The Bard's Tale will eschew genre clichés in favor of intelligent humor for an original and truly entertaining experience. inXile's development focus on the RPG genre comes from Brian Fargo's long legacy of delivering standard-setting RPGs to market. This updated demo features a tutorial and one level from Chapter VI: The Mountain Pass area (Mountain Tomb). Read more for download links ...

Amid all the hype and screaming about the Xbox 360, which definitely deserves it, Sony's remained silent about its intentions for the PS3. But at E3 this year they finally showed off the first floor models and first teaser footage for this next gen system. Does the Cell processor have what it takes to keep Sony on top for another hardware generation? The answer just might be yes.

Check out the following new screens from SEGA's 2005 E3 lineup:

• 'Condemned: Criminal Origins' (X360) - Screens
• 'Full Auto' (X360) - Screens
• 'Gunstar Super Heroes' (GBA) - Screens
• 'NHL: Eastside Hockey Manager 2005' - Screens
• 'Phantasy Star Universe' (PS2) - Screens
• 'Shadow the Hedgehog' (NGC/PS2/Xbox) - Screens
• 'Shining Force Neo' (PS2) - Screens
• 'Sonic Gems Collection' (NGC) - Screens
• 'Sonic Rush' (NDS) - Screens
• 'Spartan: Total Warrior' (NGC/PS2/Xbox) - Screens
• 'Virtua Tennis World Tour' (PSP) - Screens

Check out the following new screens from Square Enix's 2005 E3 lineup:

• 'Code Age Commanders' (PS2) - Screens
• 'Dirge of Cerberus - Final Fantasy VII' (PS2) - Screens
• 'Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King' (PS2) - Screens
• 'Final Fantasy XI: Chains of Promathia' (PS2/PC) - Screens
• 'Final Fantasy XII' (PS2) - Screens
• 'Front Mission Online' (PS2/PC) - Screens
• 'Fullmetal Alchemist 2: Curse of the Crimson Elixir' (PS2) - Screens
• 'Kingdom Hearts II' (PS2) - Screens
• 'Radiata Stories' (PS2) - Screens
• 'Romancing SaGa' (PS2) - Screens

Valve's SteamPowered website has been updated with details regarding yet another update for its Counterstrike Source, fixing a hang bug and re-releasing changes from Thursday's update. The Source Engine and Steam also get a few fixes and tweaks. Just restart Steam for the effects to take place.

Check out the following new screens from LucasArts' 2005 E3 lineup:

• 'Star Wars Battlefront II' (PS2/Xbox/PC) - Screens & Trailer
• 'Star Wars: Empire at War' - Screens
• 'Star Wars Galaxies: The Total Experience' - Screens

Check out the following new screens from Majesco's 2005 E3 lineup:

• 'Advent Rising' (Xbox/PC) - Screens
• 'Advent Shadow' (PSP) - Screens
• 'Age of Empires: The Age of Kings' (NDS) - Screens
• 'ATV Quad Fury 2' (NDS) - Screens
• 'Black & White Creatures' (NDS) - Screens
• 'A Boy and His Blob' (NDS) - Screens
• 'Bust-A-Move DS' (NDS) - Screens
• 'The Darkness' (PS3/X360) - Screens & Trailer
• 'Demonik' (X360/PC) - Screens & Trailer
• 'Golden Nugget Casino' (GBA/NDS) - Screens
• 'Guilty Gear Dust Strikers' (NDS) - Screens
• 'Guilty Gear Judgment' (PSP) - Screens
• 'Infected' (PSP) - Screens & Trailer
• 'Jaws Unleashed' (PS2/Xbox/PC) - Screens & Trailer
• 'Taxi Driver' (PS2/Xbox) - Screens
• 'Teen Titans' (PS2) - Screens
• 'Texas Hold 'Em Poker' (NDS) - Screens

Check out the following new screens from Konami's 2005 E3 lineup:

• 'Beatmania' (PS2) - Screens
• 'Castlevania: Curse of Darkness' (PS2/Xbox) - Screens
• 'Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow' (NDS) - Screens
• 'Coded Arms' (PSP) - Screens
• 'Crime Life: Gang Wars' (PS2/Xbox/PC) - Screens
• 'Death Jr' (PSP) - Screens
• 'Dragon Booster' (NDS) - Screens
• 'Frogger: Ancient Shadow' (NGC/PS2/Xbox) - Screens
• 'Frogger: Helmet Chaos' (NDS/PSP) - Screens
• 'Karaoke Revolution Party' (NGC/PS2/Xbox) - Screens
• 'Lost in Blue' (NDS) - Screens
• 'Metal Gear Ac!d 2' (PSP) - Screens
• 'Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence' (PS2) - Screens
• 'Shaman King: Master of Spirits 2' (GBA) - Screens
• 'S.L.A.I.' (PS2) - Screens
• 'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 3: Mutant Nightmare' (NDS/NGC/PS2/Xbox) - Screens
• 'Winx Club' (GBA/PS2/PC) - Screens
• 'Ys: The Ark of Napishtim' (PSP/PS2) - Screens
• 'Yu-Gi-Oh! Nightmare Troubadour' (NDS) - Screens

