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.

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.

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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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.

Enemy Territory: Quake Wars pits the armies of Earth against the invading alien Strogg in the ultimate online strategic shooter. Featuring strategic team play, persistent character promotions, day and nighttime combat missions, and the universe's most powerful weapons and vehicles.

Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures is an Online Action RPG, mixing a deep, story-driven single-player experience with a massive and brutal multiplayer end-game. The official Age of Conan Beta sign-up starts today, giving thousands of pioneers a unique chance to play the MMO months before release!

Tortuga: Two Treasures will have players setting sail as pirate captains in search of action, adventure and of course, treasure. You play Thomas "Hawk" Blythe and after you get betrayed and captured, a dramatic battle for power, romance, treasure and truth commences aboard the Jolly Roger.

EA announced that it will bring its MMORPG Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning to major Asian regions, including Korea, China, Taiwan and Japan. WAR features next generation Realm vs. Realm game play that will immerse players in a world of perpetual conflict.

Ace Combat 6: Fires of Liberation goes online via Xbox Live for the first time, where players will be able to experience Ace Combat on a massive worldwide scale as it features an in-depth multi-player online experience that includes a variety of action-packed online modes.

It is 1945. The Soviet armies are rolling down for Berlin in haste. Their main objective is to get hold of secret prototypes of German rockets as well as archives regarding the nuclear bomb on which the Reich scientists have been working.

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:

• Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction [PS3] - Trailer
• The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar - Dev Diary Trailer
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Falcon 4.0: Allied Force features extensive improvements in all areas including artificial intelligence, graphics, multiplayer, terrain and of course the stunning real time, fully dynamic campaign engine. This patch brings your retail game to v1.0.11 and improves stability, AI, multiplayer and various other fixes and tweaks.

Eidos confirmed today that production on the Hitman movie commenced on March 27 and will continue in and around the Bulgarian capital of Sofia for 12 weeks before moving on to locations in South Africa, St. Petersburg and London. Timothy Olyphant (Deadwood) stars as Agent 47 and Dougray Scott (MI: II) portrays the antagonist.

StreamBase Systems announced that BioWare has adopted the StreamBase Stream Processing Engine to enable and accelerate the development of its next-generation Massive Multiplayer Online (MMO) gaming platform.