Online poker players will enjoy the intuitive and friendly navigation menus, the quick seat and my favorite functions, and the bonus redemption progress stats.

Leading online poker room Titan Poker, has upgraded its poker software to improve loading and performance capabilities. As part of ongoing efforts to enhance its gaming environment, Titan Poker’s software lobby was completely redesigned with a clean look and feel.

The new lobby, re-sized at an easy-on-the-eyes 1000×700 pixels, provides online poker players with an intuitively easy navigation menu, allowing them to quickly find the cash tables and tournaments that they would want to join. The menu includes easy access to a graphical listing of the player’s favorite games, tables, and tournaments, as well as a "quick seat" function that makes it possible for a player to choose an appropriate table within seconds.

In the redesigned lobby, poker players are able to easily follow the progress statistics of their player point accumulation, hands played, and bonus redemption status.

Players nostalgic for the older version of Titan Poker’s lobby design can switch back to that earlier viewing mode with the click of a button.

The redesign of the Titan Poker lobby is the latest step of the online poker room’s ongoing efforts to improve the gaming experience it offers players. In the coming weeks, Titan Poker will introduce new and exciting types of tournaments, alongside an ever-changing schedule of innovative promotions and gaming activities that will interest novice and veteran poker players alike.

Online poker players alike are invited to try out the free poker software download at Titan Poker and experience the redesigned lobby and enhanced features of Europe’s most exciting online poker room.

Top internet casino enters the New Year with two new games from Microgaming, namely The Grand Journey and Megaspin Break da Bank Again.

Internet Casino La Vida has announced this week that it has received its first internet casino games of 2012. The Grand Journey and Megaspin Break da Bank were released on January 9, 2012 across 160 Microgaming online casinos, including Casino La Vida.

The release of The Grand Journey and Megaspin Break a Bank Again has reaffirmed Microgaming’s ability to capture one’s imagination through crisp digital graphics.

On Monday Victoria Lamonte, the promotions manager at Casino La Vida, said that "the new games offer a playful start to the New Year but, at the same time, make it evident that Microgaming has a lot up its sleeve this year."

This is good news for Casino La Vida players. As the driving force behind critically acclaimed games such as The Lord of the RingsTM and Immortal Romance, Microgaming is renowned for producing quality games that often set new standards in the industry, and this year will be no different.

The new casino games are as follows:

The Grand Journey, this month’s most anticipated game, offers a brilliant journey to a world where prehistoric animals roam the landscape, fiery volcanoes create a colourful backdrop and beautiful Amazons inhabit dense jungles. Through game’s colourful graphics, players get to go embark on an otherworldly adventure that comes to life through an array of familiar features, which include Expanding Wilds, Free Spins Bonuses and Multipliers.

Megaspin Break da Bank Again takes the concept of the original "Break da Bank Again" game and multiplies the action by four to deliver a super slot complete with richly rewarding Scatter combinations and generous Free Spins. When 2, 4 or 5 Scatter symbols appear across the reels, the player is rewarded with between 15 and 25 free spins, during which all wins are multiplied by 5.

The Grand Journey and Megaspin Break da Bank Again can be played by registering a free Casino La Vida account. Alternatively, visit the internet casino for more information.

Casino Tropez is pleased to announce the release of eight new casino games. All eight games are Playtech originals, each with an exciting twist on traditional casino games, guaranteeing players endless entertainment in their quest for real money prizes.

The new online games now available at Casino Tropez are:

Fishing with Buddies – The ultimate multiplayer slot game with animated 3D avatars and a two stage bonus round.

The Mummy – Based on the blockbuster movie of the same name, this exciting slot game has players winning more game features as they play (in addition to jackpots).

Medusa’s Gaze – A video slot game that only the truly adventurous dare play Medusa’s Gaze offers players a mesmerizing journey with every spin.

Desert Treasure II – Now the original Desert Treasure slot game is bigger and better than ever with three bonus stages, free games and a X2 multiplier.

Wheel of Light – A thrilling arcade game based on the 80s television show of the same name, players are sure to love the endless betting options and whirling wheel.

Video Roulette – This new Casino Tropez online roulette game has a unique video delivery engine for the most realistic online roulette experience.

Irish Luck Scratch – Players can win up to £1,000 when they pick a pot and uncover the leprechaun within.

A Night Out Scratch – For a wild time online, players simply need to find three of a kind.

To download casino games, including all new games, players simply have to go to the Casino Tropez website where they can do so, free of charge.

Gaming software developer, Playtech, has just announced its acquisition of Ash Gaming. Playtech is already providing software solutions to a massive part of the online gaming industry and is one of the top suppliers of online gaming software. They have acquired Ash Gaming for a total of £23 million with the first £15.5 million being paid straight away and a further £7.5 million being paid over the next three years. The online gaming giant has been making acquisitions of online gaming companies throughout the industry and their latest deal takes the total to 11 acquisitions including 4 in 2011.

Playtech said that the acquisition "Enhances Playtech’s wholly-owned content library and value chain economics; complements Playtech’s technology leadership with additional premier content capability." The Playtech CEO Mor Weizer added that, "We see this as complementing our strategic actions by ensuring class leading content alongside our leadership in technology. Together this makes a powerful combination and by owning significant games content we will maximize both revenue and earnings across the value chain. In newly regulated markets both in Europe and other territories such as Canada, Ash Gaming’s content is set to gain considerable traction."

With Ash Gaming now a part of the Playtech empire it is expected that the online gaming firm will be able to increase the quality of the online gaming options that they provide to front end online casinos. Playtech is already well known for providing superior products to the online casino industry. Ash Gaming was founded in 2002 and specialises in innovation within the online gaming sphere.

This is good news for players at William Hill, which is powered by Playtech, as this means that their games are going to soon be seeing the innovations that Ash Gaming has become famous for. Players can expect to find that their favourite games are going to be even more fun to play in the near future.