An interview on Russian site Dirty.ru with a certain PROF from GSC World revealed that a demo for THQ's upcoming FPS S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow Of Chernobyl is planned to be released a month before the shipping of the game (thanks GenGamers). You can read an English summary of the interview over at IAmStalker.

Eidos announces the return of the world's deadliest assassin in Hitman: Blood Money. Developed by Io-Interactive, Hitman: Blood Money will be released worldwide in spring 2005 on PlayStation 2, Xbox and PC.

Akella announced today that it has signed a distribution deal with Ubisoft which will see them bring the highly anticipated Prince of Persia sequel to Russia and the Baltic regions. No specific release date has been set yet, but it only involves the PC edition, no console versions.

Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Chaos Theory will offer a high adrenaline experience thanks to never seen before close range attacks, a totally open level design, a completely immersive and interactive environment, and challenging advanced AI. Check these new screens...

SEGA Europe has announced a new release date for Immortal Cities: Children Of The Nile to provide greater support and awareness for this remarkable, breakthrough title. In order to maximize on market specifics the European language versions will launch January 28th, with the English language launch hot on their heels at February 4th.

In Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events, fans follow the Baudelaire orphans as their luck goes from awfully bad to incredibly worse. Based on the popular book series and the upcoming movie starring Jim Carrey, this treacherous tale allows players to experience the eccentric adventures of Violet, Klaus and Sunny Baudelaire.

Massive Entertainment has released an updated dedicated server for their sci-fi 3D RTS Ground Control II: Operation Exodus. This v1.0.0.8 update for the dedicated server includes everything you need to host your own game server for up to eight players (thanks 3DGamers). Read more for download links ...

Atari shipped 'Godzilla: Save the Earth' for the PS2 to stores, while the Xbox version will be available November 22. Based on the classic character movie license from Toho Co., Ltd., 'Godzilla: Save the Earth' faithfully recreates the look and feel of the gargantuan film legend and takes the fighting element to the next level with online multiplayer fighting, new technology and gameplay improvements in all major areas.

Atari has issued a beta patch for their sim, RollerCoaster Tycoon 3. This beta patch 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 ....

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 :

• Prince Of Persia 2 - Intro Movie
• Return to Mysterious Island - Trailer
• The Moment Of Silence - Video interview
• World Of Warcraft - Intro Movie
• Axis & Allies - Making Of Part 4 - 5