Take-Two and Tecmo today announced a European publishing agreement for its PS2 exclusive Trapt, scheduled for released on the 24th February 2006.

CDV and developer Deck 13 are delighted to announce their joint publishing agreement for Jack Keane (working title), a classical adventure game for the PC. Slated for a Q1 2007 retail release, this game will highlight Deck 13's newest technology as the player guides hero Jack Keane to face some of his toughest challenges yet.

TOCA Race Driver 3 players will be competing in a massive variety of the world's most aggressive motorsports, complete with explosive damage effects, head-to-head online multiplayer racing and a game engine rebuilt for a greater degree of simulation. As promised Codemasters has released an updated demo featuring three tracks, with a choice of three cars, and three series (DTM, V8 and the new Baja Offroad Racing).

Hearts of Iron II: Doomsday is a stand-alone expansion pack for their strategy title Hearts of Iron II. The expansion will include the original game and boasts a World War III scenario, a complete scenario editor as well as an extended time line.

In Ape Escape 3 players can create their own 15 second mini-films, complete with subtitles, using characters from the video game. The process, otherwise known as "machinima," is quickly catching on as a new way to convey artistic expression. Director/producers of the monkey-film shorts can post their creations online for the whole world to see.

German publisher Crimson Cow announced today that it has signed an agreement with Cyanide Studios, known for Chaos League and Cycling Manager, for Wintersport Pro 2006. The new game 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.

City Interactive announced today that it has signed an agreement with the Ukrainian developer Crazy House to publish World War 2 PC action game Tank Killer.

Generation of Chaos, developed by Idea Factory, is one of the more popular RPG series in Japan, and now for the first time the series will appear in North America. Featuring all the essentials that made its predecessor one of the most addictive strategy RPG titles for the PS2, GOC jumps onto the PSP with evolutionary game play.

InCrazyBall is a sort of Marble Madness in 3D, where you guide a ball through crazy tracks, much like Super Monkey Ball. Multiplayer and an editor, so you can design your own tracks, will be included. Micro Application has released the first patch adressing graphical issues with Nvidia cards, UI improvements, various crash and bug fixes and multiplayer optimizations.

Cinergi Interactive signed a publishing contract with Noviy Disk in Moscow to distribute Black Hole Entertainment's fantasy RTS game Armies of Exigo throughout the russian speaking countries.

Disney Interactive brings Kim Possible, everyone's favorite crime-fighting cheerleader, into 3D in her latest action-packed adventure Kim Possible: Kimmunicator! Join Kim in a multi-part adventure that combines non-stop action and tongue-in-cheek humor with numerous appearances and cameos by classic Kim Possible villains.

After a hiatus of nearly 2 years EA has released a new patch for its RTS Command & Conquer Generals. This update will bring your German, French & English retail game to v1.8 and is a compatibility patch to support multiplayer with C&C The First Decade.

The Chronicles of Spellborn is an MMORPG set in the Enclave of the Five Sacrifices. The nine classes of characters are divided into three groups: Warriors, Spellcasters and Rogues. Each character must choose a group during creation. As they gain more experience in the world, the character may select which class within that group to become. Read more for full details ...

A humorous action/adventure game about mysterious and adventuring journey of the young luckless hero. The attractive but rather down-on-his-luck young hero of the game gets into a scrap. But he's a hard nut to crack, and a series of misfortunes turn into jolly and sometimes exreme adventures (thanks Tiscali).

SEGA of America today announced that it will publish The Tower SP exclusively for the GBA. The Tower SP is an in-depth sim experience that allows the player to design, build, and manage every aspect of successfully creating a skyscraper.

Prairie Games announced that its open-source "Massively Single Player" RPG Minions of Mirth is now available. There will be 15 character careers from 3 character archetypes, multiclass characters with primary, secondary, and tertiary class, 8 playable character races, 16 incredible zones to explore, hundreds of spells and PLENTY more.

Huxley is a massively multiplayer online first person shooting game utilizing the Unreal 3 engine that takes place in a post-apocalyptic world. Human beings have mutated and are divided into two opposing races, Sapiens and Alternative, who are forced to battle against one another to gain control of the world and its resources.

Team Rainbow is called into action and unfamiliar territory to battle a bioterrorist threat but are personally targeted by an evil terrorist organization. Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Lockdown will ship worldwide in early 2006 for the PC.

Huge tires, massive engine power and the thundering excitement of Monster Trucks racing has made it into your hands on the Nintendo DS! Get ready to kick up some dirt and leave your opponents with their engines smoking on the side of the road!

Soul of the Ultimate Nation brings the deep storyline of a single player adventure/RPG game together with the fast and furious multiplayer combat of a 3D action game. Incorporating console-style game play into a classic MMORPG, SUN features action-packed intensity, spectacular graphics and stylish battles in an epic medieval tale set in a rich world of emperors, armies, magicians and monsters.

Flying Range II: Long Way Home is an action-arcade set in the year of 2026. You are the captain of the first hyperspace engine equipped battleship. You get lost in the galaxy and as the captain, it is your task to bring the ship and its crew back home. Red Planet has released a small patch fixing a scout ship cargo capacity bug and a character appearance failure.

Yuke's, known for THQ's SmackDown!, is making an Xbox 360 pro-wrestling game based on Japanese wrestlers, titled Wrestle Kingdom, scheduled for release in Japan on December 22, 2005. No North American or European publisher nor release date have been announced yet.

Strap on your helmets and get ready for a new brand of football, and make sure you're ready for a lot of fireworks, because this is non-stop high-scoring football at its finest. EA announced today that John Dutton, quarterback for the 2005 Arena Football League Champion Colorado Crush, will serve as cover athlete and spokesman for Arena Football 06.

Dead Rising is survival horror game, in which you play Frank West, a grizzled freelance photographer who has made his way to an idyllic suburban town to get his hands on the scoop. To his surprise, he soon discovers that the town has been overrun with zombies. As he fights tooth and nail against hordes of gruesome zombies, Frank must discover the cause of the disturbing outbreak. Capcom has narrowed down the release date in North America to May 2, 2006.

LMA Manager 2006 is a thorough evolution for the genre-leading series. Utilising a new game and database engine, a Transfer Market system with greater depth enabling more complex contract negotiations, and a detailed 3D match section, it's set to be the most powerful edition in the series.