After last year’s formation of development studios in Singapore and Belgium, 10Tacle Studios starts off the year 2006 with a majority shareholding in Blimey! Games in London. The team of 45 people led by CEO Ian Bell is specialised in the development of ultra-realistic racing games, such as GTR, and GTR Legends.

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, allows gamers to experience tomb raiding as never before. Expected in European stores April 7, North America April 11, 2006.

DarkStar One delivers fast-paced action within a vast and authentic universe. Experience spectacular graphics, freedom of choice, a gripping story and the power to save the federal galaxy from its nemesis! Ascaron can now introduce detailed backgrounds to the six races, beginning with the future of human existence... the Terrans.

Originally scheduled for Feb 2005, then signed by the now defunct Digital Jesters, Widescreen Games' white water rafting and kayaking game Wild Water Adrenaline is finally scheduled for release Q1 2006, to be published by Nobilis.

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.

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 :

• TOCA Race Driver 3 [PS2/Xbox/PC] - Car Damage Trailer
• Tomb Raider: Legend - Gameplay Trailers (2)
• Arena Football - Trailer (3)
• RF Online - Walkthrough Movie
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Quazal and Crave Entertainment today announced that they have entered into a long-term, three-year agreement for the use of Quazal’s online technologies in all of Crave Entertainment’s gaming products.

Cinemaware Marquee today announced Buccaneer’s Bounty, a compilation of three top-rated pirate-themed strategy games – Port Royale 2, Tortuga and Patrician III. The complete package delivers more than 100 hours of deep, engaging gameplay for only $19.99.

Activision issued brief statement regarding the CoD2 patch that is now available through Xbox Live. "Infinity Ward and Activision have issued a Title Update that addresses the player progression loss issues associated with Call of Duty 2 on the Xbox 360. The team is continuing to work on additional updates and we will keep you posted." This is only for the singleplayer part of the game, a patch addressing the lag is still in the works.

Tesseraction Games has filed suit for breach of contract and racketeering against publisher Dreamcatcher Interactive. The lawsuit cites unpaid royalties, fraudulent sales reporting and intentional contract violations damaging Tesseractions intellectual property. Tesseraction is also seeking injunctive relief against the publisher. Are there actually any honest publishers in America?

Atari today announced the upcoming multiplatform release of Tate Interactive's action, 3D platformer Kao the Kangaroo Round 2 for the PS2, Xbox, NGC and PC. Kao Challengers will ship simultaneously for the PSP.

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. Play your cards right and you could even be running everything as the next, and most powerful, Don.

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, allows gamers to experience tomb raiding as never before. Eidos announcd today Tomb Raider Legend is scheduled for release in April 2006.

iEntertainment Network announces today that it is bringing Game & Game's MMORPG Legend of Mir 3 to North America. Over 1 million players worldwide play Legends of Mir 3 and the game has been praised for its ease of entry, its well-balanced game play, and the many and varied activities players can accomplish in the Legend of Mir 3 worlds.

UberSoldier is a high-tech first-person 3D shooter, which takes place in an alternate universe where the fascist Germany won in the Second World War. A soldier of the German Resistance, Karl Stolz, turns out to be involved in the deadly play of mysterious powers, and at stake is control over the entire world.

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.

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. World Designer Steven Smith tells us a bit more about the Brooklyn neighborhood in the game.

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 :

• Battlefield 2: Modern Combat [X360] - Trailer
• Rugby 06 [PS2/Xbox/PC] - Penalty Trailer
• 007: From Russia With Love [PSP] - Trailer
• Battle for Middle Earth 2 [X360/PC] - Trailer
• MGS 3: Subsistence [PS2] - Multiplayer Trailer
• Street Supremacy [PSP] - Trailer
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  We will update this throughout the day when new trailers become available. Read more for download links ...

One of Dark Age of Camelot's biggest complaints was the widely known radar cheat, and it seems Mythic has finally found a solution and bann0red the h4xx0rz. "For the last few months, we've been test driving our program's latest refinements. We didn't want to deliver bannings until we were absolutely sure we had no false positives. Well, we're sure now. So, to about four hundred and fifty people with nothing better to do but cheat at video games: Time for a new game, because you are now banned."

"Through the community's valuable feedback, we have been made aware of several issues with the demo. We are committed to delivering a top-quality product and can confirm that the issues found in the demo will not be present in the final product. Further, the team is working diligently to remedy the community's concerns. We will provide more information to the community regarding the demo soon." Producer Kyle Peschel has posted several interim fixes on the Atari forums.

Bolstered by a tough defensive effort that limited NFL MVP Shaun Alexander to just 70 yards rushing and sacked Seattle quarterback Matt Hasselbeck four times, the Pittsburgh Steelers won their fifth overall Super Bowl championship in a Madden NFL 06 game simulation, downing the Seahawks 24-19 in a preview of what might happen in Super Bowl XL.

Capcom today announced the release of Mega Man Maverick Hunter X for the PSP. Mega Man Maverick Hunter X is a fresh remake of the original Mega Man X title that debuted on the SNES, launching a separate Mega Man storyline and a new central characternamed X.

EA today revealed that we will have to wait a week or 2-3 longer for the BF2 v1.2 patch, caused by some community concerns which had to be addressed first. The delay unfortunately also results in the Euro Force booster pack being pushed back to mid/end February. Good news is that the the Red/Blue nametag bug has been addressed, as well as increased distance for hand grenades, ammo packs, and health packs, turrets will no longer pass through walls, and and last but not least tank/grenade launcher projectiles will less frequently vanish during online play.

Tony Hawk's American Wasteland for PC has been declared Gold master by its publisher Aspyr, and is scheduled to ship Wednesday, February 1. For the first time ever in a Tony Hawk game, THAW gives you the freedom to skate or bike throughout a rich, expansive open environment in which you never have to skate the same line twice. The sky's the limit as you progress through Los Angeles and choose missions that immerse you in the action. THAW also supports multiplayer.

D3Publisher today announced a worldwide publishing agreement with DreamWorks for video games based on the forthcoming computer animated feature film Flushed Away, to coincide with the release of the animated feature film releasing November 14, 2006.