EA has already released the dedicated Linux server for Digital Illusions' Battlefield Vietnam. This package, contains all the game executables, maps and doc files, will give people who want to host/run multiplayer games a chance to prepare their servers for the games launch. Read more for details and download links ...

For the first time gamers will play as friends Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger as well as Harry Potter, switching between characters and utilizing their key attributes and skills to resolve challenges and overcome enemies. The three friends will need to combine their strengths and master a variety of new spells as they face Harry's most terrifying opponents yet: the escaped convict Sirius Black and the Dementors, the sinister guards of Azkaban prison. Read more for 60+ new screens...

Award-winning developer Paradox Entertainment today announced that much longed-for Crusader Kings has gone gold, and the localization process for all markets will start immediately. The game has been signed for North America, Scandinavia, Russia, France, the UK, Poland, Spain, Germany, Italy and several Asian territories including China and Japan.

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 :

• Red Ninja: End Of Honor - Trailer
• Ground Control II - Trailer
• Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow - Trailer
• X-Files: Resist Or Serve - Trailer
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  We will update this throughout the day when new trailers become available. Read more for download links ...

Majesco Sales Inc. today announced that Bomberman Jetters has shipped to retail stores nationwide. The sequel to the widely popular and critically acclaimed Bomberman Generations, Bomberman Jetters is available exclusively for the Nintendo GameCube at a suggested retail price of $19.99.

Konami Digital Entertainment today announced that Firefighter F.D.18 for the PlayStation2 has shipped to retail outlets nationwide. Packing the excitement and tension of battling real-life infernos into the ultimate firefighting game, Firefighter F.D.18 places players in the heat of the action as they unravel the mystery of random eruptions of fire throughout a sprawling metropolis.

"Alias" is a third-person action adventure video game that allows players to step into the role of the series’ lead character, Sydney Bristow, an agent for the CIA. Bristow must use her cunning, extensive knowledge of martial arts and array of high-tech gadgetry to accomplish dangerous missions. Read more for some new screens ...

Perimeter is a real-time strategy game built on the concept of territory seizure using detailed terraforming and on the subsequent encircling of these zones with a special protective perimeter. The game combines proven principles of controlling resources and unit groups with titles featuring a clear-cut seizure of living space. Read more for some new screens ...

Ubisoft and Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications today announced an in-game product promotion for Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Pandora Tomorrow, one of the most anticipated video games of 2004. The alliance puts the new P900 smart phone and the T637 camera phone in the hands of operative Sam Fisher, as he wages a one-man war against terrorism.

Following on from the success of Perfect Ace last summer, International Golf Pro is Oxygen Interactive's second sports title, founded on the same firm principles of ease-of-play and accessibility. From the power of the drive to the precision of the putt, International Golf Pro puts you in control. Expected in UK storers March 29th. Read more for some new screens ...

Universal Combat: Edge To Edge is a combat action game based on various tried and proven technologies pioneered by 3000AD Inc across its Battlecruiser line of products. Taking place in a much smaller world (two space regions and four planets to be exact), the game allows players to engage in class based combat on seamlessly integrated space and planetary worlds. It features eight marine classes and two pilot classes with player access to a variety of weapons, vehicles, gunship, fighter and shuttle crafts as well as various naval vessels.

BAM! Entertainment today announced that it will be the exclusive North American distributor, under license from Empire Interactive and Sony Pictures Consumer Products, of Starsky & Hutch for GameCube and Game Boy Advance. Read more for details ...

Players will be able to take the reins of their preferred team through European and World Championships. Over 15,000 real players are included within the game. Managers can buy and sell players, train their squads and develop match tactics - with matches portrayed in real-time through a detailed 3D engine.

Activision announced today that it's best-selling game, Call of Duty achieved the highest honor as it racked up three Interactive Achievement Awards at the Seventh Annual Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences' D.I.C.E. Awards Show, held Thursday night at the Palms Hotel in Las Vegas.

While writing a series of articles about horrible murders in the Low Side District of New York, the young reporter Jimmy Palmer will soon become involved in a game of cat and mouse with an illusive and deadly character - Jack the Ripper. Along Palmer's dark journey he will foster a friendship with a young singer, Abigail, the "Irish Nightingale," and meet numerous other colorful characters of this poor district.

3000 AD has relased a new patch for their space sim Battlecruiser Millennium Gold. This brings your retail game to v1.01.04 and addresses a server crash when you exited the CC in fp mode and fixes an issue when the multiplayer executable was not starting at the server browser by default (it required /c parameter). Read more for download links...

GMX Media today announced that it has secured the Pan-European rights for Martin Mystere. “This is our first title based on a comic book and TV show, Martin Mystere is currently being aired across Europe in notable TV channels such as Canal Plus in France and is proving very popular with viewers. Read more for details & 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 :

• Caribbean Crisis - Trailer
• Galactic Conquest - Trailer
• Dark Horizons: Lore - Trailer
• Flat-Out - Trailer
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  We will update this throughout the day when new trailers become available. Read more for download links ...

EA has released a small hotfix for Digital Illusions' Battlefield 1942 Win32 dedicated server. This hotfix has a new BF1942_w32ded.exe executable and it is intended to correct an exploit which is currently in the Battlefield 1942 dedicated server. Read more for download links ...

Pterodon has released a new "final" version of their 'Riverdale' multiplayer map for their tactical shooter Vietcong. Unfortunatle no details as to what modes it supports are available. Read more for screens & download links ...

Black-haired and sullen-eyed, a thief, a reaver, a slayer. The legends that surround his name, speak of the world before history, where shadows of magic and dark alien gods shrouded the known world and the fate of whole empires were dependent on the strength and skills of a single sword. And this is one of those legends. Conan is a 3rd person action game, with few elements of RPG and adventure. The game is divided into chapters, each chapter with different environments and creatures. Each chapter contains several levels. Read more for some new screens ands a small development trailer...

The official ANNO 1503 website has word that Sunflowers has cancelled the Anno 1503 multiplayer patch (already in development since August 2003). After more than 20 attempts they could not get the multiplayer patch/addon to work for more than 2 hours gameplay time and thus decided to call it quits (thanks Gamestar.de). You can read more about it on the German Anno 1503 website.
UPDATE :Sunflowers just sent us the English translation, read more to check it out ...

Midway Games Inc. announced today that The Suffering, the all-new, action horror game today has shipped for the PlayStation2 and the Xbox.

Following on from the success of Perfect Ace: Pro Tournament Tennis, which sold 80,000 units across Europe last summer, Oxygen Interactive have announced they are to launch a sequel title Perfect Ace 2: The Championships in time for the Wimbledon Championships. Featuring new stadiums, new player models, full player editor, new game mechanics and new animations, Perfect Ace 2: The Championships offers the finest Tennis simulation yet.