Monster Hunter is an exciting new online action game for the PS2, offering gamers the challenge of exploring vastly detailed environments confronting mammoth creatures and completing the numerous quests that await them. The game can be enjoyed either single player offline or four player online. Monster Hunter is scheduled for release throughout North America in the fall 2004.

GMX Media has today announced that Seal of Evil – an epic mythological RPG for PC –CD ROM has finally gone gold and is set for a UK release on October 15, 2004. Read on for some more screenies ...

The Moment of Silence is a high-tech political thriller. Players step into the shoes of Peter Wright, a communications designer currently working on the Government's 'Freedom of Speech' campaign. When a SWAT team storms his neighbour's apartment, it is Peter's job to uncover the truth behind his mysterious disappearance.

ShellShock: Nam '67 depicts the true horrors of the Vietnam War for the first time in a video game. ShellShock: Nam '67 focuses on one man's experience of the most controversial war of modern times. You take on the role of a rookie soldier on his first tour of duty as he experiences the fear, chaos and atrocities of the Vietnam War.

Master Creating announced today that Restricted Area has gone gold in Germany, and is expected in stores October 1st, no word on the English version yet. Restricted Area' is an action-based roleplaying game with realtime combat, which combines a fascinating gameplay similar to Diablo 2 with innovative technology, tactic-shooter elements and a dark future scenario.

Through both on- and offline gameplay, players will be able to tear it up anywhere and blaze their own trail, choosing from more than 24 highly detailed ATVs - including six competing ATVs in all singleplayer and multiplayer modes that offer varied gameplay. With visually stunning backgrounds featuring water and mud effects and fully interactive objects and instances such as ramps, tires, cones and trees, ATV Offroad Fury 3 will include a new short track, one-day events and Olympic championships.

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 :

• Terrorist Takedown - Trailer

Konami today announced that Gradius V for the PS2 has shipped to retail outlets nationwide. In celebration of the game's release, Konami will host a national online high score contest where players can win exclusive Gradius memorabilia and prizes including a special "Gradius V Breakdown Director's Cut" DVD.

'Outlaw Golf 2' will be even more raunchy with all new courses, new characters (and old favorites), golf cart stunt driving, enhanced AI and controls, and an all new way to beat up your caddie to regain your composure. Check out the details so you'll know what to expect when the game releases this October.

Based on the Emmy Award-winning TV drama, "Law & Order", Law & Order: Justice is Served immerses players in a murder mystery involving a young female tennis star. Featuring two phases of exciting & challenging gameplay, players join their favorite stars from the TV show to first solve the crime and then try the case.

Rocky Legends will let players experience the pummelling action and untold backstories that lead up to the events chronicled in the blockbuster Rocky movies. Read more for new screens & trailer.

Atari today announced that the highly anticipated Forgotten Realms: Demon Stone, an action game set in the popular Dungeons & Dragons world created by Wizards of the Coast, is now available at retail outlets nationwide. Demon Stone for the PlayStation2 is retailing for an estimated price of $49.95 and is rated "T" for Teen. Demon Stone is expected to become available for the Xbox and PC.

SCEA announced the launch of Sly 2: Band of Thieves, a comic crime, action-adventure designed exclusively for the PS2. Created by Seattle-based developer, Sucker Punch Productions, Sly 2: Band of Thieves builds upon team-based thievery, immersive storylines, highly interactive environments and features cel-shaded illustrated rendering technology, innovative character designs and variety of gameplay.

THQ and Nickelodeon today announced that The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron Boy Genius: Attack of the Twonkies for the PS2, GameCube and GBA has shipped to retail outlets throughout North America. A television movie with the same storyline will air on Nickelodeon on November 11, the same week it releases for home video/DVD.

Dreamcatcher has released a patch for People Can Fly's FPS, Painkiller. This update brings your retail game to v1.3.5 and updates all scripts and engines for full compatibility with 1.35 Editor and Tools. The patch also addresses a few minor security fixes and changes. Read more for download links and details ...

Today, Majesco shipped Guilty Gear X2 #Reload for the Xbox to retailers nationwide. Available for a suggested retail price of $19.95, Guilty Gear X2 #Reload features Xbox Live support, offering players head-to-head competition, real-time global rankings, and community support of voice and friends.

Prince of Persia: Warrior Within features a deep, mysterious storyline starring a darker, edgier Prince who is vigilant in his quest to unseal his mortal destiny. Read more for further details and some screens ...

For the new season, the Club Football 2005 range is bigger and bolder with a new game engine to power faster and more responsive gameplay. With twice the amount of official team content in each game, great skill moves and new game modes including Career, Practice and classic Scenarios, the new Club Football 2005 range will bring players even closer to the heart of the action and the heart of their team.

TimeGate Studios delivers a breathtaking world of magical splendour, heroic deeds, and fearsome enemies with Kohan II: Kings of War, a fantasy-based real-time strategy game. Presented in beautifully rendered 3D, Kohan II: Kings of War allows gamers to lay siege to enemy cities, explore fantastic realms, fight strange creatures, and build a world-spanning empire.

Sony Online today announced that EverQuest: Omens of War, a new expansion for the incredibly popular PC MMORPG, EverQuest, is now available. This expansion takes advantage of a new, next-generation graphics engine that allows players to experience the new areas of the game in unprecedented graphical splendor.

Activision has announced that Call of Duty: United Offensive has shipped to retail outlets nationwide. The highly anticipated expansion pack to Infinity Ward's Call of Duty brings the cinematic intensity of the brand to unprecedented heights with more action than ever before.

Project: Snowblind is a the first-person action shooter putting you in the role of an elite super soldier, fighting on the front lines of a near-future war using unique weapons, abilities and high-tech gadgetry that inject depth and variety to gameplay. Currently in development by Crystal Dynamics, Project: Snowblind places unique emphasis to its intensive multiplayer and online play modes and will be available for the PS2, Xbox and PC this Winter.

The clash between the popular characters of SNK and CAPCOM comes to the Xbox. This time SNK takes the baton from the previously released "Capcom vs SNK" to again bring players the dream match of fighting games, all with the unique SNK touch. An incredible clash of 36 characters from world famous SNK and Capcom franchises such as Fatal Fury, Samurai Shodown, The King of Fighters and Street Fighter.

World of Warcraft is an online role-playing experience set in the award-winning Warcraft universe. Players assume the roles of Warcraft heroes as they explore, adventure, and quest across a vast world. Whether adventuring together or fighting against each other in epic battles, players will form friendships, forge alliances, and compete with enemies for power and glory.

Spy Fiction is a fully 3D stealth-action game combining exciting espionage action with a thrilling storyline. Spy Fiction delivers a brand new experience with the ability to steal identifying characteristics and assume the identity of any character in the game.

S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl brings to life the actual Chernobyl terrain in the year 2012 - six years after a mysterious second explosion rocks the landscape. As a "stalker" exploring the vast "Exclusion Zone" to procure artifacts for the black market, players must survive mutant creatures, dangerous anomalous areas, competing "stalkers" and a military charged with quarantining the 30 square kilometer area.