Enlight has released a new patch for their animal style management/sim title, Zoo Empire. This update brings your retail game to v1.2, but so far no details are available as to what. Read more for download links...

The Hostile Intent team has released a new version for their Half-Life mod, bringing it to v1.3.5 (requires v1.3) and has a slew of bug fixes and game tweaks. Read more for details and download links ...

Immerse yourself in "Nexus - The Jupiter Incident", a real-time mission-based tactical space game featuring spectacular real time battles and breathtaking motion picture quality. Focus on tactics and action as you control up to a dozen battleships encountering aliens, unknown solar systems and astrophysical phenomena in your struggle to save Earth.

EA has updated the official Battlefield: Vietnam web site with news regarding the upcoming v1.2 patch for Digital Illusions' online shooter Battlefield Vietnam. The patch should be available somewhere later this month (and we will have it on our fileserver network of course) and will offer three new maps, more firepower, and an all-new multiplayer feature. Head on over to the official BF: V website for details and new screens...

SEGA of America today announced the development of Super Monkey Ball Deluxe, which will bring SEGA's popular arcade series to PlayStation2 and Xbox consumers for the first time. The new title will feature 300 stages (114 from Super Monkey Ball, 140 from Super Monkey Ball 2, and 46 Deluxe-exclusive boards), and will be available in early 2005.

Jowood has released a new patch for its RTS/RPG game SpellForce bringing your retail game to v1.38 (for Order Of Dawn, as well as the Breath Of Winter expansion pack) and fixes crashes with buffer size errors, savegames from earlier versions can be used without problems. Problems with DVI technology on TFT screens were also solved, and several minor bugs fixed. Read more for detailed fix list and download links ...

Strive for stardom by facing competition and adversity from city streets to open wheel modifieds, trucks, and the NASCAR Series before getting the chance to pursue the million dollar purses in the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series.

Vivendi Universal Games today announced a global distribution agreement with HD Interactive to distribute the action-packed, PC-based, 3D tactical strategy space game, Nexus -- The Jupiter Incident.

Tri Syngergy has released the first patch for Khaeon's fast-paced mission based tactical shooter Alpha Black Zero' bringing your retail game to v1.04. This patch addresses some minor bugs but mainly an issue with loading the 'Firestorm 3' level. Read more for download links ...

FIFA, Xbox, and Electronic Arts today announced the planned tournament details and schedule for the recently announced FIFA Interactive World Cup, the world's first ever, FIFA sanctioned, video game tournament.

Head over to our dedicated EGN section to check out the following new screens from The Adventure Company's 2004 EGN lineup:

Atlantis: Evolution (PC) - Dark Fall 2: Lights Out (PC) - Dungeon Lords (PC) - Painkiller: Battle Out of Hell (PC) - Sentinel: Descendants in Time (PC) - SuperPower 2 (PC)

Microsoft has issued a new patch for Gearbox/Bungie's first person shooter Halo: Combat Evolved. This upgrade brings your Halo retail to v1.05 and addresses a rare crash bug that could occur if a malicious individual (hacker) purposely sends a malformed packet to a game server, as well as fixes to resolve compatibility problems with WinXP SP2 and certain 256MB video cards, which could cause the game not to launch, or not to display chat messages (thanks Joe). Read more for details and download links ...

Video game publisher Acclaim, which has been hampered by a lack of hit titles, filed for bankruptcy liquidation on Thursday after failing to line up new financing.

Head over to our dedicated EGN section to check out the following new screens from Cenega's 2004 EGN lineup:

• Creature Conflict: The Clan Wars (PC)
• El Matador (PC)
• Shade (PC)
• The Roots (PC)
• UFO: Aftershock (PC)

Unknown Worlds has released a pair of new beta 5 files for their latest Natural Selection 3.0, addressing various combat changes, game tweaks, bug fixes and map updates. Read more for details and download links for the Windows client and dedicated server files ...

Enlight has released a new patch for Infinite Interactive's strategy game Warlords BattleCry 3. This update patch brings your retail game to v1.03 and brings several new features, bug fixes and game balancing. Read more for download links ...

Head over to our dedicated EGN section to check out the following new screens from Hip Interactive's 2004 EGN lineup:

• CT Special Forces: Fire for Effect (PS2/Xbox/PC)
• Garfield (PS2/PC)
• Pariah (Xbox/PC)
• Stolen (PS2/Xbox/PC)
• The Mummy (PS2/Xbox/PC)

S2Games has released a new patch for its online multiplayer FPS/RTS Savage: Battle for Newerth patch. This upgrade brings your retail game to v2.0e and includes authentication and server list fixes. The server browser and authentication systems have been completely rewritten. All game servers will now show up correctly.Read more for detailed fix list and download links ...

Head over to our dedicated EGN section to check out the following new screens from Vivendi's 2004 EGN lineup:

Crash Twinsanity (PS2/Xbox) - Evil Genius (PC) - Fight Club (PS2/Xbox) - Men of Valor (PS2/Xbox/PC) - Predator: Concrete Jungle (PS2/Xbox) - Red Ninja (PS2/Xbox) - Spyro: A Hero's Tale (NGC/PS2/Xbox) - World of Warcraft (PC)

Head over to our dedicated EGN section to check out the following new screens from SCi's 2004 EGN lineup:

• Battlestations: Midway (PS2/Xbox/PC)
• Constantine (PS2/Xbox)
• Rogue Trooper (PS2/Xbox)
• Roll Call (PS2/Xbox)

Head over to our dedicated EGN section to check out the following new screens from Nintendo's EGN 2004 lineup:

• Animal Crossing
• Mario Tennis
• Metroid Prime 2: Echoes
• Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door
• Super Mario Ball (GBA)
• Wario Ware Inc.: Mega Party Games

Head over to our dedicated EGN section to check out the following new screens from 1C Company's 2004 EGN lineup:

Ascension to the Throne - Borderzone - Brigade E5: New Jagged Union - Captain Blood - Cuban Missile Crisis - Desert Law - Parkan II - PT Boats: Knights of the Sea - Rig'n'Roll - Space Rangers 2 - Sphere - Stalingrad - Star Wolves - StarRush - Swashbucklers: Legacy of Drake - Vivisector - World War I - XIII Century: Sword & Honor - You Are Empty

Head over to our dedicated EGN section to check out the following new screens from Eidos' 2004 EGN lineup:

• Championship Manager 5 (PC)
• Crash 'n' Burn (PS2/Xb)
• Get On Da Mic (PS2/Xb)

Reflecting NASCAR's new format for choosing its champion -- the Chase for the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup -- and featuring an all-new dynamic career mode, EA announced today that it is shipping NASCAR 2005: Chase for the Cup. The new EA SPORTS title will put players behind the wheel of vehicles from four series including modifieds and trucks as well as a variety of production cars such as the new Chevrolet C5 Corvette and Ford GT's. Online gamers will enjoy enhanced features on the PS2 and for the first time, Xbox Live Support.

Paradox has released a new patch for their strategy game Crusader Kings. This update brings your retail game to v1.04 and addresses various game bugs & fixes, AI tweaks, UI improvements, scenario adjustments and plenty more. Read more for detailed fix list and download links ...