Activision, Inc. gives shoppers a jump on the holiday season by beaming down a four-pack of Phaser filled fun with the release of the Star Trek Action Pack. Currently available at retail stores nationwide, the Star Trek Action Pack contains the full retail versions of Star Trek Armada, Star Trek Armada II, Star Trek: Voyager Elite Force and the Star Trek: Voyager Elite Force Expansion Pack. The Star Trek Action Pack for the PC carries a suggested retail price of $29.99. Star Trek Armada and Star Trek Armada II are rated “E” by the ESRB, while Star Trek: Voyager Elite Force and the Star Trek: Voyager Elite Force Expansion Pack have been rated “T” for Teen.

In Evolution Worlds, Adventures like Mag Launcher, Chain Gun and Pepper Box possess Cyframes, or magical body weaponry. These Cyframes give special, skilled attacks that are learned through experience. Players can also find or buy parts to upgrade their Cyframe for more types of attacks. For example, Mag Launcher has a Cyframe that starts with a Hand and Hammer parts to do punching and pounding attacks, but he can find other parts such as a Spray for gassing, Boulders for rock attacks, Spinner for yo-yo attacks, etc. Players can add slots to carry as many as 100 parts, and upgrade the parts for more attack power.

World War II Wednesday has come around again. Read more to check the latest screenshots for Hearts of Iron and World War II Online Mac Edition.

Right Hemisphere, a creator of 3D graphic production solutions for games, film and broadcast, web content, and industrial design today announced that Electronic Arts has selected Right Hemisphere's Deep Character technology as the basis for The Sims Creator, a full-featured customization utility included in The Sims Deluxe Edition.

TimeSplitters 2 is the sequel to the hugely successful and critically acclaimed TimeSplitters and has been developed by Free Radical Design. TimeSplitters 2 improves on the original in every conceivable way. The game offers a more involving story mode, featuring a complex narrative set across nine different time periods, from twentieth century Siberia to the Wild West to Futuristic Neo Tokyo. Today we have some more TimeSplitters 2 character bios, part 4 in the series. This week it's the turn of the Robot Factory and Siberia.

WRECKLESS: The Yakuza Missions, the top-selling mission-based combat game for the XboxTM video game system from Microsoft, is hitting the Nintendo GameCube with cool new features and exclusive mini-missions. In this high-suspense, high-speed, mission based driving game, players choose one of two roles, each with its own storyline; that of an elite anti-Yakuza squad member or a high-level secret agent. Read more for the Nintendo GameCube fact sheet!

Lucas Art's let us know that their Star Wars Galactic Battlegrounds Saga is now available for purchase at retail stores! This package includes the popular real-time strategy game Star Wars Galactic Battlegrounds and its dynamic Episode II mission expansion Star Wars Galactic Battlegrounds: Clone Campaigns. As an added bonus, Wizards of the Coast Star Wars trading card game boosters will be included with the collection.

Video game publisher Gotham Games announced the launch of the official Web site for Serious Sam, which enters the next-gen console market this fall exclusively on the Microsoft Xbox. Serious Sam puts players in control of Sam "Serious" Stone, the only man that has what it takes to repel the alien forces determined to turn planet Earth into their personal trash can.

TDK Mediactive, Inc. announced that Casper Spirit Dimensions for the Nintendo GameCube has shipped to North American retail accounts.

New weapons, units and civilian transport are provided today for Operation Flashpoint's Resistance fighters with the release of an all-new upgrade. The Operation Flashpoint: Resistance upgrade is freely available from the game's microsite in the Downloads section. Players require the original Operation Flashpoint: Cold War Crisis and the Resistance expansion pack to use the upgrade. Read more below for download links and to check out what this 13MB patch fix/add. We also tossed up 7 new screens from this upgrade

Pharaoh Productions this weekend released some new screens (5) from their upcoming RPG, DOMINION.. Check out some screenshots of the latest prototype build below!

Stratic Games sat down recently with NCSoft's legendary game producers Starr Long and Richard Garriott to discuss the current state of MMOGs and details about their current project, Tabula Rasa. Read the entire interview here!

