EA today announced that the signature sound of alternative rock band Depeche Mode has been translated to The Sims native Simlish language for the first time ever. 'Suffer Well,' a popular track from Depeche Mode's critically acclaimed album 'Playing the Angel,' has been recorded in Simlish and will be made available to fans of music and PC games through The Sims 2 Open for Business.

Bethesda Softworks and 2K Games today announced that their RPG The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion has gone to gold master and will be available in stores, regular and collector's edition, in North America and Europe during the week of March 20.

Flight Simulator X, scheduled for end of 2006, is the 10th installment in the long running franchise, featuring jaw-dropping realism and exciting new content.

Got Game Entertainment today announced that Nucleosys' Scratches, an atmospheric suspense-adventure brimming with eerie twists and terrifying surprises, has shipped to game retailers across North America.

10Tacle Studios announced today that it will be showing its Unreal Engine 3 powered fantasy action game Elveon at the E3 convention in Los Angeles. Elveon leads the gamer through the heroic history of the Elvish civilization, with fascinating graphics and innovative combat system.

Mortal Kombat: Armageddon will be the final franchise installment on current generation systems, featuring the most extensive cast of playable characters in the series to–date and an all–new create–a–fighter mode. If you haven't seen the screens from earlier this week, check them here, or read more for new ones.

The Fall: Last Days of Gaia is a 3D role-playing game set in a postmodern scenario that takes you to the year 2083. Silver Style released a beta version of its upcoming v1.10 patch which adds improved textures, better dialogue, balance tweaks, new weapons, and more...

Act of War: High Treason introduces new features and content to enhance and extend the overall experience. High Treason will expand into naval warfare with over a dozen different vessels, such as AEGIS cruisers, frigates, aircraft carriers and submarines. Less scripting, better AI and camera handling. In case you missed last weeks batch, check them here.

Since the Xbox 360 launch Midway has released several of its classic games on Xbox Live Arcade, and apparently with great, financial, success. Joust, Gauntlet, Smash TV, and Robotron: 2084 will soon be joined by 5 more golden oldies such as Paperboy, Defender, Root Beer Tapper, Cyberball and good old Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3. There has been no specific launch date but it is said to be somewhere this year.

Chromehounds is a squad-based action title puts gamers in control of giant mechanized military weapons of war. With a strong focus on cooperative and competitive online gameplay, the game is sure to satisfy players looking for a deep, involving Xbox Live experience. SEGA revealed it will release Chromehounds in Japan on May 25, 2006.