Cinemaware today announced an initiative to give legendary titles, like Defender of the Crown, new life as part of Cinemaware Classics by melding a captivating storyline with the grand cinematic experience that differentiated the original Cinemaware game properties.

Alone in the Dark returns with a heart-stopping survival experience realized through the use of state-of-the-art real-time physics and unprecedented environmental interaction combining to deliver an exhilarating action-orientated experience within a highly detailed, open environment.

In GRAW you command the Ghosts and Special Forces equipped with the IWS in the quest to save the president of the United States, recover stolen nuclear codes and eliminate a vicious band of renegade soldiers hell-bent on unleashing catastrophe. Ubisoft has released a new patch bringing your retail/download version to v1.6 and addressing bugs and crashes.

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:

• Star Wars Empire at War: Forces of Corruption - E3 2006 Trailer
• Dark Messiah of Might & Magic - E3 2006 Trailer
• Enemy Territory: Quake Wars - E3 2006 Trailer
• Splinter Cell Double Agent - E3 2006 Trailer
• Crysis - E3 2006 Trailer
• Metal Combat - Trailer (2)
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Today Capcom confirmed that it is working on an all new, Wii exclusive, Resident Evil game combining the series' intense gaming experience and atmosphere with the revolutionary control system of the Wii. No specific release date was mentioned, but given that RE 5 is still in early stages of development, it might very well be that the Wii edition comes out before its other next-gen brethren.

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

• Age of Pirates: Captain Blood - Features, Screens & Trailer
• Ancient Wars: Sparta - Features, Screens & Trailer
• PRISM: Threat Level Red - Features, Screens & Trailer
• Infernal - Features, Screens & Trailer
• Age of Pirates: Caribbean Tales - Features, Screens & Trailer

Atari today announced one of the industry’s most aggressive pricing programs, GamersFirst. The two-fold, consumer-oriented program will begin on June 1st at participating retailers and will include a new price point of $19.99 on all existing PS2, Xbox, NGC, GBA and PC titles, while all PC titles will also be downloadable through Valve and Direct2Drive.

Check out the following new screens from Eidos/SCi's E3 2006 lineup:

• Hitman: Blood Money (PS2/Xbox/X360/PC) - Features & Screens
• Battlestations: Midway (PS2/Xbox/X360/PC) - Features & Screens
• Tomb Raider: Legend (GBA/NDS/PSP/NGC) - Features & Screens
• Reservoir Dogs (PS2/Xbox/PC) - Features & Screens
• Just Cause (PS2/Xbox/X360/PC) - Features & Screens
• Rogue Trooper (PS2/Xbox/PC) - Features & Screens
• Urban Chaos: Riot Response (PS2/Xbox) - Features & Screens

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.