Bujingai: Swordmasters, known in North America as Bujingai: The Forsaken City, brings martial arts fantasy to life in a high speed third person action adventure which tells the story of Lau Wong and Rei Jenron. Having spent their lives training to become legendary Swordmasters, they must both tend to the task of warding off demon invasions in a post apocalyptic Asian city. Bujingai: Swordmasters will be available across the UK on 18th February.

Energy Airforce: Aim Strike! sees players take on the role of the pilot and not the plane in a breathtaking air combat simulator developed in conjunction with aerospace industry giant Lockheed-Martin and several air force self defense divisions.

2K Games today announced that it has signed an agreement with SCi Games for exclusive North American publishing rights to Conflict: Global Terror, Carmageddon and Reservoir Dogs.

Vivendi has released an updated singleplayer demo for Mithis Games' real-time mission-based tactical space game Nexus: The Jupiter Incident allowing you to try out one mission (not available in the game), playable on three difficulty levels. Read more for download links ...

Within Sacred Underworld, adventurers can look forward to a vastly increased game world, two brand new characters, a whole arsenal of exciting new weapons and hordes of new opponents to use them on. Launching 15th April 2005, Sacred Underworld is available as an expansion pack for Sacred (£19.99) or as Sacred Gold, combining both the original game and the expansion (£29.99).

Mythic announced that the game's Realm vs. Realm (RvR) clustering patch resulted in one of the largest battles ever seen in an MMORPG. Last night, players participated in a massive RvR combat session where more than 1,500 characters simultaneously fought one another on a single battlefield.

Future Games, previously known for Black Mirror, is working on an all new horror/adventure game, Nibiru: Messenger of the Gods. You take on the role of Martin Holan, an Thechz archeologist working in France sent to investigate a newly found secret tunnel apparently made by Germans during the second World War. Nibiru is a 2D adventure featuring 80 locations, over 30 NPCs, and 50 pages of narrative. People who can't wait for the English wewbsite, can head on over to the German version and check up on some wallpapers, trailer and other game information.

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 :

• 7 Sins - Trailer
• The House of the Dead III - Trailer
• GTR: The Ultimate Racing Game - Trailer #6
• The Matrix Online - Trailers (3)
• MX vs. ATV Unleashed - Trailer
• Sudeki [PC] - Trailer
• Unreal Championship 2 - Raiden Trailer

Ubisoft announced that it has signed an exclusive agreement with Bandai to publish Lumines for the PSP. The critically acclaimed music and luminary action puzzle Lumines is slated for release in the United States in March 2005. Read more for details and screens ...

The Sims 2 University is the first expansion pack for the highly-acclaimed The Sims 2, giving players of The Sims 2 the ability to watch their Sims become young adults and put childhood behind them as they settle into an all-new college town to live out their ultimate college fantasy. The Sims 2 University also celebrate Valentine's Day...

NovaLogic today announced the introduction of ‘Boot Camp’ stat based games on their NovaWorld game servers to further increase the playability of Joint Operations: Typhoon Rising and the expansion pack Joint Ops: Escalation for new gamers to the franchise. Similar to ‘Newbie’ zones in MMORPG’s, ‘Boot Camp’ games will allow new players to gain experience and get familiar with the way the game is played, without being easy targets for more experienced players.

Tecmo announced today that they have commenced a lawsuit in federal court in Chicago against the members of an Internet message board dedicated to hacking some of the most popular video games available, including Tecmo's Ninja Gaiden, Dead or Alive 3, Dead or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball and Dead or Alive Ultimate.

DreamCatcher Games today announced that it will launch Painkiller: Black Edition, a limited edition package for its best selling franchise Painkiller on DVD ROM. Available in March 2005, the special DVD set will include both the award winning original version and its expansion pack "Battle out of Hell" in a collector's box. This Special Edition will feature high quality packaging and each copy is uniquely numbered.

