Shrek The Third will take players on an all-new adventure filled with fun and exciting new challenges, never-before-seen characters and environments, plus the same humor we've come to love from Shrek and the gang.

Opera Software today confirms that the Opera-powered Nintendo DS Browser will be released to the North American market on June 4, 2007. The retail price has not yet been confirmed by Nintendo. The DS Browser was released in Europe in October 2006 and can be purchased for €39.99 at major game retailers.

Lexicon Entertainment announced that it has signed Agon, Private Moon Studios' point and click adventure series set at the turn of the century presenting an intriguing and immersive storyline with various plot twists in lifelike settings.

Lighthouse has released a new patch for Kerberos' 4x space strategy game bringing your English, German, French and Spanish retail game to v1.2.2 and tweaks AI, improves multiplayer, and a slew of fixes, and adjustments.

Dungeons & Dragons: Tactics offers an original, intriguing D&D storyline where you take on the role of a mortal child caught in a conflict of two competing dragons striving for godhood.

Previously available only via download from Telltale Games or GameTap, Sam & Max: Episodes 1-6 will be coming to retail stores in August 2007. The Adventure Company will distribute the title in North America, while JoWood will publish the game in Europe.

Veil Entertainment and Spore Productions announced the development of Rise & Ruin, an online, card-based, fantasy combat game set for release for both PC and Mac this spring.

War Leaders: Clash of Nations will expand upon the RTS genre by placing gamers in the roles of the major leaders of WWII, including Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin. Political, diplomatic and economic decision making will be key to success, while sound tactical strategies will ensure victory on the battlefield.

A job recruitment page for several open positions at THQ's internal development studio Relic Entertainment reveals multiple projects are in the works, but while most descriptions are ambiguous, one provides some interesting info. Relic is looking for a Senior Network Programmer to work on a Dawn of War project, which could mean any number of things, if it weren't the requirement of proven MMO development experience, as well as client, server architecture and TCP/IP networking. To top it all off, the listing also mentions Xbox Live, GameSpy, Quazal and Demonware, possibly indicating a multiplatform MMO.

EA will celebrate Europe's most prestigious club soccer tournament, May's UEFA Champions League, with the launch of UEFA Champions League 2006-2007, which will ship to stores worldwide on March 20, 2007.