SEGA today announced the long-anticipated return of Golden Axe, a fan favorite since its original release in 1989. Developed exclusively for the PS3 and the Xbox 360, Golden Axe marks the first project from the recent acquisition of San Francisco-based studio, Secret Level.

Funcom signed a development and marketing agreement with Microsoft to optimize the forthcoming Online Action RPG Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures for the Windows Vista operating system. Microsoft will showcase ‘Age of Conan’ as a title that takes full advantage of new gaming functionality in Windows Vista.

Viva Media and 10Tacle Studios announce an official publishing partnership for GTR 2 in the North America. GTR 2, the official simulation of the FIA GT championship, features more than 140 high detailed cars and 34 different track-layouts in a hyper realistic racing world with breathtaking real-world-like effects.

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:

• Sensible Soccer [PS2/Xbox/PC] - E3 2006 Trailer
• Fable 2 [X360/PC] - Trailer
• Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots - E3 2006 Sony Trailer
• Darkstar One - E3 2006 Trailer
• Heroes of Annihilated Empires - E3 2006 Trailer
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  We will update this throughout the day when new trailers become available. Read more for download links ...

Atari continues to explore new worlds with the upcoming action-adventure game Arthur and the Minimoys. Directly inspired by world famous film director and writer Luc Besson's upcoming animated film of the same name, the Arthur and the Minimoys game will follow the film's storyline and feature eye-popping graphics and technical innovations.

Microsoft announced a new cross-platform gaming service that integrates games played on cell phones, Xbox 360 consoles and the upcoming Windows Vista operating system.

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

• Tabula Rasa
• Soccer Fury
• Guild Wars: Factions
• Exteel
• Dungeon Runners
• Aion

Medieval II: Total War, the 4th installment of the franchise, takes strategy genre to a whole new level with the most epic and cinematic 3D battles ever seen on PC.

As was already revealed in our Microsoft briefing coverage, Microsoft Game Studios confirmed it will publish Remedy's psychological action thriller Alan Wake, exclusively for Windows Vista and the Xbox 360.

Bungie announces Halo 3, the third and final game in the Halo Trilogy. Halo 3 will be released for Microsoft's Xbox 360 in 2007. Read more to download the trailer and check some screens ...