Red Alert expansion packs, and fixes the InstallPath registry entry.

Space Rangers 2 is a turn-based RPG giving gamers an unprecedented level of freedom in a vast universe combining various genres and styles of gameplay, including third and first person mech battles, RTS elements, classic text adventures, and an arcade style shooter.

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 :

• Air Conflicts - Trailer #2
• Sin Episodes: Emergence - Trailer #2
• Over The Hedge [ALL] - Trailer #4
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  We will update this throughout the day when new trailers become available. Read more for download links ...

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.

VUGames announced today that Martin Tremblay has joined as President, Worldwide Studios. In his new role, Martin will be responsible for setting the vision for the company's products, overseeing operations of internal studios, and managing external development relationships.

id Software has released a new patch for Raven's FPS Quake 4. This update brings your retail game to v1.2 and addresses issues and adds gameplay elements throughout single and multiplayer, voice chat in multiplayer, a forcemodel option, fixed pure server auto-downloading, HTT support, smooth stairjumping and 4 new multiplayer maps. This update also fixes the widescreen issue that plagued the v1.1 patch.

In Emergency 4 you can either play the 20 mission campaign or choose to try the randomly generated missions. Emergency 4 will feature realistic physics (walls collapsing, fire spreading), simplified controls, as well as a multiplayer mode. This patch will bring your French/German retail game to v1.1 and addresses a multiplayer issue.

Brothers In Arms: Earned In Blood features a new single-player narrative, new multiplayer missions, an all-new cooperative-style game mode, and new weapons and vehicles. Ubisoft has released a new patch for Gearbox's WWII based FPS bringing your retail game to v1.03 and basically adds 3 new skirmish maps to the game. Whether or not this patch also fixes any bugs or crashes is not known at this point.

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.

SEGAtoday announced that Phantasy Star Universe will be available on the Xbox 360. Phantasy Star Universe offers two complete RPG experiences – a single-player action adventure spanning multiple planets, and a robust online multiplayer component that will support Xbox Live.

10Tacle Studios and Hungarian developer Stormregion have decided to expand their operations on the brand Codename Panzers beyond the PC by creating a tactical action game on Xbox 360 and PS3. Also in production will be a turn-based strategy game for PSP & NDS.

Japanese magazine Famitsu reports that Namco is working on yet another episode in its Ridge Racer series, and this time for Sony's next-gen Playstation 3 console. Ridge Racer 7 will be produced by Hideo Teramoto, music by Hiroshi Okubo under direction of Masaya Kobayashi. Not many details are available yet, but it is said that RR 7 will support online multiplayer for up to 14 players. More details surely to come during next months E3, so stay tuned for our live coverage.