Rise of Nations: Rise of Legends promises to reinvent the RTS genre once again with a game that immerses players in a unique new fantasy world embroiled in an epic war between the forces of Magic and Technology. Gamers fight through towering cities, flame-swept deserts and brutal ice plains in battles filled with mystical creatures, devastating machines and incredible acts of magic.

THQ announced today that MotoGP '06 for the Xbox 360 is scheduled to release in May 2006, previously listed for March. Presenting an unprecedented level of realism and sense of speed, this latest addition to the MotoGP franchise also incorporates the very latest 2006 race season information to create the most up-to-date and intensely realistic racing game.

After a life of small-time jobs and petty thefts you've been accepted into America's most famous criminal organization, the Corleone family. Now it's up to you to carry out orders, earn respect, rise through the ranks, and make New York City your own. Play your cards right and you could even be running everything as the next, and most powerful, Don.

THQ today announced the opening of Kaos Studios, founded by veterans of Trauma Studios, creators of Desert Combat and Battlefield 2 R&D projects. Kaos' first project is an original intellectual property for next generation consoles and Windows PC scheduled for release in 2007.

Rockstar Games announced Midnight Club 3: DUB Edition Remix, featuring all the cities, cars and music from Midnight Club 3: DUB Edition while taking the unprecedented move of adding entirely new content with 24 new vehicles, a new city (Tokyo), new music, new races and battle maps.

Wintersport Pro 2006 is based on the upcoming Olympic Wintersports in Torino, and will feature 16 disciplines (skiing, bobsled, skijumping etc.) and over 700 athletes from 29 countries, as well as multiplayer. Cyanide has released a demo for Wintersport Pro 2006, aka Winter Challenge, allowing you to try out 2, out of a 20, categories, bobsleigh and alpine skiing (Super-G) in single and multiplayer (LAN/hotseat) modes.

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest, based on the upcoming Walt Disney Pictures’ film, is a swashbuckling third-person action/adventure. Players will engage in game play that reflects the cunning world of the film franchise -- with an abundance of disloyalty, humor and revenge.

Currently the Deep Shadows team are hard at work on the sequel to the RPG/Action game Boiling Point. In order to re-create the same atmosphere and vibrancy of Latin America the lead map designer Hob and scenarist Che Guevara took a trip to Cuba. They returned with thousands of high-res photos which will serve as the foundation for the art design of our new game, helping us to make it as real as possible.

Experience the American Civil War and key events immediately prior to and following the conflict that changed the United States. In Divided Nation, players take on multiple roles in 19th century America, including Civil War General, pirate commander and militia leader in the Texas War of Independence.

Guild Wars: Factions offers players an incredible gameplay experience with many new choices, including new regions, professions, skills, missions, and monsters, along with expanded options for both Cooperative and Player-versus-Player (PvP) play, and enhanced features for guilds.

Cyanide, known for Pro Cycling Manager, Pro Rugby Manager, and Chaos League, has revealed it is working on a sequel to its horse racing game Horse Racing Manager, scheduled for release end 2006. Horse Racing Manager 2 will feature 3 game modes : simple race, punter and stable management, and will include 3 types of race: flat, obstacles and harnessed trot. More details to be revealed with an official announcement.

Rugby 06 will challenge gamers to compete in a host of the World's most prestigious rugby competitions including the Six Nations, Lions Tour, Tri Nations, Guinness Premiership and the Super 14.

Konami has announced the second title in its series of Double Pack Game Boy Advance products will feature two of its ever-popular Yu-Gi-Oh! titles. Due for release in March, the Yu-Gi-Oh! Double Pack will feature Yu-Gi-Oh! The Sacred Cards and its sequel Yu-Gi-Oh! Reshef of Destruction.

Dragon Ball Z: Shin Budokai is the first-ever DBZ game available for the PSP. In Dragon Ball Z: Shin Budokai, players have the ability to experience intense WiFi multiplayer battles with the most thrilling aspects of Dragon Ball Z combat, including counter-attacks, super high-speed bouts, flight and Ki (energy) management.

In King of Fighters: Maximum Impact 2, you can once again prove that you're the best fighter in the world. The game features a host of famous SNK characters with different fighting styles.

Playlogic's RTS Ancient Wars: Sparta will be used to visualize many historical scenes, battles and ancient handcrafts in the documentation "Hannibal" about this legendary character. As a result IMC and the movie production company ZEITFILM agreed to team up and found a joint venture named glanz.LEISTUNG.

Aiai, MeeMee, GonGon, and Baby are back in true classic Super Monkey Ball style, in SEGA's NDS exclusive Super Monkey Ball Touch & Roll, with all-new gameplay control using the Nintendo DS stylus and wireless multiplayer modes!

The Independent Games Festival (IGF) has named the winners of the 2006 Student Showcase as well as the finalists for the Modding Competition. Each will be playable and on display during the Game Developers Conference (GDC), from March 20-24 in San Jose, Calif.

Back in April 2005 an email from a musician who claimed he had returned from a recording session in Bratislava, with the local Radio Symphony Orchestra, started the Diablo III rumor, and now Blizzard themselves fuel speculations. A new job opening on the Blizzard website states "The team behind Diablo I and II is looking for a talented, motivated, and experienced Art Director to help lead our art team in developing beautiful, cohesive game worlds for an unannounced PC Project" Some requirements are "experience modeling and texturing a diverse visual range of characters and creatures." and "experience animating both human and non-humanoid characters"

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 :

• Battle of Europe: Royal Air Forces - Trailer
• Driver Parallel Lines [PS2/Xbox/PC] - Crashes Trailer #2
• Empire Earth II: The Art of Supremacy - Behind The Scenes #2
• Rise of Nations: Rise of Legends - Trailer #2
• The Sims 2 Open for Business - Walkthrough Trailer
• Stacked with Daniel Negreanu - Masters Trailer
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