Tripwire Interactive announced today that the next Red Orchestra update is due in mid-September and will include a new weapon, authentic Russian voiceovers, updated animations, new icons and of course a bunch of bug fixes. The update will be made through Steam and should automatically apply when you login.

Milestone, the creators of the Superbike series, are back and bringing Super-Bikes: Riding Challenge with them, the most realistic and in depth riding simulation.

Check out the following new screens from 1C Company's Games Convention 2006 lineup:

• Adrenalin 2 - Screens
• A.I.M. 2 - 16 New Screens
• Ascension to the Throne - 15 New Screens
• Battle Lord - 23 New Screens
• Blood Magic - 32 New Screens
• Death to Spies - 12 New Screens
• PT Boats: Knights of the Sea - 48 New Screens
• Mythic Wars - 26 New Screens
• Rig 'n Roll - 15 New Screens
• Star Wolves 2 - 16 New Screens
• Swashbucklers: Blue vs. Grey - 22 New Screens
• Theatre Of War - 17 New Screens
• The Tomorrow War - 19 New Screens
• Whirlwind of Vietnam - 12 New Screens
• XIII Century - 20 New Screens
• You Are Empty - 20 New Screens

2006 FIFA World Cup will feature stunning visual representations of the world's superstar players, 12 official stadiums that will be used at 2006 FIFA World Cup Germany and stadiums from each qualifying region. This patch fixes a rendering issue with certain ATI cards.

Atari and Marc Ecko celebrated as recipients of an MTV Video Music Award for its action-adventure game Marc Ecko's Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure, named as winner of the first-ever Best Video Game Soundtrack category at the annual video music awards show.

Wargaming has released a new patch for its Massive Assault Network 2 open beta test. This v2.0.215 beta adds further optimization, profile features, ATI Radeon bug fixes and a few other tweaks....

SkillGround is the world's first video game service where competitors from around the world can play top quality video games head-to-head in a secure and fair environment for fun and real money. The creators are currently hosting a beta test, and the first 1,000 people to sign up receive $50 to use as entry fees to play other gamers on SkillGround.

Milestone, the creators of the Superbike series, are back and bringing Super-Bikes: Riding Challenge with them, the most realistic and in depth riding simulation.

Out of the Park Baseball 2006 offers gamers the ultimate in realism with its brand new pitch-by-pitch game engine, unrivalled playability and unparalleled customization. This final v1.0.3 patch/demo includes several new community requested features, as well as the usual bug/crash fixes and game tweaks.

Check out the following new screens from GameFactory Interactive's Games Convention 2006 lineup:

• Officers - Screens
• Jagged Farm: Birth of a Hero - Screens
• Warfare - Screens
• Gluk0za - Screens
• Protivostoyanie - Screens

Matrix Games and 2 by 3 Games have released an updated editor for their strategy game War In The Pacific. The v6 update overall improves the editor and adds new features like “Update All Ship Weapons,” allowing you to easily modify weapons of an entire class of ships, and

DreamCatcher Games today announced that it is accepting applications for the Public Beta Test of its highly anticipated futuristic 3D RTS game, Genesis Rising: The Universal Crusade. The application process begins today, Thursday, August 31st, at 12:00pm EST and will close on Friday, September 8th at 12:00pm EST.

NCsoft today announced the release of a free update to Auto Assault in both North America and Europe. Both current and new players stand to benefit with many new missions, cooler loot, enhanced tournament play and system-level changes designed to make post apocalyptic destruction even more fun.

Check out the following new screens from PlayTen's Games Convention 2006 lineup:

• Precursors - Screens
• Day of Atlantis - Screens
• Condemned World - Screens
• White Gold - Screens

Check out the following new screens from IDEA Games' Games Convention 2006 lineup:

• Armed Assault - Screens
• Rock of Pariahs - Screens
• Fish Fillets 2 - Screens
• Alpha Prime - Screens
• UFO Afterlight - Screens

Check out the following new screens from dtp/ANACONDA's Games Convention 2006 lineup:

• Undercover: Operation Wintersun - Screens & Trailer
• Sabotage - Screens & Trailer
• Overclocked - Screens & Trailer
• Legend: Hand of God - Screens & Trailer
• Gray Matter - Screens
• Drakensang: The Dark Eye - Screens & Trailer
• Tony Tough 2 - Screens
• Belief & Betrayal - Screens
• Runaway 2 - Trailer
• Reprobates - Trailer

Check out the following new screens from BUKA's Games Convention 2006 lineup:

• Collapse - Screens & Trailer
• DUSK-12 - Screens
• Aggression Europe 1914 - Screens
• Hard Truck Apocalypse: Rise of Clans - Screens
• Pacific Storm Allies - Screens & Trailer
• The Stalin Subway: Red Veil - Screens

Check out the following new screens from 2K Games' Games Convention 2006 lineup:

• Bioshock [ALL] - Screens
• Dungeon Siege: Throne of Agony [PSP] - Screens
• The Family Guy [ALL] - Screens
• Ghost Rider [ALL] - Screens
• The Darkness [PS3/X360] - Screens
• Stronghold Legends - Screens
• Sid Meier's RailRoads! - Screens

Microsoft has released a new backwards compatibility update, now available over Xbox Live. This free update adds 48 more titles to the original Xbox games that can be played on your X360, bringing to total to almost 300. Titles of note are Burnout 3: Takedown, Counter-Strike, Call of Cthulhu, The Suffering, X-Men II, MK: Deception and plenty more ...

Check out the following new screens from Techland's Games Convention 2006 lineup:

• Chrome 2 - Screens & Trailer
• WarHound - Screens
• FIM Speedway GrandPrix 2 - Screens
• Xpand Rally Xtreme - Screens
• Crazzy Soccer Mundial - Screens

Check out the following new screens from JoWood's Games Convention 2006 lineup:

• Peacebreakers - Screens & Trailer
• Alpine Ski Racing 2007 (PC)- Screens

Check out the following new screens from SEGA's Games Convention 2006 lineup:

• LEGO Star Wars: The Original Trilogy [ALL] - Screens
• Star Wars Empire at War: Forces of Corruption - Screens

Check out the following new screens from SEGA's Games Convention 2006 lineup:

• Medieval II: Total War - Screens & Trailer
• Sega Genesis Collection [PSP] - Screens
• Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz [PSP] - Screens
• Sonic and The Secret Rings [Wii] - Screens
• Worldwide Soccer Manager 2007 - Screens
• Phantasy Star Universe [PS2/X360/PC][- Trailer

Check out the following new screens from Ubisoft's Games Convention 2006 lineup:

• Assassin's Creed (PS3) - Screens
• Rainbow Six Vegas (ALL) - Screens
• Rayman Raving Rabbids (Wii) - Screens
• Splinter Cell Double Agent (ALL) - Screens
• Red Steel [Wii] - Screens & Trailer
• Brothers In Arms: Hell's Highway [PS3] - Screens & Trailer
• Dark Messiah of Might & Magic - Screens & Trailer
• The Settlers [NDS] - Screens
• Faces of War - Screens

Check out the following new screens from Sony's Games Convention 2006 lineup:

• Genji 2 [PS3] - Screens
• WarHawk [PS3] - Screens
• The Eye of Judgment [PS3] - Screens
• Everybody's Golf 5 [PS3] - Screens