SyNET Entertainment today announced that the world's first full 3D online massively multiplayer golf role playing game for PC, Shot-Online, has gone gold and will ship to retail stores nationwide on September 12, 2006.

Check out the following new screens from PlayTen's Games Convention 2006 lineup:

• Precursors - Screens
• Day of Atlantis - Screens
• Condemned World - Screens
• White Gold - Screens

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:

• Enchanted Arms (X360)
• One Piece: Grand Adventure (NGC/PS2)
• Perimeter: Emperor’s Testament (PC)
• Super Monkey Ball Adventure (PSP)
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  We will update this throughout the day when new announcements become available. Read more for details ...

Microsoft today released the public beta of XNA Game Studio Express, the technology designed to open up game development to new audiences, including hobbyists, students and independent developers, in the hopes of injecting a shot of creativity into the electronic entertainment industry.

Today Ubisoft announced the release of Heroes of Might & Magic V: Hammers of Fate, an add-on for last its turn-based strategy game where players take part in a thrilling new adventure in the World of Ashan.

Today Ubisoft and Gearbox Software announced Brothers In Arms: D-Day, a World War II squad-based action game available exclusively for the PS

As promised 3DRealms has released the first patch for Human Head's sci-fi FPS Prey. This update brings your retail game to v1.1 and is mainly tech/bug fix patch, there are no new game play elements in this update (nor are there any planned for the future).

Enhanced versions of the PS2 and PC game of the same name, Asterix and Obelix XXL 2 for the handhelds will take advantage of their unique capabilities while staying rooted in the same great tradition of parody that runs throughout the stories of Asterix and his friends.

Bioware has released a new patch for its 3D RPG Neverwinter Nights, and the Shadows of Undrentide and Hordes of the Underdark addons. This upgrade brings your retail game to v1.68, adds visible claoks, and various fixes and enhancements.

EA announced today that Fight Night Round 3 will be released for the PS3, and will launch this holiday season with exclusive gameplay features.

Freshly signed by RTL Enterprises the other day, German developer Silver Style, known for The Fall: Last Days of Gaia, has released the first screens for for its upcoming adventure game Simon the Sorcerer 4.

Xbox Live members in all regions can now download the arcade classic 'Time Pilot' from the Xbox Live Arcade. You can download a free demo of the game, or purchase the full game for 400 points.

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

Bringing fast and furious bite-size gaming, Atari's PSP-exclusive Hot PXL is comprised of 200 deviously crafted micro-games based on a quirky and original story premise, drawing inspiration from street culture and the digital lifestyle.

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.

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:

• Call of Juarez - Trailer #7
• Rush for Berlin: Rush for the Bomb - GC 06 Trailer
• Chronos Twins [NDS] - Trailer
• Enchanted Arms [X360] - Trailer
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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