Atlus U.S.A. announced today that it has shipped Spike's action-packed adventure game, Samurai Western, to retailers nationwide, From the creators of the original Tenchu and The Way of the Samurai series, Samurai Western is an enhanced version of the Japanese game that was released earlier in the year.

After the initial North American patch, Atari has now also released the first patch for the European edition of Deep Shadows' FPS/RPG Boiling Point: Road to Hell. This patch 1 is quite a bit larger than the US version and addresses various game bugs, crashes and other adjustments. Read more for detailed fix list and download links ...

Rockstar Games is pleased to announce that Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas for the Xbox and for the PC is now available at retailers throughout North America. Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas for the Xbox and PC will be in stores in Europe on June 10th, 2005.

Taxi 3: eXtreme Rush is a high end racing game in which you dash frantically through the city of London in order to pick up and drop off passengers. Team6 has released a single/multiplayer demo allowing you to try out a short street and drag race with two available cars. This updated demo adds a new track and a new car (both not available in the original demo), improved city design, and improved network speed for online multiplayer games. Read more for download links.

Drive'n Kill is an arcade car shooter. The gamer is one of the new world explorers where you get the opportunity to earn money on the armed car. But danger and lots of enemies are waiting for him in the new world. The gameplay is divided into sequence of missions, during which you get credits for enemy kills and bonus catching. Inbetween missions the car can be upgraded in the shop

Dragonshard will incorporate classic role-playing themes, a powerful and dynamic real-time strategy engine all woven together with a rich storyline involving a global conflict for an immensely powerful artifact with the power to change the fate of Eberron itself.

RABCAT is currently working on a considerable amount of photorealistic and true to original cars for Atari's upcoming next generation racing game Test Drive Unlimited, under developed by Eden Games for the X360.

City Interactive is working on a sequel to ita budget shooter Battlestrike: Road to Berlin. The Siege is scheduled for this release in Europe coming August and will give players another 12 new missions in which you once again will take up arms against Nazis. This time around you will not only switch between battle tanks, airplanes or act as a sniper, but also get thrown in naval battles and be positioned on ships. More details to come shortly ...

Capcom’s survival horror game Resident Evil 4 has sold more than half a million units since its debut on January 11. According to The NPD Group’s sales tracking report, the game claimed the number one position for its launch month of January this year and sales have continued to hold strong.

A first-person shooter with strong RPG elements. The plot originates in the near future when mankind is faced with a new threat – the ancient and powerful civilization of Geaa, striving for domination of the whole planet. Only one civilization will remain...

Virtue Games is a multimedia game development studio that plans to change the mediocrity associated with Christian games. They have brought together a team of highly experienced professionals, from computer industry graphics experts to Hollywood special effects gurus, to produce the highest quality Christian computer games to date.

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 :

• Codename Panzers: Phase Two - Preview Trailer
• SpecForce Chrome - E3 2005 Trailer
• Sudden Strike III: Arms for Victory - Trailer
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  We will update this throughout the day when new trailers become available. Read more for download links ...

The Adventure Company, a leading publisher of adventure games, today announced Still Life has shipped to North American retailers for the Xbox. The investigative thriller is developed by award-winning adventure game creator, Microids.

Destineer has released the first patch for its squad based shooter Close Combat: First to Fight, set in a Middle-Eastern urban conflict. This update brings your retail game to v1.02 and adds a dedicated server, enhances observer mode, fixes portfolio and save deletion functions, addresses a rare crash, as well as an AMD SSE issue.

Blizzard today announced that its MMORPG World of Warcraft has officially launched in China. Players in China can now download the game, create accounts and experience the epic adventure of the Warcraft series in an immersive and continually evolving online environment. Needless to say, expect more downtime ...

KOEI today announced that Romance of the Three Kingdoms X has reached gold status and will ship to North American retailers on June 21st, 2005.

Magic Hat Software announced today that the Open Beta for its MMORPG Irth Online begins today and runs through July 5, 2005. Gamers are encouraged to apply for the Open Beta on the Irth Online website.

Fantastic 4 is the only game that allows you to harness the Marvel Super Heroes' unique and amazing powers through a compelling single-player or two-player co-operative team based gameplay experience, based on the 20th Century Fox feature film.

A wet, wild and totally soaked new expansion pack to RollerCoaster Tycoon 3 will ride into stores this June. RollerCoaster Tycoon 3: Soaked!, the first expansion pack to RollerCoaster Tycoon 3 will let players create and control their own water parks for the first time.

The official Paraworld website has word that Sunflowers/SEK's RTS game Paraworld has been pushed back from its original Q4 2005 release date to Q1 2006. The reason for the delay was that after adding the uber-units, the so-called titans, the game needs additional balancing time, and also additional time to implement the physics engine.