Tilted Mill has released the first patch for its city building strategy game 'Immortal Cities: Children of the Nile.' This update brings your retail game to v1.1 and reduces the save game size, improves performance, updates some graphics, addresses a sizable number of gameplay issues, and fixes other bugs (thanks 3DGamers). Read more for download links ...

Earlier reports that Vivendi's FPS SWAT 4 was pushed back and delayed until October 2005 were incorrect. Vivendi sent out notice that this was done in error, and the police shooter sequel, under development at Irrational, is still on track for its April 2005 release date. The VU Games Store now also reflects that April 5th, 2005 date (thanks Bluesnews).

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 :

• Brothers in Arms - Trailer #3
• Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-Earth - Trailer (2)

Imperial Glory promises to be the most extensive strategy game ever, offering an in-depth management model along with graphically stunning real-time land and naval battles in full 3D. Choose which of the five great 19th century Empires to lead: Great Britain, France, Russia, Prussia or Austro-Hungary, each with their own unique attributes.

Devil May Cry 3 unfolds an earlier chapter in Dante's history, before the original Devil May Cry, to the fateful clash between Sparda's twin sons, divided by the divergence of their chosen paths. Take a peek at these new screens...

JoWooD Production’s ski arcade simulation “Ski Racing 2005 feat. Hermann Maier” PC has finally gone gold! The original tracks of the season 2004 / 2005, the pure feeling of speed and extreme risks – all this is presented in the first ski racing game approved by Hermann “The Herminator” himself. Check out the demo released earlier today...

Atari has released the final version of the RollerCoaster Tycoon 3 patch. This update (available for the US and Euro editions of the game) adds some new features and addresses a slew of instability issues, bug fixes and various other game tweaks. Read more for download links and detailed fix list ....

Matrix Games is pleased to announce that it has secured the rights to publish Magnetar Games’ licensed computer adaptation of Bruce Harper’s acclaimed board game, A World At War. Design and development is underway with no set release date.

Worlds collide in Armies of Exigo, where the traditional boundaries of the battlefield are smashed and war is waged both above and below the ground. Armies of Exigo locks elves, beasts, knights, and creatures of the darkness in an epic battle for survival where armies can delve deep underground to advance undetected and then tunnel to the surface to unleash powerful attacks on their unsuspecting enemies.

Battlefront has released the first patch for their recently released WWII hybrid turn-based/realtime 3D simulation Combat Mission: Afrika Korps. This upgrade brings your retail game to v1.03 and addresses a glitch in the previous v1.02 patch. This version works for the US as well as European edition of the game but games saved in v1.03 can't be loaded in by the older version. Read more for detailed fix list and download links ...