Alpha Black Zero, co-published by Playlogic International, Tri Synergy Inc. and designed by Khaeon, is a fast-paced mission based 3rd person tactical shooter with a gripping storyline to test both your fighting abilities and your intelligence. Dozens of different enemies, all possessing strong artificial intelligence will punish your mistakes across huge and challenging levels. Help Kyle Hardlaw and the Alpha Black Zero team prove their innocence when it releases July 26.

Novalogic has released another update for their recently released online multiplayer shooter Joint Operations. This update brings your retail game to v1.1.1.5 and addresses players being punted out of Co-Op, several system crashes, and stops emplaced weapons from detaching from vehicles. Read more for a detailed fix list or download links..

7FX has released a demo for their FPS "Rapid Gunner" giving you a chance to try out the game for a limited time of 25 minutes. This demo features the complete content of the full game which you can activate by purchasing a license key online (thanks 3DGamers). Read more for download links ...

Throw away your old-man driving gloves and get your fireproof racing suit out, because PlayStation racing is about to become a matter of life and death as Codemasters confirms that an advanced edition of TOCA Race Driver 2: The Ultimate Racing Simulator is coming to PS2. TOCA Race Driver 2 is as realistic as racing games get and the new enhanced PS2 version will launch this October, complete with online racing.

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

Terminator 3: The Redemption will take players for a thrill ride into the post-apocalyptic universe as they play the series’ signature icon, Arnold Schwarzenegger. Terminator 3: The Redemption will surprise players with innovative and exciting gameplay presented in a number of different styles utilizing vehicles and machines straight from the Terminator universe, pitting the Terminator against numerous ground and air-based and enemies.

US Racer is an arcade-style racing game that takes you across the USA. Not only will you be able to race through never before seen photo-realistic streets of New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago, Las Vegas, Washington DC and Miami, but this unique racing adventure will also take you off-road along the toughest and yet most beautiful trails in Yosemite and the Grand Canyon - the US’ best known National Parks. Read more for additional details ...

NovaLogic, Inc. is delighted to announce that the groundbreaking new multiplayer FPS title Joint Operations: Typhoon Rising has set a new world record for simultaneous players in an online FPS game.

From the far corners of the world, heroes have responded selflessly to the distress call of Paragon City. Heroes like you have taken up the gauntlet, standing tall between an ever-encroaching night and a new dawn. Thanks to you and your fellow heroes, the streets of Paragon City are safer, and evildoers throughout this majestic city no longer rule with impunity. You have earned a job well done and the thanks of a grateful city... but that was yesterday. Today, new threats are upon you. Today, you have to bind up your wounds, strengthen your powers and take a heroic leap--

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 :

• Fight Club - Trailer
• Axis & Allies - Trailer
• Spider-Man 2 - Trailer (2)

Providing a realistic simulation of the American farmer, Bold Games, a unit of Destineer, and Gabriel Entertainment today announced John Deere American Farmer, a PC game in which players create, build and manage a successful farm. John Deere American Farmer is the first computer game licensed by Deere & Company.

Codemasters announced today the company’s groundbreaking real time strategy game, Perimeter, has shipped to North American retail outlets. Developed in Russia by 1C Company and KD-LAB, Perimeter is now available exclusively for PC.

Codemasters announced today the company's innovative real-time strategy game, "Soldiers: Heroes Of World War II," has shipped to North American retail outlets. Developed by Ukrainian company Best Way, "Soldiers" is now available exclusively for PC.

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 :

• Driv3r - Trailer
• Everquest 2 - Trailer
• Vivisector - Trailer
• Burnout 3 - Trailer
• GoldenEye: Rogue Agent - Trailer #2

Sector is proud to introduce the English version of free web turn-based sci-fi strategy game bio.sector. This popular game is now online and ready to welcome new commanders. Enter the universe of bio! Create your base, build, harvest, research, spy, trade and fight. Don't get blinded by the power of Bio. The Universe must be saved, the seven crystals have to be recovered and united before the central star collapses.

LucasArts and Sony Online Entertainment Inc. are proud to celebrate the one-year anniversary of the launch of Star Wars Galaxies: An Empire Divided. Launched a year ago, Star Wars Galaxies: An Empire Divided quickly became the fastest growing massively multiplayer online role playing game (MMORPG) in North America and today boasts over 500,000 registered users, with more than 115,000 players logging into the game every day.

Encore has released a new patch for their recently released action/horror game The Suffering. This update patch brings your retail game to v1.1 and addresses various bugs and game fixes. Read more for detailed fix list and download links ...

Ubisoft has released a small patch for their 3D action/adventure game Prince of Persia: the Sands of Time. This update patch has no specific version identification but addresses a graphical problem when running Prince of Persia: the Sands of Time on NVIDIA GeForce 6800 video cards. Instructions are quite simple, download the patch and replace the exe. Read more for download links ...

Konami of Europe has announced it will release U Move Super Sports, a fun sports-themed video game developed for use with the EyeToy USB Camera for PlayStation 2, in September.

Sports Interactive is putting its immediate future on ice, with the announcement that NHL Eastside Hockey Manager will be available to the public for the first time from Friday, July 2nd in Europe, with releases to follow in Czech Republic in August, and the US in September. The PC version of the game will also be available as a digital download from the 2nd July, with more details to follow in the coming weeks.

As you read this Atari’s Driv3r will have be in the shops and being played in homes across the world after it’s worldwide release. If you’ve played it already you’ll no doubt be aware that the game is a huge disappointment and certainly not the Grand Theft Auto beater that the hype may have had you believe. Folk out there playing the game will be aware of it, and judging by Atari’s actions over the last week they are also very aware of it.

Interplay today reported operating results for the first quarter of 2004. Interplay Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Herve Caen also announced the company's strategic decision to enter Massively Multiplayer Online Gaming (MMOG) with Interplay's wholly owned intellectual properties, namely Fallout (thanks Blues). Read more for details ...

'Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon 2' is a first-person shooter game from Red Storm Entertainment, is due for a November release on Nintendo Game Cube and PCs. It’s already attracted North Korea’s attention. In a curt review, one of its government newspapers called the game “proof” of U.S. warmongering. “Through propaganda, entertainment and movies,” read a recent online commentary in the Tongil Newspaper, Americans “have shown everyone their hatred for us. This may be just a game to them now, but a war will not be a game for them later. In war, they will only face miserable defeat and gruesome deaths.” Read the full statement over at Stars & Stripes...

It’s the season of the fan. The year of people coming together to celebrate sport. And uniting everyone is ESPN NFL Football, a coupling of 'the most responsive and intense gameplay around' and the richest multi-player gaming experience possible. Everyone is getting in on the action with the help of our innovative V.I.P. system – allowing you to play your friends or the elite as if they were sitting right next to you! So dust off those extra controllers, grab some chairs, and get your game on! Check the new screens & trailers...

Set in the 60s and using the Cold War as its inspiration, Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater forces the player to adopt a number of new skills to survive in Snake's new jungle environment. Danger lurks everywhere as Snake explores the beautifully-realised forests, encampments and rivers, with guards patrolling key routes, dangerous animals to contend with, and the uneven terrain and noisy foliage making the silent approaches the Metal Gear hero is famed for virtually impossible. Check the new screens ...