http://irrlicht.sourceforge.net/downloads.html
This looks realy promissing!
Features include
FREE!
an XBOX development kit
Cross platform, Linux, MAC, and WIN
Cool tech demo!
lots of plugins!
Direct X 8 or 9, Open GL!
Woo hoo! Looks cool!
it has plugs for Python,Java, and a few other languages…
here is a nice free way to learn game creation.