Eidos today announced the development of the first-person action shooter Project: Snowblind. The game puts players 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.

Terrorist Takedown puts you on the front line in the war on terror as a soldier in the US Army. Operate Apache and Huey helicopters, Hummers, heavy machine guns, rocket launchers and more as you strike at known terrorists. In 16 heart-pounding missions you must defeat the terrorists and protect our homeland. Check the freshly launched website, or read more for a few new screens...

Enlight has released a new patch for their animal style management/sim title, Zoo Empire. This update brings your retail game to v1.2, but so far no details are available as to what. Read more for download links...

Activision today announced that Rome: Total War has been released to manufacturing and will be shipping to retailers in North America on Wednesday, September 22. Developed by award-winning developer The Creative Assembly, Rome: Total War is a revolutionary new title in the best-selling Total War series that will carry players into the midst of ancient history's most intense conflicts.

Premier Manager has gone through a major overhaul culminating in improvements throughout the game, including a new slick and intuitive interface, improved tactics, and transfer system, and a host of new features. Read more for further details and screens ...

NVIDIA and Blizzard are working together to ready the game for play on NVIDIA graphics hardware, the preferred platform for World of Warcraft. To celebrate the collaboration, the companies will randomly distribute 1,000 closed beta accounts to eager gamers. Sign-ups will be held for one week only, starting today at http://www.nzone.com.

Presenting rFactor, the new racing simulation series from Image Space Incorporated. After successfully creating over a dozen products in the past ten years, Image Space takes the next logical step, creating a completely new technology base and development process. This new isiMotor 2.0 environment will be the foundation on which to build exciting products for many years to come.

Vivendi Universal Games (VU Games) and Empire, a UK computer games developer and publisher, today announced an exclusive agreement by which VU Games will market and distribute Empire's multi-platform destructive racing game titled FlatOut in North America.

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 :

• Knights Of Honor - Intro Movie
• Crashday - Trailer
• Half-Life 2 - 'Coast' Trailer
• The Sims 2 - Press Event Trailer
• Scrapland - Trailer
• Project Freedom - Trailer

Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Chaos Theory will offer a high adrenaline experience thanks to never seen before close range attacks, a totally open level design, a completely immersive and interactive environment, and challenging advanced AI. In addition, it will offer the best graphics in this generation of games and a unique, collaborative multiplayer mode available for online and offline.

A deranged scientist is abducting students from the Psychonauts boot camp and a powerful new cadet named Raz stands alone against the lunatic. Raz must develop and unleash an arsenal of paranormal powers, including the ability to launch himself telepathically into someone else's mind -- and take on their inner demons, nightmares and secret memories. Ultimately he must enter the mind of his worst enemy and destroy his dark plans at their source, while trying not to lose his sanity in the process.

Midnight Club 3: DUB Edition is the third installment in the Midnight Club racing franchise. Midnight Club 3: DUB Edition will be available for the PS2/Xbox and is expected to hit retail shelves this holiday season. Read more for some new screens...

The Hostile Intent team has released a new version for their Half-Life mod, bringing it to v1.3.5 (requires v1.3) and has a slew of bug fixes and game tweaks. Read more for details and download links ...

A few days ago Bethesda Softworks announced that The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion is in development, since 2002, for PC and future generation consoles. The October Game Informer edition has the first details and screens, and should be available in stores ...

Scrapland is a third person action game where you control D-Tritus when he goes on foot and his gunship when he pilots on Chimera streets. The player, by hacking into the GDB, can transform himself into 15 different characters, acquiring then the special ability of every one of them. Demo was mistakingly released by Enlight over the weekend, and has now been removed.

Phantom Renaissance is the stand-alone expansion set for the highly acclaimed turn-based strategy game Massive Assault. Massive Assault: Phantom Renaissance features a renewed global conflict between the Free Nations Union and Phantom League in distant space colonies.

SimBin Development Team is nearing completion of the first ever official racing game based on the FIA GT racing series. GTR – The Ultimate Racing Game represents the most intense and immersive racing experience ever to grace a PC or games console. Read more 50+ screens & car models.

"Jade Empire" is set in a new fantastical world based on mythical China, where sinister events have upset the peaceful harmony of an isolated martial arts school. Featuring furious action previously found only in Hong Kong cinema, the game lets players master more than 30 fighting styles and a wide range of mystical powers.

Acitivsion has released info regarding people who want to pre-order its latest installment in the Tony hawk franchise, 'Tony Hawk Underground 2.' If you pre-order THUG 2 from GameStop or EBGames will get the exclusive "The Complete Sessions" DVD, which is chock full of Tony Hawk goodies and will be ONLY be available during this pre-order period. Read more for details ...