Strategy First announce the signing of the turn based strategy game titled Birth of America, where you control one of the major contenders in French & Indian Wars, and the War of the American Independence, trying to achieve military and political victory.

Perimeter: Emperor's Testament, expansion pack to last year’s award-winning RTS, will feature all new & updated graphics, tons of new units and structures, a new soundtrack, and a total of 25 new missions.

3DRealms announced that June 22nd is Prey day, as it will release a five-level single/multiplayer demo on PC, as well as Xbox 360 (available through Xbox Live Marketplace). Prey is a serious, dark story, based on authentic Cherokee mythology. Themes of sacrifice, love and responsibility are explored and the story dives into emotional territory not yet explored by similar games. We will, of course, have it on our fileserver network as soon as it's available.

Another day, another batch of games shipped to stores. Instead of giving them all their own posts, we grouped them, and so far there are announcements for:

• The Da Vinci Code (PS2/Xbox/PC)
• Heroes of Might and Magic V (PC)
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Milstone, the creators of the Superbike series, are back and bringing Super-Bikes: Riding Challenge with them, the most realistic and in depth riding simulation.

Fasten your seatbelt and be prepared for the race of your life as Formula One 06 brings players a brand new gaming experience, allowing you to get closer to the sport than ever before. This is your chance to take part in the 2006 FIA Formula One World Championship and truly interact with the sport.

The prolific fantasy artist José del Nido is supporting the art design, packaging and exclusive merchandising articles, for the role playing game Two Worlds.

With authentic simulation physics, bone-jarring damage, photo-realistic graphics, 300 of the world’s hottest cars for you to collect, and licensed tuning and customization options, Forza Motorsport 2 improves on the unprecedented features gamers enjoyed in its debut installment.

While the official release for Microsoft's next OS is still a ways off (early 2007), today the first details were revealed what it will take to actually run the beast. A 800mhz CPU with 512mb RAM will do the trick (1Ghz and 1 Gig RAM recommended), although graphically you will need a DX9-compatible card that supports Pixel Shader 2.0 with RAM ranging from 64mb up to 256mb, depending on your configuration.

According to the latest issue of OPM UK, 2K Games' hybrid first-person shooter BioShock is also coming to Sony's next-gen console. A two-page article tells all about how developer Irrational Games is combining elements of sci-fi and role-playing genres in the much-anticipated System Shock 2 sequel, now also coming to the PS3, and scheduled for March 2007.