Domestic sales of Nintendo's DS portable game machine reached 5 million units in less than 13 months after its launch in early December 2004, the fastest-ever pace in Japan's video game market, Nintendo said on Monday.

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 :

• Dungeon Siege 2 - Making Of Trailer
• Worms: Open Warfare [NDS/PSP] - Trailer
• Onimusha: Dawn of Dreams - Trailer #3
• MVP 06 NCAA Baseball [PS2/Xbox] - Trailer #5
• Loco-Mania - Trailer #2
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With over 50 songs, including all-new classic favorites and current smash hits, the fourth release in the incredibly popular series contains the largest library of music ever released in a Karaoke Revolution game.

A few months ago, Bethesda disappointed a large portion of the community when it announced that TES IV:Oblivion was not going to make it as a launch title and delayed the game until March 2006, saying that more time was needed for polish. Spanish site players4players claims there is more to it, as a confidential source told them that the real reason was a little bit more interesting. Oblivion had already been finished, but upon arrival of the official Xbox 360 dev kits, they realized the machine was more powerful than originally anticipated. Bethesda then decided to delay the game for optimization, especially of the graphics.

A federal judge has temporarily blocked a new California state law banning the sale or rental of violent video games to minors, saying a lawsuit challenging the measure was likely to prevail on grounds of free speech.

Shortly after previous update Firaxis has released another, large, patch for Sid Meier's Civilization IV. This update brings your retail game to v1.52 and includes numerous optimizations for memory usage that should help performance on all machines but are tailored to especially improve performance on machines at or near the minimum specification. Read more for download links ...

Valve unveiled a 64-bit version of its Source game engine technology today. The first 64-bit Valve games released will be native 64-bit versions of Half-Life 2 and Lost Coast, and have been developed to take advantage of AMD Athlon 64 FX processor-based systems - the ultimate 64-bit gaming platform for PC enthusiasts.

KOCH Media has released a new patch for EgoSoft's space-combat exploration game X³: REUNION. This update brings your retail game to v1.3 and adds important features to the game as well as fixing a number of problems that players experienced. It also improves the game-balance in key areas such as combat and the economy. Read more for detailed fixlist and download links ...

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 :

• Resident Evil: Deadly Silence [NDS] - Gameplay Trailer
• Grandia III [PS2] - Trailer #4
• Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII [PS2] - Trailer #2
• Kingdom Hearts II [PS2] - Intro Movie
• Crashday - Trailer #4
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Dreamcatcher has released the first patch for Wargaming's turnbased strategy game Domination. This patch brings your English/French/German retail game to v2.0.164 and addresses an ambiguous "new corrections in the game" (thanks 3DGamers). Read more for details and download links ...

At the Sony 2005 pre-e3 event, Epic's Tim Sweeney showed off an FPS demo without revealing which title it may be. In July Sony announced it had licensed the Unreal Engine 3 for the PS3 platform, bringing a possible UT2007 release closer to reality. PlayStation Magazine's January 2006 issue now not only confirms UT 2007's arrival on Sony's next-gen console, but also reveals that it will be a launch title and so far is tentatively scheduled for Spring 2006. Epic is also working on another Unreal Engine 3 title, Gears of War, exclusively on X360.

Strategy First and Slitherine Software are thrilled to announce that their strategy game, Legion Arena, has shipped and is now available in North American stores nationwide.

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 :

• Act of War: High Treason - Trailer
• WarRock - Trailer
• TOCA Race Driver 3 - Telemetry Trailer
• Me and My Katamari [PSP] - Trailerpack
• Sonic Riders (NGC/PS2/Xbox) - Trailer #3
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Ubisoft has released a new patch for Chessmaster 10th Edition. This update brings your retail game to v1.03 but no specific details as to what it fixes are available at this point. Read more for download links ...

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 :

• Armed Assault - Trailer
• Faces of War - Trailer #2
• The Sims 2: Open for Business - Teaser Trailer #3
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ALTAR games, Black Element Software and Bohemia Interactive Studio, three independent game developers, announced the creation of the Independent DEvelopers Association today. The point of the association is to give indie developers a better change to compete with big publishers by combining resources.

A little over three months ago Blizzard announced today that its subscription-based MMORPG World of Warcraft had reached more 4 million paying customers worldwide and today it has reached another milestone, 5 million and counting.

With shipments of 64-bit machines expected to make their way into the homes of the nation's gamers this holiday season, global provider of security software for enterprises and consumers ESET issued a warning today that most of the machines being shipped could be vulnerable to significant threats without appropriate protection.

Faithful to the tradition of parody that runs throughout the Asterix stories, Atari's latest Asterix offering is an explosive video game crammed with surprising encounters that parody the greatest icons of the video game world and is awash with wry references to many of the great moments that have marked over 25 years of video game history.

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 :

• Rogue Galaxy [PS2] - Trailer #3
• Blue Dragon [X360] - Festa CAM Trailer
• Lost Odyssey [X360] - Festa CAM Trailer
• Front Mission 5: Scars of War [PS2] - Trailer
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Fantasy Earth: Ring of Domination is Square Enix's latest MMORPG which will try to combine RTS, RPG and Action, allowing you to forge alliances, build fortresses and citadels and duke it out with your allies against huge armies. Originally announced in 2004, Fantasy Earth has recently entered its beta phase and is scheduled for released in Japan on February 23.

Prince of Persia Revelation, developed by Pipeworks, builds on last year's console success, Prince of Persia Warrior Within, and features original content such as additional puzzles, new maps and redesigned levels.

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 :

• Runaway 2: The Dream of the Turtle - Trailer
• War World - Trailer
• Fight Night Round 3 [X360] - Trailer #2
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Galactic Civilizations II takes place in the distant future, when mankind has become a space-faring civilization and must contend with other extraterrestrial powers for domination of the galaxy. The sequel is a true evolution for the series, with rethought fundamentals and exciting new changes.

Oblivion is a single-player game that takes place in Tamriel's capital province, Cyrodiil. You are given the task of finding the hidden heir to a throne that sits empty, the previous emperor having been killed by an unknown assassin. The official Oblivion website has been updated with information on the magic system in Oblivion.