EA Sports has released the first roster update for their latest iteration in EA Canada's baseball franchise, MVP Baseball 2005. This roster update patch brings the available players list up to date as of February 20, 2005. Read more for download links ..

Blizzard has released yet another new Warcraft III map, this time called "Worm War"... Map info: "Every baby worm dreams of being a gladiator in the worm arena, where burly worms battle it out to eat sheep, grow, and squish their adversaries." This is a tiny sized map and the suggested no. of players is 4-12. It is based on the "Dalaran" tileset. Go download it here!

Ubisoft is happy to announce that Playboy the Mansion is now available in all European retail stores starting today on PlayStation2 , the Xbox and PC.

JoWooD's Stargate SG-1: The Alliance, developed by Perception using a greatly enhanced Unreal Engine 2.5 engine, is the spectacular interactive game expereince that puts players in the action packed universe of the Stargate SG-1 TV series, which is scheduled for release in late 2005 for all major platforms. Being BIG Stargate fans here over at Worthplaying, this trailer merits its own article. Read more and check it out, its looking good!!!

Today is the 4th March 2005, the launch day of Darwinia. From this moment onwards Darwinia will be available to the public to buy, and Introversion's fate will be decided. If you live in the UK and you do not wish to buy Darwinia direct from Introversion's website, you can instead purchase the game from most high-street games stores which will be stocking the game starting today (thanks Blues).

As we mentioned yesterday, Sports Interactive has a new patch for the North American edition of 'Worldwide Soccer Manager. This update brings your retail game to v5.0.3 and adds all changes in personnel that have occurred in the world of football since the game's initial release on Nov 4th 2004 and the closure of the recent transfer window on January 31st (a total of more than 160,000 changes of player, coaching and managerial staff.) Read more for download links ...

Ubisoft has released an update patch for its adventure game Myst IV: Revelation bringing your retail game to v1.03 and adds subtitles, addresses a memory leak and random crashes. Read more for download links ...

Dreamcatcher has released a demo for the North American edition of Hydravision's 3rd person survival horror game Obscure: Learn about Fear. This demo features the same content as the previously released European version, but with added bug fixes. In the demo you take on the role of popular basketball player, Kenny. As he wraps up nightly practice and heads for the showers, Kenny stumbles upon a secret that will change their lives forever. Read more for download links...

Blizzard has released new update patches for Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos as well as The Frozen Throne. This upgrade brings your retail game to v1.18 and addresses several game balance, map tweaks, bug fixes, enchancements to the world editor, and other changes. Read more for download links ...

Since the close of football's January transfer window, the LMA Manager 2005 team have compiled all the player moves and stats updates for the second half of the season. Now all the data can be accessed and implemented into LMA Manager 2005 thanks to a unique download now available over PS2 Net and Xbox Live.

Liquidator is an action-packed, first person shooter game with large cinematic adventure components. This demo features a tutorial and 3 levels, 6 of the full game's weapons, a bunch of different enemies, and several bug fixes and gameplay adjustments (thanks 3DGamers). Read more for download links ...

Sports Interactive has released a new path for its football management simulation FM 2005. This update brings your retail game to v5.0.3 and adds all changes in personnel that have occurred in the world of football since the game's initial release on Nov 4th 2004 and the closure of the recent transfer window on January 31st (a total of more than 160,000 changes of player, coaching and managerial staff.) Get the WWSM 2005 right here. Read more for download links.

Forgotten Realms: Demon Stone is an action adventure game set in the popular D&D world created by Wizards of the Coast. Forgotten Realms: Demon Stone will place players in the middle of a heated battle between two demonic armies set to overrun the world of Faerun. Atari has released the first patch fixing a game save issue, audio problems, and various other minor game issues. Read more for download links ...

Still Life lets you play the role of FBI agent Victoria McPherson. Situated in Chicago, you are on the heels of a serial killer, much like your grandfather did 80 years earlier in Prague (Microids' Post Mortem). Dreamcatcher has released a demo featuring the first few areas of the game, players will play as both Victoria and Gus, exploring a gruesome crime scene and utilizing a variety of forensic tools. Read more for download links ...

Larry Laffer's nephew, Larry Lovage, is a typical college student. He lives in a dorm, has a crush on his biology professor, and goes to bars with his buddies. But when a TV dating show comes to campus, Larry gets a chance for national sexposure. If he can show that he can make any girl on campus swoon, he will become a campus legend. Vivendi has finally release a demo featuring a conversation section with country girl Sally Mae along with the paper plane mini-game (thanks 3DGamers). Read more for download links ...

As promised, EA has released a new patch for C&C Generals: Zero Hour. This update brings your retail game to v1.03 and addresses several technical problems, game crashes, cheats and adds a slew of balance adjustments, as well as several new maps. Read more for download links ...

As promised, Blizzard has released the promised patch for good old Starcraft, and its expansion pack Brood War. The v1.12b patch fixes bugs related to Korean chat, and also includes full copies of all maps. Read more for detailed fix list and download links ...

A few days earlier than we announced yesterday, Vivendi has released a demo for Mad Doc Software's RTS Empire Earth II. This single-player demo will let you take control of one of three civilizations, the Germans, Americans, or Koreans, through three of the game's 15 epochs, including the Renaissance and Age of Enlightenment. There are two games types to choose from: conquest and territory control (thanks Gamespot). Read more for download links ...

Ubisoft has released an updated demo for the English edition of Blue Byte's 3D RTS game 'Settlers: Heritage Of Kings.' This v1.04 demo features the same multiplayer and singleplayer portions as the previous demo, but is now a bit smaller and with added fixes. Fans will enjoy fully animated 3D technology and enhanced gameplay features, but still be able to relive the experience that makes the Settlers series such a big hit. Read more for download links ...

Dreamcatcher has released a massive patch for People Can Fly's FPS, Painkiller. This update brings your retail game to v1.62 and adds more CPL material, improved networking code, and the usual fixes for outstanding issues, etc. Read more for download links ...

Ubisoft has now released the official online demo for Splinter Cell Chaos Theory, giving you the chance to check out the "Lighthouse" level, as well as tutorial and multiplayer map. Although initially it was supposed to be slightly smaller, this version has a few minor bug fixes, and turned out to be a little bigger instead. Read more for download links ...

ION Storm has released the editor for stealth/action game Thief: Deadly Shadows. This editor allows you to create and modify maps, scripts, conversations etc., and comes with several tutorial maps (thanks 3DGamers). Read more for download links ...

Strategy First and Mist Land-South have released a patch today for the North American version of their strategy title COPS 2170: The Power of Law. This update brings your North American retail game to v1.22 and fixes game crashes and sound related issues when using WinXP/2k. Read more for download links ...

Ubisoft has released a demo for Splinter Cell Chaos Theory giving you the chance to check out the "Lighthouse" level, as well as tutorial and multiplayer map. This is a PC Gamer cover cd demo, a slightly smaller version (but identical in content) will be released in a few days. Read more for download links ...

Matric Games has released the first update for its strategy game Tin Soldiers: Alexander the Great. This update brings your retail game to v1.01 fixes a problem with the AI exposing their rear flank when attacking and repaired a small bug that caused a menu hang in certain machines. Additionally a spelling error was found and fixed. Read more for details and download links ...