Lighthouse Interactive and developer VSTEP announced that they are working on Ship Simulator 2007, a through-development of the 2006 edition, but will graphically be even better by using an upgrade of the Quest 3D engine and will include many much-desired new features.

In Birth of America you control one of the major contenders in French & Indian Wars, and the War of the American Independence, trying to achieve military and political victory. This v1.11 patch fixes bugs, crashes, improves AI, optimizes the UI and a few other tweaks.

Dusk2Dawn announced Mercs: Gun4Hire, a multi-level game that takes the best from popular genres, such as first-person shooters, space dogfighting and third-person run-and-gun and brings them all together in one explosive title for home computers.

Eidos has signed a publishing agreement with Conspiracy for its billiards simulation video game, Pocket Pool, featuring advanced AI, real world physics, 13 scintillating pool games including 9 ball, 8 ball Rotation, Black Jack and Snooker.

Shrapnel Games and Weird Worlds: Return to Infinite Space developer Digital Eel are taking gamers on a bold new adventure with Eat Electric Death!, a fast and furious board game of tactical starship combat for two or more players (allowing for team play).

Rainbow operatives take to the chaotic streets of Las Vegas as an escalating terrorist siege in “Sin City” threatens to take world terrorism to new, uncontrollable heights. Ubisoft has quietly rolled out a new patch for the X360 version of the game, fixing crash and bugs, optimizing multiplayer and tweaking several of the weapons.

Test Drive Unlimited challenges players online to experience the most exotic and fastest vehicles on more than 1000 miles of diverse Hawaiian roads. Gamers win races, challenges, missions and tournaments to earn credits and purchase new cars, bikes, rare performance parts, clothes, apparel, homes and garages.

Ground on the ancient European seafaring time, Tales of Pirates present fantastic world full of numerous cities and unprecedented great scenes in front of the players where players can players reside in, experience the mystery of the endless seas, and feel the romantic and interesting life of a pirate.

Paradox Interactive announced a new booster pack for Hearts of Iron II: Doomsday, Armageddon. Scheduled for March 2007, as a download only, Armageddon will include two completely new alternative history scenarios, perfect for those looking for new challenges!

Blizzard announced that World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade sold through approximately 3.5 million copies within one month following its mid-January launch. This includes more than 1.9 million sold in regions that play on North American realms, 1.6 million in Europe, totalling WoW's worldwide subscriber base to more than 8.5 million users.

Combat Mission: Shock Force is a tactical military simulation depicting a hypothetical near future conflict between NATO and Syrian forces in Syria. A highly story driven semi-dynamic Campaign, from the US perspective, offers a completely new experience for "Combat Mission" fans.

As society succumbs to a worldwide energy crisis, a new global depression takes hold. Amidst this desperate backdrop, two superpower alliances emerge. Join the battle on the frontlines of tomorrow as the Western Coalition or the Red Star Alliance.

Titan Quest is an action RPG set in the ancient mythical worlds of Greece and Egypt. This v1.30 patch addresses various crash bugs, a slew of balance tweaks.

Disney's Meet the Robinsons, based on the upcoming Walt Disney Pictures animated film, is a time-traveling action/adventure game. Players will experience the adventure as Wilbur Robinson, helping him chase the dastardly Bowler Hat Guy and his diabolical robotic hat Doris through multiple timelines in an attempt to thwart their evil plans.

QuickSpot is a fast and challenging game of concentration, where the objective for the player is to spot the differences between two seemingly identical pictures and circle the differences on the touch screen.

Renegade Kid announced its NDS exclusive The Ward, telling a twisted story with gruesome 3D visuals and FPS gameplay. The game's interactive narrative reveals the puzzling nature of a strange hospital frozen-in-time, and introduces a cast of peculiar characters.

CCP Games announced the integration of voice communication into leading Sci-Fi MMOG EVE Online. Players will now be able to speak to each other for better coordination, negotiation, socializing and planning, adding a new dimension to the game.

Dance Dance Revolution Universe takes dancing to a whole new level offering features and options not possible until now, designing a game that everyone can play and enjoy, including anyone with two left feet.

System 3 announced the re-launch of the enhanced classic Epyx Commodore 64 title, Impossible Mission, where you take the role of a secret agent attempting to stop evil genius Professor Elvin Atombender who has been tampering with National Security Computers.

EA announced today it has signed on to publish Harmonix's next title, in cooperation with MTV. Oddly enough the announcement did not reveal any details as to what sort of title, its name, platform, nor an estimated release time. Harmonix is of course known for developing the Guitar Hero, and Karaoke Revolution franchise and promises that its next title will take all they have learned from past projects to the next level.

Check out the following new screens from Microsoft's GDC 2007 lineup:

• Blue Dragon (X360) - Screens
• Mass Effect (X360) - Screens
• Forza Motorsport 2 (X360) - Screens
• Halo 2 Vista - Screens
• Lost Odyssey (X360) - Screens
• Shadowrun (X360/PC) - Screens
• Age of Conan (X360/PC) - Screens
• Jetpac Refuelled (X360) - Screens & Trailer
• Boom Boom Rocket (X360) - Screens
• Pinball FX (X360) - Screens
• Schizoid (X360) - Screens
• Eets Chowdown (X360) - Screens
• 3D Ultra Minigolf Adventures (X360) - Screens

Monster Hunter Freedom 2 borrows various elements from Monster Hunter 2 on the PS2. The handheld sequel will feature ad hoc and online multiplayer, as well as new weapons and new locations such as snow-covered landscapes. MHF 2 has shipped over one million copies since its Japanese launch a little over a week ago on Feb. 22, accounting for 39% of all games sold during the week of its release.

Cake Mania combines a new Touch Screen element with the same fast-paced cake-baking fun that has captivated millions of online players worldwide. As an added bonus, Cake Mania for the NDS includes the full online game plus the Back to the Bakery expansion pack.

Philips has signed a licensing agreement with Rivers Run Red to have its ambient experiences technology included in Linden Lab's 3D virtual Second Life world, allowing a dedicated amBX-enabled environment to be created through light, air movement and rumble.

Ubisoft announced that in celebration of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchise and the launch of its upcoming TMNT video game March 20, it is releasing Digital Eclipse's remake of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 1989 classic arcade game on Xbox Live Arcade later this month.