Activision and Lionhead today announced The Movies expansion pack, Stunts & Effects, adding new features such as stuntmen, a movie-making toolset, a diverse selection of dangerous stunts, astounding visual effects, impressive new sets and a number of brand-new techniques and technologies that can be used when making a movie.

Microsoft Game Studios and 4Kids Entertainment today announce Viva Piñata, a high-energy, mass-appeal entertainment property created by Rare Ltd. that brings a vibrant world of living piñata animals to video games, television and beyond. The Viva Piñata universe showcases an engaging cast of colorful, wild-roaming piñata animals that entertain and challenge imaginations.

2K Games today announced that it has acquired publishing rights to Gas Powered Games' Dungeon Siege series. The first new titles under this publishing agreement will be Dungeon Siege II: Broken World expansion pack and an all-new entry in the Dungeon Siege series, Dungeon Siege: Throne of Agony for the PSP.

Set for launch in June 2006, Formula One 06 is the only official game of the 2006 FIA Formula One World championship and is back exclusively to PS2 and PSP. Loaded with new features and all the official 2006 drivers, cars, teams, circuits and rules, Formula One 06 is the only way to truly interact with the world's raciest sport!

Untold Legends Dark Kingdom will set the standard for next-gen action-RPGs by delivering an immersive fantasy experience through its breath-taking graphics, dramatic storyline, and action-packed battles filled with heart-pounding combat, magical spells and brilliant SFX.

Today Ubisoft announced that its IL-2 combat flight simulator series is now merged into one DVD including: Il-2 Sturmovik: Forgotten Battles, the Ace Expansion Pack, Pacific Fighters, and all the intermediary add-ons.

Irish game developer Star Cave Studios Limited announces devastation and mayhem in the form of Illumina for the PC platform! Illumina is best described as an online multiplayer semi-tactical FPS set in the year of 2046.

Turbine is pleased to announce the first module for Dungeons & Dragons Online: Stormreach. The Dragon's Vault module will provide players the opportunity to battle the dangerous Vault of Night that is protected by a ferocious guardian – the red dragon!

Mindscape today introduced the next puzzle craze to hit a PC desktop near you, Mindscape Kakuro. If you do Sudoku. Sometimes called "Cross-sums" or "Kakro", Kakuro is often referred to as Sudoku's bigger (and tougher) brother. The game operates along the same nine number principles as its forebear, only now a new dimension of complexity awaits puzzle fans looking for a fresh challenge.

Exanimus, Latin for "Without Life," is an MMO game created in a world where the dead live and roam the earth eating the flesh of the living. While most of the world is dead, there are small pockets of survivors that exist in barricaded cities across the globe. Players of Exanimus will have the option of playing as a living survivor or as one of the dead roaming the earth.

After a four-year hiatus and a move from Atari back to its original publisher, Hasbro's Micro Machines V4 promises to bring its own hilarious brand of mini multiplayer madness. Check the first Micro Machines screens or read more for details ...

Crave Entertainment today announced the third installment in the best-selling poker video game franchise in North America, World Championship Poker: Featuring Howard Lederer "All In".

Konami of Europe announced that it will release the first two Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle titles in its new Double Pack series, this coming March, comprises TMNT and TMNT 2: Battle Nexus, both of which feature the full gamut of characters from the popular TV series within games that effortlessly mix platform and fighting genres.

German publisher dtp will release an off-beat football experience with the casual game Flitzer, the German term for streaking soccer/football fans. The game, developed by German company Handy Games will be released in May 2006, just in time for the World Cup, the biggest soccer event of the year.

NCsoft announced today its latest partnership with a new company in Austin. Spacetime Studios, composed of a core team with previous roles on successful franchises such as Privateer, Wing Commander and Star Wars Galaxies, will publish its next, yet unannounced, game under the NCsoft brand.

Namco Bandai today announced One Piece: Pirates' Carnival, an over-the-top party game for PS2, scheduled to ship this Spring.

In Paris Chase, you start your career in a cheap garage and a choice of affordable street cars. Work your way up to 5 other garages. Each garage has its own style, cars (total of 30+ supercars), and friends, so feel free to drive towards one of these garages and check out their showrooms.

While NCSoft Europe has its Collector's Edition, NCSoft NA today announced it will release an Auto Assault Limited Edition, with different content for its post apocalyptic car combat MMORPG. Highlighting the Auto Assault Limited Edition package is the HS-150 headset by Creative to use with the game's built-in voice chat system, and an Auto Assault soundtrack CD, and plenty more ...

Microsoft Game Studios and Ensemble Studios announced today that Age of Empires III will get its first expansion pack, providing players with the ability to lead one of three proud Native American civilizations, including the Iroquois Confederation, to expand their empire and fight for control of the Americas.

CDV has signed a co-publishing agreement with Enlight Software to bring Haemimont Games' empire-building title Glory of the Roman Empire to North American retail outlets in June.

NCsoft announced that its Auto Assault Collector's Edition will be jam-packed to the brim with additional extras, including an exclusive in-game pet, key ring, sound track CD headset, and plenty more. Both Collector's and Standard editions will contain a 14-day free friend's trial code.

Xpand Rally Xtreme will contain similar content to the original Xpand Rally but in totally xtreme variation. In game, apart from well known rally cars, gamers will find super-fast GT vehicles, DTR group buggies, off-road 4x4 cars and Monster Trucks group trucks.

Today Ubisoft officially announced that it is developing Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Vegas for PC, next- and current-gen consoles. Scheduled for an Autumn 2006 release and developed by Ubisoft’s Montreal studio, Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Vegas is the fifth iteration of the Rainbow Six tactical shooter franchise.

Rockstar Games announced today Table Tennis for Xbox 360, developed by Rockstar San Diego, the creative house behind the Midnight Club racing series.

2K Games and 20th Century Fox announced today an exclusive agreement to develop and publish "some freakin' sweet" video games based on the hit television series Family Guy. Working closely with Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane, 2K Games will bring the hilarious world of Peter, Brian, the tyrannical tyke Stewie and all of Quahog, Rhode Island to current generation consoles this autumn.