In Magnetica, marbles roll down a twisted path toward the goal, and it's up to players to stop them by launching new marbles into the oncoming ones. The marbles disappear if players match three or more in this massive marble elimination. This title satisfies even the strongest puzzle addiction.

In Crashday your task is to scrap your vehicle with breathtaking stunts or to wreck cars in aggressive street races, showing your opponents that they made a fatal mistake in choosing you as their enemy. Atari has released the SDK, allowing the mod community to make their own tracks and vehicles.

Baseball fans, including our resident batboy, may already have noticed that 2K Sports' latest version MLB 2k6 on the Xbox 360 has severe crash/freeze issues while playing. While being aware of the problem and working on a fix, 2K Sports has released a preliminary workaround that should tide you over until it releases an Xbox Live Auto Update. Read more for details ...

Square Enix is working on a new expansion pack for its MMORPG Final Fantasy XI, which will introduce new maps, monsters, and several new classes such as the much-anticipated Blue Mage. This batch of screens shows off various locations, characters, enemies, and weapons...

The latest chapter in the Baseball Mogul series allows gamers to participate in the ultimate managerial experience and build the ball club of their dreams.

Professional video gaming is set to debut on cable television later this year, potentially paving the way for the kings and queens of game controllers to become as familiar to American households as the faces of Johnny Chan or Annie Duke in televised poker.

El Matador is a third person action game with stealth elements set in the environment of the Central and South America. It takes proven features of the genre and enhances them with the latest technology, to provide the player with an opportunity to experience the excitement of espionage first hand.

BFME 2 takes part in the North where a battle is raging between Sauron's forces vs. elves and dwarves. It will be possible to create/customize your own hero, apart from known figures such as Arwin, and become more powerful as you progress in the game. While BFME was all land based, the sequel will also take the action on the sea, naval battles included.

DarkStar One delivers fast-paced action within a vast and authentic universe, spectacular graphics, freedom of choice, a gripping story and the power to save the federal galaxy from its nemesis! (Thanks DemoNews)

We already carried the rumor back in February, but the latest issue of Official Xbox Magazine is sporting a front cover and feature article about Monolith's horror/shooter F.E.A.R. coming to Xbox 360. OXM only gave a sneak peek of its front page, confirming our earlier suspicions, but no details from the actual article, or release date have been reprinted yet. An official announcement should be coming soon, and F.E.A.R. on the X360 will probably be playable at E3 so we'll bring you the latest during our week-long live coverage.

The Guild 2 will be a combination of unique sweeping role-play and a fascinating life-simulation, conjuring the medieval life anew on your PC. As in the successful predecessor Europa 1400: The Guild and the subsequent expansion pack, the newest development by 4HeadStudios awakes the 14th century to a new life.

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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You play John Armstrong, a young medical student, drafted into the National Guard during a world-wide alien invasion. During a critical mission, your team is wiped out and success depends on you.

Worms: Open Warfare retains the same gameplay and unique sense of humor that has epitomized the brand for almost a decade, a return to the classic 2D turn-based gameplay, the easy to play yet hard to master gameplay makes Worms a match made in heaven.

NASCAR SimRacing is the perfect combination of realism, true racing ‘feel’, depth, and advanced EA SPORTS presentation. This beta patch disables disqualification and provides more time for players to react to yellow flags and the associated rules. Read more for details and downoad links...

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.

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...

Capcom today announced Mega Man Battle Network 6 in two versions – Cybeast Gregar and Cybeast Falzar for the GBA. The popular net battle series reaches a dramatic climax as familiar heroes, Lan and Mega Man, find themselves on unfamiliar terrain both in the real and cyber worlds.

Valve announced that it is frantically trying to put the finishing touches on Episode One for preloading to begin May 1st. "The past couple of days have been spent with the team adding commentary tracks. Hopefully it will be interesting for people to gain some insight into our development processes. It's pretty hectic around the office, but it is always a lot of fun to be so close to shipping."

Building upon Monster Hunter and Monster Hunter G (Japanese release only), which were originally released on the PS2, Monster Hunter Freedom is the ultimate package, including new missions, additional features and content adapted for the PSP system.

Dungeons & Dragons Online will provide players with the definitive online "Dungeons & Dragons" experience, complete with dramatic dungeon crawling, terrifying monster combat and challenging puzzles, character advancement and guild-based power struggles.

Icculus has released the dedicated linux server files for Infinity Ward's Call of Duty 2 to go with last week's Win32 patch. Read more for download links ...

Brought to you by Bohemia Interactive Studio, the creators of Operation Flashpoint, Armed Assault will reacquaint gamers with the ultimate in realistic, combat gaming. Armed Assault features a new engine with a fresh modern setting. Freedom of action and immersive complex environments, blended with a unique touch of total simulation.

Power Stone Collection is a compilation including enhanced versions of Power Stone 1 and 2, originally released for the Sega Dreamcast and arcades. These fast and furious 3D brawlers put a new spin on "last man standing" as characters take each other on in frenzied match ups amidst fully interactive environments.

In the world of Legend of Ares, the actions of our players play a major role in the story of the entire game. Through the format of the Trinity system (rank, war, trade), a player can significantly affect the world around him by hunting, warring, trading, and questing (thanks Blues). MGame also announced that sign ups for the Legend of Ares's closed beta will start on April 24th.