106 Gun Ship of the Line.
While these warships are among the most powerful vessels afloat, they are lubberly sailors, being both slow and unresponsive. This is not a serious shortcoming because, armed with 106 cannons firing 32-, 24-, and 18-pounder balls on their three decks, they deliver a terrible and destructive broadside. They actually have more artillery than most land armies! Their cost,

Men of War: Red Tide is a sequel to the critically acclaimed RTS Men of War. Red Tide introduces a new story driven campaign based on the writings of Soviet scribe Alexander Zorich, it also includes dozens of new or upgraded units and weapons.
Men of War: Red Tide is a stunning mixture of RTS and a third-person action that introduces a new fighting force known for its brutal efficiency during

From Loft, one of the Devs at Neoqb:
"I'd like the quickly run down some of the key features of update 1.008. It will bring two new planes in the store (Fokker Dr.I and Sopwith Camel) and will add new summer textures to the game. It will also fix the AI of pilots who sometimes “got out of hand” with their marksmanship skills and it should increase game performance on some systems as

Available on Gamersgate and Direct2Drive, "Privateer" the latest expansion to Nitro's "EIC" has arrived for $9.95.
Fans of East India Company will get the chance to experience the darker side of naval trading and combat with the expansion, East India Company: Privateer. Players will get to take on the role of a ruthless seafaring privateer, motivated solely by a thirst for fortune and holding

From the Neoqb Announcement Page:
"Hello Dear Users!

We are approaching the end of October and that means the next update for our game is in the pipeline.

Throughout this month, we were working hard on new functionality and content. The new playback system is being tested now and you will get this feature in November with update 1.009. This system provides you with new possibilities to

In its continuing efforts to deliver the ultimate gaming experience to PC gamers, Paradox Interactive and Nitro Games today announced a "Designer's Cut" update for the hit naval strategy title, East India Company. Based on ideas from the game's developers, as well as feedback from the loyal East India Company community, the development team has gone to great lengths to ensure that players of

If you're not into this excellent WWI flight sim, you should be. Anyway the winners have been announced, with some surprising results.
"Our first screenshot contest is now over we received 75 screenshots from you, such a high number was rather unexpected and very inspiring. We wanted to know how our users look at “Rise of Flight” (As you can understand, we have lost our sharpness a little).

KABUL (Reuters) - Taliban fighters said on Wednesday they had hoisted their flag over a remote district of Afghanistan, four days after inflicting the worst battlefield casualties on U.S. troops in more than a year in an attack there.
U.S. forces denied they had left the area, although they said they will leave eventually under plans announced before the attack.
On their website,

With both patch and skins download coming in at 500+ MB and 300+ MB respectively, this has brought the ageing but venerable Sim to 2009 quality. Beware, you need at least a 8800 card to run it now.
Patch:
Content of 409m.exe

Maps - final versions of
Bessarabia
Iasi
Odessa
MTO
MTO Light
Slovakia Summer
Slovakia Summer Light
Slovakia Winter
Slovakia Winter Light

New Planes
Avia

Two new DLCs, ‘The Warpath Campaign’ and the previously unannounced ‘Special Forces Units & Bonus Content’, have been made available for ‘Empire: Total War’. The first of the two adds five new American Indian factions (the Iroquois, Huron, Plains, Pueblo & Cherokee nations), a more detailed map of North America, and more units, buildings and technologies to go with the new factions. You can read