Atari announced today that it has entered into an exclusive agreement with Spark Unlimited for worldwide publishing rights across all media to all future titles developed by the award-winning creative team at Spark Unlimited, the studio behind the recent hit console game Call of Duty: Finest Hour.

At a lavish Berlin launch event to celebrate today's release of PAL versions of Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater, the creator and director Hideo Kojima informed assembled journalists that, while Snake Eater did indeed wrap up his initial trilogy, he will be involved with a fourth Metal Gear Solid title.

Vivisector: Beast Inside developed by Action Forms (creators of Chasm and Carnivores series) is a unique mixture of 3D Action/Horror. The game blends a thrilling interactive story with intense, high-adrenaline action and immerses players in a rich and fascinating storyline.

Ubisoft today announces that Cold Fear is now available across all European retail stores on Xbox and PlayStation 2.

Europe 1942. These are desperate hours for Allied forces as the Nazi war machine rages across a devastated European landscape. You are US Army Lieutenant William Holt, hand-picked by William “Wild Bill” Donovan to be the first field agent of the newly formed Office of Strategic Services­the OSS. Medal of Honor European Assault makes you the driving force in the struggle to liberate Europe.

Atari today announced that Act of War: Direct Action, a near-future, techno-thriller for personal computer, featuring a story created and written by New York Times best-selling author Dale Brown and nearly one hour of original, live-action feature film footage has gone gold in Europe and is on schedule for its March 18 ship date.

Matrix Games announced today that they will be working with Strategic Studies Group to release an updated version of the Reach for the Stars sci-fi strategy game. The original classic was released in 1983, but the new release is an updated version of the second Reach for the Stars release in 2000.

Valve's SteamPowered website has been updated with details regarding yet another update for its Source SDK which adds motion mapper, new example character model, new character creation documentation, QC eyes tool, more in-depth shader examples and a fix to the dedicated server. Just restart steam for the effects to take place. Valve also announced that they have selected the three winners from the Half-Life 2: Deathmatch map competition, the winning maps will get added somewhere during the course of the month.

Due to a mishap in our calculations (always confusing when companies start their fiscal year in November) we falsely reported GTA: SA being delayed, it is still on track for its scheduled June-ish release date. Our apologies for the confusion. At the same token it was also revealed that Rockstar Leeds (May Payne for GBA) is working on a GTA title for the PSP, set in GTA III's Liberty City, which is planned for release in the Q3 2005. Out of a total of 140 upcoming titles, Rockstar has two all new, yet undisclosed, products in development for later this year.

Created by Rockstar North, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas was the top performing product in Take-Two's publishing business in the quarter. According to NPDFunworld, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas was the top selling PlayStation 2 title in the United States in each of the four months since its release. The Company's life to date sales of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas through the end of the first quarter have exceeded 12 million units.

Tecmo and Xbox Live revealed today that Tecmo’s popular and sometimes controversial head of Team Ninja and creator of the Dead or Alive series, Tomonobu Itagaki, will participate in “The Dead or Alive Ultimate Mystery Gamer Competition” by taking on the role of the elusive DOAU Mystery Gamer for this Sunday’s session of the tournament.

Dreamcatcher has released a demo for the North American edition of Hydravision's 3rd person survival horror game Obscure: Learn about Fear. This demo features the same content as the previously released European version, but with added bug fixes. In the demo you take on the role of popular basketball player, Kenny. As he wraps up nightly practice and heads for the showers, Kenny stumbles upon a secret that will change their lives forever. Read more for download links...

Pandora Studios was formed in January of 2005 as a PC game development company. Originally just known as "Team Frag.Ops," the mod team behind the creation of the UT2004 Frag.Ops mod, after repeated success in the MSU contest the decision was made: an LLC would be created and Pandora Studios would pursue future projects in game design. We believe our love of classic, deep gaming and knack for creating epic concepts is just what the industry needs - a lot less feature consolidation, and a lot more depth.

Cold Fear is the first action-horror title to be published under the Ubisoft brand and combines the popular elements of both action and horror releases, delivering an action-packed, tension-filled gaming experience. Ubisoft is organizing a Cold Fear chat with the Darkworks developers on Wednesday March 9th at 6 PM (euro time), 9:00 AM PST or 12AM EST. Here is everything you need : server type beyondIRC (irc.beyondirc.net), channel : #ColdFear. Read more for some new screens ...

