Atari has released an updated demo for Epic's UT2004, bringing it on par with the Editor's Choice Edition patch from earlier today. The new demo features updated code and on top of the original demo content also has an additional CTF map and Onslaught map. Read more for download links ...

2015's director of development John Whitmore has sent out notice to let us know that the Xbox edition of their upcoming Vietnam based FPS "Men Of Valor" has gone gold. While Whitmore did not mention any specific release date, VUGames PR people informed us the console version will ship October 19th, while the official gold announcement should go out tomorrow. There was no mention of the PC version at all. Read more for some additional comments...

Elevate your game on both ends of the court with NBA LIVE 2005. With EA SPORTS Freestyle Control, create awe-inspiring dribble moves, highlight-reel dunks, and tenacious defensive plays that express your individual playing style.

SEGA of America today announced plans to publish Shining Tears on the PS2. Whereas its prequels offered first-person role-playing and strategy role-playing experiences (respectively), Shining Tears is an action role-playing game, featuring real-time battles and cooperative multiplayer game options.

Atari has shipped Shadow Ops: Red Mercury to retail stores this week for personal computer on DVD. Shadow Ops: Red Mercury offers players a gripping movie-style gaming experience through its unprecedented Hollywood production values, intense action and ground-breaking sound and visual effects.

Wish's highly-scalable server cluster infrastructure allows the game to support tens of thousands of simultaneous players in a single shared world. Wish is the first massively multi player online role playing game that truly tells a story, and lets player actions have lasting implications on the world. Some more screens ...

Ubisoft today announced that its upcoming flight sim combat Pacific Fighters will launch with a multiplayer mode that will allow up to 128 players to participate in live online aerial dogfights. In addition, cooperative play and dynamic online campaigns are also available for up to 32 players.

Aurora Watching is a third person perspective stealth game. The action takes place in the Arctic. All the locations are situated on the fascinating iceberg, in the laboratory underneath the iceberg and the dangerously flooded Russian submarine. During the mission Sullivan faces many opponents, not all of whom are human and each of which can be defeated in many ways, Mini-games, puzzles, and hi-tech gadgets keep player excited from the very beginning to the end.

Fireglow today revealed more information about its latest project "Stranger," a real-time strategy game, with elements of role playing games set in fantazy world. 'Stranger' will also feature multiplayer although details beyond "The players may play on their own, or unite in teams" are a bit sktechy. Read more for 10 new screens ...

SCi has released a new patch for Warthog's rally racing sim Richard Burns Rally. This update patch brings your retail game to v1.01 addresses Thrustmaster and DVD compatibility issues, sound instability problems, localization tweaks, graphics/performance improvements, etc (thanks 3DGamers). Read more for download links ...