If I recall it well, I told you about Project Torque a few times already, but I think it's never enough, so here we go again... The reason? No, I don't have an obsession, only that I find it great to be able to get Project Torque cars and some Project Torque AP (almost) for free, as you can see in the email that I just received from them and I'll show to you right away...

"Buy one get one free car sales!

Purchase any car with AP and get any other car you wish of equal or lesser AP value for free! Yes, 2 cars for the price of one. You can also buy a car and send the second car to your friend! For more details go here

Sponsor Girl Rebate Sale! 24 hours only!

Buy a 3 day sponsor girl and get 50% rebate, buy a 7 day sponsor girl get 60% rebate, buy a 16 day sponsor girl and get 75% rebate! This sale is good from 11:59 PM EST Dec 30th to 11:59 PM EST Dec 31st. So only good for 24 hours!
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5%/10% sale on all car components!

Starting 3:00 PM EST Dec 30th and ending 11:59 PM EST Dec 31st all car components will be on sale! Level 1-2 upgrades 5% off and all level 3+ upgrades 10% off! Great opportunity to upgrade your car and start the year off right!

Special Rush Hour Starting New Years Eve!

To top all this off we are going to have a special end of year Rush Hour! From 3 PM EST Dec 31st to Jan 1 3 PM EST we will be running a 40% XP and 30% RP rush hour! Count down to the New Year by racing the clock!

Additional Exciting News!

The launch of the new Project Torque Web Item Mall! Players will be able to buy special bundle packages, starter kits, and mystery chests from the PT web page! In the near future all items plus special items that will be only available from the web site will follow soon after. If you are looking for special starter kits or bundle kit pricing for some of your favorite cars go to the web item mall!

P.T. Top Racer Tournament! Coming this January we will be launching the largest Project Tournament yet with a chance to win 50000AP! Yes! 50,000 AP! For current details on this event go to http://forums.aeriagames.com/viewtopic.php?t=244017. More details about this event will be posted early next year!

We at Aeria Games would like to wish everyone a very safe and happy New Years! Thank you for your continued support of Project Torque!

Aeria Games"

That's it boys & girls, so if you missed starting your experience with this awesome game, just go to the Project Torque official page, get an account, download the client, and start your engines!

Do you want to download Wrath of the Lich King and play it for free? I am sure you do, especially if you didn't manage to grab a copy yet, so Blizzard decided to give you a special Christmas present... a 10-day trial for World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King!

Since there's not much else to say about Wrath of the Lich King, here's what the official page says about this free trial:

"If you or a friend haven't yet experienced the new content Wrath of the Lich King has to offer, including the chance to face off with the dread Lich King Arthas himself, you can sign up now to play a 10-day free trial version of this latest expansion to World of Warcraft.
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During your 10-day free trial, you'll explore the frozen wastes of Northrend, wield the necromantic powers of the new death knight Hero class, take control of massive siege vehicles in the new open-world PvP zone of Wintergrasp, and much more.

To participate, you’ll need full versions of World of Warcraft and The Burning Crusade, as well as a character of at least level 55 (to create a death knight) or level 68 (to explore Northrend). More information on the 10-day free trial is available in our FAQ. Your journey awaits!"

Hmm...level 55/68, that's a tough one, but since most of you got World of Warcraft some time ago, I guess a level 55 character isn't too much to ask, don't you agree?

Age of Conan is a very interesting exception to some kind of rule in the gaming world I've managed to notice lately - most awesome games arrive first on some console, then they are ported on the PC. Sometimes, the PC version is not as great as the one for consoles, as it happened with GTA 4, but today we'll talk about Age of Conan, so let's leave GTA 4 aside, shall we? The topic is very straightforward - Age of Conan for Xbox 360, so let's see when is this coming... if everything works as expected, obviously.

As you probably know already, Age of Conan for PC started out as a very promising title, but a deadly mix of problems lead to massive migration from it to other titles, but this situation isn't stopping Funcom from working hard on the Xbox 360 version. After all, who says they can't hit the target with a console version? Well, that remains to be seen, of course, but now...<-125x125 Button - right->

...CEO Trond Arne Aas spoke about the team's devotion to the console version, although no date has been pushed forward just yet: "The Xbox 360 game will also contain most, if not all of the content and improvements that have been made to the PC version of the game. The work with improving and expanding Age of Conan continues with relentless force, and we look forward to introducing a number of great updates in the months ahead."

These being said, let's hope Age of Conan has enough strength to be reborn on the Xbox 360, and valuable lessons have been learned from the past.

Ladies and gentlemen, a new Warhammer Online update is now available, and the list of fixes and improvements is HUGE! Patch 1.1a became available less than a day ago, and while the list of changes is pretty boring to check from head to end, I will try to give you the most interesting parts of that list below...

- Two New Careers: The Knight of the Blazing Sun and the Black Guard have joined their allies and are now available to play for everyone!
- Open RvR Influence System: Players who participate in this part of WAR will now have additional incentives for fighting for their realm. As part of this patch, we have also made quite a number of changes and fixes to oRvR places and NPCs as well.<-125x125 Button - right->
- Easy Public Quests: PQs are great, but sometimes it's hard to get enough people together to complete them, especially in the lower tiers. So, we are redesigning one PQ per chapter so that it can be completed by 1-3 people.
- Player Statue System: Nothing says "you've made it" more than having a statue with your name on it in the capital city of your realm.
- New Content: Whether it is new lairs, new quests and changes to items, this patch is full of lots of fun new content additions to the game.
- User Interface: Lots and lots of fixes, changes and new additions to our user interface and API functionality, new additions to the chat system and graphic options incorporating community requested features a channel flashing on activity, the ability to turn the chat bubbles on/off, a gamma slider and so much more.

If you're really a professional mint rubber and can't find anything better to do, the details about this latest Warhammer Online update can be found here. Go grab a six-pack and a pizza, because you'll have plenty of time to enjoy them while reading...

Now, more than ever, we need things to help us evade our daily little problems and dream. Yeah, I know - the global cooldown is getting colder with each day, but that doesn't mean we have to feel down. Just remember there's always someone who's in a worse state than you, and you should feel better - at least that's what I usually do, when I get into a dark mood. Anyway, we're not here to talk about thinking, but about gaming, so let's check out the latest rumors about Fable II, shall we?

Since the game reached gold master status on September 22, 2008, and was released a month later - only for Xbox, unfortunately, there's no point in talking about its release date...unless we're going to see a new distribution method becoming available! Why? Well, back in October, Fable 2 became available on DVD-DL, and now the future is here - those who missed it so far will be able to grab <-125x125 Button - right->it as a digital download!

Talking to GamesIndustry.biz about a possible full digital release of Fable II, Lionhead Studios' boss, Peter Molyneux, said "I think it would be a great thing for this studio to work on," but didn't go further. Why? This is the really funny part - "I can't say anything else on it – I would be killed to death," he concluded.

So...like it or not, at least for the coming months, I think the digital download is a great idea for those gaming companies looking to cut costs. I am not talking about Fable II, since this distribution model could be applied to the entire industry. That's fine with me, as long as "classic" games will still be available, although their prices may be a bit high, as it currently happens with vinyl records still being issued here and there - and those are, without any doubt, priced collectors items!