Presenting the next-gen Turok for PS3 and Xbox 360. Please do not feed the dinosaurs.

High-resolution screenshots from Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars:

Atlus today announced the acquisition of the North American publishing rights to Rule of Rose, an action-horror game from Punchline and Shirogumi in Japan, and published by Sony in the region. Rule of Rose is scheduled for release this Fall.

March, 1930. A young girl named Jennifer, whose parents were killed in a tragic airship accident, is taken to the Rose Garden Orphanage, located in a remote portion of the English countryside. What Jennifer discovers is a dilapidated building and a ragtag mob of children who call themselves the “Aristocracy of the Red Crayon.” The demented residents of Rose Garden kidnap Jennifer and take her into the dark heart of an impossibly large zeppelin, on a meandering course for a distant land. Now, with the help of a canine companion named Brown, Jennifer has to find valuable gifts for the Aristocracy, or suffer a fatal punishment for her insolence…

• Befriend a faithful dog and work together to locate crucial items!
  
• Intense melee combat against bloodthirsty monsters!
  
• Musical score by Yutaka Minobe (Panzer Dragoon Saga, Skies of Arcadia)!
  
• An immersive storyline with 50 minutes of award-nominated CG scenes (Official Selection of the Annecy 2006 International Animated Film Festival)!
  
• Multiple endings and hidden extras!

And high-res screens from Crysis, the upcoming sci-fi shooter from Crytek:

Some screenshots from Battlefield 2142, the upcoming entry in the venerable multiplayer shooter series:

Details on the Wii-exclusive FPS from Ubisoft:

Red Steel is an exclusive Revolution launch title that takes full advantage of the console’s innovative controller and puts players directly into the action-packed first-person experience with the weapon in their hand – literally.

An engaging storyline unfolds as you learn that your fiancée has been kidnapped and her father – a Japanese mafia kingpin – murdered by a rival gang. The only way to save your loved one and defend your honor is to journey from Los Angeles to Japan and confront the Tokyo underworld.

By learning the ancient art of Japanese fighting with your katana and the focused precision of modern firearms, you will progress and adapt yourself to this foreign environment, where skills alone may not guarantee you victory.

Key Features

Exclusively for the Revolution
Red Steel is the only original first-person action game built from the ground up for the Revolution.

Player Takes Complete Control
Take full advantage of the Revolution controller, and control the action like never before. You’ll replicate sword-fighting movements and eliminate enemies quickly by directly targeting and shooting them.

Master the Deadly Steel
Execute deadly combo moves using multiple swords or choose from a variety of firearms for longer-range attacks.

Focus Is Key
Learn to harness your mental power to unleash powerful attacks in dire situations, and use the “focus system” to freeze time and effectively target several enemies at once.

Become a Modern Samurai
Learn the art of Japanese fighting, and then use these skills to take out your enemies or gain their respect and loyalty by sparing them.

Multiplayer Modes
Challenge friends with various split-screen multiplayer modes to see who the real master is.

Publisher: Ubisoft
Developer: Ubisoft Paris
Ship Date: Holiday 2006
Category: First-Person Action
Rating: Rating Pending (T anticipated)

The first screenshots from Assassin’s Creed which is due out on PS3.

Deviating from their Xbox-exclusiveness, Tecmo announced Super Swing Golf PANGYA for the Wii. Being released early in 2007, the game will take advantage of Wii’s unique controller and provide a newly designed, casual golf game, putting the player in control of the club and the course.

No longer will gamers be bound to play golf with their thumbs, no longer will gamers have to flush years of golf lessons down the toilet, no longer will gamers be forced to sit and be a passive observer while the onscreen character has all the fun! A revolution is at hand! Pick up the controller and swing away! The Nintendo Wii controller provides a new level of gaming interaction-sensing motion, depth, positioning and targeting dictated by the movement of the controller to act as the golf club. A back-swing sets the amount of power of the swing and the angle of the controller defines whether the ball will hook or slice. Take on the role as one of many main characters and swing away.

Super Swing Golf PANGYA has gone through a major graphical overhaul that brings this title to life in a uniquely designed fantasy world. Complete with improved character texture and molding, newly designed costumes, and beautifully rendered redesigned courses this title aims to be a hole in one!

Fans of the game will rejoice at the implementation of a single player mode. Hit the links and play through Story Mode, Free Mode, or Challenge Mode to get your skills up to par. Playing through the single player modes allows for additional characters, challenging courses, unique costumes, and new equipment to be unlocked. Take on other players in Match Play, Stroke Play, and Party Play to bury the opposition!

Ah yes, who doesn’t love girls with big boobs and svelte bodies posing half-naked in the sun? Tecmo has officially announced Dead or Alive: Xtreme 2, the sequel to the basketball-playing, bikini-wearing girls from DOA game.

Launching later this year, the Xbox 360 exclusive title has all the girls from the original out in the tropical waters of Zack’s Island. Players will be able to “satisfy” themselves by racing high performance personal watercrafts, sunbathe on white sand beaches, compete in assorted activities and go-all-in at Zack’s Casino.

Zack’s Island now presents the DOA girls with even more adventure and activities on both land and water. Race around Zack’s Island with your favorite girl for the best times or compete against others on your high performance PWC. Play beach volleyball and dig in and battle it out against your opponents in the sand as you revisit this retooled volleyball favorite. Head down to the pool to play games like ‘Rope Pulling’, ‘Hip Wrestling’, or the ever-famous ‘Hopping Game’ where the objectives are to stay dry! Don’t forget to check out Zack’s Casino in the evenings for even more Vegas styled gambling fun. Battle it out on Xbox Live® to prove to the world that you’re the Xtreme Queen of the island!

