SCEA announced the launch of Sly 2: Band of Thieves, a comic crime, action-adventure designed exclusively for the PS2. Created by Seattle-based developer, Sucker Punch Productions, Sly 2: Band of Thieves builds upon team-based thievery, immersive storylines, highly interactive environments and features cel-shaded illustrated rendering technology, innovative character designs and variety of gameplay.

THQ and Nickelodeon today announced that The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron Boy Genius: Attack of the Twonkies for the PS2, GameCube and GBA has shipped to retail outlets throughout North America. A television movie with the same storyline will air on Nickelodeon on November 11, the same week it releases for home video/DVD.

Dreamcatcher has released a patch for People Can Fly's FPS, Painkiller. This update brings your retail game to v1.3.5 and updates all scripts and engines for full compatibility with 1.35 Editor and Tools. The patch also addresses a few minor security fixes and changes. Read more for download links and details ...

Today, Majesco shipped Guilty Gear X2 #Reload for the Xbox to retailers nationwide. Available for a suggested retail price of $19.95, Guilty Gear X2 #Reload features Xbox Live support, offering players head-to-head competition, real-time global rankings, and community support of voice and friends.

Prince of Persia: Warrior Within features a deep, mysterious storyline starring a darker, edgier Prince who is vigilant in his quest to unseal his mortal destiny. Read more for further details and some screens ...

For the new season, the Club Football 2005 range is bigger and bolder with a new game engine to power faster and more responsive gameplay. With twice the amount of official team content in each game, great skill moves and new game modes including Career, Practice and classic Scenarios, the new Club Football 2005 range will bring players even closer to the heart of the action and the heart of their team.

TimeGate Studios delivers a breathtaking world of magical splendour, heroic deeds, and fearsome enemies with Kohan II: Kings of War, a fantasy-based real-time strategy game. Presented in beautifully rendered 3D, Kohan II: Kings of War allows gamers to lay siege to enemy cities, explore fantastic realms, fight strange creatures, and build a world-spanning empire.

Sony Online today announced that EverQuest: Omens of War, a new expansion for the incredibly popular PC MMORPG, EverQuest, is now available. This expansion takes advantage of a new, next-generation graphics engine that allows players to experience the new areas of the game in unprecedented graphical splendor.

Activision has announced that Call of Duty: United Offensive has shipped to retail outlets nationwide. The highly anticipated expansion pack to Infinity Ward's Call of Duty brings the cinematic intensity of the brand to unprecedented heights with more action than ever before.

Project: Snowblind is a the first-person action shooter putting you in the role of an elite super soldier, fighting on the front lines of a near-future war using unique weapons, abilities and high-tech gadgetry that inject depth and variety to gameplay. Currently in development by Crystal Dynamics, Project: Snowblind places unique emphasis to its intensive multiplayer and online play modes and will be available for the PS2, Xbox and PC this Winter.