As promised Mythic Entertainment has launched the Dark Age of Camelot: New Frontiers Open Beta.The closed beta will be followed with an extended open beta period, warning that this open beta version is unfinished, nor that the add-on is almost finished. In order to participate you must have either Dark Age of Camelot: Shrouded Isles or Trials of Atlantis installed. Read more for download links ...

Ubisoft today announced that the company’s award-winning Montreal studio is currently developing Prince of Persia 2 (working title), a follow-up to the most critically acclaimed game of 2003, Prince of Persia The Sands of Time.

The latest Settlers game takes the franchise and pushes it to the next level. Fans will enjoy fully animated 3D technology and enhanced gameplay features, but still be able to relive the experience that makes the Settlers series such a big hit. The game will take the player to a medieval setting, to re-conquer the kingdom currently under the domination of an evil tyrant.

Isle of Man TT Superbikes will feature on the channel around the launch along with a strong presence at this year's TT event in June. There will be several promotions including prize give-away copies of the game to Men and Motors viewers. The game will also feature the Men and Motors Suzuki superbike, which will race at this year's event.

Atari, Inc. and fashion pioneer Marc Ecko, creator and founder of the urban lifestyle brand Ecko Unltd. and publisher of COMPLEX magazine, are joining forces to create the first truly authentic video game based on urban culture and graffiti art. A sneak peek at Marc Ecko's Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure will be available exclusively at Atari's booth at the E3 in Los Angeles May 12-14. In graffiti terms, "getting up" means getting your name (or tag) out and visible.

DreamCatcher Games today announced that it will publish Cold War for PC. Cold War is a single-player game and will feature downloadable content for Windows. The game has an expected ESRB rating of ‘T’ for Teen and will ship in winter 2004. An Xbox version of this title is planned for 2005. This title will be shown as part of DreamCatcher’s line-up at the 2004 Electronic Entertainment Expo. Read more for details & screens...

GMX Media announced today that it’s amazingly beautiful, critically acclaimed WWII air-combat game FirePower for the PC is now available at North American Retail outlets. Read more for details or check our FirePower review...

Mythic Entertainment today announced their lineup for the 2004 Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3). "New Frontiers" and "Catacombs," two expansions for "Dark Age of Camelot," will be on public display and "Imperator," Mythic’s all-new Sci-Fi MMORPG will be unveiled for the first time behind closed doors.

Developer and publisher Playlogic International N.V. today announced the European distribution of Alpha Black Zero: Intrepid Protocol (PC) by GMX Media. Amazing, game has been finished for months, seems like we finally will get to see it ..

Project Three Interactive today announced it has released a new upgrade for its FPS game New World Order. Upgrade v.1.5 contains several major brand new features: player leaning, different rates of fire for weapons, bind commands and weather effects (rain) in selected maps. Read more for download links ...

SpellForce: The Order of Dawn offers a new Single Player Campaign with over 40 hours of gameplay, giving to our fans another episode from our RPS Franchise SpellForce filled with a number of new and original features, like the Co-operative Multiplayer “Free Mode”, where you can join your allies in battling in one of the many maps offered by the campaign. Read more for some new screens ...

Imperial Glory promises to be the most extensive strategy game ever, offering an in-depth management model along with graphically stunning real-time land and naval battles in full 3D. Choose which of the five great 19th century Empires to lead: Great Britain, France, Russia, Prussia or Austro-Hungary, each with their own unique attributes. Imperial Glory is being developed by Pyro Studios and will be released on PC in early 2005.

DreamCatcher Games has released the promised patch for People Can Fly 's FPS Painkiller. This upgrade brings your retail game to v1.15 and features a new multiplayer map (DM_Cursed) as well as single & multiplayer bugfixes, tweaks and improvements. Read more for details & download links ...

