Atari has released a new patch for the North American edition of RCT3: Wild!, which corrects any issues that may arise from installing the Wild expansion pack before installing Soaked. If you install the Soaked expansion before installing Wild there is no need to install this patch.

Takeda 2 is a game of epic Samurai action, set in 16th century feudal Japan. Takeda 2 puts the player in the role of Daimyo, a feudal lord fighting for the title of Shogun, supreme military commander. Magitech has released a demo featuring one battle in three campaigns (Takeda, Oda and Nageo).

Featuring 41 ski jump ramps including Worldcup venues, you can either compete or be a coach in one of three difficulties, or opt for management mode. After a hard working day, you can also relax with the integrated Quiz Games with over 500 topical questions.

Vietcong 2 is a FPS set against the background of the 1968 Tet Offensive, in and around the ancient city of Hue, during the Vietnam War. Take2 has released the first patch for Pterodon's FPS Vietcong 2, bringing your retail game to v1.10 and fixes the "CD-key in use" error some people were experiencing. Read more for download links ...

Virtual RC Racing is the worlds most advanced and realistic r/c car simulation and on-line r/c racing community. This v3 still features the same RC Speedway and Oslo tracks, but now improved physics, dual player LAN, multilanguage support and new timer system. You will need to sign up on the offical site to activate the game and play (thanks Blues). Read more for download links ...

EA Sports has released yet another patch for its latest iteration in EA Canada's baseball franchise, MVP Baseball 2005. This patch updates your game with the latest rosters, current through the end of the year. Read more for download links ..

Microsoft has released a new patch for Blue Fang Games' zoo building sim Zoo Tycoon 2. This update brings your English, French or German retail game to v20.11.00.0007+, although no specific details as to what it fixes are available at this point (thanks 3DGamers). Read more for download links ..

RedBedlam Ltd is pleased to declare the pre-order phase open for its Roman Empire based MMORPG Roma Victor. The first 1,500 account keys are available from the Roma Victor website. The accounts, costing £14.98 each, will come complete with £5 worth of in-game currency (sesterces).

Trainz Railroad Simulator 2006 sets new standards of realism and immersion in operating a virtual railroad. Aura has released two whopping demos, featuring different locations and severla scenarios (thanks 3DGamers). Read more for download links ...

2K Games has released a new patch for Croteam's Serious Sam II. This update brings your retail game to v2.066 and adds dedicated server support, the usual bug and crash fixes, multiplayer enhancements, gfx tweaks and plenty more. Read more for download links ...

TOCA Race Driver 3 players will be competing in a massive variety of the world's most aggressive motorsports, complete with explosive damage effects, head-to-head online multiplayer racing and a game engine rebuilt for a greater degree of simulation. As promised Codemasters has released an updated demo featuring three tracks, with a choice of three cars, and three series (DTM, V8 and the new Baja Offroad Racing).

InCrazyBall is a sort of Marble Madness in 3D, where you guide a ball through crazy tracks, much like Super Monkey Ball. Multiplayer and an editor, so you can design your own tracks, will be included. Micro Application has released the first patch adressing graphical issues with Nvidia cards, UI improvements, various crash and bug fixes and multiplayer optimizations.

After a hiatus of nearly 2 years EA has released a new patch for its RTS Command & Conquer Generals. This update will bring your German, French & English retail game to v1.8 and is a compatibility patch to support multiplayer with C&C The First Decade.

Prairie Games announced that its open-source "Massively Single Player" RPG Minions of Mirth is now available. There will be 15 character careers from 3 character archetypes, multiclass characters with primary, secondary, and tertiary class, 8 playable character races, 16 incredible zones to explore, hundreds of spells and PLENTY more.

Flying Range II: Long Way Home is an action-arcade set in the year of 2026. You are the captain of the first hyperspace engine equipped battleship. You get lost in the galaxy and as the captain, it is your task to bring the ship and its crew back home. Red Planet has released a small patch fixing a scout ship cargo capacity bug and a character appearance failure.

Galactic Dream is a space-based strategy game in which four species are fighting for their very survival. This game brings you the shaped wings of your very galactic dreams: you will command star-ships and terrifying space monsters in real time.

With RollerCoaster Tycoon 3: Soaked! the park guests will catch rays and ride the waves on more than fifty new rides and coasters including super- splash flume rides, massive water slides, wave pools and more. Atari has released a patch for RCT3 Soaked! bringing it in line with the recent Wild! expansion pack, including some features like custom billboards and tunnels etc, as well as optimizing RCT3's first expansion pack.

Introversion's Darwinia is now available to gamers worldwide via Steam for just $19.95. Darwinia is a captivating mix of multiple genres including real-time strategy, arcade, and puzzle games. A demo can also be downloaded through Valve's Steam service.

Infinite Interactive's has released a new patch for its strategy title Warlords IV: Heroes of Etheria. This upgrade brings your retail game to v1.03 and addresses a slew of tweaks to units, warlords, spells and more, as well as bug fixes, AI improvements, and several new features, such as the Warlord editor. Read more for detailed fix list and download links ...

Frogster has released the first patch for Mayhem Studios' fantasy RPG Neverend, bringing your German retail game to v1.1 and addressing a few bug and crashes as well as some enemy AI issues.

Activision has released a new patch for Creative Assembly's 3D RTS Rome: Total War, as well as its Barbarian Invasion expansion pack. This update brings your original RTW retail game to v1.5, expansion to v1.6, and adds several improvements & bug fixes to the campaign, and battle mode. Both the patches are valid for

Frogster has released a new patch for Wicked Studios' adventure game Keepsake bringing your German retail game to v1.2 and addresses gameplay and interface bugs. Read more for detailed fixlist and download links ...

PureSim Baseball 2005 Gold Edition is the ultimate baseball fan’s toy, with support for both casual and hardcore baseball fans and the ability to play out any season in baseball history. Matrix Games has released a new patch bringing your retail game to v1.20 and improves simulation speed, AI contract negotiations, the roster management AI, and nine minor bug fixes were implemented.

WarRock is an online FPS game in the style of EA's Battlefield 2, allowing you to experience online battlefields on a large scale, supporing vechicles for land, sea and air. Read more to download the current open beta test client, but participation requires you to register, free, at the official website.

Atari has issued the first patch for the US Gold edition of Frontier Developments's theme-parl sim RollerCoaster Tycoon 3. This patch #1 fixes a framerate issue during nighttime, billboards have been added, the tunnel system found in Wild! has been added, some minor AI issues have been fixed, and a new tutorial has been included.