Mercenaries is a revolutionary third-person combat-action game that delivers the next level of free-form gameplay in massive interactive environments. The game gives players the opportunity to take on the role of a soldier for hire in an open-ended world. Read more to check out the screens and trailer ...

Dreamcatcher has released a small hotfix patch for People Can Fly's FPS Painkiller. This update brings your retail game to v1.3.1 and addresses the Load game issue from saves within a game level. It is multiplayer compatible with the previous version 1.3. Read more for download links..

Ubisoft today announced Secret of the Silver Earring, a new interactive murder mystery inspired by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. Launching for the PC in September 2004, Secret of the Silver Earring will be available in North America for a suggested retail price of $19.99.

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 :

• Fable - Trailers (2)
• LotR: Battle for Middle-Earth - Making of Cinematics
• Need for Speed Underground 2 - Trailer #2

The college football season is underway as NCAA Football 2005 hits store shelves today, from Electronic Arts. Thie title marks the first time an EA Sports title is available on Xbox Live.

id Software and Activision,Inc. confirmed today that id Software's highly anticipated DOOM 3 for the PC has entered manufacturing and will begin shipping to retail stores worldwide the week of August 2, with the UK and European releases following shortly thereafter.

Dreamcatcher has released a new demo for People Can Fly's FPS Painkiller. This multiplayer demo has the latest v1.3 code, features 2 maps (DM_ cursed & DM_Sacred) and 2 gameplay modes (Free For All and The Light Bearer). Read more for download links ...

KumaWar, the breakthrough online game that re-creates real war events weeks after they occur using advanced online game tools, releases its latest mission, Battle in Sadr City. Based on an actual US Army operation that occurred on May 23, 2004, players will join the US Army’s 1st Cavalry Division in battling radical cleric Moqtada al-Sadr’s “Mahdi Army” in the Baghdad slum known as Sadr City.

"The Moment of Silence" is an espionage thriller under development at German "House of Tales." Set in the near future, The Moment of Silence mixes real and fictitious locations, Orwell’s 1984, Kubrick’s 2001, technological visions and typical mystery themes. These ingredients are fused to form a true-to-life, highly immersive conspiracy theory with a variety of surprising twists in the plot.

Armed with an exclusive real-world weapon, keen insight into WWII history and an arsenal of bonus features, the Medal of Honor Pacific Assault Director's Edition DVD from Electronic Arts puts gamers in the boots of a U.S. Marine as he lives the war in the Pacific Theater.

Developer Paradox Entertainment announced today that the highly anticipated turn-based strategy game Crusader Kings is now scheduled to ship to retail outlets in North America on September 21, 2004.

The Red Star takes place in a parallel fantasy universe in which a mythic empire based on the Soviet Union sets the landscape for an epic battle of militarized sorcery and monolithic technology. Currently under development with Acclaim Studios Austin for the next-generation gaming systems. Read more to see the latest screens ...

Lead a four-man fireteam of US Marines through the perils of authentic, modern urban combat in a Middle-Eastern urban battleground. This is an action-oriented, first-person 3D shooter that is being developed under the direction of the US Marine Corps as a training simulation for use by the Marine Corps. Take-Two has released a small Q&A with Frequently Asked Questions. Read more to check it out...

Packed with new features, Dragon Ball Z: Budokai 3 is the third in the successful PlayStation 2 series developed by DIMPS, and promises to be the ultimate DBZ fighting experience on next-generation consoles. Read more for another helping of screenshots ...

Use destructive weapons and innate mental powers to take on the most feared enemy in the galaxy - Mankind! Play as Crypto, an alien warrior sent to Earth to clear the way for the Furon invasion force. Your mission is to infiltrate humanity, control them, harvest their brain stems and ultimately destroy them. You choose the method - infiltration or disintigration!

The Bard's Tale combines the development team's collective knowledge of compelling RPG gameplay with brilliant graphics and major motion picture quality story and dialogue. The Bard's Tale eschews genre cliches in favor of intelligent humor for an original and truly entertaining experience.

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

For the first time, Sims are living in the city where reputation (rep) is everything. Players will custom-create these new Sims, called Urbz, by customizing their unique style and building their status to become the biggest "player" in the city. Read more for a few new screens...

Matrix Games and 2 by 3 Games are pleased to announce that the Australian Defence Simulation Office (ADSO) has decided to purchase Uncommon Valor: Campaign for the South Pacific as an aid to help Australian officers in the area of historical education.