Five years ago Carl Johnson escaped from the pressures of life in Los Santos, San Andreas...a city tearing itself apart with gang trouble, drugs and corruption. On his return to the neighborhood, a couple of corrupt cops frame him for homicide. CJ is forced on a journey that takes him across the entire state of San Andreas, to save his family and to take control of the streets.

Creature Conflict: The Clan Wars is the new action packed turn based 3D-cartoon combat game from Mithis Entertainment, a game that has already got the industry talking. What would you expect when you can arm a monkey with a nuclear bomb! Due to a slight increase in the time needed to produce the game everyone is hoping for, the new release date for Creature Conflict: The Clan Wars has been set for the 4th February 2005.

Climax has updated its job listing page, looking for a new 'VP of Business Development & Director of Business Development', where it was revealed that several new titles are in the works such as Sudeki 2. "Climax is developing a wide range of games for leading publishers including: Codename Avalon, ATV Fury III, Sudeki 2, Moto-GP 3, The Final Option, Hot Wheels, Delta Force: Black Hawk Down, Tron 2.0, Dragon Wars and other exciting projects yet to be announced."

On Friday Atari released its quarterly revenue figures, and apart from the numbers being more than 25% lower than last year, it also revealed that, after announcing 'Forgotten Realms: Demon Stone' was coming to the Xbox a few weeks ago, its also planned for the PC, "[f]or the third quarter ending December 31, 2004." No official statement has been released from Atari, but with this revelation, it will probably follow shortly.

ESPN Videogames today unveiled new features for their upcoming hockey title, ESPN NHL 2K5. ESPN NHL 2K5 introduces several new additions in Franchise Mode, the new Intense Contact Control system, and Party Mode, a new feature that brings fans together in the spirit of competition. Read more for details...

Jowood announced that upcoming title, 'Future Tactics: The Uprising' is due for release on 22nd October 2004. Future Tactics is set to arrive in stores with a bang, available across a variety of gaming formats - PC CDROM (£19.99), PlayStation 2 (£29.99), GameCube (£29.99) and Xbox (£29.99) formats.

The 'Unreal Tournament 2004 - Editor's Choice Edition' brings new maps for the fan-favorite "Onslaught" mode, new Vehicles, new characters, and some of the best community-developed mods from the worldwide Unreal community. Click 'Read More' for details.

Tiscali Games today announced new features which are about to be introduced to the PC game 'BiosFear' with 'BiosFear Chapter 2: Battle for Winter Castle'. Click 'Read More' for details on this free add-on.

Martin Hollis, director and producer of the multi-award-winning GoldenEye 007 for Nintendo 64, is to present publicly for the first time ever at the forthcoming European Developers' Forum. Read more for details...

Hanako Games announced today that they have released "Pentagraph", an exciting combination of word puzzle and role playing game. Take control of a humble student of magic trying to save the school master, captured and being held deep in the depths of the school's dungeon. Battle your way through dozens of enemies by solving five letter word puzzles, gain and use items to aid your combat, and find secret words that send any monster running in fear. Read more for details...

Midway has released its financial results for second quarter of 2004 in which it reveals that Inevitable Entertainment's Area 51 has been delayed and pushed back from its original fall 2004 release date to the first half of 2005. Reason for moving the release date back "crowded 2004 holiday season." Earlier today Midway announced it signed a deal with Epic for Unreal Championship 2 which is now scheduled for February 2005.

1C Company and Pointsoft Interactive have signed a Pan-European distribution deal for Vivisector: Beast Inside. 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. Read more for some new screens

Midway today announced a multi-year, multi-product agreement with Epic Games to publish three new videogames based on the popular Unreal franchise. The agreement marks Midway's entrance into the premium PC games sector with a property that has sold more than seven million units worldwide and generated nearly $200 million in revenue at retail since the introduction of Unreal Tournament in 1999.

An expansive adventure that spans the globe, The Silver Earring delivers a deep and involving experience that will, in all likelihood, completely destroy any social life that hopeful PC owners aspire towards. The demo will allow you to play as Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson as well as having 10 different locations to visit and 10 minutes worth of movie footage to go along with the 3 hours worth of gameplay. Read more for download links ...

The popular fighting franchise, Guilty Gear X2 #Reload, makes its debut on the Xbox this summer, courtesy of Majesco. Developed by ARC System Works, Guilty Gear X2 #Reload features Xbox Live support, offering players head-to-head competition, real-time global rankings, and community support of voice and friends.

Five years ago Carl Johnson escaped from the pressures of life in Los Santos, San Andreas...a city tearing itself apart with gang trouble, drugs and corruption. On his return to the neighborhood, a couple of corrupt cops frame him for homicide. CJ is forced on a journey that takes him across the entire state of San Andreas, to save his family and to take control of the streets.

NCsoft today announces the latest chapter to its massively multiplayer game, Lineage. Lineage 1, Episode 2: Heaven and Earth, launches today on North American servers and gives players even more areas to explore and creatures to battle. It also introduces the Lastabad Dark Elf army, which is wreaking havoc on the towns and castles of Lineage’s fictional world of Aden.

Jowood has released a demo for Wildlife Park: Wild Creatures, featuring one map and two missions. The AddOn to Wildlife Park leads you into an extremely exotic world of wild animals from the present and past. Numerous new species are settled in Wildlife Park AddOn to attract visitors in missions or in the free game. Read more for download links ...

WRC 4 allows fans to fully participate in the action of the WRC season, experiencing the thrill of all 16 WRC locations on 5 continents. Including more than 100 different stages - Point to Point, Super Special, Shakedown and Sprint Stages - WRC 4 allows the gritty, fast-paced realism of Rally to be faithfully recreated on PS 2. Sony has changed the original ship date from November to October 2004, one month ahead of schedule. A round of applause for Sony!

NCSoft has released new information about the second content update for their super hero MMORPG "City Of Heroes." "A Shadow Of The Past" update will feature two new zones (The Shadow Shard & The Hollows), two new villian groups (Rularuu & Igneous), plus plenty of new features and mission enhancements. Head on over to the official City Of Heroes website or read more for details...

Tak 2: The Staff of Dreams will continue following Tak on his adventures against evil. However, players will take on the role of a more experienced Tak as he goes on an epic adventure that will require him to learn all new Juju magic in order to recover the Nightmare Scepter and defeat the evil shaman, Tlaloc, once and for all. Developed by Avalanche Software, Tak 2: The Staff of Dreams is scheduled to release in October 2004 and will be available on the PS2, GameCube, Xbox, and GBA

Attention all Drivers! Get ready to jump into some unbelievable racing action with Atari's Test Drive: Eve of Destruction releasing on August 24 for Xbox and PS2.

Cold War follows the story of Matt Carter a freelance journalist who finds himself in the midst of an international conspiracy that aims to control the U.S.S.R. Using only recovered weapons and improvised gadgets, he must now evade or overcome elite Soviet forces and defeat the conspiracy before he is sent to a Siberian prison camp or killed.

Lineage 2 Online is holding a Guide Writing Contest for all Lineage 2 fans. We're looking for the best guides to any Lineage 2 topic, it can be for a specific part of the game or about Lineage 2 in general. The contest will only run for a month so submit your entries as soon as possible! Original work only. Win cash prizes! The winner will receive USD $100, the 2nd and 3rd place winners will also win cash prizes. Read the rest of guidelines on the contest page for how to submit contest entries.

Sega, Nintendo and NCsoft have confirmed a major presence at Europe’s new games business event, the European Games Network, to be held at London ExCeL from September 1st - 3rd, 2004. Read more for further details ...