DreamCatcher Games today announced that it will launch Painkiller: Black Edition, a limited edition package for its best selling franchise Painkiller on DVD ROM. Available in March 2005, the special DVD set will include both the award winning original version and its expansion pack "Battle out of Hell" in a collector's box. This Special Edition will feature high quality packaging and each copy is uniquely numbered.

id Software and Activision today confirmed the week of April 4 as the worldwide release of never-ending evil, with the arrivals of both Doom 3 for the Xbox and Doom 3: Resurrection of Evil, the official PC expansion pack to one of the scariest games ever created.

Konami of Europe announced Crime Life: Gang Wars, a free roaming crime based beat em up. Mixing action and strategy elements within a gritty, detailed storyline to explore modern-day urban gang culture, the player is cast as a small-time homie who must work their way through the ranks to become a gang leader. Read more to check out the first screens and ingame trailer...

Midnight Club 3: Dub Edition is the quintessential racing game for any true aficionado of the automotive and racing lifestyle. Midnight Club 3: Dub Edition 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.

ZOO Digital Publishing is pleased to announce signing of the PC version of RPG, Sudeki. Currently undergoing the latter stages of development, the game will be released at the End of March 2005. Already released on Xbox, the PC version of Sudeki remains faithful to the original's acclaimed gameplay, but takes the adventure to an even greater level with improved visuals and richer sound.

Brigade E5: New Jagged Union is a tactical turn-based game. The scene of action is a small country called Palinero somewhere in the tropics. Recently a coup d'etat has happened in the country and civil war is about to break out. The main character of the game has to hire a band of mercenaries and take control of the situation. Read more for new screens ...

1C announced today that it has signed an agreement with Crioland to develop a new game based on Russian sci-fi writer Alexander Zorich's trilogy. Tomorrow's War is a space simulator set in the 27th century where you play the role of a military space academy cadet. Read more for the first screens...

Hearts of Iron II comes with a completely re-worked interface, 19 battle scenarios, 14,000 leaders and generals and the co-operative multiplayer feature adds a new dimension to the game play. The in-depth manual and tutorial will ease new players into the game. Hearts of Iron II has barely been out on shelf for a month and its fans have already created a multitude of different scenarios available for download! If you want more information about mods currently available or under development, head on over to the Paradox forums and get full details..

Zoo Publishing keeps bringing the surprises as earlier they caused some excitement by revealing it was bringing Sudeki to PC, now the UK publisher also has listings for Midway's action game NARC and Argonaut Games' sci-fi racing game Powerdrome. While NARC has not yet been released on the consoles, the PC version has a tentative June 1st, 2005 release date, and Powerdrome is schedule for a month later, July 1st 2005 (thanks Blues). No specific details are available as of yet, but more information should become available shortly.