Peter Tyson, the Community Liaison Manager renowned for his work on Dragon Empires, is leaving to forge his own empire in New Zealand with his wife-to-be and is being replaced by Senior QA Technician Samantha 'Satine' Russell. Read more for details..

Topheavy Studios and Gathering today announced The Guy Game, a new video game based around the insanity that is Spring Break. Available in August for the PS2 and Xbox, The Guy Game was shot live on location on South Padre Island during Spring Break, and challenges players to match wits with over 60 attractive co-eds, all of whom are set on showing off their best "assets."

GMX Media announced today that it has secured the publishing rights to the RPG title "Seal Of Evil." Developed by Object Software, previously known for Prince of Qin, Seal of Evil combines ancient Chinese history some 2000 years ago with Chinese legend. Read more for details...

Yuke's is working on a SmackDown game that will add new features and bring enhanced graphics to the series. WWE SmackDown! vs. Raw will combine characters from the WWE's Smackdown! and Raw franchises. Expected release date is holiday season 2004. Check out these screens ...

Forgotten Realms: Demon Stone is an action adventure game set in the popular D&D world created by Wizards of the Coast. Forgotten Realms: Demon Stone will place players in the middle of a heated battle between two demonic armies set to overrun the world of Faerun. Check out these new screens ...

Another day, another batch of game trailers were released. Instead of giving them all their own posts, we grouped them, and so far there are trailers for :

• NBA Live 2005 - Trailers (2)
• Rocky Legends - Trailer
• Burnout 3: Takedown - Trailer #7
• Johnny Whatever - Trailer
• Milo and the Rainbow Nasties - Trailer

Battlefield: Pirates is a mod for EA's Battlefield 1942. The new beta 3 version includes tons of fixes, plenty of new maps, weapons and boats. Read more for download links ...

Ultima Online: Samurai Empire marks a new era in the legendary online RPG as it expands to include a new exotic land to explore and two deadly professions to master. Check the freshly-launched official web site, or read more for new screens ...

Metalheart: Replicants Rampage provides a strong sci-fi story with intriguing cyberpunk influences, sophisticated turn-based combat, random quest generator with the unbelievable tasks variations, a complex character parameter system, and plenty of other wonders to make hardcore RPG fans amazed.

Warthog Games have been letting their imagination and creative juices go wild over the last few months in developing new IPs. Today they announced Johnny Whatever, based in an Orwellian future England, which will be available for all next-gen consoles. Read on for more details and some early screens ...

While the existence of Rayman 4 is not really a big secret (it was alluded to a year ago), more details have emerged today as a Ubisoft forum administrator confirmed that Rayman 4 has been in the works since Rayman 3 was released in 2003. The administrator says we will surely see Globox again, and maybe an alliance between Rayman's former enemies, as none have really been "killed." He promises more details later on, but for now we have to settle for the fact that it will be released "before 2007." If you speak French, head over over to the RaymanZone forum.

Activision has not released much information about Neversoft Interactive's Tony Hawk's Underground 2. THUG2 will feature two titles in one, a story mode part much like last year's THUG, as well as the classic mode. Not many details are available, aside from it being expected in stores sometime in October 2004. In the meantime, check out these six screens ...

SEGA of America today announced the release of Puyo Pop Fever exclusively for the GameCube. The latest version of SEGA's signature brainteaser comes from Sonic Team with wacky new puzzle pieces and a combo-crazy Fever Mode. Here are a few more screens ...

Namco announced today that the innovative action game, Katamari Damacy, will be coming to the U.S. market in September. The ever expanding, article accumulating, swiftly swelling sphere game that is fun for the whole family is set to ship exclusively on the PS2. Check out these screens ...

Iridon Interactive and XS Games LLC have announced an agreement that will see XS Games publish Pure Pinball for the Xbox throughout North America, with distribution handled by Take 2 Interactive. Got a whole slew of screens today ...

Capcom today announced the release of Crimson Tears for the PS2. Crimson Tears is a futuristic 3D action game set in Tokyo, year 2049. Players take on the role of one of three inhuman “biological war weapons” that must battle hordes of enemies and maneuver through maze like environments as they investigate the cause of a mysterious disaster that has left the city incapacitated. Crimson Tears is now available at retailers across North America.

Ubisoft has released a patch for 1C Maddox's Sturmovik: the Forgotten Battles addon, IL-2 Forgotten Battles: Ace Expansion Pack. This update brings your retail game to v2.04 and fixes flight and damage models, improves AI, and addresses the usual game tweaks and bug fixes. Read more for details and download links ...

Answering the demands of the series' ardent fans, PC players won't have to wait for a bespoke edition after a console release: Colin McRae Rally 2005 will bring heart-racing rally action to PC screens simultaneously with the console editions in late September. Take a gander at these new screens ...

Jowood has released a new patch for Phenomic Game Development's 3D RTS/RPG game SpellForce: the Order of Dawn. This update patch brings the game to v1.35 (for the original, as well as the Breath Of Winter expansion pack) and provides improved AI, removes several bugs and fixes crashes. Read more for detailed fix list and download links ...