Sega's Clockwork Knight, the company's toy-oriented side scrolling Saturn launch title, marks one of the three latest additions to GameTap's expansive lineup.

Subscribers of the Turner Broadcasting-owned PC service will be able to stream the new titles, the other two of which are Frictional Games' PC survival horror adventure Penumbra Overture and Sixteen Tons Entertainment's strategic PC disaster simulator Emergency 3, beginning today.

The company will also be updating the rotation of its free ad-supported offerings with 27 more PC and console titles, bringing the total number of current free-to-play games to 43. The new games are as follows:... Read more

Strategy game publisher Strategy First has signed on to publish Revolution Studios' inaugural title, the gang-themed real-time strategy and third-person-shooter Urban Empires, the publisher announced today. Scheduled for retail early in 2008, the game was previously called Gang Wars, and is in development by Revolution Studios' 22-year-old sole employee/founder/president/hair model Danny Green.

The online-focused RTS/shooter mashup will support up to 18 players online, and allows gamers to switch between traditional group RTS control and single character action on the fly. Gangs are seemingly segregated based on race, as examples of the "9 different gang types" included Irish, Russian, Japanese, Latino, and Italian.

Offline, gameplay is limited to multiplayer matches with bots, as there will be no single player campaign, according to the game's FAQ. Strategy First also included several screenshots to go with the announcement.

Here is this week's list of demos added to FileShack. Hopefully we'll see some more triple A action before too long.

• Anderson & the Legacy of Cthulhu Demo
  Fan made horror action game based on H.P. Lovecraft stories. Game is out soon in Europe.
• ThreadSpace: Hyperbol LAN Demo
  This sci-fi action / turn-based strategy game can now be tried offline. An online version can be found on Steam. Not a bad little indie game.
• Ship Simulator 2008 Demo
  This year's release features "weather changes, emergency flares, environment changes, ship motions on waves and big bow splashes" among other changes. I can barely contain my excitement.
• Civilization IV Beyond the Sword Demo #2
  More Civilization goodness from the Firaxis team. This one includes the Charlemagne scenario.
• GODS: Lands of Infinity: SE Demo
  With Strategy First releasing the English language version of this fantasy RPG in North America, here's a new demo.
• Pro Cycling Manager 2007 Demo
  Multi-language demo for Pro Cycling Manager 2007 - Le Tour de France. No doping required to play. I hope.

New at FiringSquad this morning is a Space Empires V Q&A. Malfador Machinations co-founder Aaron Hall talks about selling his company's game rights to Strategy First, the main goals for this 4X space strategy game, the singleplayer campaign, graphics, demo plans and current ETA.

Valve has sent out an announcement that it will be offering two titles from publisher Strategy First over Steam as of February 7. The games are Space Empires IV, by Malfador Machinations, for $19.99 and Dangerous Waters, by Sonanalysts, for $39.99. Steam users will be able to preorder the games for a 10% discount starting January 24.

Over at GameSpy there is a preview of Brigade E5: New Jagged Union, a new turn-based action game from Russian developer Apeiron. Strategy First is bringing an English translation to North America later this year.

As you are reading this, I'm currently over by the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco at a press event looking at a game that has yet to be fully revealed. I'll give you guys the full scoop within a couple days (Edit: I lied, can't talk for over a month), but for now I can't say much. Sadly, I leave tomorrow morning and will only spend 25 hours here in San Fran, my first ever visit to this city. This place is pretty nifty and I would've loved to seen more of it. I did make one stop and that was Sony's Metreon, the huge entertainment center. There's a theater, arcade, Sony Style store, a PlayStation store, restaurants, comic book store, import toy store.. tons of crap. Pretty neat although quite expensive. In any case, if I missed a story, forgive me as I'm writing this very early. I'll have you all caught up tomorrow.

Strategy First has released a patch for the North American retail version of Chrome, updating the game to 1.1.3.0. Optimizations in this patch include: faster game performance, new multiplayer maps and vehicles, anti-cheating protections, and various other improvements and bug fixes. Old save games will not be compatible.

The Strategy First website is now offering an additional singleplayer level for Chrome, LicenceH24.

GameGossip is the latest site to post a (brief) Chrome Q&A. Techland designer Kacper Michalski answers questions about the sci-fi shooter's implants system, unique gameplay features, multiplayer features and cool equipment and weaponry options. Update: publisher Strategy First has announced that the US version of the game has gone gold and will be in stores October 28.

An Etherlords 2 demo has been released, allowing you to sample two missions from Nival Interactive's turn based strategy game sequel. Publisher Strategy First has also announced that the game has gone gold and will be in stores next month. Thanks HLF.

Blues News is reporting that Techland's sci-fi shooter Chrome has gone gold. Publisher Strategy First will be distributing this game in the U.S., but no release date is mentioned. Update: GameSpot mentions a late October release date, as the US version is not quite done just yet.

Publisher Strategy First has announced that the sci-fi shooter Chrome has been delayed. Originally scheduled for an early summer release, it will now be released later this year. The decision was based on player feedback; the game is currently being beta tested.

Action Vault's second Chrome team Q&A has been posted. People from Techland and Strategy First are asked about their favorite implants and locations in the game. Four new screenshots can be found here.

Strategy First has launched the official Nexagon Deathmatch website, offering information, music, screenshots and more from this action-strategy game. Thanks HLF.

Publisher Strategy First is now taking applications for people who would like to beta test the upcoming sci-fi shooter Chrome ("I thought you died" "I did"). The beta will start April 7. Thanks HomeLAN Fed.

Publisher Strategy First and developers Paradox Entertainment and Slitherine Strategies today announced Chariots of War, a new strategy game due out in the second quarter of 2003. In the game, set 4000 years ago, you get to play as Egyptians, Babylonians, Nubian warriors or the Assyrians and strive for domination in the Middle East. A game overview page with screenshots can be found here.

Action Vault has three new screenshots from Chrome, the sci-fi shooter from Polish developer Techland. Strategy First will be publishing the game later this year.

Strategy First and Monte Cristo games have released new patches for the strategy game Platoon, updating the North American and International versions of the game to v1.13. This new "easy" update adds saving during missions and updated AI.

I see on HomeLAN Fed that Canadian publisher Strategy First has picked up the North American publishing rights to Chrome, the sci-fi FPS in development at Polisher developer Techland. Some new shots of the game are up at GameSpot. Chrome is expected to ship late spring.