Samurai Warriors 2 will feature several changes compared to the original. You will be able to select from 20 characters each offering different ways of fighting, no load times when the action changes from interior to exterior battles, and new combo configurations and better special attacks.

Another day, another batch of game trailers was released. Instead of giving them all their own posts, we grouped them, and so far there are trailers for:

• Super-Bikes Riding Challenge [PS2/PC] - Trailer #2
• Raid over the River [NDS] - GC 06 Trailer
• Project Sylhpeed [X360] - Trailer #2
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Inspired by the events of the The Fast & The Furious: Tokyo Drift film, this game will immerse players in the underground world of drift racing. Set in a world related to, yet separate from, the movie, the game features a ground breaking drift mechanic that makes drifting accessible to both beginning and veteran racing game drivers.

Check out the following new screens from 1C Company's Games Convention 2006 lineup:

• Adrenalin 2 - Screens
• A.I.M. 2 - 16 New Screens
• Ascension to the Throne - 15 New Screens
• Battle Lord - 23 New Screens
• Blood Magic - 32 New Screens
• Death to Spies - 12 New Screens
• PT Boats: Knights of the Sea - 48 New Screens
• Mythic Wars - 26 New Screens
• Rig 'n Roll - 15 New Screens
• Star Wolves 2 - 16 New Screens
• Swashbucklers: Blue vs. Grey - 22 New Screens
• Theatre Of War - 17 New Screens
• The Tomorrow War - 19 New Screens
• Whirlwind of Vietnam - 12 New Screens
• XIII Century - 20 New Screens
• You Are Empty - 20 New Screens

Need for Speed Carbon delivers the next generation of adrenaline-filled street racing and will challenge players to face the ultimate test of driving skill on treacherous canyon roads. The Collector's Edition will include three new cars, ten specially tuned cars, six new races, ten exclusive vinyl kits, and a bonus DVD containing behind-the-scenes footage on the making of the game.

Ducati World Championship is a 360° view into the world of motorcycle racing allowing you to take up a career as a pilot racing in the amateur, semi professional and professional racing classes, intent on reaching the Superbike and the Grand World Championship.

Another day, another batch of game trailers was released. Instead of giving them all their own posts, we grouped them, and so far there are trailers for:

• Pacific Storm: Allies - New Features Trailer
• Dawnspire: Prelude - Trailer
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Another day, another batch of game trailers was released. Instead of giving them all their own posts, we grouped them, and so far there are trailers for:

• Red Ocean - GC06 Teaser
• Warhammer 40K: Dawn of War - Dark Crusade - Trailer
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Check out the following new screens from GameFactory Interactive's Games Convention 2006 lineup:

• Officers - Screens
• Jagged Farm: Birth of a Hero - Screens
• Warfare - Screens
• Gluk0za - Screens
• Protivostoyanie - Screens

Another day, another batch of game trailers was released. Instead of giving them all their own posts, we grouped them, and so far there are trailers for:

• Alpine Ski Racing 2007 - Trailer
• Blitzkrieg 2: Fall of the Reich - Trailer
• Day of Atlantis - GC 06 Trailer
• Forza Motorsport 2 [X360] - Damage & Physics Trailer
• Just Cause (X360/PC) - Developer Diary #2
• Sparta: Ancient Wars - GC 06 Trailer
• Team Fortress 2 - Character Classes Trailer [Hi]
• Caesar IV - Developer Diary Trailer #3
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EA announced today that Madden NFL 07 has outperformed any previous installment in the 17 year old series, with an estimate of more than two million copies sold in its first week, roughly 12 percent higher than last year's edition.

Xbox Live surpasses 50 million downloads from Xbox Live Marketplace, doubling the 25 million mark hit just three months ago, with gamers logging more than 2 billion hours online to experience online multiplayer gaming, Xbox Live Arcade titles, the latest game demos, movie trailers and music videos.

F.E.A.R. Extraction Point kicks off where the original game ended – with a bang. The First Encounter Assault Recon Team (F.E.A.R.) returns to battle the now free Alma and her paranormal minions across a destroyed city.

Another day, another batch of game trailers was released. Instead of giving them all their own posts, we grouped them, and so far there are trailers for:

• Half-Life 2: Episode Two - Trailer
• Killzone: Liberation [PSP] - Trailer #3
• NASCAR 07 [PS2/Xbox] - Music Video
• Need For Speed Carbon [PSP] - Trailer
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Already revealed last week, It's time to relive the 80s with Activision Hits Remixed for the PSP! With more than 40 classic Atari 2600 games, WiFi multi-player functionality and the ability to play anywhere, you'll soon be saying tubular and bitchin' again!

Check out the following new screens from PlayTen's Games Convention 2006 lineup:

• Precursors - Screens
• Day of Atlantis - Screens
• Condemned World - Screens
• White Gold - Screens

Microsoft today released the public beta of XNA Game Studio Express, the technology designed to open up game development to new audiences, including hobbyists, students and independent developers, in the hopes of injecting a shot of creativity into the electronic entertainment industry.

Check out the following new screens from IDEA Games' Games Convention 2006 lineup:

• Armed Assault - Screens
• Rock of Pariahs - Screens
• Fish Fillets 2 - Screens
• Alpha Prime - Screens
• UFO Afterlight - Screens

Check out the following new screens from dtp/ANACONDA's Games Convention 2006 lineup:

• Undercover: Operation Wintersun - Screens & Trailer
• Sabotage - Screens & Trailer
• Overclocked - Screens & Trailer
• Legend: Hand of God - Screens & Trailer
• Gray Matter - Screens
• Drakensang: The Dark Eye - Screens & Trailer
• Tony Tough 2 - Screens
• Belief & Betrayal - Screens
• Runaway 2 - Trailer
• Reprobates - Trailer

Bethesda keeps on rolling out the extra downloadable content for its action RPG, The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion. Spell Tomes are books that grant you wondrous and powerful magic spells, just by reading them! Now Mages will also gain instant benefits by treasure hunting. Friend and foe alike will bow in awe before your power.

Another day, another batch of game trailers was released. Instead of giving them all their own posts, we grouped them, and so far there are trailers for:

• Call of Juarez - Trailer #7
• Rush for Berlin: Rush for the Bomb - GC 06 Trailer
• Chronos Twins [NDS] - Trailer
• Enchanted Arms [X360] - Trailer
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Capcom today announced that the company's first Xbox 360 title Dead Rising, has shipped more than 500,000 units within the first two weeks of its launch

Check out the following new screens from BUKA's Games Convention 2006 lineup:

• Collapse - Screens & Trailer
• DUSK-12 - Screens
• Aggression Europe 1914 - Screens
• Hard Truck Apocalypse: Rise of Clans - Screens
• Pacific Storm Allies - Screens & Trailer
• The Stalin Subway: Red Veil - Screens

The online game market in will grow from $1.1 billion in 2005 to $4.4 billion by 2010 in North America, according to a new study conducted by market research and consulting company Parks Associates, who will discuss their new data at the Austin Game Conference.

Last year Microsoft's Japanese X360 title list mentioned Operation Darkness from Metal Saga developers Success, and hadn't been heard of since. While details are still slim, Operation Darkness is a tactica RPG set during WW2, where you, as part of an special ops team, are tracking down Hitler. Success implements multiple scenarios and mixes historical events with fiction.