No one ever wants to be seen in the same outfit two days in a row so be sure to unlock or purchase the multitude of swimsuits, bikinis, and accessories which are all new to Xtreme 2! Collect all of the swimsuits and accessories to fully customize your island experience.

Fact sheet inside.

I don’t know about you, but it seems to me Team Ninja is overdoing the whole erotic thing with the DOA girls. They should focus on doing an actual game.
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Instructions on how to play Madden Wii:

Details, and a lone screenshot, on Rayman Raving Rabbids, the upcoming entry in the series by Michel Ancel.

Developed by acclaimed game designer Michel Ancel, this new installment of the Rayman franchise squarely targets kids.

This new Rayman game features the funniest, zaniest, wackiest antics ever when the world of Rayman is threatened by a devastating invasion of demonic rabbits! With the help of magical creatures, Rayman must battle to save his world from the bunnies.

Look out - Rayman will be punching his way onto current and next-gen platforms coming this fall.

Key Features

• Master & Ride Creatures: Tame various creatures such as Sharks, Eagles, Rhinos, Spiders, and Angelfish. Each has their own unique capabilities that Rayman will be able to use to battle against the evil rabbits.
  
• Combat the Ultra-Crazed Evil Rabbits: Help Rayman save his world from the demonic bunny rabbits. They are nasty, mischievous, insane, and completely out of control. There are several types of rabbits and each has their own whacked-out characteristics.
  
• Explore the Colorful, Fantastic World of Rayman: With huge free-roaming environments and epic landscapes that mix real and cartoonish style.

Publisher: Ubisoft
Developer: Ubisoft (Montpellier, France)
Ship Date: Fall 2006
Category: Action/Adventure Platformer
Rating: RP (Expect E)

The totally awesome screenshot:

EVE Online is set to see a new expansion - codenamed Kali - that will introduce an innovative Advanced Reactive Content System, 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.

Kali will also have factional warfare, in which players will have the option to align themselves with an NPC faction. The expansion will also see the opening of new regions in the game’s universe, the addition of significant exploration content, next-gen player R&D that includes reverse engineering capabilities, additional ship upgrades and player professions, the introduction of combat boosters, and the addition of new warships.

The Path to Kali will begin in Q2 2006 with the first release, ending sometime next year with the factional warfare implementation.

The game’s developer CCP also announced that a new version of the current graphics engine for the game is being developed to take advantage of DirectX 9 features for superior imagery.

They also announced the parallel development of an entirely new graphics engine called “EVE Vsita”. Dubbed “Trinity II”, the new graphics engine will feature support for DirectX 10 and will offer far greater detail and other advanced technical and visual imagery support.

SCEE has announced that it plans on releasing Forbidden Siren 2 in Europe this June exclusively for the PS2.

Don’t turn the lights out - Forbidden Siren 2 is coming to get you! Set on the island of Yamijima [the island of darkness], the story begins when a group of characters are washed up on the deserted island’s shore after their boat is caught in a violent storm. Unbeknownst to them, twenty-nine years earlier, all the inhabitants of the island mysteriously disappeared in a blackout when an underwater electric cable snapped, cutting the power…

To this day the island is shrouded in mystery. Little do they know - the unfortunate visitors are not alone on the island as the Shibito [living dead] are everywhere. Join Mamoru Itsuki and a young girl named Kishida, as the unlikely pair embark on a frantic fight for survival - and unearth the secrets of the island.

To survive, players need to use light to their advantage. Both the Yamibito [people of the dark] and the Shibito are sensitive to light in different ways. Either turn lights on or smash street lights to plunge them into darkness, or hide in the shadows and throw objects to distract your enemy. And if stealth tactics fail, pick up one of more than 30 weapons or use vehicles to ram enemies and obstructions and access remote parts of the island.

And for extra chill factor, the trademark Siren sight-jacking has been enhanced - so players can now see the game through the eyes of animals as well as through the eyes of the Shibito and the Yamibito. Watch the enemy hunt you with the tracking capability of the sight-jacking, and, only if you dare, switch and watch yourself be the victim!

Cult director Keiichiro Toyama is heading up the development team at SCEI for the game. Movie news on the game had been announced recently: Ghost House Pictures (The Grudge and Boogeyman) has acquired the film rights to the original SIREN game and will be bringing it to the big screen sometime soon.

Following on from the previous announcement, Activision and Chrysler have announced the winners of the The Movies: Virtual Film Competition. The first place was awarded to George Lippert of Kirkwood, MO by N3mbers series actor David Krumholtz for his virtual film “Bullets are Forever Starring Marshall Paris.” Lippert has won himself the keys to a brand new Chrysler Crossfire sports car.

They also announced the semi-finalists who, along with Lippert, could see their films made into live action shorts by independent filmmakers participating in the Chrysler Film Project. The CFP is a competition where filmmakers compete to win a full-length feature production deal on behalf of the Chrysler brand.

The top ten winning virtual films in the competition were: “The Car Whisperer,” by Jonathan Cozzolino of Knoxville, TN; “Double O by Night,” by Stephen Traylor of Parker, CO; “The Loaner,” by James King from Gloucester, VA; “The Magical Car,” by Steve Scott of Plano, TX; “Road Trip to Roswell,” by Kristine Browne of Kennesaw, GA; “To Save the Day,” by Chris Frey of Brooklyn, NY; “What Happened,” by Jonathan Face of New York, NY; “The Winner,” by Anthony Avvento of Celebration, FL; and “The Working Girl,” by Patrick Williams of Houston, TX.

A solitary screenshot from EA’s recently announced Army of Two: