SimBin, known for GTR Racing, today unveiled its in-house developed next-gen (X360, PS3, PC) engine, Lizard. The new engine is tailored to handle racing games, but due to its module structure it will allow SimBin to adapt for any type of game, giving them the possibility to expand their portfolio with other genres, for example a First Person Shooter.

War Leaders: Clash of Nations will expand upon the RTS genre by placing gamers in the roles of the major leaders of WWII, including Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin. Political, diplomatic and economic decision making will be key to success, while sound tactical strategies will ensure victory on the battlefield.

Experience frantic cooperative gameplay in SouthPeak Interactive and Artificial Studios' Monster Madness: Battle for Suburbia, an Unreal Engine3 powered top-down shooter. Four players can team up on one Xbox 360 to slash, shoot, and drive through a menagerie of monsters in the campaign mode, or take battle onto Xbox Live for networked cooperative play.

In Namco Bandai's Smash Court Tennis 3 players compete as or against 16 of their favorite Pro-Tennis stars including #1 ranked Roger Federer and 2006 French Open champions Rafael Nadal and Justine Henin.

Opera and Nintendo released the full version of the Opera powered Internet Channel, now downloadable directly from the Wii Shop Channel incorporating user feedback from the original version of the Internet Channel to create a faster, more functional and feature-rich Web experience.

Namco Bandai's Culdcept SAGA features online competitive gameplay via Xbox Live, and combines the thrilling luck and strategy of a board game with the depth of a trading card game to create a unique twist on traditional turn-based play.

Strategy First has signed Enemy Engaged 2, sequel to the chopper classic Enemy Engaged: RAH-66 Comanche Versus Ka-52 Hokum, featuring new dynamic missions, multiplayer, and a complete overhaul of the graphics and audio to bring the game up to date with the latest and best flight simulations available.

Announced last year, Exodus from the Earth is a sci-fi first-person shooter, where the player will have to solve numerous quests and eventually to find out if human life and civilization are possible beyond the Earth's confines.

Blade Interactive announced that it has successfully developed a physically accurate real-time fluid dynamics engine for games development.

Neverwinter Nights 2 is an RPG taking the player from the tiniest of villages into a sweeping tale of danger and war. After a little beta period, Bioware has released the final v1.05 patch which includes bug fixes, unit tweaks, general improvements and some new features.

Sparta: Ancient Wars is an innovative RTS game based on historical events and timelines, not featuring myths or legends. Based on the historical background of Spartans' high culture, there will appear huge ancient battles on your screen, enabled by a brand new stunning 3D engine.

Sony officially announced that it will no longer offer two editions of the PS3, doing away with the 20Gb model, mainly due to low demand, and only offer the high end $599 60Gb model. Read more for the official statement...

Certain Affinity is working with Microsoft on remaking two of the most popular Halo: Combat Evolved maps to work with Halo 2. The maps will be available as premium downloadable content for Xbox and Xbox 360 on April 17.

Another day, another batch of game trailers was released. Instead of giving them all their own posts, we grouped them, and so far there are trailers for:

• Bounty Bay Online - Trailer
• The Red Star [PS2] - Trailer #4
• NARUTO: Ninja Council 3 [NDS] - Trailer (2)
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  We will update this throughout the day when new trailers become available. Read more for download links ...

In Crysis, shooter fans will face a new kind of gameplay challenge requiring adaptive tactics and customization of weapons and armor in dynamic, hostile environments as mankind struggles to survive in the face of a horrific alien invasion.

The latest issue of Famitsu reveals that Nintendo is working on a new Donkey Kong title for the Wii. Formerly know as DK Bongo Blast and originally scheduled on the GameCube last year, the title mysteriously vanished off release lists, but is now back in a new jacket. Slated for release in Japan on June 28, Donkey Kong Jet Race will feature 16 tracks, and a four-player multiplayer mode, although it was not disclosed if this would be on- or offline play.

Inspired by the Fast & The Furious: Tokyo Drift film, this game will immerse players in the underground world of drift racing. Set in a world related to, yet separate from, the movie, the game features a ground breaking drift mechanic that makes drifting accessible to both beginning and veteran racing game drivers.

Mercury Meltdown Revolution is a brain-teasing puzzle game that challenges players to immerse themselves in a colorful world of sci-fi machines, crazy characters, and bubbling test tubes. Originally scheduled for release May 1st, it has been pushed back to June 12, 2007.

Scarface is a third person action shooter now coming for the first time to the Wii. In a complex world filled with excess and greed, players can take the role of Tony Montana, one of the most ruthless gangsters ever depicted on film.

Shivering Isles features more than 30 hours of new gameplay and allows you to explore an entirely new plane of Oblivion — the realm of Sheogorath, the Daedric Prince of Madness. This v1.2 beta patch fixes an issue where form IDs were not being marked as free properly, causing objects to disappear in game.