In order to keep the members of the Brazilian National Football Team entertained between matches, Atari and the Kempinski Hotel Falkenstein have provided a games lounge for the players where they can road-test a pre-release version of Test Drive Unlimited.

Ace Combat Zero: The Belkan War thrusts players back in time, 15 years before the events of Ace Combat 5, and reveals the events that led up to the last chapter of the franchise. Players will take on the role of a mercenary hired to fly for Ustio, a small country bordering Belka, and face off against rival pilots throughout the game.

Icculus has released an updated dedicated Linux server files for Infinity Ward's Call of Duty 2. This v1.3 version brings the server in sync with the previously released patch, but no further details are available at this point ...

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:

• Dark Messiah of Might & Magic - Assassin Trailer
• Beltion: Beyond Ritual - Trailer
• Dance Factory [PS2] - Trailer
• Bomberman [PSP] - Trailer
• Company of Heroes - Infantry Weapons Trailer
• World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade - Flying Mounts
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German Street Racing is a street racing game, developed by Dutch studio Team6, spread out over 5 of the biggest German cities. Select your favorite German car, tune it, race against AI or take it online, but most of all, keep an eye on the condition of your ride!

Ace Combat X: Skies of Deception will feature a limited amount of flyable planes such as F/A-18 Hornet, Su-27 and the MiG-29, and the same group of countries are still waging war. Ace Combat X: Skies of Deception features a new multiplayer mode that allows simultaneous battle for up to four players!

A survey conducted by Macrovision revealed a common misconception about the habits of people who play casual games. People who like mainstream games, such as Diner Dash and MahJong, frequently play more than nine, two or more hour ‘sessions’ each week, usually at night as opposed to during commute hours or other ‘quick break’ times during the day.

Vivendi has released a new v1.06 patch for Monolith's first person close-quarters combat experience FEAR addressing a loading issue with games saved before the 1.05 update and several other various fixes. An updated Win32/Linux server and SDK are also available.

Atari today announced that development is complete on its PS2 exclusive Super Dragon Ball Z. Developed by former Street Fighter II producer Noritaka Funamizu’s new studio, Crafts & Meister, Super Dragon Ball Z takes the DBZ franchise into high-octane 3D arcade territory with intense, dramatic combos and unprecedented damage.

SEGA Europe is bringing the Japanese PS2 exclusive football management game, Let's Make a Soccer Team! to Europe. The game offers a unique football management experience allowing you to create, build and control every aspect of your own football club in the real football world!

You play John Armstrong, a young medical student, drafted into the National Guard during a world-wide alien invasion. During a critical mission, your team is wiped out and success depends on you.

THQ has now released a new patch for Relic's 3D RTS Dawn Of War/Winter Assault. This update brings your retail game to v1.50 and mainly seems to add unit balancing, interface enhancements, some optimizations and bug fixes. Requires the previous v1.41 patch to be installed (thanks Relicnews). Read more for detailed fix list and download links...

SEGA today announced the launch of Total War: Eras for DVD. Scheduled for release on June 30th 2006 in Europe (25th July in America), Total War: Eras is the ultimate collectors item for any Total War or strategy fan and includes all 3 total War titles and their expansion packs.

The Sacred Rings, sequel to Aura: Fate of the Ages, is an epic graphic adventure in a dark fantastical world of magic and intrigue. As part of The Keepers can you are tasked to track down artifacts of great power before a rival clan obtains them to gain evil powers.

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:

• Day Of Defeat Source - Jagd Trailer
• NHL 07 [ALL] - Trailer #2
• NBA Live 07 [ALL] - Behind The Scenes #1
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Eidos and casual games publisher PlayFirst today announced a partnership to bring the PC downloadable brand, Diner Dash to handheld game platforms.

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.

Stormcloud Creations is proud to announce Arcadia: Guild of Heroes (aka The Arcadia Project), the very first fully community funded, community-assisted from the ground up PC game ever attempted. The project includes a special forum for pre-order users where you can play actual builds of the game and suggest ideas as its being created.

Test Drive Unlimited challenges players online to experience the most exotic and fastest vehicles on more than 1000 miles of diverse Hawaiian roads. Gamers win races, challenges, missions and tournaments to earn credits and purchase new cars, bikes, rare performance parts, clothes, apparel, homes and garages.

Biart announced today that it has finished development of its diving simulator Diver: Deep Water Adventures, and the game will appear in the nearest months in the shops of Russia, France and Germany, while other territories are currently under negotiation.

Martial Heroes is a Free-to-Play full 3D MMORPG based on an ancient Oriental story. It uses beautiful costumes made with papers and fabrics. There are various opportunities like the Guild War vs. Evil War system.

Namco Bandai America and Deep Silver today announced an agreement to allow Koch Media to co-publish its RTS game Warhammer: Mark of Chaos and the fantasy RPG Mage Knight: Apocalypse in all European territories, both scheduled for release in late 2006.

The Nintendo DS makes its motion picture debut in the upcoming teen spy thriller Stormbreaker as Nintendo has signed an agreement with the film's producers that will turn the NDS into the ultimate spy gadget.

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:

• Blade Dancer: Lineage of Light [PSP] - Trailer #5
• Micro Machines v4 - Weapons Trailer
• Dungeon Siege II: Broken World - Trailer (2)
• Fatal Inertia [PS3] - Trailer #2
• Bet on Soldier: Blood of Sahara - Q&A Trailer
• Day Of Defeat Source - Jagd Trailer
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The Paid Character Transfer feature allows WoW players to move characters to other realms and even from one account where you are the subscriber to another account where you are the subscriber, subject to certain restrictions. The cost of each paid character transfer is $25.00 USD.