Blizzard Entertainment today announced that its eagerly awaited massively multiplayer online role-playing game World of Warcraft will be in stores in North America on November 23, 2004. World of Warcraft will launch simultaneously in Australia and New Zealand, and is planned for release in Korea, Europe, and other countries throughout Asia shortly following.

An interview on Russian site Dirty.ru with a certain PROF from GSC World revealed that a demo for THQ's upcoming FPS S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow Of Chernobyl is planned to be released a month before the shipping of the game (thanks GenGamers). You can read an English summary of the interview over at IAmStalker.

Atari shipped 'Godzilla: Save the Earth' for the PS2 to stores, while the Xbox version will be available November 22. Based on the classic character movie license from Toho Co., Ltd., 'Godzilla: Save the Earth' faithfully recreates the look and feel of the gargantuan film legend and takes the fighting element to the next level with online multiplayer fighting, new technology and gameplay improvements in all major areas.

A "beta demo" has been made available for Earth Force, an upcoming PC shooter, showing off a bit of the graphics engine in movement, as well as improvements since the alpha version. The demo allows you to play through part of the first level.

Tecmo announced the launch of the Dead or Alive Ultimate official website promoting the series' latest Xbox Live edition. Flock to the "Virtual Arcade" where eight players can participate in a fighting session from anywhere in the world. The promotional web site will ultimately evolve into the brand hub for all Dead or Alive games, events, and activities.

In Dead to Rights, the player takes the role of Jack Slate, a good cop in a bad town. Early in the story, Jack finds his father killed and seeks to find the perpetrator.

Sammy Studios announced that Guilty Gear Isuka has now shipped to retail outlets across North America. Developed by Arc System Works exclusively for the PlayStation 2, Guilty Gear Isuka is the sequel in the critically acclaimed Guilty Gear fighting game franchise.

Mastiff today announced that Technic Beat, an innovative and addictive music game for the PlayStation 2, has shipped to retailers through North America.

Zoo Digital announces details of their forthcoming GBA title Racing Gears Advance. The game will be released on December 3, 2004, with the title already winning many fans after its debut showing at EGN.

Majesco today announced it has tabbed Swedish developer, Starbreeze, to develop content for the next generation of console systems expected to ship in 2006. Starbreeze is highly regarded and has received numerous accolades from leading industry media outlets for producing the award-winning video game, The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape From Butcher's Bay.

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.

Akella has released a multilanguage demo for its RPG Metalheart: Replicants Rampage. The game provides a strong sci-fi story with intriguing cyberpunk influences, sophisticated turn-based combat, random quest generator with the unbelievable tasks variations, a complex character parameter system, and plenty of other wonders to make hardcore RPG fans amazed (thanks Blues & Petr). Read more for download links ...

Maps at the ready! Princess Peach has been kidnapped and Mario must follow the map's clues to the Star Crystals - the only power able to guide him to the Princess. But beware you will meet many people along the way and it is up to you to decide if they are friend or enemy! Mario can partner up with characters that can then combine with Mario to allow new moves.

As was promised last week, Massive Ent has now released the first patch for its 3D RTS 'Ground Control 2' bringing your retail game to v1.0.0.8. There is no manual download for the patch available yet, so for now you will have to log onto Massgate and autopatch it. A standalone file should be available shortly and then we will have it on our fileserver network. Read more for detailed fix list ...

Playing as both the detective Sherlock himself and his no less-loved sidekick Dr Watson, the player must investigate their way around massive, sumptuous levels rich in graphical detail, which will delight knowledgeable fans and newcomers alike.

Namco Hometek Inc. announced today that the epic role-playing adventure Baten Kaitos: Eternal Wings and the Lost Ocean has gone gold. Available exclusively for the GameCube this November, Baten Kaitos takes players on an intense and innovative epic journey to save a world in crisis.

THQ has released its financial figures for its fiscal second quarter 2005 although sales were a little less than same period last year, they came in better than expected mainly due to strong sales from titles like Dawn Of War, Full Spectrium Warrior and WWE Day of Reckoning. Most interesting though is the announcement of Full Spectrum Warrior coming to PS2 (expected March 2005) and slight delay of S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl from Q1 2005 to May 2005, and Pandemic's Destroy All Humans from Q1 2005 to April 2005. THQ also opened a new development studio in San Diego by the name of Concrete Games.

BAM! Entertainment and developer Rebellion announced today that the legendary Judge Dredd comic book character is coming to life in Judge Dredd: Dredd Vs. Death. Under a distribution agreement recently signed, BAM! is scheduled to ship the first-person shooter for PS2, Xbox, GameCube, as well as for PC in November 2004.

Tecmo announced today that its online fighting game, Dead or Alive Ultimate (DOAU) for the Xbox, has shipped today, hitting retailers across North America this week.

Gearbox President Randy Pitchfork always claimed there would be multiple games in the Brothers In Arms franchise, it is still a surprise that a sequel is already in the works months before the original is released. At a European press event C&VG learned from Gearbox's military adviser Colonel John Antal that part of the Euro press tour was also being used as research for BIA 2. "We're working on the sequel," Colonel John Antal said and also added "We're going to follow Sgt. Matt Baker through World War II, I think people are going to want to hear his story." Operation Market Garden or Battle of The Bulge are being considered for the the sequel.

Galactic Civlizations Deluxe Edition brings together the original award-winning, turn-based strategy ‘Game of the Year’; Galactic Cvilizations and the Altarian Prophecy Expansion Pack into one gameplay-packed box.

In Godzilla: Save the Earth, players will have nine game modes to choose from, including Action, the mission-based single-player game; Challenges, a series of single-player challenges to complete; Custom, where players can set the parameters of a fight; Versus, the classic one-on-one melee battle; and many more. The game also includes mini games, including rail-type arcade sequences.

Team Ninja has created the ultimate Dead or Alive fighting experience, Dead or Alive Ultimate, by coupling the original version of Dead or Alive with a completely redesigned Dead or Alive 2 on the Xbox to create one of the first 3-D online fighting games to date. Both games will be Xbox Live multi-player compatible enabling you to test your fighting skills against a vast community of gamers from around the world.

The ATV Offroad Fury 3 soundtrack will include a collection of both established and emerging alternative Sony Music Label Group artists, in addition to tracks from other prominent music record labels. Covering the rock, funk, hip-hop and techno music genres, the music featured in ATV Offroad Fury 3 will amplify the game's extreme gameplay and intense offroad racing.

Today Activision released its quarterly financial statement and apart from doing quite well (sales & revenue are up, WAY up), driven by strong sales from Doom 3, Spider-Man 2, Rome: Total War, Tony Hawk 2, X-Men Legends, Call Of Duty etc. In the following investors conference call Activision revealed that the eagerly awaited Xbox edition of Doom 3, as well as the fresly announced expandion pack for the PC, are expected in the first quarter of 2005 which means between January, March 2005.