EA and DICE issued a statement saying they are aware of people experiencing problems with the headset communicator and are working on a patch to resolve the issue. A temporary workaround is to log out of Xbox Live and then log back in. People with the full retail version and the marketplace demo may have issues with cross-game invites. To correct this, just delete the marketplace demo from your Xbox 360, since all of the demo content is contained in the full retail version.

Tomorrow Sony will roll out a new firmware update for the PSP, which will give user access various browser enhancements such as Flash compatibility, and the ability to save audio content from RSS channels to a Memory Stick. More importantly the new update will allow PSP user to freely download demos off the internet, previously only available at PlayStation Spots, starting with the debut of a LocoRoco demo. Needless to say the new firmware will also plug holes in its overall security.

Set in the year 2020, years before the original Perfect Dark, Perfect Dark: Zero reveals the origins of Joanna Dark, one of the most lethal special agents. Microsoft and Rare today announced that a free demo will be available via Xbox Live allowing you to play the Outpost in solo mode, split screen co-op, or Xbox Live. There will also be a free update with eight new bot personalities, and a premium (paying) package with 4 new multiplayer maps.

NCsoft celebrates its fifth year at E3 with demonstrations of its most diverse offering of MMO game titles and multiplayer products at this year’s show. From the creative minds at NCsoft's Seoul development studios, Aion promises to amaze with its stunning visuals and gameplay that offers unprecedented freedom of movement to player characters.

THQ announced its 2006 video game lineup based on Nickelodeon's top brands for kids. Games based on Nickelodeon's highly rated television series SpongeBob SquarePants, Avatar: The Last Airbender, both scheduled for multiplatforms including Nintendo's next-gen console Revolution.

Square Enix announced today its lineup of 10 titles for all platforms at this year’s E3 to be held May 10-12 at the Los Angeles Convention Center in South Hall, Booth #746. Square Enix will hold a preview event and reveal special product announcements during its press briefing on Monday, May 8.

Already revealed last year, Atari announced Bandai’s brand new Dragon Ball title, Super DBZ, set for release on PS2 throughout Europe in June 2006. Super DBZ is a new, highly intense DBZ fighting experience unlike any previous DBZ game, featuring an all new arcade-style fighting system.

Super Monkey Ball Adventure is an all-new narrative driven and platform based style of gameplay. How do the characters in this game differ from the last Super Monkey Ball? The Traveller's Tales team lets you in on new concepts and the challenges faced during the character development cycle.

Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure combines combat, action, adventure and stealth, using a thrilling graffiti-driven framework to tell its story of self-expression and the fight for creative freedom. A thug, an outcast, a rebel...the lead character, Trane, is all of these in Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure.

Today 3D Realms posted their latest installment in the weekly Prey update in which Human Head Studios Chris Rhinehart gives the latest changelog, but mainly it describes Nick Murray of Artistry Entertainment's experience of recording 'The Setting Sun', an exclusive song for Prey by punkrock band MxPx.

Russian publisher Buka Entertainment today unveiled the lineup for the forthcoming E3 2006 held May 10-12 in Los Angeles. On display will be two new titles, two expansion packs and one sequel. Read more for details ...

Join the famous CSI team in Las Vegas and investigate five all-new cases using the latest forensic science. This updated demo allows you to try out a training level and one complete case, First Person Shooter, but no details as to what is updated are available at this point.

UK publisher Oxygen Interactive today announced plans for expanding their Oxygen Games, Elite and Liquid Games ranges across the Asia Pacific region. Following its growth in their home region (UK & Europe) and the opening of their US operations, Oxygen has identified the Asia Pacific Region as a key territory in its expansion.

Paradise is an adventure game which immerses the player in the heart of Africa, at once eternal and terribly contemporary. The third in a series of updates, Benoit Sokal tells us more about gorgeous world of Zamarat, the environments and interesting characters you will interact with along the way.

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. Gamers will be able to play as their favorite team from qualification right through to a virtual reproduction of the tournament in Germany.

Sunflowers will be presenting two major new titles at this year's E3 in Los Angeles: ANNO 1701 and ParaWorld. From May 10 – 12, 2006, Sunflowers will present the two forthcoming game highlights ANNO 1701 and ParaWorld at the E3 2006 in Los Angeles.

Akella today announced its participation in E3 2006, being held in Los Angeles, California on May, 10-12. Akella will be showing PT Boats, Disciples III, Heavy Duty, Hard to be a God, Swashbucklers and Showdown: Scorpion. Age of Pirates and Captain Blood will be shown at PlayLogic's booth.

In Superman Returns: The Videogame, you explore and protect the truly living city of Metropolis, one that is not only expansive, but also changes dynamically with you as you affect gameplay. EA announced today that it has signed all main movie actors to either lend their likeness and/or voice to the video game.

Super Monkey Ball Adventure is an all-new narrative driven and platform based style of gameplay. How did the Traveller’s Tales team deal with the what is the visual feel they wanted to achieve with the look of the game?

British games publisher Reef Entertainment would like to announce their presence at this years annual E3 event in Los Angeles, CA, May 10, 2006, this the world's largest trade show for the computer games industry. Reef Entertainment will showcasing Liquidator, Utopia City and World War Zero, they will be also actively looking for more products to join their growing line-up which includes Shadowgrounds, The Dark Legions and World War II Tank Commander.

MTV Films and Paramount have signed Sean O'Keefe and Will Staples to write the movie script for Atari Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure video game, a story about a young graffiti artist who goes on the run after discovering a dirty secret about government officials in his city. O'Keefe and Staples most recently adapted the comic book Fathom for Fox, Columbia's The Murder of King Tut and The Northmen. Marc Ecko will co-produce, no director has been assigned yet.

The past week has been pretty productive in terms of demo releases, so in order to make it easier for people to track down their favorite game, here is a quick roundup of what was released in the past week :

• CSI: 3 Dimensions of Murder
• Refuse. Home, Sweep Home!
• Heroes of Might & Magic V
• Daemonica
• Strategic Command 2 Blitzkrieg
• Down In Flames
• Brigade E5: New Jagged Union
• City Life
• Desperados 2: Coopers Revenge
• Bone: The Great Cow Race
• Keepsake
• 2006 FIFA World Cup
• Dungeon Lords

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Join the famous CSI team in Las Vegas and investigate five all-new cases using the latest forensic science. This updated demo allows you to try out a training level and one complete case, First Person Shooter, but no details as to what is updated are available at this point.

Today 3D Realms posted their latest installment in the weekly Prey update in which Human Head Studios Chris Rhinehart goes a little offroad, and instead of his usual weekly roundup, asked several other HumanHead employees to give a rundown of what, for them, is a typical day, or night, in the Prey development.

Ankama Studio will be at the E3 (Los Angeles, May 10 - 12, 2006) to preview WAKFU, Dofus-Arena and the DOFUS extension "Riders of the Dragoturkey". Read more for details on each title...