Encore announced today that the ship date for Soldner: Secret Wars has moved to June 22 (originally May 4th). "The response to the beta demo for Soldner: Secret Wars was overwhelming and far exceeded our expectations. The great support and feedback from both the Soldner community and gamers that downloaded the demo has been instrumental in helping our development partners identify and address issues with the game’s server/portal infrastructure, gameplay and balancing that need to be resolved in order to ensure as smooth a launch as possible when the product ships to retail."

'Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow' will bring back more of the single-player intrigue that made the original game a bestseller. With exciting new action scenes and a strong cinematic feel, the player will experience new and even more realistic surroundings. Splinter Cell Pandora Tomorrow, the smashing hit game this spring from the Xbox and PC, is coming to the PlayStation 2 this June! Read more for some new screens...

Digital Jesters has released a playable demo for their racing game 'TrackMania: Power Up'. This demo features three environments including new tracks with Power Up! features for both 'racing' and 'puzzle' modes. Players will also have the opportunity to build, race and share their own custom-made tracks using the games unique track editor. Read more for download links ...

Today Cenega revealed their lineup forthe E3 2004 game convention. Revealing 2 new titles :"UFO: Aftershock" and "El Matador", they will also have playable versions of "Shade: Wrath of Angels", "Gooka: The Mystery of Janatris" and "Creature Conflict: The Clan Wars". Head on over to our dedicated E3 page for screens& trailers for :

• Shade: Wrath of Angels
• Creature Conflict: The Clan Wars
• Gooka: The Mystery of Janatris
• UFO: Aftershock
• El Matador

Legacy Interactive announced today that ER cast members Noah Wyle (Dr. John Carter), Sherry Stringfield (Dr. Susan Lewis) and Mekhi Phifer (Dr. Gregory Pratt) will star in the first interactive game based on the Warner Bros. Television series. Shipping this fall for PC, the ER game is licensed by Warner Bros. and will be published by Legacy Interactive and distributed by Vivendi. Read morefor details & screens...

Encore today announced that they have reached an agreement with Midway to publish their hit console title The Suffering for Windows PC. The title is scheduled to ship to retailers in late May. Read more for details and the first screens ...

SUNFLOWERS will be represented at this year's E3 2004 in Los Angeles once again. Sunflowers will be presenting KnightsOf Honor, Paraworld and maybe the news title in the A.D. franchise. Read more for details ...

'Kult: Heretic Kingdoms' is a 3D isometric RPG, that combines 3D technologies and the traditional ways of isometric RPG's. Enter the fantasy kingdom of ancient Rywennia and enjoy this action adventure at its fullest. 3D People Studios Lead Designs Peter Nagy gives us overview of the 'Kult: Heretic Kingdoms' development, what they are working on, problems they encounter on so forth ...

Serious Sam: Next Encounter finds Sam gearing up once again to defend the Earth from Mental and his limitless extra-terrestrial hordes. Sam is launched back in time to rid the alien scum from more than 40 levels spread throughout three beautifully rendered, massive new time periods – Ancient Rome, Feudal China and legendary Atlantis.

Stormregion made massive tanks a crucial element in this tactical combat action title set in World War II. Russian, German and Allied troops fight in three campaigns and more than 30 breath taking single player missions. Over a hundred authentic 3D vehicles are at disposal as well as a wide range of ground troops. Read more to check 30 new screens and also check our Panzers preview!

Van Helsing, the third-person action game, transports players back to the macabre world of 19th century Transylvania - home to the legendary Dracula, Wolf Man and the Frankenstein Monster. As the renowned monster hunter Van Helsing, players must hunt down and destroy the evil that inhabits these ancient lands before darkness engulfs the world. Read more for some new screens & the TV Commercial...

Set before the events of both Universal Pictures' upcoming summer release The Chronicles of Riddick, starring Vin Diesel, and the 2000 cult classic Pitch Black, which first introduced Diesel as enigmatic anti-hero Riddick, the game tells the story of Riddick's dramatic escape from the previously inescapable triple max security slam Butcher Bay, home to the most violent prisoners in the galaxy.