Check out the following new screens & trailers from PlayLogic's 2005 E3 lineup:

• 'Gene Troopers' (PS2/Xbox/PC) - Screens & Trailer
• 'Knights of the Temple 2' (PS2/Xbox/PC) - Screens & Trailer
• 'P.R.I.S.M. Threat Level Red' - Screens
• 'Project Delta' (PS3/X360/PC) - Screens
• 'Sparta: Ancient Wars' - Screens & Trailer
• 'World Racing 2' (Xbox/PC) - Screens & Trailer
• 'Xyanide' (PSP) - Screens

Check out the following new screens & trailers from Tecmo's 2005 E3 lineup:

• 'Dead or Alive 4' (X360) - Screens
• 'Fatal Frame III: The Tormented' (PS2) - Screens
• 'Ninja Gaiden Black' (Xbox) - Screens
• 'Tecmo Classic Arcade' (Xbox) - Screens
• 'Trapt' (PS2) - Screens

Check out the following new screens & trailers from SCi's 2005 E3 lineup:

• 'Battlestations Midway' (PS2/Xbox/PC) - Screens & Trailer
• 'Conflict: Global Terror' (PS2/Xboc/PC) - Screens & Trailer
• 'Rogue Trooper' (PS2/Xbox) - Screens
• 'Roll Call' (PS2/Xbox) - Screens
• 'Total Overdose' (PS2/Xbox/PC) - Screens

Check out the following new screens from Bandai's 2005 E3 lineup:

• 'Digimon World 4' (PS2) - Screens & Trailer
• 'Ghost In The Shell: Stand Alone Complex' (PSP) - Screens
• 'Inuyasha: Feudal Combat' (PS2) - Screens
• 'Mobile Suit Gundam Seed: Never Ending Tomorrow' (PS2) - Screens
• 'One Piece Grand Battle' (NGC/PS2) - Screens

Check out the following new screens from JoWooD's 2005 E3 lineup:

• 'Aquanox: The Angels Tears' (PS2) - Screens
• 'Gothic III' - Screens
• 'The Guild 2' - Screens
• 'Legend of Kay' (PS2) - Screens
• 'Panzer Elite Action' (PS2/Xbox/PC) - Screens
• 'Stargate SG-1: The Alliance' (PS2/Xbox/PC) - Screens
• 'Yetisports Arctic Adventures' (PS2/Xbox/PC) - Screens

Check out the following new screens from THQ's 2005 E3 lineup:

• 'Barnyard' (GBA) - Screens
• 'Bratz Rock Angelz' (GBA/NGC/PS2/PC) - Screens
• 'Company of Heroes' - Screens & Trailer
• 'Danny Phantom The Ultimate Enemy' (GBA) - Screens
• 'Destroy All Humans!' (PS2/Xbox) - Screens
• 'Evil Dead Regeneration' (PS2/Xbox) - Screens
• 'Full Spectrum Warrior: Ten Hammers' (PS2/Xbox/PC) - Screens & Trailer
• 'The Incredibles: Rise of the Underminer' (GBA/NDS/NGC/PS2/Xbox/PC) - Screens
• 'Juiced' (PS2/Xbox/PC) - Screens
• 'MotoGP: Ultimate Racing Technology 3' (Xbox/PC) - Screens
• 'The Outfit' (X360) - Screens & Trailer
• 'Saint's Row' (X360) - Screens & Trailer
• 'SpongeBob SquarePants: Lights, Camera, PANTS!' (NDS/PSP) - Screens
• 'SpongeBob and Friends: Unite!' (GBA/NDS/NGC/PS2) - Screens
• 'S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Shadow of Chernobyl' - Screens
• 'Tak: The Great Juju Challenge' (GBA/NGC/PS2) - Screens
• 'Titan Quest' - Screens
• 'Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Winter Assault' - Screens
• 'WWE Day of Reckoning 2' (NGC) - Screens
• 'Zoo Tycoon' (NDS) - Screens

Check out the following new screens from Eidos' 2005 E3 lineup:

• 'Tomb Raider Legend' - Screens
• 'Just Cause' (PS2/Xbox/PC) - Screens
• 'Hitman: Blood Money (PS2/Xbox/PC) - Screens
• 'Commandos Strike Force' (PS2/PC) - Screens
• '25 to Life' (PS2/Xbox/PC) - Screens

Check out the following new screens from Ubisoft's 2005 E3 lineup:

• '187 Ride or Die' (NGC/PS2/Xbox) - Screens
• 'America's Army: Rise of a Soldier' (PS2/Xbox) - Screens
• 'AND 1 Streetball' (PS2/Xbox) - Screens
• 'Blazing Angels: Squadrons of WWII' (Xbox) - Screens
• 'Far Cry Instincts' (Xbox) - Screens
• 'Ghost Recon 3' (NGC/PS2/Xbox/X360/PC) - Screens
• 'Myst V' - Screens
• 'Prince of Persia: Kindred Blades' (NGC/PS2/Xbox/PC) - Screens
• 'Killing Day' (PS3/X360) - 3 New Screens

