While not yet officially announced for North America, Genki is working on a new installment in the long running Tokyo Xtreme Racer franchise, scheduled for July 2007 in Japan, under the Shutokou Battle X name. The first next gen title in the series will feature extensive car-customization capabilities, 2 player head to head racing and, true to the nature of the game, plenty of drifting.

Gears of War blends the best of tactical action games with the best of survival horror titles, thrusting gamers into the harrowing story of humankind's battle for survival against the Locust Horde, creating cinematic, high-definition visuals so intense and powerful, it feels like the gamers are controlling a blockbuster action movie.

The Supersonic Group today announced that it intends to expand its operation, moving into the US market by agreeing to a seven-title co-publishing deal with Cenega, starting with the first-person adventure Gooka: The Mystery of Janatris, followed by Another War, both scheduled for Q4 2006.

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:

• Destroy All Humans! 2 [PS2/Xbox] - Trailer
• NFL Head Coach [PS2/Xbox/PC] - Hiring Trailer
• Juiced: Eliminator [PSP] - Trailer
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A Tale in the Desert III continues the social building MMO set in ancient Egypt, where players work together to build a society. After a successful and fast-paced Beta, A Tale in the Desert III officially launches.

Wings Over Europe: Cold War Gone Hot is an air-combat game that delivers the excitement of a visceral, seat-of-your-pants dogfight experience -- flying in some of the most legenday jet fighters in history!

Universal Combat: A World Apart uses a new graphics engine, offer high definition first-person character models, new first-person weapon models and classes such as machine guns, fixed gun turrets and several new combat weapons. This patch brings your retail game to v1.00.15 and fixes a bug where you were unable to view VDD/SMD cargo contents in friendly crafts (including yours)

Power Of Destruction is an amusing 'old style' FPS, like 'Operation Wolf', made with an advanced 3D technology and a well-groomed gameplay.

Def Jam Fight For NY: The Takeover lets you experience the ultimate hip hop fighting game anywhere you go. Featuring new fighting moves and new venues, players can gain respect by winning fights and rising among the ranks of the crew, and 1-on-1 death matches using PSP's wireless functionality.

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:

• The Da Vinci Code [PS2/X360/PC] - E3 2006 Trailer
• The Darkness [PS3/X360] - E3 2006 Trailer
• Dungeon Siege II: Broken World - E3 2006 Trailer
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Frogger: Ancient Shadow is a 3D action platformer that merges the traditional Frogger "hop-n-dodge" gameplay with platforming elements for an exciting new challenge. Gamers join Frogger at his home in Firefly Swamp, where a dark secret has recently been uncovered.

In a private meeting at the Justice Department between U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, FBI Director Robert Mueller and industry representatives, ISPs were strongly urged to retain subscriber information and network data for two years. The reason for the data retention would be to prevent child pornography, but privacy advocates doubt the validity of that claim, fearing the gathered intel would be used in all kinds of criminal and civil suits.

In Alien Shooter 2, hack 'n slash gameplay gets dropped into a science fiction storyline packed with dozens of weapons and vicious alien life forms. Sigma Team is currently working on finishing up a singleplayer demo, which they will release in about 2 weeks, and will include a demo exclusive campaign mission, and two survival missions.

The Shadow of Aten is an action/thriller games where you embody a British ex-agent, Allam Scott, investigating the murder of a renowned British archaeologist in Cairo in the year 1936. The game is full of action and with a high cultural component developed in such an exciting time as the discovery of the pharaonic tombs.

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:

• Dirty Harry [PS3/X360/PC] - Trailer
• Glory of the Roman Empire - E3 2006 Trailer
• Evidence: The Last Ritual - Trailer
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Hero Online is a MMORPG where players have the opportunity to experience Asian myth and folklore in a martial arts environment. Players will encounter characters and monsters based on Asian martial fiction. By combining the motif of Asian culture with many unique features, players will experience a game like no other in Hero Online!

After two years of development Climax's Warhammer Online was cancelled after which Games Workshop granted its license to Mythic Entertainment. Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning is an MMO game for PC and console set in the fantasy world of Warhammer.

BioWare has released a new premium for its RPG Neverwinter Nights, Infinite Dungeons, leading adventurers to Waterdeep and into Undermountain, the most famous dungeon in all of the Forgotten Realms, featuring new creatures, music, optional pre-generated characters and epic levels that scale to any character level from 1 to 40.

Eidos has released a new patch for Crystal Dynamics' Tomb Raider: Legend, bringing your retail game to v1.2 and addressing performance issues, graphics card problems and a few other bug and crash fixes.

Dungeon Cleaners is a sci-fi RPG that leads you into a ravaged penitentiary planet. It's an exile place for criminals and political prisoners of the Galactic Empire. It's a place with rough nature and tough people, drug-addicts, thieves and killers. Debauchery and violence prosper here...

Explore a Las Vegas-style resort from the comfort of your own home on PS2, or on the go anywhere on PSP, and become a virtual high roller in Playwize Poker and Casino. The game offers players four, fully 3D, virtual casinos to discover, packed with fellow gamblers to chat with and featuring multiple dice tables, poker games, slot machines and more besides.

GameFactory and Monolith Studio officially announce a new agricultural real-time strategy game Jagged Farm: Birth of a Hero, built using the Officers engine.

Pro Cycling Manager 2006 is the latest edition in Cyanide Studio's long running cycling manager. For the first time in the life of the Cycling Manager series, the German T-Mobile team will be present, making Discovery Channel the only Pro Tour squad not available in PCM 2006.

Guitar manufacturer Gibson is offering experienced PS2 Guitar Hero players the opportunity of a lifetime: to play the game on stage at the Download Festival, a rock concert headlined by bands such as Tool, Metallica and Guns And Roses.

Super Swing Golf Pangya is a wholly rebuilt version of a golf game that's super-popular over in Japan and Korea. It promises to make use of the Nintendo Wii's new controller in order to make playing this golf game an experience in your very own living room.