dtp has signed a publishing agreement with City Interactive to bring its latest FPS title Hell in Vietnam, produced by Men of Valor lead designer Radomir Kucharski, to retail. Using Techland's Chrome engine, Hell in Vietnam is set during the Tet offensive.

Nintendo has plenty in store to keep your Wii Remote and touch screen busy in the New Year. Whatever sort of games you like to play there is something for everyone, ranging from nail-bitingly addictive puzzle games to adrenaline-filled action titles. What ever your preference or tastes, with no less than 50 NDS titles and 22 Wii games, Nintendo is sure to have something for you!

Buckle up and prepare to unleash automotive anarchy in the ultimate burner’s paradise. Burnout 5 gives players license to wreak havoc in Paradise City, the ultimate seamless racing battleground, with a massive infrastructure of traffic-heavy roads to abuse.

QuickSpot is a fast and challenging game of concentration, where the objective for the player is to spot the differences between two seemingly identical pictures and circle the differences on the touch-screen.

In development at Japanese studio d'Artoon, Vampire's Rain is a survival horror action game set in Los Angeles where you play as John Lloyd, an AIB special agent who has to fight his way past hordes Night Walker zombies.

SEGA has announced that it will be releasing the long-awaited v1.2 patch for Creative Assembly's 3D RTS Medieval II: Total War. Due to time constraints, the update will no longer include the promised Hotseat mode, but will instead be included in the upcoming Kingdoms expansion pack (and thus cost money). We will have the patch available on our fileserver network

Celebrities from the music, film, art and sport worlds have used their creative talents to design and personalize 30 Guitar Hero II controllers for Rock, Paint, Bid, an online charity auction, starting today through April 13, by Activision and Red Bull Energy Drink.

Atelier Iris 3 brings new designs, characters, and an epic story with new systems. It will give players more control and enjoyable game play experience by featuring the Active Cost Card Battle System and the Symbol Encounter System, as well as a Synthesis that is interesting, creative and challenging than the last two titles in the series.

Seven Lights has opened registration for the upcoming beta release of The Continuum, its online collectible war game that blends strategy gaming, collectible gaming, RPGs and digital goods into a distinctive game universe where players’ actions affect a gripping narrative, and their customized digital characters develop to change the combat landscape.

id Software has released a new v1.4.1 Win32/Linux BETA patch for its FPS Quake 4. This update tweaks various settings in the game, and mainly adjust Q4TV settings, adding chat support, increasing viewer limit and plenty more ...

Sparta: Ancient Wars is an innovative RTS game based on historical events and timelines, not featuring myths or legends. Based on the historical background of Spartans' high culture, there will appear huge ancient battles on your screen, enabled by a brand new stunning 3D engine.

NCsoft announced the "Good Versus Evil Edition," bundling City of Heroes and City of Villains into one feature packed box, as well as a referral program where current players can receive one month of play-time credit by bringing friends into either game.

MotoGP ’07 is the next evolution in the definitive motorcycle racing franchise, featuring the complete 2007 MotoGP season and an improved 'race day' experience that captures the excitement and spectacle of a live MotoGP event.

Microsoft recently announced that it had changed the Xbox 360 warranty in the United States and Canada from 90 days to one year from the date of purchase, and now it's adding additional service enhancements.

Crave Entertainment announced they will publish Spelling Challenges and More!, a new family game for the PSP and NDS. Based on the growing enthusiasm for spelling bees and brain games, Spelling Challenges and More! offers fun for the whole family in an engaging game show format.

Revealed a few weeks ago, Focus has signed Frogwares' Dracula: Origin, a gothic adventure game, where you are Professor Van Helsing and must prevent Dracula from finding and using the antediluvian manuscript; you must help everyone who crossed paths with the count and refused to serve him.

Blizzard has released a small update for its MMORPG World of Warcraft. This v2.0.12 patch addresses a few bugs in various arenas, battlegrounds and caverns.

In Namco Bandai's latest installment to the popular RPG Tales franchise, Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology, players will create a hero to embark on a valiant quest to save the land of Terresia from the gripping force of a powerful evil, set on destruction.

Ghostlight has signed Shadow Hearts: From The New World, an RPG that takes place in the US during the Great Depression. Featuring a gripping and inspirational storyline, players can expect to run into a unique set of characters at famous, real-world locations.

Hospital Tycoon is a medical-themed God game in which players are put in charge of hectic hospital facilities that are constantly on the verge of crisis and collapse. Players are challenged to run, maintain, enhance and expand the hospitals while turning any chaotic situation around using ingenious management techniques.

THQ's latest release schedule reveals that a new installment in the long running Worms franchise is in the works. While details are still sketchy, Worms Open Warfare 2 is scheduled for this summer and will include new weapons, new single/multiplayer modes and online gaming on both platforms for up to 4 players. An official announcement should follow shortly.

Another day, another batch of games shipped to stores. Instead of giving them all their own posts, we grouped them, and so far there are announcements for:

• Guitar Hero II (Xbox 360)
• Prince of Persia Rival Swords (PSP/Wii)
• SingStar Pop (PS2)
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  We will update this throughout the day when new announcements become available. Read more for details ...

Following the recent second anniversary of PSP, Sony Computer Entertainment America announced a reduced price for PSP hardware. Effective today, PSP Core Pack will be available in North America for $169.99 (MSRP), delivering a significant $30 savings to consumers.

Shoot bad guys, collect gold and stop a train robbery in The Wild West. Use the Touch Screen to shoot and throw dynamite in both 2D and 3D levels set in wild, untamed environments. Put on your cowboy hat and load up your six-shooters for the gun-slinging fun of The Wild West!

Nintendo has taken the world’s most popular sports and made it even better by throwing in some of its most popular characters, 5-a-side teams and well and truly throwing out the rulebook! With Mario Strikers: Charged Football you really can compete in a world cup, thanks to the multi-player mode via Wi-Fi.