Cyanide, known for Pro Cycling Manager, Pro Rugby Manager, and Chaos League, has revealed it is working on a sequel to its horse racing game Horse Racing Manager, scheduled for release end 2006. Horse Racing Manager 2 will feature 3 game modes : simple race, punter and stable management, and will include 3 types of race: flat, obstacles and harnessed trot. More details to be revealed with an official announcement.

Rugby 06 will challenge gamers to compete in a host of the World's most prestigious rugby competitions including the Six Nations, Lions Tour, Tri Nations, Guinness Premiership and the Super 14.

Konami has announced the second title in its series of Double Pack Game Boy Advance products will feature two of its ever-popular Yu-Gi-Oh! titles. Due for release in March, the Yu-Gi-Oh! Double Pack will feature Yu-Gi-Oh! The Sacred Cards and its sequel Yu-Gi-Oh! Reshef of Destruction.

Dragon Ball Z: Shin Budokai is the first-ever DBZ game available for the PSP. In Dragon Ball Z: Shin Budokai, players have the ability to experience intense WiFi multiplayer battles with the most thrilling aspects of Dragon Ball Z combat, including counter-attacks, super high-speed bouts, flight and Ki (energy) management.

In King of Fighters: Maximum Impact 2, you can once again prove that you're the best fighter in the world. The game features a host of famous SNK characters with different fighting styles.

Playlogic's RTS Ancient Wars: Sparta will be used to visualize many historical scenes, battles and ancient handcrafts in the documentation "Hannibal" about this legendary character. As a result IMC and the movie production company ZEITFILM agreed to team up and found a joint venture named glanz.LEISTUNG.

Aiai, MeeMee, GonGon, and Baby are back in true classic Super Monkey Ball style, in SEGA's NDS exclusive Super Monkey Ball Touch & Roll, with all-new gameplay control using the Nintendo DS stylus and wireless multiplayer modes!

The Independent Games Festival (IGF) has named the winners of the 2006 Student Showcase as well as the finalists for the Modding Competition. Each will be playable and on display during the Game Developers Conference (GDC), from March 20-24 in San Jose, Calif.

Back in April 2005 an email from a musician who claimed he had returned from a recording session in Bratislava, with the local Radio Symphony Orchestra, started the Diablo III rumor, and now Blizzard themselves fuel speculations. A new job opening on the Blizzard website states "The team behind Diablo I and II is looking for a talented, motivated, and experienced Art Director to help lead our art team in developing beautiful, cohesive game worlds for an unannounced PC Project" Some requirements are "experience modeling and texturing a diverse visual range of characters and creatures." and "experience animating both human and non-humanoid characters"

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 :

• Battle of Europe: Royal Air Forces - Trailer
• Driver Parallel Lines [PS2/Xbox/PC] - Crashes Trailer #2
• Empire Earth II: The Art of Supremacy - Behind The Scenes #2
• Rise of Nations: Rise of Legends - Trailer #2
• The Sims 2 Open for Business - Walkthrough Trailer
• Stacked with Daniel Negreanu - Masters Trailer
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  We will update this throughout the day when new trailers become available. Read more for download links ...