Simbin has released a new patch for the German edition of their racing game GTR: FIA GT Racing Game. The update 1.3 also offers, besides some graphical improvements, new setups for all the cars that came with the "Proximus 24H of Spa" Add-On and two new race classes with the Cup 400 and Cup 300. But the main feature is the fine-tuning of the multiplayer mode with an improved overall stability and performance as well as fixed CTD bugs (crash to desktop). Read more for details ...

Namco announced today that the company has signed a licensing agreement with Nottingham, UK-based Games Workshop Group PLC, to create interactive games based on the dark, medieval fantasy world of "Warhammer." The exclusive, long-term deal will allow Namco to publish multiple games for the PC and also allows for future console and handheld gaming versions.

Disney Interactive today announced new details about its upcoming action/adventure title, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe, for the PlayStation 2, PSP, Xbox, GameCube, Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DS and PC. Inspired by the upcoming highly anticipated motion picture from Walt Disney Pictures and Walden Media, the games will launch this Holiday season, in conjunction with film's release.

At New York's Central Park Zoo, a lion, a zebra, a giraffe, and a hippo are best friends and stars of the show. But when one of the animals goes missing from their cage, the other three break free to look for him, only to find themselves reunited ... on a ship en route to the island of Madagascar. When their vessel capsizes off the coast, however, the friends, who have all been raised in captivity, learn first-hand what life can be like in the wild.

Sony Computer Entertainment America today announced the launch of MLB 2006 for the PlayStation 2. Now available in stores, the popular baseball franchise comes out swinging for the fences with enhanced gameplay to provide gamers the most realistic experience from the diamond.

Publisher Strategy First and developer Radioactive-Software are pleased to announce the signing of the 3D gang simulation game, Gang War. Read more for details and 16 screens ...

Ascaron have today announced that they have acquired the exclusive UK & Ireland co publishing rights for 4 new products from the Czech Publisher Cenega Publishing. Creature Conflict: The Clan Wars, The Roots, UFO Aftershock and El Matador are scheduled for 2005 release.

At the Game Developer Conference, AGEIA Technologies, Inc. announced that Epic Games and Ubisoft will support AGEIA's PhysX chip, the world's first dedicated physics processing unit (PPU).

Silicon Valley chip maker AGEIA Technologies, Inc. today at the Game Developers Conference introduced a new category of semiconductor—the Physics Processing Unit, or PPU. The company's debut product, the AGEIA PhysX chip, will be the first dedicated physics semiconductor chip to be used in next-generation game platforms.