Ubisoft, one of the world’s largest videogame publishers today announced that the Pacific Fighters gold master has gone into production. From the creators of the critically acclaimed IL-2 series, Pacific Fighters will ship for PC at the end of October with an ESRB rating of Teen for Mild Language and Violence.

Tomorrow at 11 am PST, the Half-Life 2 Steam offers will be ready for purchase. Those who purchase via Steam, will receive the final version of Counter-Strike: Source immediately. Half-Life 2 and other games in the Steam offerings will be made available to purchasers upon their release. Read more for details and pricing for the various offers.

In anticipation of tomorrow's v1.2 update patch, EA has released an updated Win32 dedicated server for Digital Illusions' 3D action game Battlefield Vietnam. This release includes three new maps (Operation Cedar Falls, Saigon - 1968, and Fall of Saigon), support for the WWII Mod maps, new spectator options, a console enhancement, and some bug fixes (thanks 3DGamers). Read more for details and download links ...

After is was mistakingly released, and pulled shortly thereafter a few weeks ago, Enlight has now "officially" released the Scrapland demo featuring a single-player mission as you encounter the Crazy Gambler, and also two multiplayer maps (The Forbidden Zone and The Great Data Base.) Read more for download links ...

In celebration of the upcoming release of Prince of Persia: Warrior Within, Ubisoft announces a pre-sell program: pre-order Prince of Persia: Warrior Within and receive a collector’s edition art book featuring 36 pages of art and developer commentaries.

As we mentioned a few days ago, Activision has released the first patch for Creative Assembly's 3D RTS Rome: Total War. This update brings your retail game to v1.1 and addresses many issues with multiplayer dealing with game stability, performance and some synch issues. You must download the patch to play online. You cannot continue to play online with unpatched versions of the game. Read more for download links...

"Space Interceptor: Project Freedom", previously known as Project Earth 2, is a space combat game that offers adrenaline pumping gameplay coupled with stunning graphics. Merscom has released a demo featuring a training mission in a virtual arena, and a 'Protect The Copernicus' single-player mission. Read more for download links ...

Atari today announced the launching of the official website for RollerCoaster Tycoon 3, the eagerly awaited PC title from Frontier Developments.

Atari announced the forthcoming European release of Duel Masters: Sempai Legends for Sony's PS one console under license from Hasbro Properties Group and following the announcement of the title for Game Boy Advance. The title will be released for PS one across Europe on 26 November 2004.

Kien is an action/platform game with RPG elements. The player's task is to complete an epic, non-linear quest in a fanstasy-inspired world, helping the two young heroes in their challenge to defeat the Powers of Evil. P.M. STUDIOS today announce officially that his GBA game KIEN is looking for a new worldwide publisher.

Ubisoft today announced that it will be publishing Cold Fear, the first action-horror title under the Ubisoft brand. Developed by Darkworks, the game will launch simultaneously for the PS2, Xbox and PC. Cold Fear is slated for release in March 2005. Read more for details and first screens...

In a remarkably short period of time, Got Game Entertainment has achieved a North American retail distribution channel rivaled only by long-established game publishers, as well as established a reputation for an innovative, mass market audience approach to game promotion. Now, the publisher is ready to use its recipe for success to bring even more games to market and, in that regard, is seeking new properties.

EA has updated the official Battlefield: Vietnam website announcing that the new v1.2 patch for Battlefield Vietnam will be released tomorrow, October 7. The new v1.2 patch mainly fixes various game balancing issue and game tweaks, but most noteably is the inclusion of a brand new Spectator mode. Read more for details ...

Global Star Software today announced that Conflict: Vietnam is currently available in retail stores throughout North America for the PSt2, Xbox and PC. Conflict: Vietnam transports the Conflict series from the deserts of the Middle East to the jungles of Vietnam.

Fireglow team is now developing a next generation game engine (codename: Sudden Strike Next7) and the first game based on this engine , which now is officially named 'Sudden Strike III: Arms For Victory'. Fireglow plans to develop several other games based on this engine in different setups related to war conflicts.

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 :

• GTR: The Ultimate Racing Game - Trailer #2
• Oddworld Stranger - Cinematic Trailer
• Fire Department 2 - Trailer
• Resident Evil 4 - TGS & Mikami Gameplay Trailers (3)

"Stranger" is a real-time strategy game, with elements of role playing games set in a world, split in two parts, surface and a subterranean one, which are in a tenuous balance. 'Stranger' will also feature multiplayer although details beyond "The players may play on their own, or unite in teams" are a bit sktechy. Check the freshly launched website, or read more for new screens...

A few months back we revealed Phenomic was working on another addon for Jowood's successful RPG Spellforce. Today the first details are starting to trickle in as 'Spellforce: Shadow of the Phoenix,' scheduled for a November release, will feature two new units and buildings, as well as allowing you to further upgrade your heros to level 50. An all new singleplayer campaign will be added, but also 25 new multiplayer maps, 15 of which are dedicated to coop play (a feature which was added in the previous Breath Of Winter expansion).

Tensions will rise as Fatal Frame 2 on Xbox boasts a new mode that allows the player to move through the lost village in the first person view. What you cannot see will scare you even more than before during this mode as the player experiences limited sight leading to higher insecurities and an increased feeling of vulnerability in the most terrifying Fatal Frame mode to date.

Set in the evocative land of ancient Egypt, Children of the Nile is the first and only strategy game where citizens who behave like real people are your primary resource. As their leader, you must build a place in which they can live and work, establishing a relationship of trust and cooperation which you then leverage to build a lasting civilization, and bring it to its cultural peak.