While there are no specific details available yet, Square Enix today revealed its newest title, Heavy Metal Thunder. Heavy Metal Thunder was unveiled during a concert in Japan, where rock band Sex Machineguns performed a live set promoting their new album, also titled "Heavy Metal Thunder." During the event, Square Enix showed a short trailer of the game filled with mechs and jets, but that was all there was to it. Square Enix is also sponsoring a new anime TV show, "Heavy-Meta san," which will air in Japan every Tuesday at midnight, beginning April 5.

Back in October EA announced the newest edition in the MoH franchise, successor to Rising Sun, Medal of Honor: Dogs of War. Originally scheduled for early 2005, it was then delayed to Q1 2006 (April through June) and now news has come in that the title has been renamed MoH European Assault to better appeal to the overseas market, and more accurately reflect the setting of the game itself, the European theatre of war.

While still not many details have been revealed about SCEI's sequel to what a lot of people call one of the best games of all time, ICO, Sony Europe decided to rename Wanda & the Colossus into Shadow of the Colossus. Situated in the same universe as its prequel, the Collossus will follow a totally different story line.

Will of Steel is a modern warfare tactical 3D Real Time Strategy game set in the early 1990s. As a young Marine officer, William Steel is the son of the highly decorated USMC General Thomas Steel. Players must assume command and responsibility of the battalion at his control and defeat your opposing in forces in hostile locations around the globe.

1944: Battle of the Bulge will once more make use of the powerful Walker 2 graphics engine, albeit maybe an updated version. The Battle of the Bulge is one of the most famous battles of WW2 which was fought between Allied forces and Germany in Normandy, Belgium during the winter of 1944. Digital Jesters announced that they will release 1944: Battle of the Bulge in the UK on April 1st 2005, and have also revealed a demo is coming shortly.

The team formally known as The Red Orchestra team is ready for the next step. The first major project will of course be Red Orchestra. We will have more information on our further plans on Red Orchestra in the coming weeks. Next up we are also just as proud to announce that Tripwire will be at the Game Developers Conference (GDC) next week as guests of the Nvidia booth (booth 410). We will be running the latest version of Red Orchestra (3.2) and will be more then happy to talk with anybody who wants to see us. So feel free to drop by if you can attend.

Previously, Bandai America was a division within the organization but as of January 3rd will now be an independent company, Bandai Games. Some of the new titles that will be introduced this year include One Piece, a fun game for everyone that will feature exciting pirate characters in amazing settings; D.I.C.E., a stunning and action-packed videogame that is set in a perilous galaxy; and Zatch Bell, which features unique fighting characters that will appeal to all ages. We will have more details available shortly ...

SCEA today confirmed its plan to increase the initial launch shipment of the highly anticipated PSP to one million units. Extraordinary consumer response to PSP on a global scale has led to the company making an upward revision in preparation for its North American launch on March 24. This figure is part of the company's overall three million-unit worldwide shipment estimate by the close of its fiscal year ending March 31.

Back in October EA announced the newest edition in the MoH franchise, successor to Rising Sun, Medal of Honor: Dogs of War. Originally scheduled for early 2005, it was then delayed to Q1 2006 (April through June) and now news has come in that the title has been renamed MoH: European Assault to better appeal to the overseas market, and more accurately reflect the setting of the game itself, the European theatre of war.

Jowood today revealed that it is working on a new episode in the Panzer Elite franchise, first started by the now defunct Wings Simulations. Panzer Elite Action is a fact action-packed WW2 action on Xbox, PS2 and PC, that lets the player command increasingly powerful tanks in a series of intense and dramatic battles. Panzer Elite Action features 18 missions in France, Poland and Russia, and 7 multiplayer maps. More details are promised later this month ...

Forgotten Realms: Demon Stone is an action adventure game set in the popular D&D world created by Wizards of the Coast. Forgotten Realms: Demon Stone will place players in the middle of a heated battle between two demonic armies set to overrun the world of Faerun. Atari has released the first patch fixing a game save issue, audio problems, and various other minor game issues. Read more for download links ...