Paradise is an adventure game which immerses the player in the heart of Africa, at once eternal and terribly contemporary. The first in a series of updates, Benoit Sokal tells us more about the 'Baobab Village.'

Chromehounds is a squad-based action title puts gamers in control of giant mechanized military weapons of war. With a strong focus on cooperative and competitive online gameplay, the game is sure to satisfy players looking for a deep, involving Xbox Live experience.

NCSoft announced today that it accepting sign-ups for the Dungeon Runners closed beta test. Dungeon Runners is a fast paced, action RPG experience where you take on the role of a brave hero and explore dangerous dungeons, battle ferocious monsters, and discover unique items!

Rampage: Total Destruction reinvents the classic arcade series and offers up a wide array of playable monsters that have the ability to perform unique combo attacks and individual super moves. Rampage: Total Destruction unleashes the chaos like never before with new levels of destruction, and an interactive 3D environment.

GTA: Liberty City Stories takes place 3 years before GTA 3 and our main character Toni Cipriani has returned from laying low for the past 4 years after taking out a rival mob boss for the Leone crime family. Originally scheduled for release on April 28, 2006, Rockstar has announced it is first concentrating on Table Tennis, which is due end of May.

While the original Sphere title is not available anywhere outside Russia, Nikita today announces Sphere: Dreamland, a new add-on offering users new opportunities, a new continent, monsters, an entire system of islands that the player can purchase, updated graphics, etc..

Urban Chaos: Riot Response, previously known as Zero Tolerance, is a high velocity, first person shooter where the player confronts real terror in an American city.

The Settlers II: The Next Generation is the remake of BlueByte's 2D classic Settlers 2, making the jump to 3D (thanks Blues). Read more for screens and 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 :

• Hitman: Blood Money [ALL] - Remote Bombs Trailer
• Bad Day in L.A. [Xbox/PC]- Trailer
• Race Driver 2006 [PSP] - Trailer
• Heroes of Might & Magic V - Hero Management Trailer
• Auto Assault - Launch Trailer
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  We will update this throughout the day when new trailers become available. Read more for download links ...

SOE announced today that Live Update #22 has gone live on EverQuest II servers. This newest update celebrates a new holiday in the land of Norrath: Brew Day, and also adds Barber Services, and a dangerous new raid zone.

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.

Enemy Territory: Quake Wars pits the armies of Earth against the invading alien Strogg in the ultimate online strategic shooter. Activision revealed today that ET: Quake Wars will be playable at the Activision booth at E3 2006 where they will have a 24 player LAN set up.

Ritual Entertainment is looking for several highly skilled and motivated artists to add to our latest project. Jobs us for grabs are : Art Lead / Art Director, 3D Animators, 3D Environmental Artists. Check out Ritual's Help Wanted section for more information on these, as well as other positions it is looking to fill.

The World Cyber Games today announced that Microsoft Corp.’s Xbox 360 and Games for Windows will sponsor the global tournament through 2008, providing hardware, software, and marketing support for the events.

Namco Bandai announced today that the final chapter in its RPG series, Xenosaga Episode III: Also sprach Zarathustra, is coming to North America fall 2006. As Shion, uncover the future of mankind in a journey to unveil the Gnosis phenomenon and save the galaxy in this exciting conclusion to the Xenosaga trilogy.

Heroes of Might & Magic V will offer a wealth of innovations such as a highly immersive scenario, a variety of appealing factions, modern 3D graphics, a revolutionary tactical combat system, and a story-based campaign mode. Ubisoft has released a singleplayer demo with 3 playable missions (2 campaign missions, 1 custom game), 2 playable races, and 6 presets for Duel game (play on Ubi.com).

The Chronicles of Spellborn is a MMORPG set in the Enclave of the Five Sacrifices. Developed by Dutch studio Khaeon Games, Spellborn uses the Unreal 2.5 Engine, and today it has released an explanation of character statistics

Atari and Obsidian Entertainment today announced that the official Neverwinter Nights 2 web site has gone live, and is scheduled for a September 2006 release. Neverwinter Nights 2 is set in the popular Dungeons & Dragons Forgotten Realms universe, and will transport players back to the embattled city of Neverwinter.

Deer Drive is a stage-based 3D action hunting game, tailored for casual players, but with elements appealing to hardcore gamers. With only a firearm for protection, the player must take stand in an environment full of wild animals - whitetail deer trot and gallop, grizzly and moose charge and attack!

Shortly after previous update Firaxis has released another, large, patch for Sid Meier's Civilization IV. This update brings your retail game to v1.61 and includes numerous optimizations for memory usage that should help performance on all machines but are tailored to especially improve performance on machines at or near the minimum specification.

IGA Worldwide has signed a multi-year exclusive agreement to integrate its Radial in-game advertising technology into SimBin’s stable of officially licensed racing video game titles – GTR, based on the FIA GT and a recently announced new series to be based on the World Touring Car Championships.

It was a routine operation. Colombian and American Special Forces units were destroying a cocaine plantation when a sniper’s bullet killed their commanding officer. A moment later, all hell broke loose. The expedition dared to destroy cocaine fields belonging to the Bendictions cartel: the largest and most ruthless drug lord alliance in Colombia.

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 v1.05 and addresses a multiplayer issue, a load issue and a few other tweaks.

After his appearance at the GDC, "new" Battlestar Galactica creator Ronald D. Moore has expressed the willingness to take the franchise into new areas, one being the development of a game, "I've thought about doing something where you start a property across mediums, with Internet participation and role-playing video games," he told the Hollywood Reporter. The last Battlestar Galactica from Vivendi was a rather mediocre attempt.

In keeping with its aggressive stance against cheating in World of Warcraft, Blizzard have since patch 1.10 banned over 5400 accounts and suspended 10700 more for participating in activities that violate the game’s Terms of Use, including using third-party programs to farm gold and items. Such actions can severely impact the economy of a realm and the overall game enjoyment for all players.