Taking place in a massive, free-roaming city featuring five distinct interconnected neighborhoods, NFSU 2 delivers an immersive game world where the streets are your menus. As you explore the city, you’ll encounter rival racers who will school you in the ways of the underground and tip you off to the hottest racing spots in town.

In Killer 7, players take on the role of Harman Smith an unlikely assassin who lives life at his own pace. Switching between seven different personalities, he employs each character’s abilities to terminate targets he deems “deserving to die.” Read more to check out some screens ...

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 :

• Evil Genius - Trailer
• Call Of Duty: Finest Hour - Trailer #4
• Law And Order 3: Justice Is Served - Trailer
• The Urbz: Sims in the City - Workin' It Trailer

Ubisoft today announced that in addition to collaborating with award-winning composer Jack Wall on the Myst IV Revelation soundtrack, Peter Gabriel also lends his voice to a character in the game.

Activision has released the dedicated linux server binaries for for Grey Matter's WW2 based FPS 'Call of Duty: United Offensive'. These binaries, in combination with the v1.4 linux server, a copy of CoD and the United Offensive pack, will allow you to run a dedicated game server. Read more for download links ...

Valve today announced a Source engine licensing partnership with Smiling Gator Productions. Already in development, Twilight War: After the Fall is a Source-based Massive Multiplayer Roleplaying Game (MMRPG) for the PC. Read more for details, screens & trailer.

SEGA today announced the launch of Headhunter: Redemption for the PlayStation 2 and Xbox. Dark and cinematic, Headhunter: Redemption is a must-have title for fans of the action/stealth genre.

The Adventure Company today announced that WANTED: A Wild Western Adventure has gone gold for Windows in North America. A playable demo for this title will be available for download next week. Read more for some new screens ...

SP Camo Workshop have just released a new patch for Steel Panthers World War 2, applying the patch upgrades SPWW2 from version 7.0 to version 7.01, and includes a great many upgrades and several bug fixes. Read more for detailed fix list and download links ...

Atari brand manager Ryan Wener has revealed in the Atari Forums that a demo for TimeGate Studio's 3D RTS 'Axis & Allies' is expected early October. The game is still on track for a November release and Atari will launch an 'Axis & Allies' pre-order campaign through a couple of retailers (EB, Gamestop, a few others), offering "an extra playable battle scenario (not available in either of the linear campaigns). This isn't your run-of-the-mill extra footage or game trailers. You get a full-blown extra mission for pre-ordering."

EA announced that Tiger Woods PGA TOUR 2005 is available in stores today on four platforms. With exclusive partnerships with the PGA TOUR and the world's most famous golfer, Tiger Woods, EA SPORTS' industry leading golf title provides players new game features that extend the appeal to both golf and videogame fans.

Capcom today released Monster Hunter, an exciting new online action game for the PlayStation 2. Monster Hunter is now available at retailers across North America and carries a "T" rating for teen audiences by the ESRB.

RollerCoaster Tycoon 3 will feature all-new 3-D graphics and the ability to virtually "ride the rides", but will also allow players to design amazing fireworks displays that can be choreographed to the music of their choice. In addition, RollerCoaster Tycoon 3 will also include the ability to assign music to rides in the park, new realistic day and night cycles, a park lighting system and various weather effects.

In Sid Meier's Pirates! you take the leading role of a Pirate Captain in the 17th century Caribbean amassing fortune and fame in an attempt to seize your rightful place as one of the most revered (and feared!) pirates in history.

Sony Computer Entertainment announced today its plans for the global release of a new, redesigned PS2 in time for the year-end peak-selling season. The new model will be in stores on November 3 in Japan, and by November 1 in Europe and North America.

LucasArts has released the Win32 standalone server for Pandemic Studios' sci-fi action game Star Wars Battlefront. This package allows you to host games for Star Wars Battlefront on your PC over the Internet or on a local area network (LAN). The maximum number of players in the game is dependent on the bandwith and processing power of your PC. Read more for download links...

Cenega has released a new patch for Altar Int's 3D squad-based action game UFO: Aftermath. This update brings your retail game to v1.4 but no details as to what it fixes are available at this point, although the forums indicate this is the final patch only fixing bugs, no new features (thanks 3DGamers). Read more for details and download links ...

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 :

• Scarface - Trailer
• GodZilla: Save The Earth - Trailer
• Hearts Of Iron 2 - Intro Movie
• X-Men: Legends - Launch Trailer
• Halo 2 - Summary Trailer
• Medieval Lords - Defend Trailer

Merscom LLC today announced a development and publishing agreement with Sylum Entertainment for "WWII Tank Commander", a military arcade-style action game for PC. Take command of a Sherman tank in General Patton’s Fourth Armored Division as you destroy enemy armor and infantry, escort Allied convoys, rescue hostages, and help free Europe from Nazi rule.

RollerCoaster Tycoon 3 will feature all-new 3-D graphics and the ability to virtually "ride the rides", but will also allow players to design amazing fireworks displays that can be choreographed to the music of their choice. In addition, RollerCoaster Tycoon 3 will also include the ability to assign music to rides in the park, new realistic day and night cycles, a park lighting system and various weather effects.

Ubisoft announces today that it has decided to release all platform versions of the highly anticipated Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Chaos Theory simultaneously in March 2005. This will allow players on Xbox, PlayStation2, GameCube and PC to discover at the same time the latest blockbuster from the Splinter Cell brand, whose quality will be over the top as a result of the additional development time.

CDV has released the first update patch for Stormregion's 3D RTS Codename: Panzers. This update brings your retail game to v1.09 and repairs problems in multiplayer mode and also prevents cheating while playing online. Read more for download links ...

Project Three Interactive announced today that the highly anticipated fantasy RPG for PC ‘Kult: Heretic Kingdoms’ has completed development and will ship to retail stores around October 1st 2004 across Europe.

Majesco has announced a nationwide pre-sell program for BloodRayne 2, the popular action-horror sequel scheduled to ship next month. Pre-order now, and get various extra's when the game ships.

THQ today announced the release of Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War. The highly anticipated real-time strategy game for PC is based on the world of Warhammer 40,000 - the dark, futuristic, fantasy universe from Games Workshop traveled by millions worldwide.