On 26th May 2006 appearances are going to be deceptive, as Super Princess Peach fires her way into Europe exclusively on NDS. A classic 2D platform game, Super Princess Peach, features vividly colorful worlds and enemies reminiscent of those seen in the Super Mario Bros. series.

EA will celebrate the 2006 FIFA World Cup Germany with the launch of the event's only officially licensed videogame, 2006 FIFA World Cup. The videogame will ship on all platforms including Xbox 360 in April 2006 in anticipation of the real-world tournament which begins in June. This first dev. diary talks about the stadiums.

Become a motor racing master on the move as Codemasters announces Race Driver 2006 for the PS. The title, a massively expanded edition of the smash-hit European PSP system title TOCA Race Driver 2, will launch exclusively in North America in May.

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:

• Over G Fighters [X360] - Trailer
• Battlefield 2: Modern Combat [X360] - Trailer #7
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Major League Baseball 2K6 includes innovative features such as a new movement system and realistic player collisions on the infield and outfield. New broadcast elements include flashback replays, and a unique player morale system will unfold the drama like never before in a baseball video game.

Warhammer: Mark of Chaos is a revolutionary real-time strategy game set in the renowned Warhammer world, featuring epic battles within massive landscapes, while offering an astounding level of detail, from a bird's eye view down to the insignias on a warrior's armor.

Valve lastest Steam Update has a few details on what to expect in the near future. Valve intends to implement The Friends system soon, allowing you to see when friends are online, and playing games, as well as chat with them. Valve is also planning on going back to some of the older Counter-Strike: Source maps and giving them an High Dynamic Range pass, starting with de_dust. Next week Red Orchestra: Ostfront 41-45 will be released and playable on Steam, which is already available for preload.

In an interview with Xbox365.com, Bethesda's PR guru Pete Hines revealed that it currently has 3 teams working on various projects. One team will be utilized to support the imminent TES IV: Oblivion launch with patches, updates and expasions, while another team is actively working on FallOut3, but most importantly, the third team has already started developing, albeit most likely VERY early stages, on The Elder Scrioll V. Of course no details to its content or platforms were revealed.

Expedition Trophy is a transcontinental off-road racing game spanning more than 16.000 kilometers of forest and snow-covered roads, from Saint Petersburg to Moscow, or Kiev and Prague. Expedition Trophy will not only severly test the vehicles, but also the driver through spirit, endurance, friendship and mere participation.

Kameo: Elements of Power is an action-adventure game with role-playing elements for gamers of all ages and skill levels. From legendary game developer Rare, Kameo: Elements of Power sends players on a magical and epic journey full of intense combat, magnificent exploration and innovative morph-into-warrior action.

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:

• The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar - Trailer
• Tomb Raider: Legend [PSP/PS2/Xbox/X360/PC] - Trailer
• TimeShift [Xbox/X360/PC] - Making Of Trailer
• Blazing Angels: Squadrons of WW II [X360] - Trailer
• Steambot Chronicles [PS2] - Trailer
• Commandos Strike Force [PS2/Xbox/PC] - Open Battlefield Trailer
• Hearts of Iron II: Doomsday - Trailer
• The Outfit [X360] - Vehicular Combat Trailer
• Take Command: 2nd Manassas - Trailer (2)
• Driver Parallel Lines [PS2/Xbox] - Car Chases Trailer #2
• Panzer Command: Operation Winter Storm - Trailer
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In Tomb Raider: Legend, Lara comes alive with intricately animated expressions, moves and abilities. An arsenal of modern equipment, such as a magnetic grappling device, binoculars, frag grenades, personal lighting device and communications equipment.

Project-Zero has released a new patch for Jowood's online shooter Soldner: Secret Wars. This update brings your retail game to v33670 and adds a bunch of game tweaks and fixes to several of the new maps.

After a life of small-time jobs and petty thefts you've been accepted into America's most famous criminal organization, the Corleone family. Now it's up to you to carry out orders, earn respect, rise through the ranks, and make New York City your own, and become Don. EA creative director Mike Olsen tells us more about the five families in The Godfather.

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.

Pro Rugby Manager 2 displays each bone-crunching tackle, each heart-in-mouth drop kick and every maddening pass and dash to the try-line in such glorious, motion-captured detail, it rivals anything TV coverage can offer. This update brings your retail game to v1.11 but no details as to what it fixes are available at this time.

In Superman Returns: The Videogame, you explore and protect the truly living city of Metropolis, one that is not only expansive (with 80 sq miles and over 9,000 buildings), but also changes dynamically with you as you affect gameplay.

After two years of development Climax's Warhammer Online was cancelled after which Games Workshop granted its license to Mythic Entertainment. Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning is an MMO game for PC and console set in the fantasy world of Warhammer.

Far Cry Instincts Evolution will introduce players to an entirely new story, characters and game features that reflect and improve upon the critically acclaimed elements of the first title. Read more to meet some of the new faces ...

Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure combines combat, action, adventure and stealth, using a thrilling graffiti-driven framework to tell its story of self-expression and the fight for creative freedom. A thug, an outcast, a rebel...the lead character, Trane, is all of these in Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure.

Field Commander is the first military turn-based strategy game for PSP offering engaging, challenging skill based warfare in a realistic military setting. Read more for new screens & trailers...

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:

• Daxter [PSP] - Trailer #2
• Devil Summoner [PS2] - Jap Trailer
• Guilty Gear Dust Strikers [NDS] - Trailer
• Guilty Gear Judgment [PSP] - Trailer
• WarPath [Xbox/PC] - Factions Trailer
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As promised, EA has released the new Battlefield 2 patch. This update brings your retail game to v1.2.1 and fixes the Hummer/TOW crash bug in the Special Forces expansion pack, screen capture is now working, performance issues with certain ATI cards, server browser can now filter by map name, and only 2 claymores can be dropped at any one time.

Stoked Rider featuring Tommy Brunner' is an unique action-freesports game for PC, the first freeride snowboarding game inspired by Alaska's impressive peaks, presented in a unique 3D cel-shaded graphical style.

Mr. Miyamoto will be giving fans the chance to ask him the questions they really want to ask about the NDS, about titles such as Nintendogs, Animal Crossing: Wild World and Dr Kawashima's Brain Training: How Old Is Your Brain?, and the upcoming New Super Mario Bros. Visit the Webchat.tv site, submit your questions and come back on Friday, 17th March at 8 PM CET where Mr. Miyamoto will participate in a video based web-chat and answer as many of these questions as he can.