Mage Knight Apocalypse is an action role-playing game based on the collectible miniature game from WizKids Games. Designed with a unique character leveling system and an unprecedented focus on team play, Mage Knight Apocalypse allows up to five players to embark on a cooperative or competitive journey through a war-torn fantasy setting.

Stardock is pleased to offer a stellar Collector’s Edition version of the game for those who preorder Galactic Civilizations II: Dread Lords. The Collector’s Edition comes in a limited-run foil box (attached) and includes a foldout tech-tree poster, additional in-game ship components and an exclusive theme (WindowBlinds skin, icons, cursors, Windows log-on screen and desktop).

Foundation 9 Entertainment announced today that it is opening a new studio in Canada. The new studio will be located in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island and aims to employ approximately 20 people by the end of 2006.

VUGames today announced that the much anticipated v1.03 patch for Monolith's F.E.A.R. (First Encounter Assault Recon), will be released on Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2006 and will include PunkBuster anti-cheat software, a vote kick option that allows players to be removed from multiplayer games for unsporting behavior, and 3 new multiplayer maps. We will of course have it on our fileserver network as soon as its released.

Aspyr Media announced today they have shipped Activision's Tony Hawk's American Wasteland for PC. For the first time ever in a Tony Hawk game, Tony Hawk's American Wasteland gives gamers the freedom to skate or bike, throughout a rich, expansive environment without levels or load times.

The long blue bar. The yellow block. And those darn zigzag things whose images stay on your brain. These familiar Tetris shapes started a generation of video game fans. Now Nintendo is putting a new spin on the classic with Tetris DS, available March 20 exclusively for NDS, using Nintendo's wireless gaming service, Wi-Fi Connection.

i Deal Games has released a new patch for its turn-based strategy game Jagged Alliance 2: Wildfire. This v6.04 patch adds fixes to maps, changes to the menu & UI, balance tweaks, and the usual crash and bug fixes.

Loco Mania is a simulation of a train dispatcher, a very important person who has control over a large railway network with many trains in it. The player controls switches and train directions with the intent to get the trains through the system as fast as possible. Lighthouse Interactive and Prague based developer 7FX today announced that Loco Mania has reached gold status and will begin shipping throughout Europe on Feb. 24th, 2006.

Originally scheduled for Feb 2005, then signed by the now defunct Digital Jesters, Widescreen Games' white water rafting and kayaking game Wild Water Adrenaline is finally scheduled for release Q1 2006, to be published by Nobilis.

Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Double Agent will completely revolutionize and reinvent the spy action genre by introducing an unprecedented double agent concept and an entirely new breed of game play that adds an exciting new dimension to the gaming experience.