Well, the Leipzig Games Convention is almost here, but the pre-show announcements keep on coming. The first in today’s trio of press releases, Load Inc., the “biggest of the small” Paris based studio announced that they are heading over to Germany to showcase Mad Tracks (Q1 2007) and ToW (Q3 2007), two of their upcoming Xbox 360 Live Arcade car games.

In a double announcement PR, ACONY revealed that they have hired a Frazer Nash and Leo Jackstaedt to promote Parabellum, the German studio’s strategy FPS game based on Unreal Engine 3. The title will be present at GC in booth D07 Hall 2.

As for MMORPGs, the show’s visitors can look forward to experiencing Guild Wars: Nightfall, NCSoft’s upcoming expansion for the free-to-play MMOG. The event will also be host to the Guild Wars Factions World Champions vie for the $100,000 prize pot. The final will take place on the show floor - B12, Hall 5 - and will be open for everyone to watch.

ArenaNet and NCSoft have announced the release date of Guild Wars: Factions. The add-on to the free-to-play MMORPG will be released worldwide on April 28.

Guild Wars Factions takes place on the Asian-inspired continent of Cantha, where new and existing Guild Wars players join an epic quest to defeat an ancient evil and save a war-torn empire. Roleplaying and competitive player-versus-player gamers alike will be able to join together in guild alliances to take control of territory and determine the fate of Cantha. New scored challenge missions and strategic competitive missions allow players to test their roleplaying prowess and earn the right for their alliance to take control of cities, towns and outposts. Large-scale alliance battles pit teams from opposing factions against each other in a struggle to conquer new territory and redraw the battle lines across the continent of Cantha. New elite missions allow the most skilled players exclusive access to areas designed to be the ultimate cooperative challenge.

Those who can’t wait till April 28, ArenaNet will be hosting a massive beta test event in which all existing Guild Wars members will be able to sample the world of Cantha.