The US Army has released a new updated version for America's Army: Special Forces (Link-Up). This upgrade brings their team-based multiplayer game to v2.6 and includes two new missions, new match-making service, updated punkbuster, and the usual tweaks, bug and game crash fixes. Read more for details and download links ...

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 :

• Neverwinter Nights 2 - Trailer
• Drakengard 2 - Trailer #2
• Driver Parallel Lines [PS2/Xbox/PC] - Crashes Trailer #3
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Heroes of Might & Magic V will benefit from the established features and characteristics while offering a wealth of innovations such as an immersive scenario, a variety of factions, 3D graphics, a revolutionary tactical combat system, and a story-based campaign mode. Learn more about the magic schools in HOMM5, or discover more about performance enhancing artefacts.

EA has released the first patch for FIFA Manager 06, previously known as Total Club Manager 2006. This update brings your French, German or English retail game to v1.2 and addresses a slew of fixes, enhacements, and gameplay tweaks. An update for the editor is also available, adding up to date data. Read more for detailed fix list and download links ...

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.

The Adventure Company announced today that they will be changing the ship date for Keepsake to April 18, 2006. They are planning to add enhancements unique to the North American version of the game, including new voiceovers and other goodies for the North American audience.

Following his work on Cold Fear and Ghost Recon 2, Tom Salta has composed and produced the anthemic live orchestral soundtrack for Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter. Scheduled to ship for March 2006, Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter focuses on the deployment of the Soldier of the Future – the "warfighter," into the chaos of urban warfare.

Square-Enix has banned more than 700 accounts in its Final Fantasy XI massively multiplayer online RPG. Square issued a press release which included statements about how the gold farming was affecting the FFXI world's online economy.

At the DICe conference in Las Vegas Nintendo revealed several new features for the Nintendo DS, amongst which is Metroid Chat, allowing gamers the ability to chat directly with one another before and after matches played via Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection. Read more for details ...

Galactic Civilizations II takes place in the distant future, when mankind has become a space-faring civilization and must contend with other extraterrestrial powers for domination of the galaxy. The sequel is a true evolution for the series, with rethought fundamentals and exciting new changes.

Got Game Entertainment and Merscom today announced that WWII Tank Commander, a non-stop military action game for the PC, will begin arriving this weekend in game retailers across North America. Developed by Sylum Entertainment, WWII Tank Commander features an easy to pick-up-and-play style.

Ubi Soft has yet again released new patches for 1C Maddox's WW2 flight sim Pacific Fighters. This update brings your retail game to v4.03 (for both the standalone and merged installations) and adds new aircrafts, modifications, fixes, new ground objects and more... Read more for download links.

Ubisoft has released a new v1.33 dedicated linux server file for Crytek's Far Cry. Read more for download links ...

As the only game that offers an open, fast-paced driving action-movie experience, Driver: Parallel Lines features an unfolding storyline of double crossing and revenge. Set in a photorealistic interpretation of New York City, players take on the role of a notorious 18 year old who, free from conscience and rules, is the most sought after driver-for-hire in town.

State of Emergency 2 takes place 10 years after the original and has Spanky, Bull and MacNeill again up against the Corporation. This time, they not only have access to guns but also - for the first time - helicopters, speedboats, Tanks and APCs and new team members.

According to In Newsweekly, Blizzard has sent Sara Andrews a formal letter of apology after reviewing the incident where she was reprimanded for using the term "GLBT friendly." The policy in question would be reviewed, and Blizzard's COO Paul Sams told In Newsweekly that it would be adding a guild recruitment channel to the game where people can advertise their guilds in an appropriate fashion, and to top it off, all of its WoW GMs are getting sensitivity training.

In Neopets: The Darkest Faerie, players enter the land of Neopia for the first time in 3D and journey with Neopian characters on an adventure to rid the world from the evil Darkest Faerie.

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 Sims 2 Open for Business - Trailer #6
• Burnout Revenge [X360] - Trailer
• RF Online - Character Trailers (3)
• Dreamfall: The Longest Journey [Xbox/PC] - Trailer #2
• Sin Episodes: Emergence - Trailer
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  We will update this throughout the day when new trailers become available. Read more for download links ...

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. Expected in European stores April 7, North America April 11, 2006.

Eidos today confirms that Championship Manager 2006 will be released in the UK on PS2 and Xbox in Spring 2006, plenty of time before the World Cup. CM 2006 offers a wide range of innovative new features and is the most realistic version to date, with Player data given a complete overhaul, including signings from the January transfer window!

Paradox Interactive announced that it is expanding and has opened a second office in New York City headed by Marketing Executive Susana Meza. Ubisoft also announced the opening of a new office in Dallas, Texas which will house a sales team that will focus on supporting retailers in the area and strengthening regional partnerships, spearheaded by directors of sales Ana Raphael and Linda Reese.

Nobilis' The Secrets of Da Vinci: The Forbidden Manuscript is a major adventure and investigation game, the first game created about the life and work of Leonardo da Vinci. It offers players the opportunity to grapple with the mysteries of the codes hidden within the works of the great Italian genius.

Global Star Software announced that Global Star Sudoku Fever is now available at retailers in North America, Europe to follow in March. In response to the puzzle craze that is sweeping North America, Global Star Sudoku Fever is the first Sudoku puzzle game available for GBA.

Paradise, developed by Benoit Sokal's White Birds Productions, is an adventure game which immerses the player in the heart of Africa, at once eternal and terribly contemporary. A young woman, the daughter of a fierce dictator, crosses the continent in the company of a leopard, to take him to the place of his birth, the peaks of Kilimanjaro.

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.