KOCH Media announced that it has acquired SG Diffusion of Cedex France, enabling KOCH to offer specialised European publishing and distribution across six European territories, a feat some UK top ten publishers are yet to achieve.

Codemasters, announced today that Operation Flashpoint: Elite has gone gold and will launch November 8th exclusively for the Xbox.

The US Army has released a new updated version for America's Army: Special Forces (Direct Action). This upgrade brings their team-based multiplayer game to v2.5 and includes two new missions, a new Shoot House training mission, tournament mode and map rotation enhancement, and the usual tweaks, bug and game crash fixes. Read more for details and download links ...

Set atop the smoldering ruins of a fictional United States torn apart by civil war, Shattered Union is an action-packed strategy game for console and PC. Gamers will play through an exciting single player campaign to reunite the country by force, or online in one-on-one matches.

Kameo: Elements of Power is an action-adventure game with role-playing elements for gamers of all ages and skill levels. From legendary game developer Rare, Kameo: Elements of Power sends players on a magical and epic journey full of intense combat, magnificent exploration and innovative morph-into-warrior action.

Announced earlier today, Warhammer: Mark of Chaos, developed by Black Hole Entertainment, is a revolutionary real-time strategy game set in the renowned Warhammer world, featuring epic battles within massive landscapes, while offering an astounding level of detail, from a bird's eye view down to the insignias on a warrior's armor.

EA has released the first patch for the Sims 2 University expansion pack. This update brings your retail game to v1.1.0.284 and addresses a slew of game tweaks and game crashes, and bug fixes. This patch works for all language versions. Read more for 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 :

• Shrek Superslam - Trailer
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Panzer Elite Action is a fast-paced WW2 action game that lets the player feel the power of 30 tons of steel armor around them and gives them the ability to command increasingly powerful tanks in a series of intense and dramatic battles.

Oblivion is a single-player game that takes place in Tamriel's capital province, Cyrodiil. You are given the task of finding the hidden heir to a throne that sits empty, the previous emperor having been killed by an unknown assassin. Oblivion is another leap forward in role-playing with its combination of freeform gameplay and cutting-edge graphics. Various online outlets have cited that Take 2 has slightly delayed the game from its original Nov 22nd date to December 5th to give it extra polishing. The GameStop product page has now also been updated to reflect this change, but this is still unconfirmed.

Twilight War: After the Fall will be a groundbreaking XORG (Extreme Online Roleplaying Game), with advanced graphics and an integrated FPS combat system, in the Post-Apocalyptic Science Fiction genre. Twilight War: After the Fall uses SpeedTree technology to populate the game work with hundreds of thousands of trees, as well as Valve's Source Engine.

Ubisoft announced today it will publish Benoit Sokal's latest masterpiece, Paradise, throughout North America. Paradise is an adventure game which immerses the player in the heart of Africa, where a young woman, the daughter of a fierce dictator, crosses the continent in the company of a leopard, to take him to the place of his birth, the peaks of Kilimanjaro.

World Forces: War on Terror is a tactical, arcade style RTS, which is set in the very near future, utilizing the modern weaponry of tomorrow.

Vanguard: Saga of Heroes will be the premier third generation MMORPG. A vast, seamless, immersive virtual world filled with elements of familiar High Fantasy, including traditional themes and more, all depicted using cutting-edge graphics technology. Sigil’s expertise and experience in the field will bring groundbreaking static and dynamic content to the genre.

TrackMania Original will take advantage of Trackmania Sunrise's new graphics engine. All the great features that made TrackMania Sunrise famous will be added. This single/multiplayer demo includes The original Racing mode and 3 technical tracks, but also 3 new (Stunt, Puzzle and Platform) modes. Read more for download links ...

Prince of Persia The Two Thrones takes the best features from The Sands of Time and Warrior Within, and combines them with new gameplay elements such as a second playable character, an intuitive Speed Kill system, outdoor Babylon environment, chariot combat and more. With such favorite elements and major improvements, PoP The Two Thrones is poised to take the action-adventure gaming experience to a new level.

Super Mario Strikers, known in Europe as Mario Smash Football, is a five-a-side based football tournament pitting teams of classic Nintendo characters against each other. To win games players simply have to place more balls in the back of their opponent's net than the other team.

Aspyr Media, Inc. announced today they will publish Tony Hawk's American Wasteland for the PC, with an anticipated release in December 2005. Get ready for unlimited skating and BMX biking in the vast wasteland of skate culture - Los Angeles.

Majorem announced today that it is expanding the beta test for its MMORTS Ballerium and is accepting 1000 more testers. After having tested the new application system, players are invited to use it and join the last week of Beta round 28, before changing servers and restarting the battle for Ballerium. To apply, visit http://apply.ballerium.com.Applications processed within 24-48 hours.

In Law & Order: Criminal Intent, players scour the crime scenes for evidence, interview witnesses and interrogate suspects in hopes of tracking down the elusive killers. This thrilling third-person mystery/adventure game features beautifully rendered graphics and voices and likeness from members of the show's cast.

Matrix Games announced its plans for the recently acquired publishing right for the Operational Art of War series as it has reached an agreement with the original designer and developer of The Operational Art of War, Norm Koger, to assist in updating the most recent version of the engine to assure full compatibility with the latest WinXP systems.

Developed by Strangelite Studio, the game is based on the Starship Troopers movie in which you will take the role of an elite 'special forces' trooper in the Mobile Infantry spearheading the assault against thousands of intelligent enemy bugs, emulating the best scenes from the movie and a whole lot more!

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 :

• F.E.A.R. - Melee Trailer
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  We will update this throughout the day when new trailers become available. Read more for download links ...

World Championship Poker 2 features a much more detailed one player game, where you now have to work your way up the ranks, starting in your mom's basement. Once you start winning and accumulating money, you can spend your winnings on increasingly better pads, and furnishings. Hit a losing streak, and you may have to hock your stuff to stay in the game.