Check out the following new screens from Capcom's 2005 E3 lineup:

• 'Beat Down: Fists of Vengeance' (PS2/Xbox) - Screens
• 'Devil Kings' (PS2) - Screens
• 'Final Fight: Streetwise' (PS2/Xbox) - Screens
• 'Killer 7' (NGC) - Screens
• 'Megaman Zero 4' (GBA) - Screens
• 'Megaman Battle Network 5' (GBA) - Screens
• 'Megaman Battle Network 5: Double Team' (NDS) - Screens
• 'Okami' (PS2) - Screens
• 'Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney' (NDS) - Screens
• 'Resident Evil 4' (PS2) - Screens
• 'Resident Evil Outbreak File #2' (PS2) - Screens
• 'Viewtiful Joe VFX Battle' (NGC/PSP) - Screens
• 'Without Warning' (PS2/Xbox) - Screens

Check out the following new screens from WebZen's 2005 E3 lineup:

• 'Huxley' (X360/PC) - Screens
• 'APB' - Screens
• 'MU' - Screens
• 'Parfait Station' - Screens
• 'SUN' - Screens
• 'Wiki' - Screens

Check out the following new screens from Deep Silver's 2005 E3 lineup:

• 'Girlzz' - Screens
• 'Earth 2160' - Screens
• 'Rush for Berlin' - Screens
• 'Singles 2: Triple Trouble' - Screens
• 'Spellforce II' - Screens
• 'Wildlife Park 2' - Screens
• 'Paraworld' - Screens
• 'Kingdom Under Fire: Heroes' - Screens & Trailer
• 'X3: Reunion' - Screens & Trailer
• 'Heart of Empire: Rome' - Screens & Trailer
• 'Origin of the Species' - Screens & Trailer

Shrapnel Games has released the first patch for Koios Works' strategy/RTS Tin Soldiers: Julius Caesar. This update brings your retail game to v1.1 and optimizes the performance of the graphics engine and allows more flexibility in setting level of performance and graphical quality, also adjustments to increase AI difficulty have been made.

Check out the following new screens from Midway's 2005 E3 lineup:

• 'Blitz: The League' (PS2/Xbox) - Screens
• 'Civilization IV' - Screens
• 'Ed, Edd n Eddy: The Mis-Edventures' (ALL) - Screens
• 'Gauntlet: Seven Sorrows' (PS2/Xbox/PC) - Screens
• 'L. A. Rush' (PS2/Xbox) - Screens
• 'Midway Arcade Treasures 3' (NGC/PS2/Xbox/PC) - Screens
• 'Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks' (PS2/Xbox) - Screens
• 'Rise & Fall: Civilizations At War' - Screens
• 'The Suffering: Ties That Bind' (PS2/Xbox/PC) - Screens
• 'Unreal Tournament 2007' - Screens

Check out the following new screens from 2K Games' 2005 E3 lineup:

• '24: The Game' (PS2) - Screens
• 'Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth' (PS2/Xbox) - Screens
• 'Prey' - Screens
• 'Serious Sam II' (Xbox/PC) - Screens
• 'Shattered Union' (PS2/Xbox/PC) - Screens
• 'Sid Meier's Pirates!' (Xbox) - Screens
• 'Snow' (Xbox/PC) - Screens
• 'The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion' (X360/PC) - Screens & Trailer
• 'Vietcong 2' - Screens
• 'Zathura' (PS2/Xbox) - Screens & Trailer

LucasArts today announced a new Indiana Jones video game, set for release on next-generation consoles in 2007, Star Wars Battlefront II for PSP this fall, in addition to previously unveiled PS2, Xbox, and PC versions.

Today sees the official E3 2005 kickoff, and here we go with another motherload of media. We got screens and trailers for the following Activision titles :

• 'Call of Duty 2' (X360/PC) - Screens
• 'Call of Duty 2: Big Red One' (PS2/Xbox) - Screens
• 'Enemy Territory: Quake Wars' - Screens
• 'Fantastic Four' (PS2/Xbox) - Screens & E3 2005 Trailer
• 'Quake 4' (X360/PC) - Screens
• 'Shrek Superslam' (ALL) - Screens
• 'The Movies' (Xbox/PC) - Screens
• 'Tony Hawk's American Wasteland' (X360/PC) - Screens
• 'Ultimate Spider-Man' (PS2/Xbox) - Screens & E3 2005 Trailer
• 'X-Men Legends II' (ALL)- Screens & E3 2005 Trailer

Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure combines combat, action, adventure and stealth, using a thrilling graffiti-driven framework to tell its story of self-expression and the fight for creative freedom. A thug, an outcast, a rebel...the lead character, Trane, is all of these in Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure. He sets out to earn his street cred by getting his graffiti tag up throughout the politically oppressive city of New Radius but as events unfold, Trane becomes the unlikely leader of an urban revolution.