Following the fall of the mighty Soviet Union, the Republic of Novistrana verges on collapse, and numerous factions struggle for power. Starting with nothing more than a small base of local support, challenge the state and build a nationwide faction powerful enough to oust the President and enforce a new Republic…by any means necessary. Check the new screens ...

Codemasters has released yet another multiplayer map for its stealth-based FPS, IGI 2: Covert Strike. The new 'Winterland' map is the first IGI2 snow-based multiplayer mission with Conspiracy as attackers inevitable trying to launce 2 missiles from 2 mobile launchers. It is IGI's job to defend the mountain top base from the hoardes of evil. This map requires you to have v1.2 in order to play this map. There is also a fix for the dedicated Linux server or an updated servers pack. Read more for download links ..

You are Glitch, the gun-slinging, half-ton menacing bot of Droid City who blasts his way to victory. Found as scrap metal, but transformed into destructive machinery, Glitch is determined to free his people from the evil clutches of General Corrosive and his maniacal army of Mil bots. Unleash a world of pain as you annihilate the General's sinister plan to dominate the world, and salvage the robot race. Check the new screens ...

Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Chaos Bleeds brings all the excitement surrounding Sunnydale’s “Hellmouth” straight into your home. With involvement from the television show’s creators, sanctioned writers, and cast, this game delivers a truly authentic epic experience. The original story begins when Buffy Summers discovers that an enemy from the past, Ethan Rayne, is at the center of a great struggle with The First, literally the first incarnation of evil the world has ever known. Buffy and the gang must face an undead army of vampires, zombies, and demons to keep these nefarious villains from casting the world into permanent darkness. Check the new screens ...

Judge Dredd vs. Judge Death is based on the legendary comic strip Judge Dredd, published in 2000AD every week since 1977. It will be a first-person shooter seen through the eyes of Judge Dredd as he patrols the mean streets of the stunningly realised future metropolis, Mega-City One. Dredd will find himself having to deal with the full spectrum of criminal behaviour, from littering and caffeine abuse to saving the city from the utterly evil Judge Death. The game will also have extensive multiplayer modes, enabling ferocious splitscreen or online play and will use Rebellion's versatile new Asura engine. Read more to check out some new screens ...

The Natural Selection 2.0 release date has finally been determined, July 31st, 2003! NS 2.0 is a significant step forward in the process of merging FPS with RTS into a combination of truly atmospheric and social gaming, with huge improvements over the v1.04 gameplay, plus plenty of all new features, levels, animations, sounds, and artwork.

MicroSoft & Ensemble Stuidios have now finally released the manual patch for their 3D RTS game, Age of Mythology. This upgrade brings your retail game to v1.06 and applies a fix for potential renderer crashes, a handful of unit balance tweaks, and a few ESO multiplayer improvements (thanks 3DGamers). Read more for detailed fix list and download links ...

After several beta patches, Focus Interactive and Cyanide Studio has finally released the new patch for their recent cycling simulation game, Cycling Manager 3. This upgrade brings your retail game to v1.1 and fixes various bugs, improves AI, adjusts some ratings, fixes a few editor problems, etc.

Earlier today EA announced that The Sims Bustin' Out is in development for the GBA, and now we have the first few screens to prove it! The Sims Bustin' Out GBA version will support connectivity with the GameCube and is scheduled for simultaneous release with The Sims Bustin' Out on all current-generation console platforms in December 2003. Read more to check the screens ...

With the new SimCity 4 Rush Hour Expansion Pack your city is on the move. Get your Sims on the road to happiness as you take total control of your city’s transportation. Take charge of vehicles en route to destinations or disasters, and take to the streets to control your city at a new level. Read more for some new screens ...

The award-winning Medal of Honor franchise is returning to the Game Boy Advance with Medal of Honor Infiltrator from Electronic Arts. EA LA, creators of the award-winning Medal of Honor game series, and HotGen Studios have partnered to develop this all new experience designed specifically for the Game Boy Advance, which is scheduled to hit store shelves in fall 2003 under the EA GAMES brand.

Vivendi has sent out their "Tolkien Update Letter" and most notable is the fact that their upcoming RTS game "War of the Ring" is "the game is looking so good that the ship date has been moved from the first quarter of 2004 to this holiday! The team at Liquid Entertainment is doing a phenomenal job of bringing the epic scope of the battles of Middle-earth to life in this real-time strategy game." The letter also reveals a top-secret third gameplay type to accompany the frenetic action with Aragorn, Legolas, and Gimli and the aggressive stealth mode with Gollum. Gamers will, for the first time ever, be able to take on the role of the giant Ent Treebeard in The Lord of the Rings: The Treason of Isengard. The thrill of towering over puny Orcs and sending dozens of them to their doom with a single swipe of your tree-trunk-sized hand is too good to miss. Sounds good to me!

War Times is a Real-Time Strategy game that lets players follow the tumultuous era of the Second World War through the actions of Germany, Great Britain, the USA or the USSR; each nation is totally different and uses unique strategies in their attack and defense and all the campaigns are based on real historical events, bringing an unparalleled realism to the fight. Check the new screens...

Namco's new R: Racing Evolution is being created by the same team that developed the critically-acclaimed Ridge Racer and MotoGP franchises. The game will be available on all three console platforms and will ship in Q4 2003. Featuring licensed cars, 11 real-world and fantasy tracks, and eight different race types. Some new screens raced in so read more to check them out!

THQ has issued a demo for MotoGP2, the recently released motorcycle racing game by Climax. This demo features one complete knee-grazing quick race around the Seprang circuit. Play as one of four riders, at either rookie or pro skill levels. Multiplayer mode also included, playable over lan and direct ip connection. MP includes new game types, including tag and daredevil stunt mode (Mucho Gracias Andy). Read more for download links ...

Summitsoft Corporation announced today the release of Avaria’s Endless Ages to retail stores in North America. This unique mixture of genres is the first massively multiplayer online game to boast no invisible load walls and virtually zero lag, common among other massively multiplayer games. Endless Ages is also the first game of this type to add player vs. player arenas, popular among first-person shooter fanatics.

Atari, BioWare Corp. and FloodGate Entertainment have released the first official expansion to the smash hit "Neverwinter Nights", the award-winning fantasy role-playing game based in the "Dungeons & Dragons" "Forgotten Realms" world created by Wizards of the Coast. "Neverwinter Nights: Shadows of Undrentide" is now available in stores nationwide and was developed under license from Hasbro Consumer Products Worldwide.

Another day, another batch of game trailers were released. Instead of giving them all their own post, we grouped them and so far there are trailers for :

• Eon of Tears: The Bible Code - E3 Trailer
• Lord of the Rings: Treason of Isengard - Trailer
• Lord of the Rings: The War of the Ring - Trailer
• Way Of The Samurai 2 - Trailer
• Baldur's Gate Dark Alliance II - Trailer
• Ratchet & Clank: Going Commando - Trailer
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  We will update this throughout the day when new trailers become available. Read more for download links ...

DreamCatcher Games today announced that it will publish Enigma: Rising Tide, developed by Tesseraction Games, in North America. Controlling the battle at sea ultimately leads to a victory in any war, and Enigma: Rising Tide allows gamers to do just that. Battling as one of three factions (US, German or the League of Free Nations) players must control a naval fleet of destroyers, submarines, battleships or cruisers. Each commander must deploy suitable weapons to tackle an ever-evolving enemy, from deploying deck guns and torpedoes to launching hedgehogs, and depth charges.