Los Angeles city attorney's office has sued the makers of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas for allegedly hiding pornographic material inside the video game, officials said. Rocky Delgadillo said his office sued Rockstar Games and its parent company Take-Two for making misleading statements in marketing the game and engaging in unfair competition.

Trackmania Nations is a fast-paced racing game involving precision and agility specially built for competition. Nadeo has released the full TM: Nations version allowing you to try out the new Stadium environment, as well as solo and multiplayer modes featuring 100 training and competition circuits for Internet, LAN, HotSeat, editors, circuit editor, Painter and Mediatracker.

Cyanide and Focus are pleased to announce that Wintersport Pro 2006, aka Winter Challenge, has reached the Gold Master stage. Wintersport Pro 2006 is based on the upcoming Olympic Wintersports in Torino, and will feature 16 disciplines (skiing, bobsled, skijumping etc.) and over 700 athletes from 29 countries, as well as multiplayer.

Matrix Games and Playnet/Cornered Rat Software are pleased to announce a 14 day free trial of Battleground Europe. Experience the thrill of realistic World War II combat, complete with air, sea, and land units. This two week offer comes with no obligation to purchase, so come join the virtual battlefield and starts Friday Jan, 27th at 1700ET.

Epic Games announced it is looking to bolster its technology team to manage its exponential growth in the engine licensing business. Epic is creating a new position for Lead Engine Programmer, which will head the Unreal Engine team.

Square Enix is working on a new expansion pack for its MMORPG Final Fantasy XI which will introduce new maps, monsters as well as several new classes such as the much anticpated Blue Mage. Read more for some new screens ...

Lighthouse Interactive and developer Third Wave Games today announced that their mech shooter War World: Tactical Combat, has reached gold status and will begin shipping throughout Europe on February 17th, 2006. War World is the battleground where ancient enemies must settle age old conflicts through clashes of mechanized warriors in a unique combination of all-out action and active strategy.

Control the fate of the galaxy in LucasArts' RTS game Star Wars: Empire at War. Set a few years before the events of Episode IV: A New Hope, the game will let players rewrite history as well as experience the aftermath of Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith, the creation of the Rebel Alliance, and Darth Vader's rise to power.

IncaGold is pleased to announce the signing of Meteor Blade for its mass-market PC brand from leading Taiwanese developer, Interserv. IncaGold has acquired the world-wide rights outside of Taiwan, China and Hong Kong.

Crave Entertainment's next installment in the popular street racing series, Tokyo Xtreme Racer DRIFT features race real production cars on real mountain courses, during the day or night, any weather condition, and race for pride or upgrades.

German based Radon Labs announced that it has received Nintendo DS Dev-Kits and is now included in the circle of official Nintendo-Developers. Develop on its own original game ideas for Nintendo DS and port in the Nebula2 Engine are in full swing. In the near future the DS-Port for the NEBULA2 Engine and the "NEBULA2 toolkit for Maya" will be commercially available additionally for other developers. This extension prepares for further ports to next-generation consoles (X360, PS3).

Ford Street Racing, developed by Razorworks, moves the action from the racetrack to the streets of LA, control 3 team cars, give orders, switching on the fly, and will feature eighteen officially licensed Ford vehicles.

Set in the untamed West of the late 1800s, GUN is a free-roaming action-adventure game that takes players to a world without laws where greed, lust and murder are rampant.

Gravity Drive puts the player as a Test Pilot who unwittingly becomes the hero in a dangerous coup attempt! Battle through dangerous levels, dodge turret fire, avoid deadly molten steel, and save your country from a diabolical menace deep underground. Features exciting side scrolling shooting action, a wide range of cool weapons, and deadly A.I.

Marc Ecko and Atari are giving you the chance to show off your graffiti and art skills to the world with the All City Graphics contest. By submitting a piece of original work, you will be entered into a contest (Jan.24 - Feb.14) where the best piece will be decided by fellow artists through a voting process, and get a chance to win a NY trip for 2 people for 3 days and 2 nights, the video game, and an Ecko clothing package.

A survey conducted by Peter D. Hart Research Associates reveals 35% of American parents play computer and video games, out of which 80% claim that they play video games with their children, and two-thirds (66%) feel that playing games has brought their families closer together.

The countdown has begun to the release of 24: The Game on PS2. Set to become the biggest action adventure game of the year, 24: The Game lets gamers take control and live a 'brand new day' in the life of Jack Bauer and the Los Angeles Counter Terrorist Unit (CTU).

Stardock and TopWare announced they have reached an agreement to bring many of TopWare’s games to the TotalGaming.net online distribution service. Titles like Earth 2160 and Xpand Rally will be sold at a significant savings over the shrink-wrapped boxed games, and will become available at regular intervals in the coming weeks, starting with Earth 2150 Trilogy and Chrome SpecForce.

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.

Usually people cannot wait for a game to be released, but this is not the case with the loyal Heroes of Might and Magic fans. Disappointed in the current state of the beta, a large number of HOMM community sites have started a petition to pressure UbiSoft to delay the game, giving developer Nival ample time to optimize the title and add the promised features.

Legendo Entertainment today released an updated demo for The Three Musketeers, where you play as one of the Three Musketeers, allowing you to try out part of the game. You, playing as Portos, famed member of the Musketeers, have to save the day in the first game ever based on the world-famous novel by Alexandre Dumas.

After originally being an Xbox only game, then adding Xbox 360 to the mix, it seems Ubisoft is now also getting ready to release Blazing angels on the PC. Blazing Angels: Squadrons of WWII is an internally developed action-filled flight combat game, and scheduled for March 2006.

KOF Neowave features 12 three-man teams made up of some of the greatest characters from SNK's 11-year history, including the Women Fighters Team and the Fatal Fury Team. Neowave features three modes of play - Super Cancel, Guard Break, and Max2. A new "Heat Mode" lets players power up their attacks in exchange for a gradual loss of health.

Medieval II: Total War, the 4th installment of the franchise, takes strategy genre to a whole new level with the most epic and cinematic 3D battles ever seen on PC.

Ubisoft today also revealed the final name of the previously announced Far Cry Instincts Next Chapter. Far Cry Instincts Evolution is scheduled for March 2006 together with Far Cry Instincts Predator for the X360 which will include both the original FCI and the new FCI Evolution title.