Soul Calibur III offers the series' hallmarks of exhilarating sword-fighting action and profound martial arts while also delivering highly improved graphics and sound effects to create a unique gaming experience. It also features a Character Creation Mode, which allows players to create original warriors. With so many new gameplay modes and new characters rich with personality, this title will offer players the world-class sword-fighting action they desire.

Planetwide Games will hold an official Golden Launch event at Digital Hollywood, March 30, 2005, in Santa Monica, CA for RYL: Path of the Emperor, a Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game (MMORPG), which recently announced a $1,000,000 Grand Prize skill-based Player vs. Player tournament within the game.

Broadband network Heavy.com will premiere a new Machinima series that was created in partnership with Sony as part of its pre-promotion for the highly anticipated release of God of War.

Square Enix announced today that it will launch the "Return Home to Vana'diel®" campaign for Final Fantasy XI beginning Thursday, April 14. For a limited time, registration codes will be issued free of charge to allow players to come back to PlayOnline, play Final Fantasy XI, and even recover and play their previous Final Fantasy XI characters.

The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California entered judgment in Immersion's favor in its patent infringement suit against Sony. The Court's judgment awarded Immersion $90.7 million in past damages and interest and also ordered Sony to halt U.S. sales of its PlayStation game consoles, although the judge immediately put her ruling on hold while the appeal is pending.

Midnight Club 3: Dub Edition is the quintessential racing game for any true aficionado of the automotive and racing lifestyle, and is the only game to offer a full range of street vehicle culture including over 50 fully customizable licensed vehicles. The full spectrum includes import tuners, motorcycles and luxury rides all of which are fully customizable in both style and performance.

Activision's Spider-Man 2 and Tony Hawk's Underground 2 Remix will be among the first PSP titles to hit North American retail shelves and are currently available nationwide. The PSP will be released on March 24.

JoWooD and WorthPlaying are offering Stargate fans (male or female) the opportunity to appear in the upcoming Stargate SG-1: The Alliance video game and be immortalized as a supporting character. Stargate SG-1: The Alliance will be an action-based game playable in the first- or third- person perspective. The game uses a heavily modified and graphically enhanced Unreal 2.5 engine, and fans of the series will immediately recognize certain areas from the TV show. Head on over to our freshly-launched World of StarGate fan site to enter!

Stargate SG-1: The Alliance will be an action-based game playable in the first- or third- person perspective. Depending on the mission, there will be other tasks that have elements of team tactics, puzzle-solving and stealth. First and foremost, you will never walk alone – your team will be there to look after you, but you will also have to look after them, so it differs from most "straight" shooters.

Majesco today announced it will publish the video game adaptation of the popular comic book series, The Darkness, for the next generation of consoles. Scheduled for release in 2006, The Darkness is being developed by Starbreeze, the acclaimed development studio behind the top-selling video game, The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay.