On the Sydney Futures Exchange, the December share price index contract picked up 84 points to 5379, on a volume of 16,457 contracts.

CMC Markets analyst David Land said the market was rebounding after yesterday's sell off.

"It was a fairly flat lead in terms of commodities and the foreign markets, particularly the US, I think its just money just flowing back in after we saw the sell off really accelerate yesterday afternoon," Mr Land said.

"It is quite a mixed day ...

Test-Run Gothic 3 Before You Buy It

With the success spreading for Piranha Bytes and JoWood Productions, they wanted gamers to share in that success. So to help boost the sales of Gothic 3, Jowood has decided to release a demo to the public, so people can give the game a test-drive before they buy it. It seems a little backwards considering the game is out already, but something is better than nothing.

Seriously, though, demos are released BEFORE a game comes out. However, this is usually the case for games that are bound to be a huge prospective for the publisher. So-so games dont conventionally get demos because of the amount of time and resources needed to separately develop and distribute a demo. In this case, Gothic 3 was a great game with so-so exposure. After the game crawled its way onto the top ten charts in several countries around the world, JoWood decided it was time to give the game a little extra push in the marketing department.

Left Behind Games Ships LEFT BEHIND: Eternal Forces, The PC Game

LOS ANGELES, CA--(CCNMatthews - November 10, 2006) - Left Behind Games Inc. (OTCBB: LFBG) announced that the PC game LEFT BEHIND: Eternal ForcesTM has shipped and will be in stores nationwide.

The public will be able to experience a post-rapture world in the ultimate battle of good versus evil. The storyline is based on the best-selling LEFT BEHIND book series by Tim LaHaye and Jerry Jenkins, which has sold more than 63 million copies worldwide.

"For nearly five years, we have imagined this product and today is glorious," said Troy Lyndon, co-founder and CEO, Left Behind Games. "Finally, we have an inspirational game for the marketplace which challenges game makers' beliefs that gore is better by introducing one of the first high-quality games with a positive moral message.

Need for Speed Carbon

Electronic Arts decided that they needed to change up the equation a little and they attempted that with Need for Speed Carbon. Whether or not the change is the correct one is a different subject. There are many street racers out on the market nowadays that dilute the genre and make everything feel subnormal. EA is hoping that they can push their way through the crowd and become king of the racers once again. Sadly, Need for Speed: Carbon isn’t the answer to all their prayers.