EA today announced that fashion street wear brand 55DSL will be coming to Need for Speed Carbon. Exclusively designed items from 55DSL, plus a selection of garments from their ‘Zurka and the 55 Vagabonds’ winter collection, will feature prominently on key in-game characters in the game.

Local newspaper Honolulu Star-Bulletin is reporting that Konami is shutting down its Hawaian studio in Waikiki, and laying off 40 employees by end of this year. The development house has been reponsible for titles such as Frogger Beyond and Frogger's Adventures 2: The Lost Wand, as well as DDR Revolution Ultramix. The reason given was global reorganization of the company and shifting resources to its L.A. and Las Vegas facilities.

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:

• Blue Dragon [X360] - Trailer #2
• Destroy All Humans! 2 [PS2/Xbox] - Trailer #2
• NHL 07 [PS2/PS3/X360/PC] - Trailer
• Pompolic: Call for Heroes - Trailer
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Funcom is proud to announce that the orchestral score for Dreamfall: The Longest Journey has been nominated for an MTV Video Music Award in the new “Best Video Game Score” category.

Midway announces the official details of the Spy Hunter: Nowhere to Run Choose Your Mission Sweepstakes. Beginning on August 1, 2006, contestants can enter to win one of 12 weekly prizes that include an iPod, Motorola RAZR Phone and more!

Koei announced that it is bringing Samurai Warriors 2 to Europe this September. Samurai Warriors 2 is a beat-'em-up features 20 characters to select from, 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.

DropTeam: WW2 (working title) is an exciting extension of the DropTeam game system set in WWII. Players command realistically detailed WWII tanks, infantry, and guns in a detailed environment populated by up to 16 players on one of two sides.

Double Fusion and 3D game art producer Vykarian announced today a strategic partnership that will provide a turnkey solution for advertisers and agencies that want to promote their products to gamers using the most engaging form of in-game advertising, 3D ads.

Penny Arcade today announced that due to overwhelming demand, pre-registration for Penny Arcade Expo (PAX) gaming culture fest slated to invade Washington State this August 25th-27th has been extended to August 3rd at 6:30pm pacific.

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:

• GTR 2 - Hockenheim Trailer
• Eureka Seven Vol 1: The New Wave [PS2] - Trailer
• Crysis - Trailer (2)
• Dead Rising [X360] - Webisode Trailer#3
• Lumines II [PSP] - Trailer #2
• Every Extend Extra [PSP] - Trailer #2
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Activision Value has entered into a distribution agreement with Big Fish Games under which Activision will be the exclusive distributor of three titles for the PC.

Picking up where Guitar Hero left off, Guitar Hero II arrives with a new track list, new venues and additional play modes – including the ability to transform the original Guitar Hero SG Controller into a rhythm, lead or bass guitar. RedOctane is secretive about the more than 55 songs on the playlist, but today 3 more became known ...

Championship Manager 2007, developed by Beautiful Game Studio, is a totally new iteration of the best-selling football management simulation. Eidos confirmed that Championship Manager 2007 will be released on PC in autumn 2006.

Fallen Lords: Condemnation is a spectacular 3D fighting adventure set in the Afterworld, a kingdom of endless war as the Forces of Light, the Forces of Darkness and the Souls of the Purgatory battle for the precarious balance of the world.

Lost Planet is a sci-fi action shooter set within the merciless frozen tundra of a hostile planet, humans struggle for survival as conflicts arise between man, the surrounding indigenous creatures and the monstrous beings that have invaded.

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:

• Reservoir Dogs [PS2/Xbox/PC] - Trailer
• Spectral Souls [PSP] - Trailer #2
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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:

• WH40K: Dawn of War - Dark Crusader - Neocron Resurrection Trailer
• Just Cause [X360/PC] - Trailer #3
• Company of Heroes - German Weapons Trailer
• Dead Rising [X360] - Trailer #5
• Caesar IV - Trailer #3
• The Sacred Rings - Trailer
• Joint Task Force - Behind The Scenes #4
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Activision announced today that it has signed award-winning composer Joel Goldsmith, known for Stargate: Atlantis, Witchblade, Helen of Troy, to score the soundtrack for Call of Duty 3, his console video game debut in a career that spans more than twenty years.

10Tacle Studios announced an extensive cooperation with Chinese Nineyou IT, to cover the sales and marketing of 10T products on the Asian market, the joint development of new multi-player games and the porting of existing concepts to Europe.

You are a DevastationZone Trooper, one of the Blue Star Alliance’s toughest, hardened in combat and trained for action. During a space border patrol in the vicinity of planet Ardanis, you receive a code red distress call. The Rakkai Empire is invading the planet. This v1.33 adds sound device setup, Generic Software device is also available for maximum compatibility.

For the first quarter of fiscal 2007, THQ reported net sales of $138.8 million, exceeding expectations of $125.0 million, primarily due to better-than-anticipated sales of Pixar's Cars and MotoGP 2006 videogames. In the subsequent conference call however, THQ confirmed that it has cancelled the Xbox 360 version of The Sopranos.

When Activision signed its license agreement with Marvel, it included rights for Spider-Man, X-Men, Fantastic Four and Iron Man through 2009. While the first three franchises all received games, Iron Man was the only one holding out, until the recent announcement of the movie. News has been rather quiet on that front, and according to Gamespot, the reason is because Activision simply no longer holds the rights to it, effectively cancelling any game they had in development.

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:

• 1914: Shells of Fury - German Trailer
• Shaolin Streets [ALL] - Trailer
• Just Cause [X360/PC] - Trailer #3
• Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII [PS2] - Trailer #3
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Microsoft today announced Fuzion Frenzy 2, developed by Hudson, a party game set in space that combines futuristic arcade action, superior mini-games, tournament modes, and custom tailored games with online features such as multiplayer and customizable tournaments.

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:

• Disgaea 2 [PS2] - Trailer #2
• Just Cause [PS2/Xbox/X360/PC] - Trailer #2
• Naruto: Clash of Ninja 2 [NGC] - Trailerpack
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