MTV Films today announced that it has acquired an option on the worldwide film rights to the award-winning, action-horror video game property The Suffering from Surreal Software, a subsidiary of Midway Games.

Ultimate Spider-Man allows players to take on the role of Spider-Man AND a super-villain in an original storyline. Dive into an immersive adventure as you experience a living comic-book illustrated with 3D Comic Inking Technology. The game's expanded, free-roaming environments deliver a deep adventure with a variety of challenging missions, diverse game play and an improved combat system that allows players to face off against the largest number of characters from the Spider-Man universe ever assembled.

In this next chapter of Ty, players will embark on a series of missions and challenges filled with new and upgraded weapons and vehicles. Like its predecessors, TY the Tasmanian Tiger 3 will feature a unique array of interesting native animals inspired by the Australian Outback. Krome has launched the official TY the Tasmanian Tiger: Night of the Quinkan website offering fans the latest news, EnTYclopedia with info on things found in the game (characters, locations, vehicles), mini-games, videos, game audio, wallpaper and plenty more ....

Far Cry Instincts is a technically advanced gaming experience built from the ground up using the kind of cutting-edge technology that Far Cry fans will recognize from the PC title. Far Cry Instincts will ship for Xbox in September 2005.

Another day, another batch of game trailers were released. Instead of giving them all their own posts, we grouped them, and so far there are trailers for :

• Heroes of Might & Magic V - GC 2005 Presentation Part 1
• Bad Day in LA [Xbox/PC]- Trailer
• Condemned: Criminal Origins [X360/PC] - Trailer #4
• Ground Zero: Genesis of a new World - Trailer
• Jak X: Combat Racing [PS2] - Trailer #6
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FIFA Manager 06, previously known as Total Club Manager 2006, now boasts an improved user-friendly interface and more than 2,000 clubs and over 20,000 players, providing football fans with the most complete, up-to-date and authentic football manager experience on PC.

Groove Games today announced World War II Combat: Road to Berlin, a high-intensity first person shooter (FPS) set in and around the chaotic battle grounds of Berlin during the final days of World War II. Developed by Direct Action Games, creators of the SPEC OPS series, Combat: Task Force 121, World War II Combat: Road to Berlin features single player and multiplayer action modes on Xbox Live.

Dive into an immersive adventure as you experience a living comic-book illustrated with 3D Comic Inking Technology. The game's expanded, free-roaming environments deliver a deep adventure with a variety of challenging missions, diverse game play and an improved combat system that allows players to face off against the largest number of characters from the Spider-Man universe ever assembled in one video game.

Ubisoft Europe announced today that it will launch The Settlers Gold Edition on DVD at the suggested retail price of £34.99. Available on September 15th, the special DVD set will include both The Settlers Heritage of Kings and its add-on The Settlers Heritage of Kings Expansion Disk.

Developed by Brainbox Games and using the Unreal Engine, Land of the Dead: Road to Fiddler's Green is a FPS featuring zombies, frightening effects, and key environments seen in George A. Romero's Land of the Dead horror film.

World of Warcraft Lead Producer Shane Dabiri has put up an updated battleplan looking ahead to what WoW players can expect in the coming months leading up to BlizzCon and the expansion announcement. Shane talks about adding mid-sized raid content, expanding current, and adding new, world events, PvP content and making it easier for lower level characters to advance in the PvP Honor System, improving underused talents for all classes, implementing is fee-based character transfers on the website, and closes off with a promise about soon coming details on the Hero class, and the WoW expansion at BlizzCon.

Microsoft announced today that its Xbox exclusive Kingdom Under Fire: Heroes, has gone gold and is now ready for a worldwide release. As the most feared and respected warrior generals in the war-torn land of Bersia, players must hack-n-slash through hordes of enemies using various melee moves and magic spells, while commanding hundreds of soldiers, catapults, and dragons, to achieve the ultimate victory.

