Disgaea just couldn't be satisfied with ruling the SRPG genre on PS2, so Nippon Ichi announced today that it’s getting ready to invade new territory on the PSP system, scheduled for Japan November 2006.

FIFA 07 delivers complete authenticity with licenses for all the world’s top leagues, including MLS and Mexican 1st Division, and 26 others from over 20 nations. This year, you have the power to shape your club’s destiny in the Interactive Leagues, a new online mode that enables you to pit your club against supporters of your real-world opponents.

A survey analysis of U.S. online gamers indicates that the gamer community has diversified over the past few years from two types of videogame players (hardcore and casual gamers), to six distinct groups and, most importantly, a new middle market has emerged, all with different motivations, gaming behaviors, and spending patterns.

Prepare for an all-new tarmac-tearing TOCA experience as Codemasters announces TOCA Race Driver 3 Challenge, an original title in the thrilling motorsport series. Real performance cars, intense pack racing with real physics and real damage returns to PSP screens with all-new Challenge game.

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

Ninety-Nine Nights is a fantasy game that mixes action with strategy elements. You control a massive army that is challenged by hordes of enemies, in a multi-angle scenario, where you can assume the role of various characters and see the game world from totally different points of view.

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

Bethesda keeps on rolling out the extra downloadable content for its action RPG, The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion. Spell Tomes are books that grant you wondrous and powerful magic spells, just by reading them! Now Mages will also gain instant benefits by treasure hunting. Friend and foe alike will bow in awe before your power.

Your favorite mechanical helpers are back as the Tokobots help Bolt unlock and discover the Mysteries of the Karakuri! The Tokobots are swinging, climbing, and spinning their way back into action this year on the PS2 in a totally enhanced and upgraded Karakuri experience.

Capcom today announced that the company's first Xbox 360 title Dead Rising, has shipped more than 500,000 units within the first two weeks of its launch

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

Sword of the Stars lets you explore planets, manage their empire and research new technology. Destineer has released the first patch for Kerberos' 4x space strategy game bringing your retail game to v1.1.1 and tweaks AI, adds better gfx support for older videocard, improves multiplayer, and a slew of fixes, and adjustments.

The golden age of console hockey will return when NHL 07 debuts with gameplay innovations that will allow players to feel like they are actually on the ice. Featuring an unmatched level of freedom and control, NHL 07 will represent a watershed moment in the history of the console hockey.

The online game market in will grow from $1.1 billion in 2005 to $4.4 billion by 2010 in North America, according to a new study conducted by market research and consulting company Parks Associates, who will discuss their new data at the Austin Game Conference.

In One Piece: Pirates' Carnival you can dominate the game board by defeating up to three friends in a series of zany games guaranteed to tickle the funny bone of the surliest of pirates. Gamers must evade bombs in a dodge ball field, locate the Pandaman, out-maneuver giant feet and more to become King of the Pirates.

Merscom has selected Exent Technologies to add in-game advertising to six of the company's most popular casual and action titles.

World in Conflict is a strategy game that delivers intense action and coordinated team play amidst the war the world feared most – an apocalyptic showdown between the Soviet Union and the United States, with completely destructible 3D battlefields, aggressive team-based multiplayer action and a focus on fast, hard-hitting battles.

Activision announced that award-winning composers Chance Thomas (King Kong, LotR series), Cris Velasco (God of War) and Mark Griskey (Best of LucasArts Original Soundtrack) have scored 50 minutes of original music for Marvel: Ultimate Alliance including arrangements for multiple game levels, in-game cinematics and the Super Hero and boss battle themes.

Call of Juarez is situated in 19th-century Wild West America and requires a combination of both intelligent stealth and pure shooting. Ubisoft has now released the multiplayer demo allowing you to try out 2 maps (skirmish and robbery) with 2 of the game's 4 modes.

3DRealms announced today that the previously mentioned v1.1 patch for Human Head's sci-fi FPS Prey is coming tomorrow at 9am PST (6pm Euro time). This is a tech/bug fix patch, there are no new game play elements in this update (nor are there any planned for the future). The previously announced new content (maps, multiplayer skins) is not part of this update, and will be made available at a later date. Read more for detailed fix list...

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:

• Ultimate Ghosts‘N Goblins (PSP)
• Saints Row (Xbox 360)
• Dance Factory (PS2)
• Xenosaga Episode III: Also sprach Zarathustra (PS2)
• Bomberman: Act Zero (Xbox 360)
• Yu-Gi-Oh! Double Pack 2 (GBA)
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  We will update this throughout the day when new announcements become available. Read more for details ...

Putting a grenade in your hands and a smile on your face, Codemasters today confirms plans for the return of Cannon Fodder, the classic and hilarious combat gaming franchise, in spring 2007.

Ascaron has released a new patch its latest iteration in the ANSTOSS soccer management franchise. This second patch requires v1.01 to be installed and fixes various bugs, and game crashes. Old save games will no longer work after applying this patch.

Buckle up and prepare to unleash automotive anarchy in the ultimate burner’s paradise. EA today announced that Burnout 5 is in development for the PS3 and Xbox 360.

Virtua Fighter 5 is the latest installment in the critically-acclaimed series, and will elevate the arcade fighting genre to all-new heights as it takes true advantage of the capabilities of the next-generation hardware.