Pull off moves only the pros perform as you replicate the styles of your favorite NBA players. Elevate to the rim for an electrifying dunk and bring the crowd to its feet, or look to your superstars to shift momentum with the game on the line.

Cyanide has released the first patch for its cycling title Pro Cycling Manager 2006. This v1.0.0.3 patch adds a db editor, fixes a few race & career mode issues, various other tweaks and optimizes multiplayer.

PEA: Dunes of War is set during the battles of the African WW2 campaign, it’s about victory for both sides and your first duty is to ensure the survival of your comrades with victory as the ultimate goal. Jowood has released a demo for Zootfly's WW2 tank sim Panzer Elite Action: Dunes of War allowing you to try out one mission set in Tunesia.

An evolution in open world gaming, Saints Row provides an unprecedented amount of freedom to experience the game as the player sees fit. The game, based in the fictional urban surroundings of Still Water, is action adventure with its core as a third-person shooter.

Zboard MERC Keyboard is a hybrid keyboard that features an integrated game pad powered by Zengine technology. MERC's innovative form and key profiles were engineered with the gamer in mind.

After two years of development Climax's Warhammer Online was cancelled after which Games Workshop granted its license to Mythic Entertainment. Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning is an MMO game for PC and console set in the fantasy world of Warhammer.

Urban Chaos: Riot Response, previously known as Zero Tolerance, is a high velocity, first person shooter where the player confronts real terror in an American city.

Contrary to what some analysts predicted, overall U.S. video game sales jumped 25 % in June to $844.5 million, mainly due to Nintendo NDS and THQ's Cars, while Microsoft's X360 shortages finally dissolved.

Treasure Pyramid is a puzzle adventure game that will take you on an unforgettable journey through the undiscovered temples and long forgotten ruins of Egypt.

Valve's Gabe Newell not only shocked the press at the EA press event earlier today with the TF2 announcement, but also the fact that Half-Life 2 was coming to the X360 and PS3. Expected to be released at the same time as Half-Life 2 Ep2 on PC, the console version will include the original game, as well as the two first episodes, but not Portal or TF2. No footage or further details were given, but Gabe promised there will be more info in the months to come.

Xbox Live Marketplace is now featuring a playable demo of EA's real-time strategy, The Battle for Middle-earth II. The demo features an introductory level; the first mission from the single-player evil campaign, which allows you to play as a Goblin or Elf; and a multiplayer map. Simply sign in to Xbox LIVE from the Xbox Dashboard to download the free demo.

Fight an all-out war for survival in the year 2142. EA and Digital Illusions are developing the next installment in the Battlefield franchise, Battlefield 2142, scheduled to ship worldwide this winter for the PC.

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:

• Mass Effect [X360] - E3 2006 Trailer
• Dark Messiah of Might & Magic - Singleplayer Trailer
• Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Dark Crusader - Necron Wraiths Trailer
• Evidence: The Last Ritual - Trailer #2
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EA has released mod tools for The Battle for Middle-Earth 2 allowing the community to create and mod their own content. This package includes 3DS Max 7 Autodesk plugin, a W3D Viewer, an Asset Cache Builder, as well as documentation and tutorials to get you started.

Earlier today EA held its Studio Showcase 06 where it presented its lineup for the rest of the year and beyond. Valve's Gabe Newell blew our socks off with the announcement that TF2 will be included as multiplayer portion with Episode 2, and even a full singleplayer game called Portal.

Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six makes its next-generation hardware debut in the most dramatic installment of the renowned first-person shooter franchise to date. Rainbow operatives take to the chaotic streets of Las Vegas as an escalating terrorist siege in "Sin City" threatens to take world terrorism to new, uncontrollable heights.

Namco Bandai announced today that Tekken: Dark Resurrection for the PSP system has gone gold and will appear on store shelves nationwide on Tuesday, July 25, 2006.

Perimeter: Emperor's Testament, expansion pack to last year’s award-winning RTS, will feature all new & updated graphics, tons of new units and structures, a new soundtrack, and a total of 25 new missions.

Today Ubisoft reached an agreement with Atari and Reflections Interactive to acquire the intellectual property and rights to the Driver franchise, as well as most of the assets and all of the personnel of Reflections Interactive. The acquisition will be completed for a cash price of €19M ($24M US) and is subject to customary closing conditions.

Left Behind Games has added senior producer Kevin Hoekman to lead its product development teams. Hoekman has previously worked for Encore and Crave Entertainment on titles such as Freedom Force, Spellforce and Silent Storm.

In Company of Heroes gamers will experience the journey of the brave men of Able Company in a deep single-player campaign that begins with the invasion of Normandy through their fight across Europe, all set against the most dynamic, and completely destructible, battlefield ever seen in a game.

TotalGaming.net and Nival Interactive announced a deal today to bring Nival’s acclaimed titles Etherlords, Etherlords II and Evil Islands: Curse of the Lost Soul to Stardock Entertainment’s digital-distribution service.

Join Monkey D. Luffy in the chaotic battles we have come to expect from the Strawhat crew, but this time with even more adventures featuring an additional game-play mode and mini-game filled quests. Create ruthless pirate gangs by teaming up with the likes of Chaser and Buggy the Clown, and search for treasure in over 20 ocean maps.

EA today revealed six new games that are in development for the Nintendo Wii. EA's dedicated Wii development team is crafting six custom-designed titles including new releases from the Madden NFL, Need for Speed, Harry Potter, Tiger Woods PGA TOUR, SSX and The Godfather franchises.