"Forza Motorsport" gives Xbox gamers who are passionate about cars and racing the opportunity to own, customize, and race their favorite cars in a realistic driving simulation. From sport compacts to LeMans prototypes, players use earnings from hundreds of races to buy upgrades and aftermarket parts so they can transform real production cars into high-performance race cars.

According to the Wall Street Journal, Ubisoft and Electronic Arts are holding talks two months after Ubisoft dismissed EA's acquisition of a near-20 percent stake in the French video game maker as "hostile." While there is no official comment from either side, the talks are still preliminary and running parallel with other approaches that family-run Ubisoft is making, such as the recent 10% capital reinforcement by the Guillemot controlled Guillemot Brothers S.A, to bring their shares up to 22%.

Based on Luo Guanzhong's historical novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms, the Dynasty Warriors series of action games takes players back in time and onto the battlefields of Ancient China. In the games, players experience the thrill of fighting single-handedly against nearly endless legions of enemy soldiers in historical battles that shaped an empire.

CustomPlay Golf is the first game to focus on creating and playing your own golf course and for the first time golf can be played using the PlayMail this allows you to email a playable demo of any of your holes to your friends, which they will be able to play "even" if they don't yet own the game...!

10tacle Studios and SimBin Development Team AB are pleased to announce that the coming international release of GTR – FIA GT Racing Game, will include complete support for TrackIR 3 with Vector Expansion. Oregon-based NaturalPoint Inc.'s TrackIR 3 with Vector Expansion is a high-performance head tracking system that is the standard by which 3D view control is measured. This small, easy to use device makes your GT car cockpit come to life.

Midway today announced the newest addition to the company's Midway Arcade Treasures franchise, Midway Arcade Treasures 3. The third installment in the successful Midway Arcade Treasures series, Midway Arcade Treasures 3 follows in the wake of million unit seller, Midway Arcade Treasures and the 2004 holiday hit, Midway Arcade Treasures 2.

Midway today announced that Area 51 is currently in development for the PC and is scheduled to ship in April 2005 alongside its console counterparts. Developed internally by Midway Studios Austin, the game features intense first-person shooting action, a secret alien base on earth, government cover-ups and a blockbuster Hollywood cast, proving AREA 51 is a must-have game for players of any system.

Stalingrad, a real-time strategy based on the modified Blitzkrieg engine, 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. Consisting out of two campaigns, the first will have you lead the advancing German forces and the second you take the role of a Soviet commander, whose aim is to liberate the city and smash the 6th Army of Wehrmacht. This demo features a Red Army mission from Chapter 1 and an Axis mission from Chapter 2. Read more for download links ...

When Europa Universalis II was released in 2001 it conquered the world and became a global bestseller. Paradox Interactive is now working with Pocket PC Studios to adapt the critically acclaimed title to handheld platforms like Palm OS, Nintendo DS and Windows CE. Read more for details ...

AirStrike II: Gulf Thunder is a fresh sequel to AirStrike II, arguably the most exciting 3D indie helicopter combat action game ever released. The new sequel follows in the footsteps of its ‘parent’ and takes it to the limit. Read more for details and download links ...

Uncommon Valor is a completely new operational game covering the campaigns for New Guinea, New Britain, New Ireland and the Solomon chain from May 1942 to the end of December 1943. Matrix Games and 2 by 3 Games released the final update for Uncommon Valor, which adds a few new elements found in the 'sequel' game War in the Pacific and fixes a few issues reported since the last update.

In Battlefield 2, players will choose to fight for one of three military superpowers: the United States, China, or the newly formed Middle East Coalition. Armed with the latest modern weaponry, players can take control of any of the game's 30+ vehicles to engage in major conflicts with over 100 players in some of the largest online battles on the PC. Check these new screens...

Stolen is an ultra realistic, third person, stealth-based, action game based around a high-tech female thief. Along with innovative high-tech stealth/robbery game actions and events, Stolen also boasts some truly amazing technical and presentational features to give it a spectacular look that will captivate gamers.

Ubisoft and Disney Interactive today announced the launch of Disney's Winnie the Pooh's Rumbly Tumbly Adventure. The game features Winnie the Pooh, one of Disney's most beloved properties, and a great birthday adventure in the Hundred Acre Wood. Rated 'E' for everyone, the game is releasing on the PS2, GameCube and GBA

Combining fast paced action with strategic battle planning, Darwinia features a novel and intuitive control mechanism, a graphical style ripped from '80s retro classics, and a story concerning a tribe of video game sprites trapped in a modern 3D game world. Darwinia has gone gold and will be available in less than 3 weeks.

While it has been known for some weeks now, there has not been an official announcement, until today. CDV Software announced today that Codename: Panzers, Phase Two, the sequel to CDV's critically acclaimed WWII real-time strategy title, Codename: Panzers, Phase One, is in development for the PC and is scheduled to invade U.S. retail stores in June 2005. Read more for details and screens ...

Konami America today announced it has shipped Yu-Gi-Oh! 7 Trials to Glory: World Championship Tournament 2005 for the Nintendo Game Boy Advance to retail stores nationwide.

Tekken 5 promises to deliver the ultimate, most visually stunning fighting game experience ever seen in a Tekken game. Tekken 5 brings back the popular cast of characters from the previous Tekken games, along with three new characters, for a total of 20 default characters to start and more to unlock as players progress in the game. Tekken 5 allows players to use their fight money to customize their characters with various accessories such as hats, glasses and an assortment of different costumes.

Konami America today announced that NanoBreaker for the PS2 has shipped to retail stores nationwide. Developed by Koji Igarashi, the producer of the legendary Castlevania series, NanoBreaker puts a unique shape-shifting Plasma Blade into the hands of gamers as they rip their way through an extraordinary sci-fi world to defend humankind from annihilation.