Shacknews receives a slew of new screenshots and trailers for upcoming games everyday. The most anticipated titles receive their own post, because we know you're eager to see that content. For the rest, we have the Daily Filter, a place to feature all of the media we add to our enormous database on a daily basis.

Today's Filter features a new trailer and screenshots for DC Universe Online, new race portraits for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, new screenshots for Planetside 2, a new trailer for Trine 2, a gameplay trailer for Saints Row: The Third, Gamescom 2011 trailers for World of Tanks, World of Battleships, and World of Warplanes, a customization trailer for Need for Speed: World, a gameplay modes trailer for Anarchy Reigns, a trailer for Raving Rabbids: Alive and Kicking, and a new gameplay trailer for End of Nations.

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Electronic Arts and Black Box have announced that the MMO racing game Need for Speed World has surpassed 1 million registered users. The game will also be shifting to a free-to-play model, though the game's microtransactions will remain.

Originally, the game was free to play up to level 10, but required a one-time payment of $20 to experience content up to level 50. Now, all of the games content will be available to all players for free, though paid items like "power-ups, double XP periods and even rental cars" will still cost money. Read more »

Although it was originally planned for release today, EA has announced its online-only racing experiment Need for Speed World won't go live until next week. The PC-based MMO is now set to cross the finish line on July 27.

Need for Speed World will be available in two flavors: The client, which will be available to download for free, will allow players to access all races and pursuits with a max level progression of 10.Users who purchase the game's $20 "Starter Pack" will extend the level cap to 50 and net a number of bonuses, including double experience points, driver name reservation and permanent VIP status.Starter packs also include a "bundle assortment of power-ups," an exclusive vehicle, $20 of the game's virtual currency and one-week head-start access beginning today.

Grab your scarves and driving gloves, ladies and gentlemen, an open beta for Need for Speed World shifted into gear, earlier today. The extremely short online multiplayer test will run from July 2 at 12pm CT (10am PT) until Monday, July 5.

All players are required to do in order to test the upcoming racer is register at World.NeedForSpeed.com and download the client. (Unfortunately, the client cannot be made available at FileShack.) Fans of the series will be happy to know their current account will not be wiped and the community's upcoming "Chicken Run" race is scheduled to continue.

EA's PC racing MMO Need for Speed World--previously NFS World Online--will go live on July 20, the developer and publisher announced today, with free and paid options.

The free client will offer "access to all races, pursuits and career progression up to level 10," while the $20 'Starter Pack' grants "full access up to level 50, a bundle assortment of power-ups... and an exclusive limited edition vehicle" plus $20-worth of 'SpeedBoost' virtual currency, which will be used to purchase power-ups and rent cars. Read more »

Two new bits of downloadable content for Starbreeze's The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena were today released for the Xbox 360 version of the shooter.

Currently only available to Xbox Live Gold members, Commentary Mode is a free download said to add four and a half hours of developer commentary to the single-player Escape from Butcher Bay campaign. Read more »

Atari has released a patch for The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena on PC, fixing a crashing bug, one multiplayer issue, and a case of too much blahblah.

The patch is now available over on FileShack, and here are your patch notes:

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Reports that the PC version of The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena can only be installed three times have sparked another round of outcry from the extremely vocal PC community, though publisher Atari says these reports aren't entirely accurate.

The PC version of Starbreeze's stealthy first-person shooter does indeed have a three-machine install limit, Atari told Shacknews in a statment, but customers can acquire more activations, assuming "it's a legitimate request," by calling the Atari hotline. Read more »

Starbreeze's remake/expansion of its original Riddick shooter went gold today. The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena is expected in stores by April 7 on PC, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360.

To mark the day, the company put out a few more images from the game--as if the recent trailer blast wasn't enough.

Not familiar with The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena? You will be by the end of this trailer deluge, consisting of two "high-octane" videos narrated by the Diesel himself.

Dark Athena, a remake and expansion of the original action title Escape from Butcher Bay, arrives April 7 on PC, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360.

The developers at Starbreeze put together this lengthy diary of production on The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena, explaining the genesis of the project and how it came to be a much larger piece of work than originally planned.

The game--which includes a new campaign in addition to the remastered Escape from Butcher Bay--arrives April 7 on PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. A demo is now available on Xbox Live, with PC and PlayStation 3 demos set to arrive soon.

A downloadable demo for The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena is now available to those Xbox 360 owners with Xbox Live Gold accounts. Per usual, it's expected that those without an Xbox Live Gold account will get access after a few days.

The 639MB demo samples the single-player "Athena Main Decks" level. Given that name, the demo is probably culled from the new Assault on Dark Athena campaign, not the remade Escape from Butcher Bay campaign also contained in the game. Read more »

Ramping up the media presence of The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena in advance of its North American release on April 7, publisher Atari has issued some new gameplay footage from Starbreeze's upcoming PC, PS3 and Xbox 360 shooter.

To commemorate the fact that Starbreeze's The Chronciles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena has an actual release date now--April 7 on PC, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360--publisher Atari has issued a few new screenshots from the first-person shooter.

A downloadable demo of the game is slated to hit PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in March, with Blue's News reporting that a PC demo is eventually coming as well.

Starbreeze Studios' atmospheric shooter The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena (PC, PS3, X360) will ship to North American retailers on April 7, publisher Atari has announced. The European release will follow a few weeks later, on April 24.

Furthermore, downloadable PlayStaion 3 and Xbox 360 demos will arrive in March. Read more »