The wait for millions of Sims fans is over. Electronic Arts today announced that The Sims 2 has shipped to retailers and is now available on store shelves.

GMX Media has today announced that Strike Fighters Gold – the action packed flight simulation title for PC has gone gold and is set for a UK release on September 24th 2004.

"Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex" is Bandai's upcoming PlayStation 2 action game based on the seminal anime series by Masamune Shirow. Featuring a stunning 3D game world and over 20 minutes of breathtaking CGI, the game allows players to assume the role of Major Kusanagi as she shoots her way through an army of tough as nails enemies.

In The Sims 2 you control your Sims over an entire lifetime for the first time. With the ground-breaking addition of genetics, your Sims now pass their DNA down through generations, giving you a more vivid and in-depth Sims experience. Every life choice you make has a relevant and dramatic effect on the lifetime of your Sim. It’s up to you to take your Sims from the cradle to the grave, fulfill their dreams, and push them to extremes in The Sims 2.

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 :

• Star Wars: Battlefront - Trailerpack #2
• Medal of Honor: Pacific Assault - Trailer #6
• NBA Street 3 - Trailer
• Prince of Persia: Warrior Within - Trailer

The demo's keep rolling in as Atari informed us that tomorrow they will be releasing a Shadow Ops: Red Mercury singleplayer demo. The 300mb will weigh in at about 300mb and feature a "Syria" mission, where you try to destroy anti-aircraft emplacements while battling terrorists. Of course we will have it available on our fileserver network as soon as it becomes available.

Created by Texas-based Gearbox Software, Brothers in Arms is the most realistic and authentic WWII shooter ever. While other WWII games have sugarcoated the war experience, Brothers in Arms is based on a true story and will immerse gamers into the gritty, uncensored and emotionally-charged side of war. Read more for some new screens ...

NovaLogic has released a new patch for their multiplayer shooter Joint Operations: Typhoon Rising. This update brings your retail game to v1.4.2.7 and adds further NILE support, new ingame updater, network code optimizations, co-op bug fix and some graphics setting features. Read more for a detailed fix list or download links..

Midway today announced that Midway Arcade Treasures 2 has gone gold and is on schedule to ship to stores on October 11, 2004.

SEGA of America and Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment today announced that the release date of The Matrix Online, the massively multi-player online game, will be January 18, 2005. Originally slated for a November ship date, the January release will allow the co-publishers to implement plans to launch the game simultaneously in Europe. Read more for info on the pre-order incentives...

Mirage has released a demo for its WW2 based FPS Mortyr 2: For Ever. This demo features an intro and one mission in Poland where you commence your mission from behind enemy lines. Read more for download links...

Activision has released a demo for its just released WW2 based FPS 'Call of Duty: United Offensive'. The single player demo shows off the intro level for Call of Duty: United Offensive. The demo is stand-alone so you won't need Call of Duty installed to play it. Read more for download links ...

BioWare Corp. and Epic Games today announced a licensure agreement, whereby BioWare will license Epic’s Unreal Engine 3 for use in an upcoming title. A BioWare development team is already hard at work on the Unreal Engine 3-powered game, an as-yet unannounced title which features BioWare’s third new intellectual property.

EA announced today that Emeka Okafor, the University of Connecticut All-American who led the Huskies to the 2004 NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship, will serve as spokesman and cover athlete for NCAA March Madness 2005, scheduled for release this fall under the EA SPORTS brand.

NCsoft and Cryptic Studios have released the second update to the best selling and critically acclaimed City of Heroes massively multiplayer game, Issue 2: A Shadow of the Past.

Vivendi Universal Games announced today that Leisure Suit Larry: Magna Cum Laude, the next installment in the best-selling and beloved franchise Leisure Suit Larry, has gone gold and will be released October 5th on the PC, PlayStation2 and Xbox.

Cenega Publishing's Shade: Wrath of Angles is a third person horror / action adventure. Black Element Software, have re-worked the graphic’s engine and storyline to produce a greater gaming experience in every possible way. Read more for some new screens and an environments trailer ...

Novalogic sent out notice announcing the first Joint Ops expansion pack "Joint Ops: Escalation." The expansion pack is expected November 16th 2004 and will feature new vehicles, new maps and new weapons Read more for details

Activision Value Publishing announced today that it has teamed with game developer WXP and paintball legend Greg Hastings to create the first-ever paintball game for a major video game console -- Greg Hastings' Tournament Paintball for the Xbox. Read more for details...