Stalingrad is a real-time strategy based on the modified Blitzkrieg engine. The game tells a story of one of the most dramatic periods of World War II and covers all major events from June 1942 till January 1943. The game consists out of two campaigns. During the first one players will lead the advancing German forces and after that will assume the role of a Soviet commander, whose aim is to liberate the city and smash the 6th Army of Wehrmacht...

Team 6 has released a demo for their helicopter action game Elite Heli Defender giving you the chance to try out the game for 60 minutes, featuring 2 missions and 1 helicopter. Read more for details, screens and download links ...

Team 6 has released a demo for their racing game ATV Mud Racing giving you the chance to try out 1 track, 2 ATV's. Read more for details, screens and download links ...

Valve's Gabe Newell has been known to trickle out little information about Half-Life 2's progress now and then on the HL2Fallout.com forums, and it seems he did again just that Friday night. After a long night of partying or not, Gabe has posted a short blurb simply stating "We're going gold monday..." Various online retailers have been changing the HL2 release date in their db's to early September over the past week, and it seems, for once, they may be right.

Update: Seems this was a fake/hacked forum post... bummer!

Valusoft has released a demo for SCS Soft's truck driving game '18 Wheels of Steel: Across America' giving you the chance to try out the full game for 60 minutes, after which you must purchase a reg key to unlock and continue (thanks 3DGamers). Read more for download links ..

The Leisure Suit Larry videogame franchise began in 1987 with The Land of the Lounge Lizards, the first of seven games in the series. Since then, the Leisure Suit Larry games have sold more than 35 millions of units worldwide and its games are considered collector items. Leisure Suit Larry: Magna Cum Laude is scheduled for release on next-generation consoles and the PC in late 2004.

Set during the "New Generation" era of Robotech, Invasion is a first-person shooter that features transforming Cyclone motorbikes and Invid alien fighters. Other features include progressive scan support, widescreen mode, and 16-person online play. Developed by Vicious Cycle, the team behind BattleCry. Read more for new screens...

NovaLogic has released a beta version of the Joint Operations mission editor, fgiving the mod community the chance to to create and modify maps for their 3D multiplayer action game. "N.I.L.E (NovaLogic Interactive Level Editor) allows users to place and edit objects in real time in 3D mode or 2D mode, as well as add waypoints, spawn points, buildings, vehicles, foliage, AAS style bases, decorations, and particle effects, and adjust sky height, water level, fog distance, the time of day, and more (thanks 3DGamers). Read more for download links ...

Atari today announced that Forgotten Realms: Demon Stone, an action adventure game set in the popular Dungeons & Dragons world created by Wizards of the Coast, has gone gold. Demon Stone for the PlayStation2 is scheduled to ship to retailers on September 14 for an estimated retail price of $49.95. Demon Stone will be available for the Xbox and PC in November.

Gamers can enlist for a second tour of duty on the intense front lines of WWII with Call of Duty: United Offensive. Delivering a compelling, all-new single player campaign filled with new weapons, character abilities and other expanded features, Call of Duty: United Offensive also offers a robust multiplayer experience introducing new maps and modes of play. Read more for new screens or check the multiplayer trailer...