Since Troika is no longer amongst the living this patch is not official, so use at your own discretion. This update brings Activision's Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines retail game to v2.7 (requires v1.2 patch installed) and addresses a number of known issues, gameplay tweaks, bug fixes and so forth.

LEGO Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy takes the fun and endless customization of LEGO and combines it with the epic story, characters and action from the original Star Wars movies that revolutionized pop culture forever.

id Software has released a new v1.3.2 Linux Quake 4 server/patch addressing some installer and SMP issues in the previous version.

Game Factory Interactive is going to declare war on many front lines at this year Games Convention in Leipzig. Most of their shown titles are currently in development for PC and cover the genres of RTS, strategy and turn based strategy.

Sid Meier's Railroads! marks the return of the watershed title in simulation/strategy gaming that launched the popular “tycoon” genre, and inspired a new generation of games.

People who pre-order Codemasters' MMORPG Archlord through GameStop and EB Games will get to choose from one of 4 in-game items, get a limited edition soundtrack, collectible postcards and stickers.

Prey tells the story of Tommy, a Cherokee garage mechanic stuck on a reservation going nowhere. His life changes when an otherworldly crisis forces him to awaken spiritual powers from his long-forgotten birthright. Abducted along with his people to a menacing mothership orbiting Earth, he sets out to save himself, his girlfriend, and eventually, his planet.

Nintendo is expanding its service offering to include an internet browser from Opera Software, optimised to run on the Nintendo DS. The Nintendo DS Browser launches across Europe on 6th October 2006.

UFO: Extraterrestrials, developed by Chaos Concept, is a 3D tactical/strategy title with a rich and compelling sci-fi story.

With expanded co-op action and super challenging gameplay, the upcoming Kameo Power Pack is sure to put your abilities to the test. This downloadable content contains three great new co-op modes of play: Expert Mode, Rune Battle Mode, and Time Attack Mode.

A victim of military experimentation and cover-up our heroin, the mysterious Dirt’s story unfolds through the aftermath of this event where she uncovers dark secrets in her past as exotic destructive powers and abilities start to manifest themselves.

Today Ubisoft announced it will significantly expand its Petz series with an additional 5 games for GBA, NDS and PC.

Myelin Media has announced details for the upcoming MTV Stacked Masters Season #1, a 25 week series of online multi-table tournaments for players of Stacked with Daniel Negreanu.

Hudson Soft's North American publishing arm for announced that the company has moved to a new and larger site. After three years in its San Mateo office, Hudson Entertainment relocated to an office in Redwood Shores, California.

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:

• CellFactor: Revolution - Trailer
• Medieval II: Total War - Trailerpack
• Saint Seiya: The Hades [PS2] - Trailer
• Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 2 [PS2] - Trailer
• Dead Rising [X360] - Webisode Trailer #5
• Elveon [X360/PC] - Combat Trailer
• CityScape Battle - Trailer
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  We will update this throughout the day when new trailers become available. Read more for download links ...

Well this is starting to sound all too familiar. After Take Two and Activision, THQ announced today that it has received an informal inquiry from the SEC requesting certain documents and information relating to the company's stock option grant practices from January 1, 1996 to the present.

Dungeon Siege: Throne of Agony is an all-new adventure, created from the ground up specifically for the handheld system. Dungeon Siege: Throne of Agony features all-new playable characters and a freshly designed, non-linear, single player campaign as well as support for Ad Hoc co-operative and competitive multiplayer games.

Flight Simulator X, scheduled for end of 2006, is the 10th installment in the long running franchise, featuring jaw-dropping realism and exciting new content. Microsoft will release a singleplayer demo on Wednesday August 9, 2006 at 5pm, allowing you to check out the location of St. Maarten in the Caribbean and include 2 airports and 3 missions with increasing difficulty. We will of course have it on our fileserver network as soon as its available...

X-Men director Bryan Singer, who also recently did Superman Returns, has revealed on SpikeTV's GameHead show that he is currently working with Atari on a new game. The yet unannounced, and so far unknown, title will have you playing a secret service agent who's charged with protecting the President ....

Elements of adventure and stealth genres were brought together to create this FPS, based on the popular sci-fi novel Inhabited Island by the Strugatski Brothers. It tells the story of a central character who has been condemned to work on an alien planet for the rest of his life. But he defies this destiny and fights those who imprisoned him.

Utopia City is set in 2091 where a parallel virtual world, based on the real life town of Postville, begins to take on a life of its own and threatens normal life as it really is. Parallax Arts Studio has released a tiny patch fixing the problem with starting up the game on ATI Radeon 9800 Pro video cards.

The latest issue of Official Xbox Magazine has revealed what Microsoft has in store for us on Xbox Live Arcade through September 6, 2006. Konami seems to represent heavily with 3-4 titles, and that does not include the hinted-at Castlevania. On deck are: Texas Hold 'em (Aug. 16), Time Pilot (Aug. 23), Scramble (Aug. 30) and Lumines Live! (Sept 6).

Market research consultancy Anderson Analytics has devised a technique to measure subconscious attitudes of potential consumers, combining personality psychologists with new text mining software. The technique was used to measure Playstation vs. Xbox, and Barbie vs. Bratz research.

As promised, LucasArts has released the demo for LEGO Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy, allowing you to try out one mission from the full the game, where Luke and Obi-Wan have to try and escape Mos Eisley with the Millennium Falcon.