The original Hidden & Dangerous was released in 1999 to widespread acclaim, and was the forerunner for the squad-based tactical action game. With sales in excess of one million copies, Hidden & Dangerous established itself as a leading title in the genre.

Atari will bring Boiling Point: Road to Hell, previously known as Xenus, to the personal computer in Spring 2005. Boiling Point: Road to Hell will combine intense armed combat with exploration and interaction with a vast and seamless open-ended gaming world. Boiling Point: Road to Hell is in development by Ukrainian developer Deep Shadows and is scheduled for release in Spring 2005.

Tecmo announced today that its new powerhouse online fighter, Dead or Alive Ultimate (DOAU) for the Xbox has gone gold and is set to kick off into stores later this month.

Vivendi Universal Games today announced that Half-Life 2 will ship to retail outlets around the world in November. The Company confirmed that Half-Life 2, developed by Valve Software, has gone gold with a planned retail street date of November 16, 2004. The countdown to the highly anticipated retail street date has begun around the world, as VU Games completes plans to ship localized versions of Half-Life 2 simultaneously in English, French, Spanish, Italian, German, Traditional and Simplified Chinese, Korean, Thai and Japanese

THQ today announced that fans' anticipation of an all-encompassing off-road experience will become a reality in "MX vs. ATV Unleashed," coming to the PlayStation 2 and Xbox in February 2005. "MX vs. ATV Unleashed" will build on the overwhelming success of "MX Unleashed," combining Rainbow Studio's knowledge of all-terrain vehicles to create an off-road masterpiece that will redefine the action-racing genre.

We reported last week that Return To Mysterious Island had gone gold, but today, Dreamcatcher has released 10 new screens for the title. Read more to check 'em out ...

Knight Rider 2 will contain more action, in-game animations, special effects and dialogue than its predecessor. Davilex has released a multilanguage demo for Knight Rider 2, featuring 3 missions (Chopper pt.2, The Mountains & The Compound). Read more for download links ...

Rockstar Games and Interscope Records announced today the release of a soundtrack to Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, the next installment in the best-selling Grand Theft Auto franchise. The double CD and 8 CD box set are scheduled for release on November 23rd in the US and November 22nd in Europe.

In the year 2093 the Nazi's control Earth after winning the Second World War. They appear to possess a time machine, which gives them ultimate power. As one of the members of the conspiracy, you decide to move back to the year 1944 to change the course of the war. Unfortunately the mathematical calculations fail and instead of landing in the time machine room you find yourself just outside the snowy castle.

Medieval Lords takes aspiring city governors to the middle ages, combining rich city-building challenges with evolving military forces to defend against relentless attacks from neighboring enemies. A first for the genre, Medieval Lords features a full 3D engine that enables innovative new gameplay elements. The city building game genre will take on a whole new dimension when Monte Cristo Games ships "Medieval Lords: Build, Defend, Expand" in Fall 2004.

Hardcore strategy gamers around the world should begin to stock up on massive amounts of caffeine and sugar laden food and beverages, for 2005 looks to be the Year of Insomnia. It is with great pleasure that upon this day Shrapnel Games and Illwinter Game Design would like to announce that work has begun on Dominions III, the direct sequel to the multi-award winning Dominions II: The Ascension Wars.

Project Three Interactive has the first patch for the 3D isometric RPG Kult: Heretic Kingdoms. The patch upgrades Kult to v1.1 and fixes all problems with containers and even contains a major improvement in using the containers. Several other minor problems will be solved with the patch a.o. some Spanish version bugs and a memory usage issue.

'Truckers Tycoon' is a new economical strategy, in which player will try himself out in a role of a transport empire owner. Management of staff and goods transportation flow, search and realization of opportunities for company development, strategic business planning, improvement of car park and solution finding for everyday problems.

The release of the PC version of Championship Manager 5 will not now take place in October. Eidos is continuing to work towards release of the PC version of the game shortly before Christmas, although this may extend into the New Year. As previously stated, the XBox and PS2 versions of Championship Manager 5 remain firmly on track for release in Spring 2005 and the online version will be available through subscription shortly after the PC game's release.

SCRAPLAND is an action game. In third-person, the player controls D-Tritus when he goes on foot and his gunship when he pilots on Chimera streets. The player, by hacking into the GDB, can transform himself into 15 different characters, acquiring then the special ability of every one of them. The player can also drive any gunship he finds and can create his own collection of unique gunships, freely combining pieces he finds aboard the ship.

Vivendi has released a beta version of the development kit for Irrational Games' sci-fi FPS Tribes: Vengeance. Included in this kit is source code that can be used to compile of all of the scripts used in Tribes: Vengeance. You can modify, extend and reference these scripts in order to create customizations, mutators and modifications (thanks 3DGamers). Read more for download links ...

Trauma Studios might no longer be on the project since they got bought by DICE, but that does not mean the end of the BF1942 'Desert Combat' mod. A new Desert Combat Final client and win32/Linux server files are now available offering tons of game balacing, bug fixes, new/updated sound/texture, and several new vehicles. Read more for download links and get those servers ready!

Star Wolves is a 3D space RPG with strategy elements. The game thrusts players into a world of freelance space hunters in the XXI-XXII Century A.D. during a time of political crisis for the all-powerful Empire and the three mega-corporations that control all the known worlds.

Space Rangers 2 is a mix of intense space RPG laced with 3D RTS action planetside. 200 years after the first chapter of Space Rangers, a new, even more dangerous threat arises in the galaxy. A key planet in producing war androids has become self-aware with their own intellect and force of will, bent on conquering the galaxy one planet at a time.

Zuzzexx has put up the product page for FOC Development Group/Reality Pump Studios' RTS World War II: Panzer Claws II revealing info & screens from. 'Panzer Claws II' depicts the struggles of armoured and mechanized units in a World War II scenario. All missions take place in Europe between 1941 and 1944. The game spans the German attack on the Soviet Union through to other important battles on the Eastern Front, operations in France and Italy to the German offensive in the Ardennes.