Spiderweb Software announces the upcoming release of Geneforge 4: Rebellion, the next chapter in their fantasy epic. Once again, return to the world of the Shapers, where you explore freely, choose for yourself what side you will fight for, and create and mold strange, powerful monsters to serve you.

Activision announced today that enthusiasts/fans can now audition to be the voice of the King of Atlantis himself, Namor (aka Sub-Mariner)! Activision has already received so many great entries for Bruce Banner so they have decided to close that casting call and add a new character. Auditions for Namor and Jean Grey are going on now, so please keep those entries coming!

Three Rings Design, known for Puzzle Pirates and currently working on Bang! Howdy, announced today it has completed a successful Series B financing round led by Mercury Capital Partners and Amicus Capital.

Norm Koger's The Operational Art Of War series allows you to play and create any battle from the entire 20th Century of warfare and up to the modern day, with reasonable accuracy back as far as the 1850s. The patch fixes a reconstitution bug found in the release version of the game as well as a few other minor issues.

Ace Combat X: Skies of Deception will feature a limited amount of flyable planes such as F/A-18 Hornet, Su-27 and the MiG-29, and the same group of countries are still waging war.

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.

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:

• Joint Task Force - Physx Trailer
• NHL 07 [ALL] - Ovechkin Trailer
• NHL 2k7 [ALL] - Joe Thorton Trailer
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A bit later than originally anticipated due unexpected issues locking in the dates and location, QuakeCon 2006 has offiically been announced. First-come, first-served online registration for the BYOC area will kick off at 9 p.m. EST on Wednesday, June 28th, 2006, and the event itself is scheduled for August 3 – 6 in Dallas, TX at the Hilton Anatole Hotel in their Trinity Exhibition Center.

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:

• Battlefield 2142 - Trailer
• Panzer Command: Operation Winter Storm - Trailer #4
• Forza Motorsport 2 [X360] - Under The Hood Trailer
• Crash Dummy vs. the evil D-Troit [PSP] - Trailer
• Rayman Raving Rabbids - Bunnies Don't Do Vacuum Cleaning
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After just 35 days on store shelves, New Super Mario Bros. for NDS has racked up sales in excess of one half million in the United States alone. That's a sell-through rate of more than 20 every minute since the game went on sale May 15.

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:

• Need For Speed Carbon - Trailer
• Glory of the Roman Empire - Trailer #2
• Dark Messiah of Might & Magic - Trailer
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The all-new Championship Manager 2006 offers a wide range of innovative new features and is the most realistic version to date, offering the player a true taste of football management. This patch #2 adds new features, various game tweaks, updates the GUI, match engine, fixes various bugs and crashes, and plenty more ..

Stardock Entertainment today announced the first expansion to its award-winning strategy game, Galactic Civilizations II: Dread Lords, as well as a new worldwide-publishing division operating under the Stardock Entertainment brand.

It has been a bit quiet around Vietcong developer Pterodon, and after several months, the reason has been revealed. As it turns out, Pterodon has been acquired by fellow Czech Republic developer Illusion Softworks nine months ago. Technically, Pterodon still exists but is merely a shell company. All employees were moved to Illusion and are working on Enemy In Sight, recently sold off by ailing Atari to a yet-unknown publisher.

Microsoft today announced that X06 will be held on 27th and 28th September this year. It was also revealed that the glamorous, cosmopolitan and cultural city of Barcelona will be playing host to this year’s exclusive event.

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:

• Titan Quest - Trailer
• Hellboy [PSP/PS3/X360] - E3 2006 Trailer
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Reuters reported that a federal judge has agreed to an appeal made by video game industry groups, thereby prohibiting Louisiana from implementing its new law, which prevents sales of violent games to children under the age of 18. The legislation, which fined violators up to $2,000 and/or one year in prison, was signed into law last week by Governor Kathleen Blanco.

DreamCatcher Games today announced that it will publish First Battalion for Windows in North America. Join the ranks as you take command of the First Battalion and lead your forces into one of the most intense and important wars in history! From the streets of Stalingrad to the beaches of Normandy, you will experience some of the greatest battles of World War II.

IDV announced today that it has added eight more developers to its growing list of SpeedTree customers. Midway, People Can Fly, Koei Canada, CD Projekt and several others have gone on record as users of SpeedTree for its wind effects, foliage editor, and dynamic LODs. SpeedTree 4.0 was also released, promising a host of new features. Read more for details ...

To commemorate its official fan community reaching 3 million registered users, BioWare announced today the "3 Million Member Celebration," which will feature prize giveaways. Goodies include an NVIDIA- and Microsoft-sponsored ultimate gaming system, X360 premium bundles, and NVIDIA 7800GTX 512MB graphics cards. Contest ends August 21st, so enter now!

Panzer Command: Operation Winter Storm is turn-based (each turn consists of two 40 second phases, the first for orders, the second for reactions and targeting) and has a great PBEM system for head to head play. There is a German and a Soviet campaign and all the campaign battles can be played as set battles as well.

Activision today announced that it has opened a publishing office in Seoul Korea through the acquisition of CSR Entertainment's software distribution operations. The new office will enable Activision to fully leverage its product portfolio in the territory, particularly the upcoming online multiplayer action game Enemy Territory: Quake Wars.

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:

• Tales of the Abyss [PS2] - Trailer
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Undercover is an adventure game set during the Second World War, in the heart of war-torn Europe. The tantalizing story revolves around a horrible What-If scenario, tackling myths and undiscovered secrets and gives all new insights into the terrifying machinations of this era.

Panzer Command: Operation Winter Storm is turn-based (each turn consists of two 40 second phases, the first for orders, the second for reactions and targeting) and has a great PBEM system for head to head play. There is a German and a Soviet campaign and all the campaign battles can be played as set battles as well.