NIS America announced that it is bringing Banpresto's PS2 exclusive sim RPG, Ar tonelico, to North America, marking a new approach to the RPG genre by seamlessly combining simulation with role-playing.

NCsoft announced that it has signed a strategic partnership agreement with SNK Playmore, in which each company will exchange IP rights to produce new games for their respective markets, giving NCsoft sole worldwide publishing rights to future PC online game titles developed by SNKP. NCsoft will also be able to use SNKP’s IP rights in its game titles, while enabling SNK to adopt NCsoft’s IP rights in producing and marketing products on game consoles and pachinko slots.

World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade is the exciting new expansion to Blizzard's massively multiplayer online role-playing game. It expands the game by tremendous bounds, adding new races, quest, lands, Battlegrounds, professions and items, raising the level cap to 70, and more.

Titan Quest is an action RPG set in the ancient mythical worlds of Greece and Egypt. With an arsenal of more than a thousand pieces of unique and legendary equipment, players will have to overcome terrifying monsters and mythical beasts in their quest to save humankind from the Titans. THQ has released a 2 mission demo, a level 6 cap, and 3 skill masteries.

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:

• GTR 2 - Trailer #2
• Elveon [X360/PC] - E3 2006 Trailer
• Haze - E3 2006 Trailer
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Check out the following new screens from CDV's E3 2006 lineup:

• Panzer Tactics DS' [NDS] - Features, Screens & Trailer
• Heroes of Annihilated Empires ' - Features, Screens & Trailer
• Pacific Storm' - Features, Screens & Trailer
• War Front: Turning Point - Screens
• War Leaders: Clash of Nations - Screens

Check out the following new screens from Namco Bandai's E3 2006 lineup:

• Eureka Seven Vol. 1: The New Wave (PS2) - Features & Screens
• The Legend of Heroes II: Prophecy of the Moonlight Witch (PSP) - Screens
• IGPX (PS2) - Screens
• Warhammer: Mark of Chaos - 10 New Screens
• Mobile Ops: The One Year War (X360) - Screens
• Hellgate: London - 8 New Screens
• Mage Knight: Apocalypse - Screens
• Pac-Man World Rally (PSP/NGC/PS/PC) - Screens
• Tekken: Dark Resurrection (PSP) - Screens
• Snoopy vs. The Red Baron (PSP/PS2/PC) - Screens
• Xenosaga Episode III: Also sprach Zarathustra (PS2) - Screens
• One Piece: Grand Adventure (NGC/PS2) - Screens
• Naruto: Ultimate Ninja (PS2) - Screens
• Zatch Bell! Mamodo Fury (PS2) - Screens
• .Hack//G.U. (PS2) - Screens
• Legend of Heroes II (PSP) - Screens
• Ace Combat X: Skies of Deception (PSP) - Screens

DarkStar One delivers fast-paced action within a vast and authentic universe, spectacular graphics, freedom of choice, a gripping story and the power to save the federal galaxy from its nemesis! This massive demo lets you play for a full hours.

Rockstar Games announced Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories, developed by Rockstar Leeds in conjunction with series creators Rockstar North, an all new title in the GTA series set in Vice City with new missions, story and gameplay.

Konami today announced that it will be bringing several major franchises to Xbox Live Arcade for the Xbox 360, starting this summer with classic games such as Frogger, Contra, Time Pilot, Scramble and others, enhanced with updated graphics and online multiplayer support.