Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Chaos Theory will offer a high adrenaline experience thanks to never seen before close range attacks, a totally open level design, a completely immersive and interactive environment, and challenging advanced AI. Ubisoft sent us a pre-made Q&A with community submitted questions, subject being Chaos Theory's game design technology.

Microsoft Europe today announced it will publish Tecmo's Project Zero 2: Crimson Butterfly. No further details or release date have been announced yet.

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.

It's time to go globetrotting on a sick international road trip with Tony Hawk and Bam Margera. THUG 2 delivers a hilarious story mode, an unprecedented level of customization, and more moves than the Skate Gods could dream of. Grab your board, an arsenal of spray paint and prepare to wreak havoc around the world. Also check our THUG 2 PC and Xbox reviews.

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 :

• RollerCoaster Tycoon 3 - 'Making of' Trailer
• The Witcher - Making Of Trailer #2
• LotR: Battle For Middle Earth - Fellowship Club Trailer
• Sid Meiers Pirates! - Trailerpack

EA has released a multiplayer demo for Armies of Exigo featuring 4 multiplayer maps where you can play as the Empire, Beasts and Fallen, as you attempt to vanquish your opponents in four, highly-detailed and multi-level environments. Battling your way across the snowy and sinister lands of Spider Realm and through the misty woods of Fronts, it will take more than just incredible skill and strategy to be the one side left standing.. Read more for download links ...

Tecmo announced today that Fatal Frame 2: Crimson Butterfly Director's Cut on the Xbox will ship Monday, November 1, 2004. The fright-infested title will haunt in new ways on Xbox with the addition of a new First Person Mode, where fears arise as the new FPS mode gives players limited sight, creating new insecurities and immersing the player more fully into the horrifying world of Fatal Frame 2: Crimson Butterfly Director's Cut.

Atari announced today that a special Limited Edition version of Sid Meier's Pirates! will be packed with tons of bonus material and is available through select retail channels for fans who pre-order the game. The Limited Edition will be offered at the same price as the regular game and can only be reserved before the game launches. Read more for details ...

Stateside soccer fans can now experience an international match on U.S. soil as Codemasters today announced that Manchester United Soccer 2005 is now shipping to select retail outlets nationwide for PC-DVD. Now American enthusiasts can experience what it is like to bring home a championship with the boys from “across the pond.”

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.

Prince of Persia: Warrior Within features a deep, mysterious storyline starring a darker, edgier Prince who is vigilant in his quest to unseal his mortal destiny. Read more for new screens showing off some of the enemies and monsters you will encounter in the game ...

Ubisoft has released a beta version of the Dynamic Mission Generator for 1C Maddox's World War II combat flight simulation Pacific Fighters. No specific details are available at this point. Read more for download links ...

EA today announced that Snoop Dogg's remix of The Doors' legendary rock song 'Riders On The Storm' will be available exclusively in Need for Speed Underground 2. The in-game soundtrack shifts seamlessly from rock to hip hop to techno with 26 additional hit songs.

Sony Online Entertainment Inc. (SOE) today announced Station Players, a new Web-based service that allows gamers to connect with their friends, their game community, and their in-game characters from SOE games. The new service gives players more ways to access, track and expand upon their game experiences, and also provides a centralized location where communities connect and grow.

Alexander is Ubisoft's real-time strategy video game based on the upcoming motion picture Alexander, the biopic based on the life and conquests of Alexander the Great from director Oliver Stone. Read more for details and new screens...

In Battlefield 2, players will choose to fight for one of three military superpowers: the United States, China, or the newly formed Middle East Coalition. Armed with the latest modern weaponry, players can take control of any of the game's 30+ vehicles to engage in major conflicts with over 100 players in some of the largest online battles on the PC.

The seventh installment of Japan's long-running series makes it's way to the United States. Equipped with an arsenal of modern weapons and technology, you can test your war strategies in land, sea, and air battles.

You are in a squalid, spoilt city in the faboulous Seventies, and in your pockets there are few money. There are two things that you know to do really good: to come to blows, and to play to the billiards. And the fate is good with you: in that town will be organized the greatest pool tournament of all the United States: you must, absolutely, join it! The first prize is 50,000 dollars! A lot of money, and must be yours!

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 :

• Euro Rally Champion - Trailer

The game will offer more action than ever before, as it puts players in command of an elite squad of special forces thrust into a tense political situation in East Asia. In addition, the top-notch multiplayer action will once again place Ghost Recon at the top of online console and PC gaming and will be a must-have for all online gaming fans this holiday season.

Unlike our previous games which featured extensive gameplay but much complexity, Universal Combat – Hostile Intent (UCHI), is a pure combat focused action game based on the Universal Combat core engines.

Picking up right where the game’s story left off, Battle out of Hell includes an additional single-player chapter with 10 levels, as well as new multiplayer modes, maps and models. It will also offer an amplified arsenal of un-deadly weapons, bigger and badder bosses and the map editor Software Development Kit. Check the new screens...

HD Interactive has made available the mod kit for its space combat title Nexus: The Jupiter Incident. The mod kit contains the tools and documentation related to ship modelling: a Nexus model viewer, a couple of sample models from the game, and a doc file describing the modelling guidelines and the usage of the model viewer. Read more for download links ...

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.

Set before the events of the two films which starred Vin Diesel as the anti-hero Riddick, the new developer’s cut offers players exclusive content in the form of a mech for players to control, as well as a new arena where players can test their survival skills against some of the most hardened criminals in the galaxy.