EMPIRE send over some new handy facts from their latest project, Big Mutha Truckers ("BMT") for the Sony PlayStation 2 and the Xbox video game system. Did you know, for example, that the K-Rok DJ's voice is done by Tony the Tiger? Well, read more below!

Now that Sam "Serious" Stone has the firepower, It's time to take out the trash. The attached screenshots and artwork hightlight some of the gruesome and downright nasty alien invaders in SERIOUS SAM, coming NOVEMBER 12 exclusively to the Xbox. Read more to find out info and screens on all the baddies ...

Ubi Soft Entertainment is proud to announce the release of its upcoming racing game, Racing Simulation 3. Based on an enhanced version of Ubi Soft's powerful "Revenge" engine, the game will feature the latest technological advancements to provide gamers with the most thrilling and realistic game in the series. Go check the 10 new screens before they race off!

Developed by THQ’s studio, Volition, Red Faction 2 is the sequel to one of the best-selling and most critically acclaimed original game franchises of 2001. Featuring an enhanced Geo-Mod engine that allows players to strategically alter and destroy the game environment in real-time. Red Faction II recently went GOLD and is scheduled to ship on October 16. Today we serve up 16 new screens. Njoy!

Leading video game publisher Konami of America, Inc. announced today that Evolution Skateboarding for Sony PS2 has shipped to retail outlets nationwide. The first next-generation skateboarding game to ship this season, Evolution Skateboarding features an exciting mix of authentic tricks and pro-skaters, incredibly detailed graphics and out-of-this-world fantasy levels. The introduction of Boss Characters – a first in the genre – revolutionizes extreme sports videogames by integrating game play elements inspired by Konami’s rich action videogame legacy.

As expected the new patch for the Unreal engine powered multiplayer shooter America's Army has been released. The patch has a lot of goodies such as a new map, a new Honor System feature, Combat Effectiveness Meter and a slew of big fixes, tweaks and upgrades. Read more for detailed fix list and links where to get the goodies (thanks HomeLan).

Earlier today we tossed up the announcement that Monster Studios Are Working On A New Game! Well we just received a bunch of screens from their upcoming title, Chain Reaction. (including two exclusive screens). Njoy!

Today’s goodies are courtesy of Stardock and Strategy First. Next at bat and on deck (yes yes, i like baseball) are 10 never before seen, brand new, smoking hot screenshots for the upcoming strategy title, Galactic Civilizations. Njoy!

­Metro3D, Inc. today announces the nationwide release of Sub Rebellion exclusively for the Sony PlayStation2 game console, which begins shipment today at retail stores across the country. Developed by IREM SOFTWARE ENGINEERING INC., Sub Rebellion featuresa “Teen” ESRB Rating and a MSRP of $49.95.

After three years hiding in the shadows, Monster Studios comes out from under the bed ready to grab the gaming world by its ankles. An award-winning developer of more than 70 gaming titles, Monster Studios founder Jeff Tunnell, formerly executive director and founder of Dynamix, has assembled a software development team of monstrous talent with the mission to "create cool games and have a blast."

BVS Development has released BVS Solitaire Collection 3.3 with 310 multi-featured, very different solitaire card games to play. You'll be able to learn solitaires not found elsewhere: "Topsy-Turvy Queens", "Twelve Sleeping Maids", "Napoleon Takes Moscow", "Braid" and many others.

The U.S. Army began distributing nationwide this week America's Army: Operations, a computer game with a first-person-perspective action where players enter into virtual military service defending the United States. Designed to communicate information about Army opportunities, adventures, challenges and training, the free game CD has shipped and is starting to appear at local Army Recruiting stations, ROTC detachments and Army events listed at www.americasarmy.com and www.goarmy.com.

Konami of America Inc., today announced that NBA STARTING FIVE has shipped to stores nationwide. The latest hoops game from Konami, NBA Starting Five is now available for the PlayStation 2 at an SRP of $39.99, while the Xbox edition is set to ship on October 29th at an SRP of $49.99.