World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade is the exciting new expansion to Blizzard's massively multiplayer online role-playing game. It expands the game by tremendous bounds, adding new races, quest, lands, Battlegrounds, professions and items, raising the level cap to 70, and more.

Already revealed last week, THQ today officially announced the first Titan Quest expansion pack, Immortal Throne, adding new storyline, monsters, weapons, quests, skills, and character classes.

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:

• Gothic 3 (PC)
• Dead or Alive: Xtreme 2 (Xbox 360)
• Final Fantasy III (NDS)
• Heroes of Might & Magic V: Hammers of Fate (PC)
• Happy Feet (GBA/NDS/NGC/PS2/Wii/PC)
• Warhammer: Battle for Atluma (PSP)
• Capcom Classics Collection Vol. 2 (PS2/Xbox)
• Xiaolin Showdown (PSP/PS2/Xbox)
• Super Monkey Ball Banana Blitz (Wii)
• Pocket Racers (PSP)
• Yu-Gi-Oh! GX Tag Force (PSP)
• DDR Ultramix 4 (Xbox)
• Naruto: Uzumaki Chronicles (PS2)
• Sonic The Hedgehog Genesis (GBA)
• Trauma Center: Second Opinion (Wii)
• Platypus (PSP)
• Luxor: Wrath of Set (PSP)
• My Little Pony: The Runaway Rainbow (GBA)
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Midway's classic space shooter is back! Now for the first time you can play Defender on Xbox Live. Protect the humans on the planet surface by destroying the invading alien abductors. Two versions, the classic game in its untouched original form and a graphically enhanced version, available for 400 points.

Thrillville queue-jumps previous theme-park games with its access-all-areas pass to adventure and enjoyment, placing a fully interactive and customisable amusement park at your fingertips, allowing you to experience the joys of creating and playing within their very own theme park.

Gitaroo Man Lives! is the sequel to 2002's Gitaroo-Man, now optimized for the PSP with ad hoc multiplayer, although no online, and a new Duet mode for co-op or head-to-head play. Gitaroo-Man Lives!'s music and vocals will be provided by well-known Japanese pop stars.

Grey Dog Software has released the first patch for its sports management simulation software Wrestling Spirit 2, bringing your retail game to v1.1 and addresses several problems with the game, fixes bugs, crashes and makes various tweaks.

Steel Beasts is a simulation of small-unit armored and mechanized combat, centered around two of the world’s most awesome main battle tanks: the US’s M1A1 Abrams, and Germany’s Leopard 2A4.

The Mark is an FPS about the real threat from today, terrorism. The war of the 21st century is now being fought; and it’s here. US Marine corps officer Steve Fletcher and top-rated mercenary Austin Hawke join up in a thrilling battle against international terrorism. JoWood plans to release a demo on Thursday which we ofcourse will have available on our fileserver network

Warhammer: Mark of Chaos is an RTS game set in the renowned Warhammer world, featuring epic battles within massive landscapes, while offering an astounding level of detail, from a bird's eye view down to the insignias on a warrior's armor. This map editor allows you to create your own scenarios and maps.

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:

• Gunship Apocalypse - Trailer
• Marvel: Ultimate Alliance [Wii] - Trailer #3
• Call of Duty 3 [Wii] - Trailer
• Belief & Betrayal - Trailer #2
• Europa Universalis III - Trailer
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Indie developer Foundation 9 Entertainment announced that it has acquired Amaze Entertainment and all of its studios, who will now combine with Foundation 9 in a transaction funded by Foundation 9’s current owners, private equity firm Francisco Partners.

Sony Computer Entertainment America and Ziff Davis Game Group announced today the companies have mutually agreed to discontinue production on the Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine (OPM) in North America, January 2007 being its final issue.

Gears of War blends tactical action with survival horror, thrusting gamers into the harrowing story of humankind's battle for survival against the Locust Horde. Epic's Mark Rein confirmed that, as is customary to Epic's post-release support, they are currently working on more Gears of War multiplayer content and functionality, as well as pledging "to make improvements and enhancements."

The Chronicles of Spellborn is an MMORPG set in the Enclave of the Five Sacrifices. Developed by Dutch studio Khaeon Games, previously known for Alpha Black Zero, Spellborn uses the Unreal 2.5 Engine.

Carnage is an adrenaline fuelled driving and combat frenzy, a new global sport. In this Hugely Multiplayer Game (HMG) the world’s best combat drivers showcase their battle skills in vast arenas to earn fame and fortune by going the extra mile.

In Crysis, shooter fans will face a new kind of gameplay challenge requiring adaptive tactics and customization of weapons and armor in dynamic, hostile environments as mankind struggles to survive in the face of a horrific alien invasion.

In Resistance: Fall of Man, the U.S. and Britain band together in a last-ditch effort to save Europe and Asia from a horrific scourge. Humanity’s hope for survival is slim, and the tide of the battle rests on the shoulders of U.S. Army Ranger, Sgt. Nathan Hale.

CDV USA has signed a North American publishing deal for Alien Shooter: Vengeance. In development by Sigma Team, the game is the successor to the popular sci-fi action game Alien Shooter, and will feature an endless onslaught of vicious aliens, powerful weapons and high-speed vehicles.

Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six makes its next-gen debut in the most dramatic installment of the renowned FPS franchise to date. Rainbow operatives take to the chaotic streets of Las Vegas as an escalating terrorist siege in "Sin City" threatens to take world terrorism to new, uncontrollable heights.

Rockstar Games announce a partnership agreement with Capcom to localize, publish and distribute the PS2 version of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas for Japanese market in January 2007.

Bullet Witch is an action adventure taking place in the exceedingly bleak near future of 2013. Civilization is on the brink of extinction after demons begin appearing on the earth, and the player wades into the fray as a witch named Alicia.

Making History: The Calm & the Storm puts players in control of global conflict, combining a highly sophisticated AI with rich historical detail. This pre-release demo allows you to check out a full-length tutorial, as well as one scenario, playable with all 8 nations but with a limited number of turns.

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:

• WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2007 (PS2/X360)
• F-24 Stealth Fighter (GBA)
• SingStar Rocks! (PS2)
• NFL Street 3 (PSP/PS2)
• EA Replay (PSP)
• Star Wars Galaxies: the Complete Online Adventures (PC)
• Eragon (GBA/NDS/PSP/PS2/Xbox/X360/PC)
• Sonic The Hedgehog (X360)
• Everquest II: Echoes of Faydwer (PC)
• Warhammer: Mark of Chaos (PC)
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In Sacred: Underworld, players will be able to re-live the excitement of the entire original Sacred adventure with two new characters, or continue with existing characters. This new patch brings your English retail game to v2.28 and addresses gameplay issues, fixes single/multiplayer problems, quest issues and more ...