The PC Gamer Holiday 2006 issue features a nine-page article about Windows Vista and Microsoft's recent push for PC gaming with its Games for Windows initiative. The article talks about Microsoft's plans for the near future, an interview with Peter Moore, but most interestingly, it features a photo of a Games for Windows promo kiosk (similar to the current PS3/Wii demo stations). The kiosk to promote PC games has a display with various titles on it, including Flight Sim X, Age of Empires III, Rise of Nations, ShadowRun, and Halo 2, but most importantly ... Gears of War, complete with a Games for Windows logo on the box cover.

EgoSoft has released yet another upgrade patch for its space-combat exploration game X³: REUNION. This update brings your European retail game to v2.0.02, addresses a various issues, bugs, fixes, and improvements that were introduced with the last patch.

NCAA March Madness 07 debuts on the Xbox 360 with a strategic basketball gameplay experience and all-new interactive environments that capture the intensity and atmosphere that characterize college basketball. A demo will be available on Xbox Live Marketplace on November 20, featuring No. 1 ranked Florida against the No. 2 Kansas Jayhawks.

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
• Silverfall - Making Of Trailer #6
• Fullmetal Alchemist: Dual Sympathy [NDS] - Trailer #2
• Thrillville [PSP/PS2/Xbox] - Featurette Trailer #4
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  We will update this throughout the day when new trailers become available. Read more for download links ...

Lost Planet is a sci-fi action shooter set within the merciless frozen tundra of a hostile planet, humans struggle for survival as conflicts arise between man, the surrounding indigenous creatures and the monstrous beings that have invaded.

EA today helped kick off the launch of the PS3 with perennial hits Madden NFL 07, Need for Speed Carbon and Tiger Woods PGA TOUR 07, while on December 5th, it will add Fight Night Round 3 to the PS3 lineup.

Battlestations: Midway follows the story of naval recruit Henry Walker, whose first assignment as a gunner at Pearl Harbor is the starting point of an incredible career at the heart of the US Pacific Fleet in 1942, in what was to become one of the most inspirational military campaigns in history.

Crave Entertainment announced that World Championship Poker: Featuring Howard Lederer - All In for the Wii, continuing to feature the most innovative single-player career mode, which now includes series tournaments, mixed games, and recurring home games.

RACE, based on WTCC, one of only three official FIA world championships alongside Formula 1 and WRC, will brake through as a newcomer that without any hesitation is aiming straight for the top of the racing game.

Konami announced that its PSP FPS Coded Arms has joined the system's Greatest Hits line, and is now available in stores at a retail price of $19.99. Immersing players in a deadly virtual reality world, Coded Arms features more than 30 weapons to collect and upgrade, wireless multiplayer action for up to four gamers and stunning graphics that remain some of the best ever seen on the PSP system.