Inevitably, as we all roll out of our beds in 2004 the games industry instinctively begins to speculate on the year ahead. Sony’s PSP and the Nintendo DS guarantee a fierce handheld battle in the run up to Christmas, but on the established formats there is one battle that is really going to let rip this year – the war of the padless game.

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 :

• Worms Forts: Under Siege - Trailer
• Knights Of The Old Republic II: The Sith Lords - Trailer
• Fate Of Ages - Trailer

Tabula Rasa is the latest massively multiplayer entertainment experience to come from the legendary creative mind of Richard Garriott and the all-star team of industry professionals at Destination Games. Developed from the ground up to be stable, fast and fun, Tabula Rasa represents a refreshing new approach to the design of multiplayer online games.

Sly 2: Band of Thieves is a comic crime caper, action-adventure game designed exclusively for the PS2. Sly 2: Band of Thieves incorporates many of Sucker Punch's signature talents including award winning toon-shaded animation and art direction, visual style, immersive storylines, strong characters, and highly interactive worlds.

The Incredibles tells the story of a family of undercover superheroes that are trying to live a quiet, suburban life, but are forced back into action in order to save the world. The game is expected to launch simultaneously with the film, which will hit theaters on November 5, 2004. The Incredibles videogame will bring action and adventure to the PS2, Xbox, GameCube, PC/Mac, and GBA this fall.

Star Wars Battlefront is an intense open-ended multiplayer action game set in the Star Wars universe due out this fall for the PS2, Xbox and the PC. Star Wars Battlefront will put fans and gamers in the heat of the action as they re-live all of the epic battles from the classic and prequel eras of the Star Wars universe. Read more for some new screens ...

Capcom Entertainment today announced its plans to launch a North American television advertising program in support of its upcoming June release Mega Man titles: Mega Man Anniversary Collection for both the PlayStation2 and the GameCube, and Mega Man Battle Network 4 in two versions- Red Sun and Blue Moon both for the Game Boy Advance video game system.

Blizzard today announced plans to expand and evolve the design of its upcoming tactical-action console game, StarCraft: Ghost. "We are very committed to StarCraft: Ghost as a major part of our lineup," stated Mike Morhaime, Blizzard Entertainment president and co-founder. "As a result, we plan to build additional time into the schedule to polish the game until it meets the high standards that our customers have come to expect from Blizzard products. We are sorry to disappoint players with a delayed launch but are confident that we will deliver a great game with the additional development time."

Sammy Studios today unveiled two new characters and a weapon from its upcoming Xbox Live Kung-Fu brawler, "Iron Phoenix." The first ever 16-player online fighting game, “Iron Phoenix” brings a new experience to Xbox Live with team combat in massive arenas and a fight system where moves and combos are dictated by weapons.