The oft-delayed Frame City Killer, which was originally supposed to be an Xbox 360 launch title, has officially been cancelled. The confirmation came from Namco Japan today, when asked why the game was absent from the E3 floor. An exact reason for the sudden termination was not given, but Namco wanted to express its continued support for the platform and said it is currently working on a new RPG. Frame City Killer was to be the first Unreal Engine 3 title handled by a Japanese developer.

Blizzard has unveilded the much speculated on new race for its MMORPG World of Warcraft addon The Burning Crusade. Read more for details on the Draenei Race's background, or check some new screens & trailer posted a few days ago...

Cinemaware today announced an initiative to give legendary titles, like Defender of the Crown, new life as part of Cinemaware Classics by melding a captivating storyline with the grand cinematic experience that differentiated the original Cinemaware game properties.

Sword of the Stars is a breakthrough Space Strategy game that seeks to reinvigorate the sub-genre. A variety of factors made Lighthouse postpone the game's release until later this sumer, and the added time wil allow for a synchronized global release and more development time for tweaking, AI enhancing and QA.

Alone in the Dark returns with a heart-stopping survival experience realized through the use of state-of-the-art real-time physics and unprecedented environmental interaction combining to deliver an exhilarating action-orientated experience within a highly detailed, open environment.

Aspyr Media has released a new patch for Wideload Games' zombified action game Stubbs The Zombie. This update brings your retail game to v1.0.2 and addresses a memory leak, EAX related crash, screen saver issue and proper save games location.

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

• Capcom Classics Collection Reloaded (PSP)
• Capcom Classics Collection Vol 2 (PS2/Xbox)
• Dead Rising (X360)
• God Hand (PS2)
• Lost Planet (X360)
• Mega Man ZX (NDS)
• Mega Man Battle Network 6: Cybeast Gregar/Falzar (GBA)
• Okami (PS2)
• Power Stone Collection (PSP)
• Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Justice for All (NDS)
• Street Fighter Alpha Anthology (PS2)
• Ultimate Ghosts 'n Goblins (PSP)

The upcoming expansion to EVE Online—codenamed Kali—will introduce an innovative Advanced Reactive Content System (ARCS), in which the political landscape and physical borders of nation-states within the game can be altered dynamically through the collective outcome of player actions, thus directly controlling the game universe destiny and resulting storyline.

Nintendo may not launch a new version of its Game Boy Advance portable game player so it can focus on its latest popular handheld, the DS.

In GRAW you command the Ghosts and Special Forces equipped with the IWS in the quest to save the president of the United States, recover stolen nuclear codes and eliminate a vicious band of renegade soldiers hell-bent on unleashing catastrophe. Ubisoft has released a new patch bringing your retail/download version to v1.6 and addressing bugs and crashes.

GestureTek today announced that Microsoft has licensed its video gesture control technology for use with the Xbox Live Vision camera for the Xbox 360. A library of dev tools will be made available to all X360 developers.

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:

• Star Wars Empire at War: Forces of Corruption - E3 2006 Trailer
• Dark Messiah of Might & Magic - E3 2006 Trailer
• Enemy Territory: Quake Wars - E3 2006 Trailer
• Splinter Cell Double Agent - E3 2006 Trailer
• Crysis - E3 2006 Trailer
• Metal Combat - Trailer (2)
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Today Capcom confirmed that it is working on an all new, Wii exclusive, Resident Evil game combining the series' intense gaming experience and atmosphere with the revolutionary control system of the Wii. No specific release date was mentioned, but given that RE 5 is still in early stages of development, it might very well be that the Wii edition comes out before its other next-gen brethren.

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

• Age of Pirates: Captain Blood - Features, Screens & Trailer
• Ancient Wars: Sparta - Features, Screens & Trailer
• PRISM: Threat Level Red - Features, Screens & Trailer
• Infernal - Features, Screens & Trailer
• Age of Pirates: Caribbean Tales - Features, Screens & Trailer

Atari today announced one of the industry’s most aggressive pricing programs, GamersFirst. The two-fold, consumer-oriented program will begin on June 1st at participating retailers and will include a new price point of $19.99 on all existing PS2, Xbox, NGC, GBA and PC titles, while all PC titles will also be downloadable through Valve and Direct2Drive.

Check out the following new screens from Eidos/SCi's E3 2006 lineup:

• Hitman: Blood Money (PS2/Xbox/X360/PC) - Features & Screens
• Battlestations: Midway (PS2/Xbox/X360/PC) - Features & Screens
• Tomb Raider: Legend (GBA/NDS/PSP/NGC) - Features & Screens
• Reservoir Dogs (PS2/Xbox/PC) - Features & Screens
• Just Cause (PS2/Xbox/X360/PC) - Features & Screens
• Rogue Trooper (PS2/Xbox/PC) - Features & Screens
• Urban Chaos: Riot Response (PS2/Xbox) - Features & Screens

NIS America announced that it is bringing Banpresto's PS2 exclusive sim RPG, Ar tonelico, to North America, marking a new approach to the RPG genre by seamlessly combining simulation with role-playing.

NCsoft announced that it has signed a strategic partnership agreement with SNK Playmore, in which each company will exchange IP rights to produce new games for their respective markets, giving NCsoft sole worldwide publishing rights to future PC online game titles developed by SNKP. NCsoft will also be able to use SNKP’s IP rights in its game titles, while enabling SNK to adopt NCsoft’s IP rights in producing and marketing products on game consoles and pachinko slots.

World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade is the exciting new expansion to Blizzard's massively multiplayer online role-playing game. It expands the game by tremendous bounds, adding new races, quest, lands, Battlegrounds, professions and items, raising the level cap to 70, and more.

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

• Bomberman (PSP)
• Bomberman Act: Zero (X360)
• Brooktown High: Senior Year (PSP)
• Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin (NDS)
• Coded Arms Assault (PS3)
• Coded Arms Contagion (PSP)
• DDR Supernova (PS2)
• DDR Ultramix 4 (Xbox)
• DDR Universe (X360)
• Death, Jr 2 (PSP)
• Death, Jr. and the Science Fair of Doom (NDS)
• Elebits (Wii)
• GoPets (NDS)
• Gradius Collection (PSP)
• Hellboy (PS3/PSP/X360)
• Karaoke Revolution: American Idol (PS2)
• Lunar Knights (NDS)
• Marvel Trading Card Game (NDS/PSP/PC)
• Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (PS3)
• Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops (PSP)
• My Frogger Toy Trials (NDS)
• Online Chess Kingdoms (PSP)
• Rengoku 2 (PSP)
• Silent Hill Origins (PSP)
• Steel Horizon (NDS/PSP)
• Winning Eleven Pro Evolution Soccer 2007 (NDS/PS2)
• Winx Club: Join the Club (PSP)
• Winx Club: The Quest for the Codex (NDS/GBA)
• Xiaolin Showdown (NDS/PSP/PS2/Xbox)
• Yu-Gi-Oh! GX (PSP)