Sony has announced that the European version of F.E.A.R. for the Playstation 3 will be released on April 20.

Gamers will experience the spine-chilling story as an elite soldier trained to deal with unusual situations others can't even imagine. Called in to confront a murderous force, the player must contain a crisis spiraling out of control. Gamers will discover the true meaning of F.E.A.R. in this unique fusion of stylized FPS combat and supernatural suspense.

Rockstar Games has released the first trailer showcasing Grand Theft Auto IV. The official game site is experiencing a large amount of traffic at the moment, so we've posted up a slightly lower resolution streaming video version of the trailer.

Sony has announced the next in the Buzz range of quiz games designed for use with the four-button USB controller released with last year's Buzz quiz game.Buzz!: The Mega Quiz, due for release in April, features more than 500 images, 50 music videos and well as other types of clips, new round types, difficulty levels and more questions, along with support for up to 8 players using two sets of Buzz buzzers.

Nick over at RedBedlam has sent us news about their historically accurate MMORPG Roma Victor, and to announce what they're calling 'The Escalation'.

"The Escalation" update for Roma Victor is scheduled to be released in May 2007. As well as featuring significant updates for the guild and encounter systems, this free expansion includes a sophisticated mechanism for player elections, founding new settlements and even introduces the possibility of conquering, pillaging and looting these player-run settlements.

The key towns and forts along Hadrian's Wall will continue to operate under Roman Provincial Law with all of its associated political intrigue, mercantile opportunities, state protection and harsh penalties. However, new settlements are expected to spring up both north and south of 'The Wall', and tensions are sure to rise as various player Tribes, Houses and Cults vie for power and territory in this new, dynamic landscape. Doubtless the other guild classes â€" such as Warbands, Auxilia and Legions, will play a pivotal combat role in the inevitable power struggles.

Many of these advanced features make use of one of RedBedlam's latest additions to Roma Victor â€" the highly anticipated particle effects system, which adds vivid and sometimes gritty realism to the world with features such as blood, sweat, dust, sparks, flames, smoke and much, much more.

Java-based MMORPG Runescape has announced the opening of the beta server for German players.

."We're thrilled to be launching the new German version of RuneScape, now all German speakers can enjoy RuneScape to the full," said Managing Director of Jagex Ltd, Constant Tedder. "This is the first step in creating a truly multi-language gaming community for RuneScape and we are hoping that the German RuneScape can capture the imagination of German-speaking players in the same way that the English-language version has."

The free-to-play model adopted by NCSoft and Arena Net for Guild Wars seems to have paid off, with the companies announcing the development of Guild Wars 2.

"We felt it was extremely important to reward those people who have been playing Guild Wars since the game first launched in 2005," said Jeff Strain, co-founder of ArenaNet. "Those players have seen three very large campaigns created in a little under two years and so we think it's time to begin filling in the details of the existing world and to provide more content for current characters. We are thrilled to focus our time on something that our players have been asking for."

Following on from earlier reports of a black Xbox 360, Microsoft confirmed plans to release just such a device.

The new, super console is set for launch in the US on April 29th and will be priced at USD479.99 (GBP 244). Microsoft is yet to announce details of the Elite's launch in Europe.

MCV are reporting that sales of the Playstation 3 over the opening weekend topped 165,000, around three quarters of the total stock available in the UK. In comparison, the Wii sold around 105,000 units during it's launch weekend, and the Xbox 360 only sold 70,000 at launch.

The figure also means that Sony has not sold all of its opening weekend stock, something the platform holder claims is part of its overall strategy at retail.

This week The Times newspaper will be giving away a two-week free trial of World of Warcraft, along with an eight page guide to the game.

Saturday's edition of The Times newspaper will contain a full version of Blizzard’s World Of Warcraft.

The disc will offer readers a 14-day free trial of the original WoW, whilst an eight-page guide to Warcraft will also appear in the paper.

Activision has announced details of the pre-order program and collector's edition for the upcoming Enemy Territory: QUAKE Wars. Pre-orders in the US started yesterday at one chain store. The pre-order will allow people to register a preferred username. Pre-order customers will also receive some colelctor cards and a poster.

Tubergame.com has announced that the full version of their 3D platform adventure game Adventures of Tuber: Map of Treasures has been released, along with a new playable demo for thise wantign tot ry out the game.

"Map of treasures" is a friendly and exciting 3D Arcade game based on classical collect-all-the-treasures concept! The main character - a friendly explorer â€" Tuber, takes you on an underwater adventure of problem-solving fun! The game has elements of a logic game and is aimed at development of craft and intuition! The further you explore this fairy world, the more inventive you become, moving from easier to more difficult levels of the game! The game gets even more challenging as the main aim of the game level (collecting of all coins) can be achieved in different ways!

Classic arcade laser-disc game Dragon's Lair is making it's way to the Playstation 3 on Blu-Ray disk.

"I've seen the newly restored footage and it just looks amazing" says Don Bluth, original creator of Dragon’s Lair. "It looks even better than I can remember. The visuals, the 5.1 surround sound audio, all I can say is 'Wow!' Now a whole new generation can enjoy Dragon's Lair all over again."