Wartime Command: Battle For Europe 1939-1945 is the stunning World War II tactical real time strategy game from Russian developers 1C Company in Russia. The game development project has been retitled from Battlefield Command to give it prominence in a cluttered market of similar product brands. Wartime Command will launch for PC in the spring of 2004. Read more for some new tank screens ...

WhiteDay is a fear inducing horror survival game viewed, for the first time ever in this genre, completely from a first person perspective. Unfolding like a movie, the player takes control of a love-sick teenager entering into the local school late at night to return your dream girl's diary, which she lost earlier in the day and to drop off a token of your affection – WhiteDay chocolates. Read more for some weirdo screens ...

Eastside Hockey Manager: Franchise Edition will be Sports Interactive's first non-football game, and is due to be released in late Q1 2004. The game will feature a detailed and realistic game engine with in-depth ice hockey content including numerous leagues, players with detailed statistics and personalities and full management features for trading, drafts and transactions. Read more for some screens ...

As was mentioned yesterday GSC Game World has released an updated demo & a patch for yesterday's demo of their sci-fi first-person shooter FireStarter. This small patch addresses some framerate issues as well as enhances the RPG elements of the demo. Read more for download links ...

Matrix Games is pleased to announce that a demo version of Eric Young's Squad Assault: West Front by Freedom Games has been completed and will be made available online later this week. In the demo for Squad Assault: West Front, you command troops in both the Allied and German Armies of the West Front of World War II in an immersive full 3-D continuous time environment. Two scenarios are included along with online multi-player capability. In addition, this demo is based on the latest version of Squad Assault, which will also be released simultaneously in the form of an update later this week.

"Unreal Tournament 2004 is the next evolution of the greatest competitive computer game ever created," said Jean-Philippe Agati, senior vice president and general manager of Atari's Los Angeles studio. "The addition of new modes, mods and maps as well as the controllable land-, air- and space-based vehicles, means Unreal fans are getting an entirely new experience featuring devastating vehicular combat and wide scale warfare." Check out some new screens ...

Maximo has defeated a host of ghosts and gone for the glory, but nothing can prepare him for...The Army of Zin! Dormant for centuries, this legion of mechanized mayhem has returned to unleash their undead clockwork fury! The action has never been more furious as Maximo, aided by his dark pal Grim, strikes back with new powerful combo attacks and even more daring moves! From the top of the Crystal Mountains to the depths of the Dead Sea, Maximo must defend the innocent and make new alliances as he seeks to unlock the mystery of the Zin!

KOEI unveiled details on Samurai Warriors for the PlayStation2. Known as Sengoku Musou in Japan, the Japanese-themed Tactical Action game signals the culmination of KOEI's 25th Anniversary and will ship to North American Retailers in March 2004. Read more for details and screens ...

The official Raven-Shield website has word that we can expect a new Raveshield v1.5 update patch for Ubisoft team based tacitcal shooter next week Tuesday. The new patch adresses several game fixes and general improvements, read more to read the full list and of course we will have it available on our fileservers ....

Just Play today announced that it had finalised an agreement with Slitherine Strategies to publish their latest strategy game Spartan in the UK, Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, BeNeLux and Scandinavia plus several other European territories. Spartan is the third in a series of Empire-building strategy games that includes the best-selling Legion and Chariots of War, Spartan is expected March 2004. Read more for details & screens ...

Jowood have now released a new patch for Phenomic Game Development's 3D RTS/RPG game SpellForce: the Order of Dawn. This update patch brings your retail game to v1.03 and addresses some game play issues, save game fixe, multiplayer game version check, quest fixes and more .. Read more for detailed fix list and download links ...

Rockstar Games, the world-renowned publishing division of Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. is proud to announce that Max Payne is set to make its debut on the Game Boy Advance and will be in stores on December 16th, 2003 in North America.

Britsoft originator and leading 80s developer and publisher System 3, announced today its allegiance to CIFR (Criminal Interdiction & Fugitive Recovery) with its commitment to combating world terrorism. The pledge comes as the company makes the groundbreaking news that it is set to release 'America's 10 Most Wanted' on next-gen consoles and PC in 2004.

JoWooD and Phenomic send us a notice to inform the public that they are aware of the problems if you forcing the Anti Aliasing option through the control panel for your ATI videocard. Jowwod approached ATI regarding this problem to which they responded: "ATI has already addressed the driver problems seen when forcing AA through the control panel. A solution will be provided in one of the next driver releases, most likely in December but possibly in the very early new year."

WorthPlaying is trying to spread the holiday joy by giving away bunches of goodies in two contests, sponsored by Electric Artists and Strategy First! Good luck to everyone ... both contests end December 19th! Read more for details, or click on the banners above.

Quotes from Arnold Schwarzenegger and the rest of the cast and crew about the game, which they generally agree is "really great"... Check it out below!

GMX Media announced today that it has secured the rights to publish FirePower for the PC in North America. FirePower is currently scheduled for a Q1 2004 release.

GolemLabs has posted its first developer diary of six on its official website today, detailing the development of its upcoming real-world strategy game SuperPower 2. DreamCatcher Games will publish the title in late 2004. The sequel to SuperPower is, like its predecessor, a global geopolitical simulation game that gives gamers the power to control four aspects of a chosen country: politics, economy, military and demography. Compared to the original game, however, SuperPower 2 has been improved with new gameplay, 3D graphics and an incredibly smart A.I.