Developer S2 Games today announced that it will be foregoing traditional methods of publishing and distribution for Savage 2: A Tortured Soul, making it only available for purchase as an online download on the S2 Games website.

Valve's SteamPowered website has been updated with details regarding the latest update to Counter-Strike: Source. This update adds Leet and SAS player models, fixes players being able to run up very steep slopes for short distances, fixes low-violence models not animating properly, improved player ragdolls. Just restart Steam for the effects to take place.

A few months ago, Midway announced that it had signed a license agreement for The Ant Bully with Warner Bros Interactive, and today, the first concrete material has surfaced. After bullying an innocent ant colony, a young boy named Lucas is magically shrunken down to ant size and embarks on a remarkable adventure.

The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy video game pits the characters from the popular Cartoon Network television show against each other in an adventure-fighting game, filled with mayhem and chaos.

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 :

• Stranglehold [PS3/X360/PC] - Trailer #2
• Mortal Kombat: Armageddon [PS2/Xbox] - Trailer
• Battle for Middle-Earth 2 - War of The Rings Trailer Part 1 & 2
• Rise & Fall: Civilizations at War - Trailer #10
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WarPath is a fast-paced FPS game featuring a unique single player mode that allows gamers to battle for control of different territories, with each providing distinct strategic advantages. This multiplayer demo features a DM/TDM map Breach, and a CTF map Rush, both playable online/LAN and against bots.

LucasArts presents the first in a series of feature stories about LEGO Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy (working title). You can expect stories like the one to follow periodically, until the game's release across multiple platforms this fall, each article further detailing certain aspects of the game.

Mayor Greg Nickels and the World Cyber Games Committee (WCGC) announced today that Seattle will host the 2007 World Cyber Games Grand Final. The mayor welcomed this premier event for the interactive video game industry to Seattle during a signing ceremony today at City Hall.

In Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon 3, players will embody Captain Scott Mitchell as he commands the Ghosts and Special Forces allies equipped with the IWS in the quest to save the president of the United States, recover stolen nuclear codes and eliminate a vicious band of renegade soldiers hell-bent on unleashing catastrophe.

Koch Media has signed MadMinute Games' strategy game Take Command: 2nd Manassas for distribution in Germany on April 21st. TC2M explores the titular 1862 battle of the American Civil War, which proved to be the pivotal engagement of the Northern Virginia Campaign.

In Ghost Recon 3 you command the Ghosts and Special Forces allies equipped with the IWS in the quest to save the president of the United States, recover stolen nuclear codes and eliminate a vicious band of renegade soldiers hell-bent on unleashing catastrophe. Ubisoft announced the X360 version is now gold, and also confirms release dates for other platforms.

Battlefield 2: Modern Combat developer DICE has announced that the Xbox 360 edition has been delayed. Originally scheduled for later this month, it has been postponed until April 11, 2006. BF2: Modern Combat will drop players into the heat of battle on the high tech frontlines, entering a new modern era of combat with more firepower and new expansive environments.

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.

UberSoldier is a high-tech first-person 3D shooter, which takes place in an alternate universe where the fascist Germany won WW2. This demo offers one mission, where you have to free a resistance leader from an underground complex and enemy base, using a variety of weapons.

Already announced last year, Cenega Publishing today announced it has signed ALTAR Games' UFO: Afterlight, scheduled for Q1 2007, bringing a completely new insight to story of Aftershock, this time from lonely human inhabitants on Mars.

This is an unofficial patch for Pandemic's Battlezone II: Combat Commander. This patch brings your retail game to v1.3 and adds new maps, CTF mode, and the usual bug & crash fixes (thanks 3DGamers). Read more for details and download links ...

Koch Media/JoWood have now released a multiplayer only (one map 'Bocage', conquest mode, 32 players, no LAN) demo for Zootfly's WW2 based tank game Panzer Elite Action.

Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Double Agent will completely revolutionize and reinvent the spy action genre by introducing an unprecedented double agent concept and an entirely new breed of game play that adds an exciting new dimension to the gaming experience.

Daxter takes place during the two years Daxter searches for Jak. To help stamp out a mysterious metalbug infestation, Daxter takes on a job as a pest exterminator, enabling him to explore parts of Haven City in an effort to collect the clues that will lead him to Jak.

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 :

• Superman Returns: The Videogame [PS2/Xbox/X360] - Trailer
• Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter [PS2/Xbox/X360/PC] - NarCom Trailer
• LotR: The Battle for Middle-earth 2 [X360/PC] - Intro Movie
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AND 1 Streetball will raise the bar for sports videos game with its revolutionary I-Ball Controls, an intuitive control system that gives you fluid and precise command over every offensive and defensive move. Not only will you do it, you will also feel it, and it will feel good.

SOE's Platform Publishing today announced an agreement with Perpetual Entertainment to co-publish its online action role-playing game, Gods & Heroes: Rome Rising.

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.

NIS America announced today that Generation of Chaos for the PSP has shipped to North American retailers and is in stores now. Generation of Chaos has evolved into a new handheld game, letting North American strategy RPG fans to stretch their minds and meet the ultimate challenge and thrill of victory.

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.