Not heard from since E3 2005, Take Two Germany has confirmed that Frog City Software's controversial drug-running action game Snow has been cancelled. In Snow, you play a street thug working your way up the drug smuggling chain to become a kingpin, taking out enemies left and right as you make your way across the border with your "goods." We hope to get confirmation from Take Two North America after the holiday weekend.

While not yet officially announced for North America, Genki is working on a new installment in the long running Tokyo Xtreme Racer franchise, scheduled for July 2007 in Japan, under the Shutokou Battle X name. The first next gen title in the series will feature extensive car-customization capabilities, 2 player head to head racing and, true to the nature of the game, plenty of drifting.

Funcom and Conan Inc. has extended the agreement, and an option to prolong the agreement with five additional years, in which Funcom has the exclusive rights to develop any and all MMO games based on the Conan license for PC, present and future gaming consoles, portable devices and mobile systems until 2018.

The Guild 2 will be a combination of unique sweeping role-play and a fascinating life-simulation, conjuring the medieval life anew on your PC. As in the successful predecessor Europa 1400: The Guild and the subsequent expansion pack, the newest development by 4HeadStudios awakes the 14th century to a new life.

The Supersonic Group today announced that it intends to expand its operation, moving into the US market by agreeing to a seven-title co-publishing deal with Cenega, starting with the first-person adventure Gooka: The Mystery of Janatris, followed by Another War, both scheduled for Q4 2006.

Back in October of last year it was revealed that Peter Jackson signed on as executive producer for Halo: The Movie, and the project was tentatively scheduled for summer 2007. That date now seems to be premature as IMDb has updated its movie listing reflecting Master Chief's silver screen debut has been postponed until 2008. While a simultaneous launch of both the movie and Halo 3 would be beneficial for both parties, Bungie always claimed the two are not connected in terms of release date, so this does not automatically mean that Halo 3 is delayed as well.

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:

• Destroy All Humans! 2 [PS2/Xbox] - Trailer
• NFL Head Coach [PS2/Xbox/PC] - Hiring Trailer
• Juiced: Eliminator [PSP] - Trailer
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A Tale in the Desert III continues the social building MMO set in ancient Egypt, where players work together to build a society. After a successful and fast-paced Beta, A Tale in the Desert III officially launches.

Wings Over Europe: Cold War Gone Hot is an air-combat game that delivers the excitement of a visceral, seat-of-your-pants dogfight experience -- flying in some of the most legenday jet fighters in history!

Universal Combat: A World Apart uses a new graphics engine, offer high definition first-person character models, new first-person weapon models and classes such as machine guns, fixed gun turrets and several new combat weapons. This patch brings your retail game to v1.00.15 and fixes a bug where you were unable to view VDD/SMD cargo contents in friendly crafts (including yours)

Power Of Destruction is an amusing 'old style' FPS, like 'Operation Wolf', made with an advanced 3D technology and a well-groomed gameplay.

Far East of Eden: The Apocalypse IV is another remake in the Far East of Eden frachise, this time for the PSP, and will include new material such as new scenario elements, new characters, new cutscenes and more.

Def Jam Fight For NY: The Takeover lets you experience the ultimate hip hop fighting game anywhere you go. Featuring new fighting moves and new venues, players can gain respect by winning fights and rising among the ranks of the crew, and 1-on-1 death matches using PSP's wireless functionality.

No Brakes: X Racing is an arcade racing game in the works at indie developer Exotypos (thanks Blues). The game includes all classes of cars from old RWD to modern sportcars, physics, and various graphical features.

Xbitlabs is reporting that according to ATI Technologies’ software developers relations chief Richard Huddy, Microsoft will not release DirectX 10 for WinXP, and will instead keep the new API strictly for the forthcoming Windows Vista, despite earlier assumptions about DX 10 for the XP.

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:

• The Da Vinci Code [PS2/X360/PC] - E3 2006 Trailer
• The Darkness [PS3/X360] - E3 2006 Trailer
• Dungeon Siege II: Broken World - E3 2006 Trailer
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In a private meeting at the Justice Department between U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, FBI Director Robert Mueller and industry representatives, ISPs were strongly urged to retain subscriber information and network data for two years. The reason for the data retention would be to prevent child pornography, but privacy advocates doubt the validity of that claim, fearing the gathered intel would be used in all kinds of criminal and civil suits.

In Alien Shooter 2, hack 'n slash gameplay gets dropped into a science fiction storyline packed with dozens of weapons and vicious alien life forms. Sigma Team is currently working on finishing up a singleplayer demo, which they will release in about 2 weeks, and will include a demo exclusive campaign mission, and two survival missions.

The Shadow of Aten is an action/thriller games where you embody a British ex-agent, Allam Scott, investigating the murder of a renowned British archaeologist in Cairo in the year 1936. The game is full of action and with a high cultural component developed in such an exciting time as the discovery of the pharaonic tombs.

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:

• Dirty Harry [PS3/X360/PC] - Trailer
• Glory of the Roman Empire - E3 2006 Trailer
• Evidence: The Last Ritual - Trailer
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