Deep Silver announced today that Monte Cristo's city builder has gone gold in Germany and is scheduled for release April 28, 2006. Create exactly the city you want: build uniquely-designed structures, from residences to corporate skyscrapers. Improve the quality of life by providing recreational and entertainment opportunities-without letting taxes spiral out of control.

In 2003 Tantalus Interactive and Kemco collaborated to produce Top Gear Rally on GBA, and now both companies are extending this relationship will see the creation of an original racing title for the DS, leveraging Kemco’s popular Top Gear brand.

Timothy and Titus: Saints, Martyrs, Heroes, developed by White Knight Games, is based on St Paul's disciples St Timothy and St Titus. The game follows their adventures in a fictional tale of fun, mystery, and adventure as they spread the Gospel message across the lands of early Christianity.

A news report about Teri Hatcher receiving an offer of $1 million for recording her voice in the Desperate Housewives PC game from Buena Vista Games is false. As of today, Ms. Hatcher will not be participating in the voice recording sessions, however, per an agreement with ABC/Touchstone Television, Ms. Hatcher's likeness as the Susan Mayer character will appear in the game.

Dino Master drops you into the role of Dave the Digger on his hunt for the biggest and best dinosaur fossils around the globe. Capture them, bring them to the laboratory and rebuild them and then pit dino against dino in Battle Mode.

Analysts Michael Pachter and Edward Woo from investment house Wedbush Morgan Securities have released their NPD preview for the month of March. Woo and Pachter predict that the console transition continues to wear on publishers, as they expect console video game sales to drop 18% compared to the same period last year

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:

• Tomb Raider: Legend - TV Spot
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Fireglow team is now developing a next generation game engine (codename: Sudden Strike Next7) and the first game based on this engine, which now is officially named 'Sudden Strike III: Arms For Victory'. Fireglow plans to develop several other games based on this engine in different setups related to war conflicts.

Commandos Strike Force takes you right into the heart of the action from a first person perspective. Take control of the three members of the 'Strike Force' unit, each with their own play style. Eidos has released the fist patch bringing your retail game to v1.2, but no details as to what it fixes are available at the moment.

FXLabs Studios announced today it has signed an exclusive agreement with Archie Comics Entertainment for the development of the very first videogame based on the Archie universe. Under the working title Archie's Riverdale Run, the FXLabs team has begun the development of the game to be featured on the PC and consoles and is expected to be completed sometime in 2007.