Birmingham based developer Swordfish Studios announce the official opening of their new Manchester office. Working on an as yet, unnamed next-gen project for Sierra Entertainment, the new studio will house many of the staff being enrolled as part of Swordfish's current recruitment drive.

Silverfall is a fantasy-style 3D action RPG that casts players into a world torn between science and nature. Monte Cristo has released the first patch bringing your French retail game to v1.1 and addressing various optimizations, UI changes, multiplayer fixes, and other tweaks.

The Pro Evolution Soccer series is renowned for its realism, and Pro Evolution Soccer 6, also known as Winning Eleven: Pro Evolution Soccer 2007, is abundant with new gameplay additions. Player AI has been massively upgraded, while the physical side of play has been refined. Konami has released a much needed patch, available through Xbox Live, addressing connectivity issues and making it easier to find people to play against.

TLotR: Shadows of Angmar will allow players to forge heroic legacies in the War for Middle-Earth, experience an evolving persistent recreation of Tolkien's fantasy realm where you can establish their unique reputations, and discover and wield legendary weapons in strategic battles, while adventuring solo or in Fellowships.

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. Activision has launched a ET: QW betatest website, promising more details coming Monday, November 27, 2006.

Gran Turismo HD serves as a glimpse into the evolution of the franchise and provides gamers with two types of game modes that offer an unparalleled racing experience suited for the next-generation of gaming.

Horse Racing Manager 2 is a sport management and horse racing game designed for management game fans as well as riding and horse racing aficionados. This first patch, for the French version only, adds a few new features and fixes a few bugs...

3D game engine developer Trinigy announced the conclusion of a Tools & Middleware License Agreement for PS3 with Sony, thus its Vision Game Engine will become available for PS3 game titles and can be licensed by companies from all over the world.

Brian Lara International Cricket 2007 will capture all the thrills and intensity of world-class international cricket, now also online. The game leads with a dedicated ICC Cricket World Cup 2007 mode featuring all the teams, players, stadia, kits and equipment of the tournament.

Lost Planet is a sci-fi action shooter set within the merciless frozen tundra of a hostile planet, humans struggle for survival as conflicts arise between man, the surrounding indigenous creatures and the monstrous beings that have invaded. Capcom has released a 220mb multiplayer demo, allowing you to try out 1 map (unless you pre-order, then you get an unlock code for a 2nd map)

Crackdown pushes the action-driving hybrid genre into the next generation with the introduction of the first-ever truly 3-dimensional persistent playground, highly innovative co-op gameplay and an extensive prop interaction system all while taking place in a massive and highly-stylized urban center.

Eragon brings the upcoming movie based on the hit book to all of the major consoles, and PC. Take Eragon and a sidekick through at least 18 levels of action. Play alone or cooperate with a friend to beat up enemies, solve puzzles, cast spells, and soar through the air in dragon-flight sequences.

Dark Sector is Digital Extreme's new sci-fi/action game. Not many details are available at this point so these new screens will have to speak for themselves.

XCM has released the first information about the XFPS 360, a device that will allow you to hook up a mouse & keyboard to your Xbox 360. Not only that it also gives your standard X360 controller an auto fire function, and even allows you to hook up the PS2's Dual shock 2. While this is not an officially licensed product it must be a sure welcome for FPS fans, especially with upcoming PC/Xbox 360 titles offering cross platform multiplayer functionality.

Armed Assault features a new engine with a fresh modern setting, and will reacquaint gamers with the ultimate in realistic, combat gaming. Freedom of action and immersive complex environments, blended with a unique touch of total simulation.

THQ announced it received a Nasdaq Staff Determination letter due to not being in compliance with the filing requirements for continued listing on the Nasdaq Stock Market. Because of THQ being under investigation for its common stock practises it was unable to file its 10-Q Quarterly Report for the second quarter of fiscal 2006 on time, thus facing delisting from the Nasdaq Global Select Market.

Battlestations: Midway follows the story of naval recruit Henry Walker, whose first assignment as a gunner at Pearl Harbor is the starting point of an incredible career at the heart of the US Pacific Fleet in 1942, in what was to become one of the most inspirational military campaigns in history.

The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess launches across Europe on Nintendo’s new console, Wii, on 8th December 2006.

MotorStorm delivers brutal off-road racing, plunging players into a stunningly realistic - but frenzied and chaotic - environment awash with grit, mud and petrol, in a game that leaves the standard rules of racing in the dust.

War World, aka War world: Tactical Combat, is the battleground where ancient enemies must settle age old conflicts through clashes of mechanized warriors in a unique combination of all-out action and active strategy. Third Wave Games' CEO Morten Brodersen confirmed that it received approval from Microsoft to bring its mech game, previously released on PC, to XBLA, somewhere early 2007.

Today Ubisoft announced Sturmovik: 1946, offering new campaigns, missions and aircraft as well as many exclusive features. Pilots can fly the skies and fight enemies over the Russian front, German occupied Europe, the Far East and the Pacific.

Silverfall is a fantasy-style RPG using advanced 3D graphics and fascinating storyline, featuring large free-roaming environments, 4 customizable and playable races, 150 monsters, single- and multiplayer (co-op and PvP), ragdoll effects, day/night cycle, particle effects and the latest shaders.

Flight Simulator X is the 10th installment in the long running franchise, featuring jaw-dropping realism and exciting new content. Microsoft has released a patch adressing an issue where highly-detailed scenery add-ons that make use of large satellite images may not display correctly.

Belief & Betrayal is an adventure game putting the players into the role of the journalist Jonathan Danter, who - after the mysterious death of his uncle - gets involved in a dangerous church conspiracy. This Italain demo allowed you to try out part of the game (thanks Blues).

Featuring an unmatched level of freedom and control, NHL 07 will represent a watershed moment in the history of the console hockey. EA has released the first patch adressing an multiplayer desynch exploit issue on the EASO servers.