Activision Value Publishing is taking the virtual hunt to unprecedented levels with Cabela's Big Game Hunter 2005 Adventures, the first story-driven hunting adventure.

Listen up, partner. Megaman and his pals, Axl and Zero are calling for your help. The evil cyborg Sigma wants to destroy the world. He must be defeated. Megaman must prevail. Join the battle!

Mastiff today announced that they have entered into agreements with Viacom Consumer Products and Titus to re-release games under the Top Gun brand. Under the agreements, Mastiff will publish Top Gun: Combat Zones for PS2, GameCube and Game Boy Advance, and Top Gun: Firestorm for Game Boy Advance. The games will be available at major retailers for a special low price in time for the holiday season.

A few weeks back BAM! Entertainment and developer Rebellion announced a publishing deal to bring Judge Dredd: Dredd Vs. Death. to North America, scheduled for this November 2004. Today Bam! updated their release schedule reflecting the game has been pushed back on all platforms until February 2005.

Project Three Interactive has the first patch for the 3D isometric RPG Kult: Heretic Kingdoms. The patch upgrades Kult to v1.2 and fixes several minor graphic problems and some occasional crashes, this version includes all previous v1.1 fixes and applies for all languages. Read more for download links ...

Merscom LLC today announced that it will distribute "Steel Saviour" on behalf of its sister company SR-71 Games. Developed by Italian team Atlanteq s.r.l., "Steel Saviour" has experienced strong sales in North America via electronic software download and at retail in Germany and Russia.

Vivendi's community liaison Guy Welch has put up a post on the TribalWar forums revealing that a new v1.2 update patch for Irrationals multiplayer shooter Tribes: Vengeance is currently being tested, and will be released in December. " The update will include fixes to known map "holes," implementation of PunkBuster Online Countermeasures and several other fixes." Of course we will have it available on our fileserver network as soon as its released.

Publisher Strategy First Inc. and developer Stardock are pleased to announce that Galactic Civilizations: Altarian Prophecy Expansion Pack has shipped to retailers nationwide.

Ascaron has released a new patch for exDream Ent's sci-fi RTS game Arena Wars. This update patch brings your retail game to v1.2 and improves lag behaviour, applies some more balance tweaks, and includes half a dozen bug fixes. An updated demo is also available. Read more for download links ...

Based on the DC Comics/Vertigo Hellblazer graphic novels, the supernatural thriller Constantine tells the story of John Constantine, a man who has literally been to hell and back. Constantine is being developed by Bits Studios and is based on the upcoming Warner Bros. Pictures film starring Keanu Reeves, due in February 2005.

A few years after disaster was barely averted on Dinosaur Planet, Lylat Central Command gets wind of a new threat spreading throughout the solar system. The Star Fox team is sent in to engage this new enemy but what begins as a standard combat mission quickly takes a drastic turn. Classic team members, Fox McCloud, Slippy Toad, Peppy Hare and Falco Lombardi, join forces with some new faces to create the most formidable team in the history of this celebrated series: the Star Fox armada!

Marvel Enterprises is suing two firms behind a computer superhero role-playing game it claims allows players to make virtual characters that are too similar to "The Hulk," "X-Men" and other heroes in the comic book company's stable.

Deep Silver and Egosoft are delighted to confirm further details on the impending launch of X²: The Return. The expansion pack adds many exciting new features and involves players in a thrilling new storyline. Read more for details and new screens..

Nippon Ichi Software, Inc. announced today its plans to release Phantom Kingdom in Japan, exclusively for the PlayStation2.

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 :

• Killer 7 - TGS 2004 Trailer
• Death By Degrees - Trailer
• Call Of Duty: Finest Hour - Trailer (2)
• Road to Fame - Intro Movie

EA GAMES’ GoldenEye: Rogue Agent has gone gold for the PlayStation2, Xbox, and GameCube and is scheduled for release November 22, 2004.

Mythic Entertainment today announced that Dark Age of Camelot: Catacombs has gone gold. This latest expansion to Dark Age of Camelot, Catacombs elevates player model graphics into a leadership role in the MMORPG market with stunning detail and the ability for players to customize their characte's appearance. In addition, Private Adventuring areas challenge players to solo or group quest through unique and challenging dungeons. Players can now also choose to play five new player classes and experience the game from a new perspective.

Atari has released the European version of the RollerCoaster Tycoon 3 beta patch. This beta patch adds some new features and addresses a slew of instability issues, bug fixes and various other game tweaks. Read more for download links and detailed fix list ....

Massive Ent has finally released the downloadable version of the first patch for its 3D RTS 'Ground Control II: Operation Exodus.' This update brings your retail game to v1.0.0.8. and adds new interface and chat options, server auto-kick functionality, balance tweaks, the usual bug & crash fixes, etc. Read more for detailed fix list and download links...

Monte Cristo Games and Focus are working on a sequel to last year's strategy game Fire Department (known in the US as Emergency Fire Response). Fire Department 2 will feature a lot of improvements and new features such as multiplayer capabilities, better AI, control over a larger amount of units, improved graphics, five campaigns, and, of course, more realism. Read more for some new screens ...