Set in the late 1570's, one year after the original Tenchu, Tenchu: Return from Darkness allows players to assume the role of the ninjas Rikimaru, Ayame or the mysterious Tesshu as they battle the evil Tenrai and his six lords of darkness. As silent assassins, players must use cunning, strategy, deadly stealth and an arsenal of weapons to overcome dangerous missions and defend the Japanese countryside from Tenrai's armies.

The Sims Bustin' Out features an all-new neighborhood with over a dozen new unlockable locations and a cast of over 40 new zany characters to socialize with. Players will purchase a car or scooter in order to get out of the house and head to the Gym to work out with exercise fanatic Goldie Toane or to Club Rubb to rave with club owner Bing Bling. Players will be able to crash parties, create havoc, or just drive their neighbors crazy! Read more for some new screens ...

Got Game Entertainment today announced a North American publishing deal for "A Quiet Weekend in Capri", an adventure game for the PC. In what becomes anything but a quiet weekend in Capri, this magical island off the coast of Italy serves as backdrop to a captivating mystery. Read more for details and screens...

Crave Entertainment announced today the release of Future Tactics: The Uprising, an all-new action/role-playing game for the PlayStation2, in early 2004. Future Tactics: The Uprising is a tale of love, loss, redemption, hope and a slew of "ugly green muthas."

Microsoft has issued a new patch for Gearbox/Bungie's first person shooter Halo: Combat Evolved. This upgrade brings your retail copy to v1.031 and addresses a start-up crash related to the intro movies, and sets anisotropic filtering off by default (thanks 3DGamers). Read more for download links ...

EA has released the promised patch for EA pacific's 3D RTS Command & Conquer Generals Zero Hour. This upgrade brings your retail game to v1.01 and includes the prevoiusly released multiplayer maps as well as a slew of bug fixes and game tweaks... Read more for detailed fix list & download links ...

Strategy First has released the announced patch for Techland's sci-fi first person shooter Chrome. Thisd upgrade brings your retail game to v1.1.3.0 and includes faster game performance, new multiplayer maps (Autobahn, Deadlock, Chillout, TreasureIsland2, Carbius, Skirmish, Battledust2 and Soilent2) and vehicles (ArmoBeatle Mark 4 & Speeder), anti-cheating protections, and various other improvements and bug fixes. You will need this patch to play on the new official North American servers. Please note that previous single-player saved games will not be compatible with the new version. Read more for details and download links ...

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 :

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  We will update this throughout the day when new trailers become available. Read more for download links ...

Lots of people have been waiting for these, and now here they are. Lionhead has finally released the BWDevNet Tools for Black&White. They are designed to work with the latest version of Creature Isle and won’t work if you don’t have Creature Isle installed. Apart from that you will also need the latest patch of B&W. Read more for download links ...

KOEI announced today its plans to release 'Romance Of The Three KingDoms IX' for the PS2. The ninth installment of the longest running simulation series in console history will ship to North American Retailers in February 2004. Read more for details and screens ...