News Roundup -- Lord of the Rainbow: Battle for Middle-Vegas

• It may have a few less exclamation points in its title than Sid Meier's Railroads!, but here -- for your nostalgic pleasure -- is 1990's revolutionary Sid Meier's Railroad Tycoon full free download.
  

• Ensure that your tray is in its upright position, and please enjoy your "in-flight" movie, Superman Returns.
• Time to hit the slots in Rainbow Six: Vegas, "Vertigo."
• Wii are the champions, my friends.  (I have no segue from that joke into this) Need for Speed: Carbon movie -- Wii footage vs. PS2 footage.
• Depths of Vanguard.  The saga of these heroes will be told through combat. 
  
• Check out the latest screens for Barnyard (Wii), Fight Night Round 3 (PS3), Sonic Rivals (PSP), and -- take a deep breath -- Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-Earth II -- Rise of the Witch King or, if you prefer, LOTRBFMEROTWK OMG WTF PWN FTW!!!!!11!!!1!!!one!!!
  

• Dying to get some insider info on Stoked Rider: Alaska Alien?  Check out developer diary #1.
• Special report -- Dark & Light Billing Issues.  Garrett Fuller reports on billing issues that hit inactive Dark & Light accounts last week.
• 2006 MMORPG.com Reader's Choice Awards: Nomination Voting Opens.  Readers get a chance to cast their votes in seven categories in their second annual Reader's Choice awards.
• Turbine's Dungeons & Dragons Online Community Manager, Victor Wachter, moves to rival, Cryptic Studios.
• Dan Fortier writes "Along Came a Merger," looking at the CCP (EVE Online)/White Wolf merger.
• Nevrax (Ryzom) is going into receivership, meaning that starting next month it will not be possible to create new accounts, nor have paying accounts starting.
• How do you spell Halo killer?  G-e-a-r-s o-f W-a-r.  Well, it's at least taking another 5-star review home from Killer Betties.
• And here are some first impressions and launch title blurbs for the Wii altogether.
• NCsoft (City of Heroes, Lineage, et al.) and the FBI shut down L2Extreme, a shady business that was leeching NCsoft customers.