Konami Digital Entertainment America today announced Dance Dance Revolution Extreme (DDR Extreme) – the newest game in the mega-popular Dance Dance Revolution series for the PS2. Delivering the ultimate interactive dancing experience for today’s pop culture, DDR Extreme surpasses previous games in the series with new innovative gameplay, more licensed songs, more features and more game modes than ever before!

Tecmo announced today that the fourth installment of the Gallop Racer series, Gallop Racer 2004 for the Playstation2, will be launched on August 30, 2004. The most advanced version to date, Gallop Racer 2004 exhibits an incredible breeding system, an intense season mode, improved graphics, new stages, and an enhanced revolution mode.

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 :

• Xpand Rally - Trailers
• DOOM 3 - Trailer
• Fallen Kingdoms - Trailer
• STALKER: Shadow Of Chernobyl - Trailer
• Cross Rally Championship - Trailer
• Star wars Republic Commando - Trailer

TDK Mediactive has released a demo for Starbreeze Studios' 3rd person action game Knights of the Temple: Infernal Crusade. In the rank of a Commander of Knights he has to make his way through the lost city of Petra and to face groups of opponents armed with different weapons using unique fighting techniques. The player will be able to use sword, axe, mace and bow as well as 4 combos, all special attacks and all divine powers (thanks Gamershell).

Sixteen Tons Entertainment has released a demo (German) for their paintball game Gotcha. No specific details as to what it contains are available. This demo is in German but since it's an action game, there shouldn't be many problems. Gotcha features no real weapons but air compressed weapons and color ammunition, also known as paintball guns (thanks 3DGamers). Read more for download links...

Terminator 3: The Redemption will take players for a thrill ride into the post-apocalyptic universe as they play the series’ signature icon, Arnold Schwarzenegger. Terminator 3: The Redemption will surprise players with innovative and exciting gameplay presented in a number of different styles utilizing vehicles and machines straight from the Terminator universe, pitting the Terminator against numerous ground and air-based and enemies.

Xpand Rally races take place in different parts of the world, the player gets to race in different environments – from deserts to polar snows. This gives him opportunity to experience cars’ physics changing in different weather and on different surfaces (gravel, sand, snow, ice and asphalt). Read more to find out about the car damage featured in the game.

The player will play as Sarge, now an army of one, against the whole of the Tan Army, under the leadership of Colonel Malice. All of the Heroes have been wiped out in a brutal Tan ambush and the Tan have found a new weapon of mass destruction that can reduce a platoon of soldiers into a mass of melted plastic. Sarge must go renegade and avenge the death of his fallen heroes, to take his revenge on the Tan Army and destroy Colonel Malice.

O~3 Entertainment today announced it is taking custody of "Alien Hominid," a short yellow alien with spherical black beady eyes, three teeth, and a little green gun. O~3 and game developer, The Behemoth, intend to feature Alien Hominid in its very own videogame for the PS2 and GameCube.

MTX: Mototrax features career mode through Motocross, Supercross, Freestyle and offroad events, backed by real-world racing teams and sponsors. You become further involved in their quest for track domination with authentic environmental effects, realistic sound engines and a pulsating rock soundtrack developed exclusively for the game. MTX: Mototrax is under development at Beenox and scheduled for release in September 2004.

As King, it is your duty to lead your people in their struggle to raise your kingdom from its humble beginnings to a position of power and prestige. War, diplomacy and a burgeoning economy are the means by which you increase your power and expand your influence. May I present the weekly batch o' screens ...

Nu-Generation Games announced today their new PC title "Origin Of The Species," a 3rd person action adventure title. It combines real world locations; present day conspiracy with both military and Sci-Fi enemies to produce a vibrant, fast paced game world. Read more for details & screens...

Jowood announced that upcoming title, 'Future Tactics: The Uprising' is due for release on 22nd October 2004. Future Tactics is set to arrive in stores with a bang, available across a variety of gaming formats - PC CDROM (£19.99), PlayStation 2 (£29.99), GameCube (£29.99) and Xbox (£29.99) formats.

Nevrax, an online game and software development company, announced today that The Saga of Ryzom, which is currently in a closed "focus beta" stage, is opening its beta test this weekend for a special play session demonstrating its Realtime Army Invasion Deployment (RAID) Engine.

Activision has released a new patch for Stainless Steel's 3D RTS title Empires: Dawn of the Modern World. This update brings you retail game to v1.02 and addresses an issue involving redundant server queries. This should improve performance in the GameSpy Lobby. Read more for details fix list and download links ...

According to Computer And Video Games, Ubisoft has delayed Gearbox Software's WWII FPS Brothers in Arms. During a showcasing of BIA it was apparently revealed to them as C&VG reports : "It's a revelation that we've since had 100-percent confirmation on from publisher Ubisoft, the Xbox and PC iterations of the WWII FPS which were originally slated for October now due in Q1 2005." By Ubisoft delaying the PC & Xbox editions it would put the release dates approximately at the same time as the PS2 version.

The 'Unreal Tournament 2004 - Editor's Choice Edition' brings new maps for the fan-favorite "Onslaught" mode, new Vehicles, new characters, and some of the best community-developed mods from the worldwide Unreal community. Click 'Read More' for details.

Warthog has announced that they are working on a RPG 'Fallen Kingdoms', based in a world of unspeakable evil coming soon on an Xbox or PC near you. Read more for details & screens...

Tiscali Games today announced new features which are about to be introduced to the PC game 'BiosFear' with 'BiosFear Chapter 2: Battle for Winter Castle'. Click 'Read More' for details on this free add-on.

Davilex Games today unveiled news of the return of the world-famous black Pontiac Trans-Am in 'Knight Rider 2: The Game'. Developed under the official Universal Studios licence, 'Knight Rider 2' is due for release on PlayStation2 and PC on October 29th 2004. Read more for details...