As promised, NCsoft announced that the closed beta test for Richard Garriott's sci-fi MMO Tabula Rasa has starting, marking the game's final development stages.

Bethesda have updated the Fallout site with a countdown to the release of the Fallout 3 teaser trailer. On the site you'll find concept art created in conjunction with noted concept artist Craig Mullins, as well as a streaming version of the Fallout 3 title track. Bethesda will be updating the site weekly with new art as the release of the teaser approaches.

Virtua Fighter 5 raises the bar for console fighting games including all the features fans know and love plus enhanced gameplay mechanics, additional characters and new fighting styles, as well as newly redesigned 3D environments.

K2 Network announced an agreement with Samsung to publish Red Stone, a 2-D fantasy MMORPG in which players adventure to recover the lost shards of a powerful jewel in order to restore peace to their ravaged world.

Sword of the Stars add-on Born of Blood is designed to increase the diversity, tactical depth and replay value. This expansion will unleash a new alien race, a new form of strategic movement, new ship sections, new weapons, new technologies, new scenarios and new unknown menaces.

Numen: Contest of Heroes is an action/RPG that will plunge the player deep into the amazing world of Greek mythology, the realm of almighty gods, brave heroes, fabulous creatures, and great deeds.

Naruto: Ninja Council 3 will feature mission-based gameplay for up to four players. The ninja action game utilizes an interchangeable attack system allowing players to combine attack techniques from all available characters in the mission to increase their chance of success.

Battle Rage is the third person shooter with elements of the beat-'em-up game that allows a player to control giant robots. Battles between the robots take place on carefully selected battlegrounds (so-called "arenas") and they are short, quick, brutal skirmishes.

Bohemia Interactive announced that the United Kingdom Ministry of Defence (UK MoD) has purchased an enterprise license of Virtual Battlespace 2, providing a robust, flexible simulation for use in collective and tactical training, mission rehearsal, experimentation and terrain/3D model visualization for AO familiarization.

G4Box Inc. announced Metin 2, its 3D MMORPG featuring a unique dynamic fighting system, strong storyline, King mode where players can be elected as king, giving their nation bonuses on the battlefield and much, much more. Best of all, Metin 2 will be totally free to play...