Originally to be announced through the GPG newsletter, a change of plans has moved up the multiplayer beta signups. Sign up at the Garage if you are interested in participating and submit the following information to be eligible. The beta test will start in a few weeks and instead of a first come, first serve basis, beta testers will be picked at random from the pool of entries.

While the first addon has just been released in North America as Silent Heroes, 1C Company is already working on a second addon for Soldiers: Heroes of World War II, Saboteurs 2. You previous sabotage team has been wiped out and now you lead Soviet resistance sniper Ekaterina Strelnikov, and carry out a number complex tasks behind enemy lines.

AGEIA Technologies today announced availability of the AGEIA PhysX SDK v2.6, bringing new Deformable Objects features and Self-Collision Prevention capabilities to developers of games for Windows, next-gen consoles, as well as new added support for Windows Vista 64-bit & Linux environments.

Full Auto 2: Battlelines puts high-speed vehicles outfitted with weapons and armor into fully realized and fully destructible urban street environments. Fierce combat-racing will ensue as you strategically use destruction to win races as well as leave massive devastation in your wake.

EA Replay is a compilation of 14 EA games from the 90's exclusively for the PSP, bringing you back to a simpler time when the dawn of gaming's golden age took hold.

A study, conducted in the UK by education innovator Futurelab, investigating how commercial computer games can be used in the classroom, came to the conclusion that commercial computer games have the potential to support learning in schools, without requiring teachers to be actual gamers.

Fans who are interested in gaming with Rise Against guitarist Chris Chasse should keep an eye out for the Xbox Live gamertag ‘GWFRiseAgainst’ from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. EST/2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. PST on Friday, October 6 and to have the chance to challenge them in World Series of Poker: Tournament of Champions for X360.

Monster House will allow players to experience key moments of the movie as they uncover the mysteries of the house in order to save their neighborhood.

Okami depicts a stark world devoid of colour that the player must return to its natural state. In Okami colour represents the life blood of the land and sucking this life are supernatural monsters that inhabit the surrounding areas.

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 :

• Final Fantasy XII [PS2] - Trailer (3)
• Tiger Woods PGA Tour 07 [X360] - X06 Trailer
• Tabula Rasa - Trailer #4
• Tony Hawk’s Project 8 - Behind the Scenes Trailer #5
• Star Wars Empire at War: Forces of Corruption - Trailer (3)
• The Mark - Trailer (2)
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Fonix Speech joined Epic Games’ Integrated Partners Program (IPP) for Unreal Engine 3, fully integrating Fonix VoiceIn Game Edition into Unreal Engine 3, now available for licensing directly from Fonix Speech.

Combining action, fighting and light RPG elements, Budokai Tenkaichi 2 will send players into a rich story mode that spans the entire Dragon Ball, DBZ, and Dragon Ball GT series.

Picking up immediately where the original Myst ended, players are presented the privilege, challenge and responsibility of restoring the lost empire of the D'niTM – an ancient civilisation of people who thrived for thousands of years but later met with a great catastrophe.

Independent game developer Foundation 9 Entertainment that it acquired the non-game assets of Shiny Entertainment Studio, known for the MAtrix and Earthworm Jim, from Atari in an acquisition funded by Foundation 9’s recent investment from Francisco Partners.

LucasArts presents a series of feature stories about Thrillville. You can expect stories like the one that follow approximately once every month from now until the game's release on PS2, PSP and Xbox this November, each article further detailing certain aspects of the game.

Xbox and Burger King are conducting a promotion that gives casual gamers control of the humorous, pop-culture personalities of such Burger King icons as The King, Brooke Burke and Subservient Chicken in 3 Arcade-style games playable only on Xbox and X360. With the purchase of any value meal, these $3.99 games will be available at US Burger King restaurants nationwide from Nov.19 – Dec.24th.

Phantasy Star Universe offers two complete RPG experiences – a single-player action adventure spanning multiple planets, and a robust online multiplayer component that will support Xbox Live.

Anti-virus software company McAfee has taken extreme measures to voice its displeasure with Windows Vista. It claims Microsoft is not allowing McAfee, and other anti-virus developers such as Symantec, access to the Vista kernel in order to create their latest tools. A full-page ad in the Financial Times has McAfee CEO George Samunek saying "Microsoft is being completely unrealistic if, by locking security companies out of the kernel, it thinks hackers won't crack Vista's kernel. In fact, they already have."

Gitaroo Man Lives! on the PSP will see the long awaited and highly anticipated return of one of the PS2’s most popular rhythm action games. This time players will get the opportunity to jam with the man and save the universe all over again...

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:

• El Matador (PC)
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Justice League Heroes is an action adventure game with role-playing customization featuring Superman, Batman, Green Lantern, The Flash, Wonder Woman, Martian Manhunter, Zatanna and other unlockable Justice League super heroes...

The Adventure Company today announced that Evidence: The Last Ritual has gone gold. An all-new, terrifying alternate reality adventure complete with full-motion videos featuring genuine actors! You will receive emails from fictitious characters and solve innovative puzzles with the use of the Internet, photo, sound and video analysis.

Tamagotchi Connection: Corner Shop 2 is a game where aspiring shop keepers can open a variety of stores in which they tend to their Tamagotchi customers’ needs by successfully completing tasks in a variety of playful mini-games.

Independent in-game advertising specialist IGA Worldwide has developed a product placement campaign for Montana, the spray can of choice for graffiti artists, in SCEE's breakdancing release B-Boy.

Lexicon Entertainment, announced it has signed Frictional Games' Penumbra: Overture, an innovative first person horror game utilizing physics for interaction and puzzles. The game is set on Greenland where the protagonist searches for information regarding his late father.