CryTek has announced CryEngine 3, a new engine for regular games and MMOs alike and that’s easily scalable and supports both PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. The developer is also touting the new engine is geared towards the next generation of consoles, i.e. beyond PS3 and Xbox 360.

CryTek’s previous engine, the CryEngine 2, was successfully used in Crysis and Crysis: Warhead. The developer did not mention any games that would use the new engine, but one can always count on Crysis 2. More details on CryEngine 3 will be available at GDC.

Considering that only the highest of the high-end PCs have been able to fully appreciate CryEngine 2, hopefully this time the new engine scales better and runs better or low end mid-end hardware.

If you are among the millions of gamers crazy about the Jewel Quest Solitaire games, then you are sure to love the Jewel Quest Solitaire III. iWin, Inc., a leading developer and publisher of online casual games, today announced the launch of Jewel Quest Solitaire III, an exciting new installment in the hugely popular Jewel Quest franchise.

In Jewel Quest(R) Solitaire III, Rupert and Emma’s friend, Ratu, discovers a valuable tablet in the ruins of an ancient civilization. Little does Ratu know that this find is just the beginning. When his beloved assistant, Yumi, is inexplicably abducted, Ratu is propelled into a perilous game of cat-and-mouse with Yumi’s treacherous captors.

Unlike most downloadable solitaire games, Jewel Quest Solitaire III uses the Klondike mechanic which is arguably the most classic solitaire game in the world.

Jewel Quest Solitaire has 100 Levels of play, 10 gorgeous environments, a fabulous Match 3 experience, compelling story and a mystery to solve, giving avid solitaire players more in a single solitaire game than they could ever dream of.

Jewel Quest Solitaire III is currently exclusively available from iWin.com where it can be downloaded with a 60 minute free trial. Customers of iWin’s iCoins service can purchase all games for up to 65 percent off, in addition to receiving exclusive discounts on other iWin games. Jewel Quest, Jewel Quest II, Jewel Quest Solitaire and Jewel Quest Solitaire II are available entirely for free at http://www.iwin.com/download/InGameAds-games.

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Tale of Tales’ The Path
Gardening Mama Japanese commercial
Worlds.com to sue NCSoft, Blizzard, other MMO devs
Midnight Club South Central DLC delayed
Chinese prohibits World of Warcraft expansion
Sega’s 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics
Oregon Trail hits App Store
CoD: Modern Warfare 2 this holiday season
Metal Gear Solid Touch dated, priced
ATI ships 50 millionth Wii GPU
Nintendo raising the price of the Wii in UK
Take Two gives Rockstar devs $18m in bonus
Nintendo DS reaches 100 million units sold
“Toy Soldiers” Coming to FEAR 2
Pure Dev Announces Split/Second
BattleForge Open Beta Launched
THQ Goes Up
Star Trek DAC Coming
Fable III Already Underway?
Famitsu Reveals Wii Biohazard Title

If you have never heard of it before, you probably aren’t alone. The Path is an upcoming PC game from Tale of Tales in which you follow an emo’d out version of LIttle Red Riding Hood as she travels through the woods and gets into all sorts of trouble.

I’m not really sure who this game is marketed towards, but check out the video and form your own opinion.

The Path is set to launch for the PC on March 18th for $9.99.

Have you ever been playing Majesco’s Cooking Mama and thought to yourself, “Damn I wish I could do this in the garden.” Well, your wishes have been granted!

What you see above is a Japanese commercial for the appropriately named Gardening Mama. In it you can see various aspects of the gameplay which all include, you guessed it, gardening.

Gardening Mama is expected to hit North American shelves for the Nintendo DS on March 31st.

It seems that Worlds.com CEO Tom Kidrin has a bone to pick with MMO developers like NCSoft (Guild Wars) and Blizzard (World of Warcraft).

Kidrin has stated that he is suing NCSoft, claiming he holds the patent to creating “virtual worlds”. And, if successful, he will go on to prosecute Blizzard over their World of Warcraft MMO.

But how did a before unknown company, such as Worlds.com, acquire such a hefty patent? Well, Kindrin says that the patent originally started with Starbright World, an MMOesque virtual world designed for severly ill children looking for an escape.

If this guys is successful with NCSoft, he potentially has the ability to sue just about every MMO developer out there. Uh oh.

Read (INCGamers)

If you were expected on getting your hands on Midnight Club: LA‘s South Central DLC tomorrow, there’s bad news for you.

It was recently announced that the South Central pack is being pushed back a week, to the 19th, disputing it’s previously announced March 12th release date.

However, in leui of this delay Rockstar has released a video detailing a car that will be included in the pack; a 1964 Chevy Impala. Yes, it has hydraulics, Eazy-E would be proud.

Read (Kotaku)

It seems taht the Chinese government is at it again, and this time completely rejected Blizzard’s attempt to release World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King in the area. But why?

Well JLM Pacific Epoch says that the rejection was due to the game including city raids, and skeleton characters.

City raids and skeleton characters, huh? Aren’t those 2 of the things that made World of Warcraf fun? Probably not, but it seems that the Chinese government is afraid people will use WoW to concoct plans to overthrow the government, or something like that.

Sega has recently announced that a game, based on the upcoming 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, is already under development.

Eurocom was said to be developing the game, whom you may recognize as the studio who also worked on the Beijing ’08 game. This game, however, will include all sorts of winter sports like, well, skiing. Hell, it even lets you ski in first person. 

Sega’s 2010 Vancouver Olympics based video game will be released to coincide with the event in 2010 for the PS3, Xbox 360, and PC.

Read (Kotaku)