Vietcong 2 is a FPS set against the background of the 1968 Tet Offensive, in and around the ancient city of Hue, during the Vietnam War. Brought to life through a gritty story compiled from first hand accounts and memories of Special Forces and Infantry servicemen stationed in Hue during the assault. This multiplayer demo features 2 maps, 3 game modes (CTF, DM and TDM),playable with up to 64 people.

Neverend is a Fantasy RPG under development by Mayhem Studios (previously known for the TBS Empire of Magic) Discovering the background of Agavaen, and determining her final personality is one of the main purposes of the game, which continuously appears as the principal plot is being resolved.

THQ today announced that Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War: Winter Assault has reached the gold master stage of development, is entering manufacturing, and is scheduled for retail September 19, 2005.

Relic announced that on Thursday 8th September it will launch a new patch for Dawn of War through the auto-updater in the game. This patch will bring your retail game to v1.4 and address a few notable balance items, adds Persistent Bodies and Decals! These options (accessible from the Graphics Options) allow you to control how long the bodies of the fallen warriors remain on the battlefield. Read more for details ...

Early August Blizzard revealed it was closing is Blizzard North development studio, and today Castaway Entertainment announced that former Blizzard North studio lead Rick Seis has accepted the position of Technical Director and lead programmer for their current unannounced project.

Driver: Parallel Lines returns to its gameplay roots with a sophisticated, adrenaline-pumping car chase AI and unprecedented vehicle dynamics and physics. Driver: Parallel Lines is set in a photorealistic interpretation of New York City, features a seamless open mission structure, and is one of the first console racing games to incorporate online play.

Matrix Games officially announces that Lock and Load: Band of Heroes is available for purchase and shipping from the Matrix Games website. Lock and Load is the first board game published by Matrix Games and can be shipped world-wide from their online store.

Another day, another batch of game trailers were released. Instead of giving them all their own posts, we grouped them, and so far there are trailers for :

• Monster Madness [X360/PC] - Trailers
• Burnout Legends [PSP] - Trailers (2)
• Dungeons & Dragons Online: Stormreach - Trailer #3
• Marc Ecko's Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure - Trailer #6
• Rainbow Six 4: Lockdown [PS2/Xbox] - Heritage Trailer
• Resident Evil 4 [PS2] - Trailer #2
• Soul Calibur III [PS2] - Chronicles Mode
• Tomb Raider: Legend - Grapple Trailer
• Total Overdose - Trailerpack
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The acclaimed TOCA series will return with every element of motorsport for real in TOCA Race Driver 3. Race drivers will be competing in a massive variety of the world's most aggressive motorsports, complete with explosive damage effects, head-to-head online multiplayer racing and a game engine rebuilt for a greater degree of simulation.

Microsoft Game Studios and Rare, Ltd announced today the Perfect Dark Zero Limited Collector's Edition for the upcoming release of the Xbox 360. In addition to two discs full of content, the sleek embossed, high-quality black metal game case contains "Hong Kong Sunrise," a special-edition comic booklet set in the "PDZ" universe which sets up the game's story, and one of nine mysterious Holographic Glyph Card collectibles.

Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Winter Assault features a deeper single-player experience, a brand new fifth race – The Imperial Guard – and even more intense Dawn of War action. Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Winter Assault is based on the world of Warhammer 40,000 - the dark, futuristic, fantasy universe from Games Workshop.

Joining the Game Precision Series later this year will be the new Xbox 360 Controller for Windows, a wired gaming controller that works with Windows XP-based PCs and the new Xbox 360 system to deliver a consistent gaming entertainment experience across Microsoft's gaming platforms.

Take 2 just let us know that the 'Vietcong 2' multiplayer demo will be released tomorrow and it will contains the Capture the Flag, Deathmatch and Team Deathmatch modes, and like the full game, servers can support up to 64 players simultaneously, with full RPG-style experience for all players (which unlocks new classes on both sides as you earn experience). Of course we will have it available on our fileserver network as soon as it's released.