Putt Nutz is a fast paced, over-the-top miniature golf game that brings all the fun of miniature golf into your living room. Black Mountain Games has released a demo allowing you to try out a nine hole sample.

Neopets: Petpet Adventures - The Wand of Wishing is an action/role playing game available exclusively for the PSP that brings the hidden Petpet world of Petaria to life in 3D for the first time.

Konami announced today that World Soccer Winning Eleven 9 for the PS2, Xbox, PSP and PC has shipped to retail stores nationwide. WE9 returns to the pitch with top quality simulation gameplay, new team management features and for the first time ever, online play for the Ps 2 and Xbox.

The Core / Premium Xbox 360 controversy seems to be taking a new turn as a boxcover for Sports Interactive's upcoming Football Manager 2006 reveals that it requires a hard drive. Microsoft assured that all games would be playable on every X360, HD or not, so the real question is, what's the HD requirement for? The game itself might very well be playable but save games for the FM series can turn out to be rather big, and the mem stick is only 64mb. Hopefully SI, SEGA or Microsoft will provide further details ...

Dangerous Waters allows the player total control over multiple air, surface and subsurface platforms in a modern-day naval environment. Strategy First has relased the final v1.03 patch for Sonalysts' submarine sim, which addresses various bugs and corrections, and allows non-Steam players to play against Steam players. Read more for download links.

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.

Electronic Arts revealed today that once again war is upon us. This coming Thursday at 9am PST EA will release a demo for The Battle for Middle-Earth 2 demo. The massive 1.3GB demo will allow you to play as either the Goblins or Dwarves and feature a tutorial and single-player skirmish mode on two maps. We will of course have the demo on our fileserver network as soon as it becomes available.

Capcom today announced the release of Resident Evil: Deadly Silence for Nintendo DS, a rendition of the original 1996 Resident Evil game that features both new and familiar gameplay, 3D graphics, coop and other multiplayer modes.

Capcom today announced the release of Street Fighter Alpha 3 Max for the PSP. A direct conversion of the critically acclaimed arcade fighting game, Street Fighter Alpha 3, Street Fighter Alpha 3 Max is enhancedwith additional original content specifically designed for the portable system including Wi-Fi functionality and extra gameplay modes.

Adrenalin is a game that successfully blends the genres of thrilling adrenalin-pumping racing and an economic management sim. The aim of a player is to not only become the fastest driver around, but to be a talented manager as well.

Iconic game developer and president of Nintendo Co. Satoru Iwata returns for the second consecutive year to deliver the keynote address of the 2006 Game Developers Conference (GDC). His "Disrupting Development" talk will be about innovation in the current environment, drawing examples from Nintendo's recent ventures.

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.

SEGA of America today announced the release of its NDS exclusive The Rub Rabbits!, delivering an all new "rub comedy" adventure that leverages the unique touch-screen and voice recognition interface on the DS hardware by delivering quirky original music, stylized art, and many new features and multiplayer modes.

Featuring all new authentic tricks, FIFA Street 2 provides new gameplay experiences by making over-the-top moves and skills even bigger in this fast-paced sequel.

Shorthly after the North American version, Blizzard has now also released the European version of the new update for its MMORPG World of Warcraft. This v1.9.3 update adds Valentine's Day content, the usual gameplay enhancements, balance tweaks, bug fixes, etc.

EA is pleased to announce Command & Conquer The First Decade shipped to stores nationwide today. Celebrating its 10th anniversary, the special collector's edition includes a dozen of your favorite Command & Conquer games spanning the last ten years plus a bonus DVD of commemorative video features.

EA announced today that Arena Football has shipped to stores nationwide. With Arena Football, gamers can now experience the excitement of the indoor gridiron with fast-paced, high-scoring offenses and the ability to send players over the walls.

Blizzard has released a new update for its MMORPG World of Warcraft. This v1.9.3 update is for the US/AUS edition of the game, and adds Valentine's Day content, the usual gameplay enhancements, balance tweaks, bug fixes, etc. Read more for download links ..

Namco Bandai announced today that its PS2 exclusive popular role-playing game, Tales of Legendia, has shipped to North American retail outlets. Tales of Legendia is poised to send players on an epic quest by combining the depth and storytelling of a traditional RPG with the furiously-fast real time action of a fighting game.

Wargaming has released a new patch for its Massive Assault Network 2 open beta test. This beta patch improves chat server, fixes game crashes, increases turn limit and plenty more ...

Lionhead has released the promised first patch for its just released strategy sim Black & White 2. This update brings your retail game to v1.2 but no details are available at this point as to what exactly it fixes. Read more for download links ...

Originally scheduled for Feb 2005, then signed by the now defunct Digital Jesters, Widescreen Games' white water rafting and kayaking game Wild Water Adrenaline is finally scheduled for release Q1 2006, to be published by Nobilis.

CCP Games today announced that EVE Online has reached 100,000 active game subscribers and is maintaining the robust subscription growth trend of the past year.

Rebel Raiders: Operation Nighthawk is the ultimate futuristic aerial combat game featuring some of the most frenzied air battles ever witnessed with an intensity rarely reached in a videogame. Previously licensed by the now defunct Digital Jesters, Nobilis has taken over publishing rights set for March 2006.

Stardock announced that its strategy game Gal Civ 2 has gone gold and will be in stores Feb. 21, 2006. Galactic Civilizations II takes place in the distant future, when mankind has become a space-faring civilization and must contend with other extraterrestrial powers for domination of the galaxy. The sequel is a true evolution for the series, with rethought fundamentals and exciting new changes.