Sammy Studios, Inc. today announced that "Seven Samurai 20XX" is now available in retail outlets in the US. Released exclusively for PS2, "Seven Samurai 20XX" is a fast-paced action game inspired by Akira Kurosawa's masterpiece "The Seven Samurai." The game takes the samurai epic's timeless tale of a courageous few standing up against evil and recreates it for the videogame generation. "Seven Samurai 20XX" is rated T for Teen and will debut at $39.99.

Majesco Sales Inc. today announced a three-year agreement with 4Kids Entertainment, Inc. to publish a total of 12 episodes of 4Kids' high-profile cartoon programs as part of its new Game Boy Advance Video product line. The resulting new products will allow the 20 million Game Boy Advance and Game Boy Advance SP owners to view cartoons produced by 4Kids on their portable handheld system.

CDV Software Entertainment and City Interactive signed a distribution agreement. CDV will distribute City's upcomming space action game "Project Freedom" in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. The game will be released end of April/ beginning May 2004 at SRP of 29,99 EURO.

Xpand Rally developer Techland has today started the registration of beta testers for the game. On www.xpandrally.com web page everybody can declare his readiness to become an official Xpand Rally Beta Tester. After learning the minimum system requirements of a beta tester computer and approving the non-disclosure agreement one must fill out a simple form stating his identification data, his hardware details and his preferences regarding computer racing games.

Digital Jesters is seeking to continue its reputation as one of the UK's foremost publishers of innovative and critically-acclaimed games with the news that it has signed the UK publishing rights to ambitious fantasy sports game Chaos League from French Developer Cyanide. The game is due for release on PC CD-ROM in June 2004. Read more for details & screens ...

In Beyond Divinity, Larian Studios takes what made Divine Divinity so deeply appealing, and pushes it one step further. Using an enhanced version of the original engine, the final product delivers infinite character development, unparalleled levels of interactivity, a wide variety of enemies; tons of quests and a brand new combat system. Read more for a few new screens ...

Gathering announced today that Mafia for the Xbox has shipped to North American retailers. The English language PAL version of the title will ship to stores in the UK on March 26th and the non-English language versions will be available in Europe on April 2nd. Mafia for the PlayStation2 is available now. In the United States, Mafia is rated M for Mature and is available for the SRP of $49.99.

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 :

• Combat Elite: WWII Paratroopers - Trailer
• Star Wars: Battlefront - Trailer
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  We will update this throughout the day when new trailers become available. Read more for download links ...

Obscure is Hydravision Entertainment's upcoming survival horror game where all the action centres around a group of three students, trapped in an eerie school, where the teachers have been performing obscene experiments on their classmates. Read more for some new screens ...

Electronic Arts has released an updated version for the Battlefield 1942 Mod Development Tool. The v2.0 MDT introduces tools and guides for both the beginning and advanced Battlefield 1942 modder. This version adds full compatibility with Battlefield Vietnam, 3ds max 5 and 3ds max 6 Support, an updated menu editor and a few other fixes. Read more for download links ...