DreamCatcher Games today announced that it will release a 'Painkiller: Battle Out Of Hell' single-player demo on Tuesday, October 12th. The demo will feature the "Military Base" level, as well as the latest code according to the PK v1.35 patch. Of we will have the demo on our fileserver network the moment it becomes available.

Thw Joint Ops: Escalation expansion pack is expected November 16th 2004 and will feature new vehicles, new maps and new weapons Read more for the first screens...

Nintendo has announced that the NDS will retail for $149.99, and upon initial launch November 21st, it is expected to have 10-12 available titles, including Super Mario 64 DS, Madden, and The Urbz. Read more for details & screens for Metroid Prime, Mario Kart, Super Mario, Advance Wars etc.

Metroid Prime 2: Echoes is a first-person adventure game played in a fully 3D world. With Samus Aran's new Light and Dark beam weapons, the correct weapon must be used against the corresponding Light and Dark World creatures and objects in order to defeat them successfully.

Ubisoft announced that five new maps for Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3 Black Arrow will be available shortly for download via Xbox Live. Load your weapons and ready your grenades!

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 :

• Sid Meier's Pirates! - Trailer #4
• Guild Wars - Trailer

Unlike our previous games which featured extensive gameplay but much complexity, Universal Combat – Hostile Intent (UCHI), is a pure combat focused action game based on the Universal Combat core engines.

Larry Laffer's nephew, Larry Lovage, is a typical college student. He lives in a dorm, has a crush on his biology professor, and goes to bars with his buddies. But when a TV dating show comes to campus, Larry gets a chance for national sexposure. If he can show that he can make any girl on campus swoon, he will become a campus legend.

'Silent Hunter III' will add new dimensions to the simulation experience. The player will engage in a compelling ocean environment, featuring dynamic weather, and experience the intensity of historical naval warfare. Taking the role of the U-boat commander, players will seek their enemy with sonar and periscope, attack the enemy with torpedoes, destroy them with the deck gun, or command their crew to do the job.

SCi has released the first patch for its just released action game Conflict: Vietnam. This update brings your retail game to v1.1 and addresses a save game problem during the Ghost Town training mission and a missing "play" button on launch. Be warned, save games are not compatible. Read more for download links ...

If you think you've got what it takes to be or beat the likes of Ferguson, Wenger, Robson and Mourinho, prepare to put your tactics to the test as Codemasters confirms that the nation's favourite console football management series will return this October with LMA Manager 2005 for PS2 & Xbox. Read more for details & screens...

Taking place in a massive, free-roaming city featuring five distinct interconnected neighborhoods, NFSU 2 delivers an immersive game world where the streets are your menus. As you explore the city, you’ll encounter rival racers who will school you in the ways of the underground and tip you off to the hottest racing spots in town.

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.