Taking place three years after the original PS1 title, gamers follow Vincent Valentine's journey as he uncovers shocking truths never revealed in Midgar. Vincent is connected to recent attacks, and he may be the only one who can save this shattered world. When the world is engulfed in darkness, his gun will toll a dreadful dirge.

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:

• The Ant Bully (GBA/PS2/NGC/PC)
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Atlus U.S.A. today announced the acquisition of the North American publishing rights to Battle B-Daman: Fire Spirits!, an marble-shooting action game for the GBA.

SOE's latest Everquest expansion pack, The Serpent's Spine, adds a new race, new level cap, city, spells, and overall features.

In less than two years since its Nov. 21, 2004 launch, Nintendo has sold more than 21 million NDS systems worldwide, which equates to 23 systems per minute, one every two seconds, non-stop since launch. By comparison, Apple shipped one million of its ever- popular iPod music players in its first 19 months.

After weeks of speculations, AMD and ATI announced a plan to join forces in a US $5.4 billion transaction, combining AMD’s technology in microprocessors with ATI’s strengths in graphics. The merge is expected to close in Q4 2006 subject to approval by ATI shareholders, court approval, regulatory approvals and other customary closing conditions.

While there hasnt been an official announcement yet, Jeanne d'Arc is an all-new RPG in development at Level-5's for the PSP. Set during the 100 Year War between France and England, the game is based on the French heroin Jeanne d'Arc, mixed with spells, monsters and other oddities such as Burning Site and Connection Guard attack moves.

During last weekends Comic-Con, Marvel and Bungie announced that apart from the 128 page Halo Graphic Novel, it would also release a monthly new comic book based on the Halo franchise. Halo Ongoing is scheduled for later this year, although details such as writers, and plot line were not revealed.

Pompolic: Call for Heroes, developed by Quotix Software, is a third-person action game with RPG elements placed in a fantasy world.

Funcom signed a co-publishing agreement giving SCi/Eidos distribution rights for North America, Europe, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand. Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures is an MMORG, mixing a deep, story-driven single-player experience and a massive and brutal multiplayer end-game brings forth the ultimate representation of the Age of Conan.

Titan Quest is an action RPG set in the ancient mythical worlds of Greece and Egypt. With an arsenal of more than a thousand pieces of unique and legendary equipment, players will have to overcome terrifying monsters and mythical beasts in their quest to save humankind from the Titans.

In Crysis, shooter fans will face a new kind of gameplay challenge requiring adaptive tactics and customization of weapons and armor in dynamic, hostile environments as mankind struggles to survive in the face of a horrific alien invasion. Crytek has revealed what it'll take to run this beauty of a game...

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 :

• Heroes [Wii] - Trailer
• Motorstorm [PS3] - Trailer
• Tony Hawk's Project 8 [PS2/Xbox/PS3/X360] - Trailer #3
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The limited edition Saint's Row Pre-Order DVD is now available at retail outlets worldwide! While supplies last, gamers who pre-order Saint's Row for the X360 will receive a DVD featuring the single-player demo, making-of documentary, game trailer, four original in-game music tracks, as well as Saint's Row dashboard gamer icons, themes and in-game screenshots.

And 1 Basketball is synonymous with entertaining on-the-court antics. And 1 Streetball from Ubisoft looks to bring some of that high-falutin' and high-flyin' tomfoolery to the home consoles.

Inhuman Games has released an updated beta client for its sci-fi flavored multiplayer RTS game. This new version adds new units for both sides, new tech, the usual bug and crash fixes, and various other features ...

Shrapnel Games has released an the first update for Spue Games' naval combat game Salvo!. This update brings your retail game to v1.5 and adds functionality and new features such as new hotkeys, hotseat, PBEM, undo function and the usual bug and crash fixes.

The next Titan Quest patch is currently under testing, and while there is no specific release date yet, it should be arriving somewhere in the coming week. Iron Lore are looking into various crash bugs and have therefore added a logging system which should help them identify the source. Apart from that, some multiplayer issues have been addressed, as well as some video and editor problems. Read more for a detailed fix list.

Dead Rising is survival horror game, in which you play Frank West, a freelance photographer who has made his way to an idyllic suburban town to get his hands on the scoop. He soon discovers that the town has been overrun with zombies, and while fighting off hordes of gruesome zombies, you have to discover the cause of the disturbing outbreak.

X-Men: The Official Game ties in with the upcoming movie X-Men: The Last Stand and provides the backstory. The new X-Men game, written by screenwriter Zak Penn and comic book writer Chris Claremont, lets you play as either Wolverine, Nightcrawler, or Iceman.

Ubisoft announced today that GRIN is working on a second map pack for its tactical shooter Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter. Scheduled for release at the end of July or beginning of August, the new map pack will add 2 new game modes, Team Deathmatch and Hamburger Hill. Additionally, it will implement the death cam, a feature showing you how you died and who shot you. Read more to check out some screens ...

The Kings of the Dark Age provides great medieval atmosphere to the player, with its realistic in-detailed economy, military and political management, complex and exciting battles and castle siege and colorful and eye-catching graphics. Zuxxezz has released a new v2.0 patch fixing all remaining bugs in the game, and improves gameplay features.

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 :

• Half-Life 2: Episode 2 - Extended Trailer
• Forza Motorsport 2 [X360] - Customization Trailer
• WH40K: Dawn of War - Dark Crusader - Tau Krootox Trailer
• Mercury Meltdown [PSP] - Trailer #2
• Paraworld - Board Trailer
• Justice League Heroes [PSP/PS2/Xbox] - Trailer #3
• Pac-Man World Rally - E3 2006 Trailer
• Tokyo Xtreme Racer X [X360] - Trailer #2
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Microsoft confirmed today its plans to release a new portable music and entertainment player called Zune. In fact there are plans for several products, the first one scheduled for later this year. Zune will compete with Apple's iPod, and aims to do so with various technological advances, such as the ability to transfer music and video wirelessly through wi-fi, and probably an online music store through its partnership with MTV. No pricing or details on its gaming capabilities were revealed.