Ice Age 2: The Meltdown is based on 20th Century Fox’s upcoming family film. Scrat will dig, swim, sniff, spin and roll as Scrat in his never-ending quest to collect acorns. In the process, he serves as the unwitting hero in the quest to save the land from a giant flood.

Quazal and Crave Entertainment today announced that they have entered into a long-term, three-year agreement for the use of Quazal’s online technologies in all of Crave Entertainment’s gaming products.

Test Drive Unlimited challenges players online to experience the most exotic and fastest vehicles on more than 1000 miles of diverse Hawaiian roads. Gamers win races, challenges, missions and tournaments to earn credits and purchase new cars, bikes, rare performance parts, clothes, apparel, homes and garages.

Cinemaware Marquee today announced Buccaneer’s Bounty, a compilation of three top-rated pirate-themed strategy games – Port Royale 2, Tortuga and Patrician III. The complete package delivers more than 100 hours of deep, engaging gameplay for only $19.99.

Activision issued brief statement regarding the CoD2 patch that is now available through Xbox Live. "Infinity Ward and Activision have issued a Title Update that addresses the player progression loss issues associated with Call of Duty 2 on the Xbox 360. The team is continuing to work on additional updates and we will keep you posted." This is only for the singleplayer part of the game, a patch addressing the lag is still in the works.

Set within Capcom's Final Fight universe, this mission-based action game calls for players to use their street smarts and powerful fighting skills to survive the back alleys of Metro City. Classic Capcom fighting action, expansive 3D environments, and diverse gameplay await those when Final Fight: Streetwise is released this winter.

2K Sports announced today that Major League Baseball 2K6 will feature the World Baseball Classic, a 16-nation tournament featuring the world’s best players competing for their home countries or territories. The tournament will take place in March 2006 and gamers can now experience this unique event exclusively in Major League Baseball 2K6.

Pursuit Force is a fast-paced arcade-action game, that fuses driving and combat mechanics to create a unique gaming experience for PSP. Pursuit Force follows the misadventures of a rookie Police Officer tracking down five criminal gangs across an entire fictional state in America.

Funcom has released a patch for the original The Longest Journey adventure game, released in 1999, bringing your 2 CD retail version to v1.56. This patch fixes a bug where savegames would not load properly, resulting in closed doors and other ways to get stuck (thanks Patches). Read more for download links ...

Enlight today announced their partnership with Sports Mogul to deliver the next installment of their Baseball Mogul series, Baseball Mogul 2007, providing baseball enthusiasts with all the intense excitement and addictive entertainment that they have come to expect.

In each mission of Faces of War, players will be leading a squad of 6 soldiers in a full 3D environment. Through the decisive European battles of World War II, they will be in command of Allied, Soviet and German troops. With innovative new in-game features, two battles will never be fought the same way.

Virtual RC Racing is the worlds most advanced and realistic r/c car simulation and on-line r/c racing community. This v3.1 still features the same RC Speedway and Oslo tracks, but now improved physics, dual player LAN, multilanguage support and new timer system. You will need to sign up on the offical site to activate the game and play.

Runestone Game Development announced today that the first beta test phase has started for Seed, slated for release in April 2006. Seed is a new and genre-shattering MMO game featuring advanced AI, interactive story, no combat, no dungeons, no elves, and a truly mutable world.

Set in the original 60’s Bond era, From Russia With Love features movie-based missions as well as original, action-intensive sequences, a broad and deep variety of gameplay, social multiplayer experiences, gorgeous women, and classic, upgradeable weapons and gadgetry with modern mechanics.

Today Ubisoft announced that it has signed an agreement with Capcom to distribute Resident Evil 4, Onimusha 3 and Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening Special Edition for the PC. Ubisoft will distribute Capcom's games in North American and European territories beginning in February 2006 with the release of Onimusha 3: Demon Siege.

Activision and Lionhead will released a playable demo for The Movies, allowing you the chance to check out the first five years of the game in Story Mode. We will have it available on our fileserver newtwork as soon as its released.

Namco Bandai Games America announced today that Curious George has shipped. Based on the February 10th animated feature film of the same name from Universal Pictures and Imagine Entertainment, Curious George allows players to jump in and control the world’s most curious chimp through an array of madcap mishaps and mischievous fun.

Sword of the Stars is a breakthrough Space Strategy game that seeks to reinvigorate the sub-genre. Players will explore planets, manage their empire and research new technology. Sword of the Stars provides quick, intuitive play, state-of-the-art graphics and tactical combat that make the game instantly involving and rewardingly fun.

Tesseraction Games has filed suit for breach of contract and racketeering against publisher Dreamcatcher Interactive. The lawsuit cites unpaid royalties, fraudulent sales reporting and intentional contract violations damaging Tesseractions intellectual property. Tesseraction is also seeking injunctive relief against the publisher. Are there actually any honest publishers in America?

Daemonica is an intriguing 3D interactive murder mystery that offers everything that adventure gamers appreciate - immersive storyline with unexpected twists, extensive dialogues with believable characters, puzzles and both mandatory and optional quests.

Atari today announced the upcoming multiplatform release of Tate Interactive's action, 3D platformer Kao the Kangaroo Round 2 for the PS2, Xbox, NGC and PC. Kao Challengers will ship simultaneously for the PSP.

Bungie has updated the jobs section on its website revealing that it is currently looking for several people to fill jobs geared towards PC applications. Bungie is currently looking for Graphics, Audio, Network and Game Programmers, all PC related. Knowledge of DirectX9, Xbox SDK, and compatibility issues are required, and it further states "Want to work on the biggest franchises for Microsoft Game Studios?" Ok, it's a little bit far fetched, but who knows.

A couple of days ago, we revealed the bottom half of the top 20, and today we announce what the WP staff considers to be the 10 most anticipated games for the upcoming year. Cue the drumroll, and head on over to our Most Anticipated Games of 2006 section for the final results!

Microsoft Game Studios and Ensemble Studios today announced Age of Empires III has secured its place in history as the fastest selling title in the franchise’s history, reaching more than one million units sold since its October release.

After a life of small-time jobs and petty thefts you've been accepted into America's most famous criminal organization, the Corleone family. Now it's up to you to carry out orders, earn respect, rise through the ranks, and make New York City your own. Play your cards right and you could even be running everything as the next, and most powerful, Don.