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.

Check out the following new screens from 2K Games' Games Convention 2006 lineup:

• Bioshock [ALL] - Screens
• Dungeon Siege: Throne of Agony [PSP] - Screens
• The Family Guy [ALL] - Screens
• Ghost Rider [ALL] - Screens
• The Darkness [PS3/X360] - Screens
• Stronghold Legends - Screens
• Sid Meier's RailRoads! - 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:

• WoW: The Burning Crusade - Char. Creation Trailer
• Metro 2033: The Last Refuge [PS3/X360/PC] - GC 06 Trailer
• Caesar IV - Developer Diary Trailer #2
• Perimeter: Emperor's Testament - Trailer
• Neverwinter Nights 2 - Developer Diary #1
• Test Drive Unlimited [ALL] - Camaro Trailer
• Dungeon Siege II: Broken World - Trailer #5
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Classics Collection Reloaded is an ensemble of more than 15 historic arcade favorites for the PSP, driving home the nostalgia factor with a host of new titles including Eco Fighters, King of Dragons and Knights of the Round Table.

Similar to the C&C Tiberium Wars newsbit earlier today, Epic's Steve Polge revealed that they plan to release an Unreal Tournament 2007 demo prior to its retail debut, so they can act upon community feedback and make adjustments if needed. "We are definitely planning to release a demo long enough before we go gold to be able to incorporate feedback from the demo into our final release." Steve also mentioned that UT 2007 currently has 40 maps in rotation, but that is not said some may be cut from the final release.

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

• Chrome 2 - Screens & Trailer
• WarHound - Screens
• FIM Speedway GrandPrix 2 - Screens
• Xpand Rally Xtreme - Screens
• Crazzy Soccer Mundial - Screens

KOEI announced today Samurao Warriors 2 has gone gold. Samurai Warriors 2 is a beat-'em-up featuring 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.

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

• Peacebreakers - Screens & Trailer
• Alpine Ski Racing 2007 (PC)- Screens

GC 2006 closed on Sunday evening with a record number of visitors. Over the past four days, a grand total of 183,000 people (compared to 134,000 in 2005) journeyed to the Leipzig Fair’s exhibition centre.

Paying homage to some of history’s greatest military leaders, the Warlords expansion will deliver six unique and interesting scenarios, giving players the chance to change the course of history with the help of their new powerful "warlord" unit.

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

• LEGO Star Wars: The Original Trilogy [ALL] - Screens
• Star Wars Empire at War: Forces of Corruption - Screens