Konami of Europe announced Crime Life: Gang Wars, a free roaming crime based beat em up. Mixing action and strategy elements within a gritty, detailed storyline to explore modern-day urban gang culture, the player is cast as a small-time homie who must work their way through the ranks to become a gang leader. Read more to check out the first screens and ingame trailer...

March 24 is the day a lot of North American gamers are already looking forward to, as Sony will then unleash its PSP handheld. Of course we did not want to wait that long and decided to import ourselves a PSP so we could put it to the test. Namco's Ridge Racer was a launch title in Japan thus we also took it for some laps. Read more for our in depth report on how well, or not at all, it plays ...

Zoo Publishing keeps bringing the surprises as earlier they caused some excitement by revealing it was bringing Sudeki to PC, now the UK publisher also has listings for Midway's action game NARC and Argonaut Games' sci-fi racing game Powerdrome. While NARC has not yet been released on the consoles, the PC version has a tentative June 1st, 2005 release date, and Powerdrome is schedule for a month later, July 1st 2005 (thanks Blues). No specific details are available as of yet, but more information should become available shortly.

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 :

• Close Combat: First to Fight - Trailer
• Domination - Trailer (2)

A wet, wild and totally soaked new expansion pack to RollerCoaster Tycoon 3 will ride into stores this June. RollerCoaster Tycoon 3: Soaked!, the first expansion pack to RollerCoaster Tycoon 3 will let players create and control their own water parks for the first time. Read more to check out some more new screens ...

Midway today announced the official kick-off of the Unreal Championship2: The Liandri Conflict pre-sell program at select retailers nationwide through which gamers can now pre-order their copy of Unreal Championship 2 and receive a free "Xbox Live enabled UC2 demo disc instantly". Also included in the pre-sell offer are three (3 out of 12) character collector trading cards. Midway also announced that the official UC2 website is now live.

Project: Snowblind is a the first-person action shooter putting you in the role of an elite super soldier, fighting on the front lines of a near-future war using unique weapons, abilities and high-tech gadgetry that inject depth and variety to gameplay. This second Project: Snowblind Development Diary covers the multiplayer aspect of the game Read more for details and screens.

Enlight announced today that TrackMania Sunrise will be available in North America in June 2005. Developed by Nadeo, TrackMania Sunrise offers gorgeous environments, competitive multiplayer race modes, and insane customizable tracks with off-the-hook jumps, loops, and tight corners.

SNK PLAYMORE USA announced today that The King of Fighters 2002/2003 combo pack for the PS2 has shipped to retailers across North America. This ultimate double pack collection of 2D fighting will come on two DVDs and will be specially priced at $39.99.

Offering over 40 fully-licensed and faithfully replicated club and national teams, players can tinker with tactics, formation, line-up and training before each match. Pro Rugby Manager 2 displays each bone-crunching tackle, each heart-in-mouth drop kick and every maddening pass and dash to the try-line in such glorious, motion-captured detail, it rivals anything TV coverage can offer. This single-player demo gives you a month of in-game gameplay with Gloucester at the start of the Zurich season, featuring two stadiums for Gloucester and London Wasps. Read more for download links ...

Dutch magazine Sen Gamer claims to have received confirmation from its former editor in chief, who now works for EA, that C&C: Red Alert 2 is headed for Nintendo's handheld. While there is absolutely no confirmation of any kind, it would technically be very feasable for an RTS like the C&C series to be ported to the NDS, its dual screen could allow for real time action on the main screen, while the menus to build and buy units would be placed on the bottom display. And even bigger rumor is that Petroglpyh, currently working on Star Wars: Empire at War, would be the developer, and if true, Red Alert 2 for DS is scheduled for late 2005. To be taken with a big bag of salt, but why not ...

The guns of the greatest of all wars roar into life in and on The Road to Berlin. This fast-moving game drops the player right in the middle of frenzied combat action, where the thrills just keep coming! Pilot, gunner, sniper, paratrooper – all these roles are played out through a simple, intuitive point-and-click interface, allowing instant and complete immersion in the game world.