Hardcore strategy gamers around the world should begin to stock up on massive amounts of caffeine and sugar laden food and beverages, for 2005 looks to be the Year of Insomnia. It is with great pleasure that upon this day Shrapnel Games and Illwinter Game Design would like to announce that work has begun on Dominions III, the direct sequel to the multi-award winning Dominions II: The Ascension Wars.

Project Three Interactive has the first patch for the 3D isometric RPG Kult: Heretic Kingdoms. The patch upgrades Kult to v1.1 and fixes all problems with containers and even contains a major improvement in using the containers. Several other minor problems will be solved with the patch a.o. some Spanish version bugs and a memory usage issue.

The release of the PC version of Championship Manager 5 will not now take place in October. Eidos is continuing to work towards release of the PC version of the game shortly before Christmas, although this may extend into the New Year. As previously stated, the XBox and PS2 versions of Championship Manager 5 remain firmly on track for release in Spring 2005 and the online version will be available through subscription shortly after the PC game's release.

'Vietcong: Purple Haze' is a cinematic narrative-based First Person Shooter (FPS) set during the Vietnam Conflict. Players of Vietcong experience the war from the perspective of a soldier assigned to join a squad of U.S. Special Forces running reconnaissance missions deep into the jungles of Northern Vietnam. Read more for details and the first screens ...

Step into the shoes of Bo and Luke Duke as they race to win prize money in order to save the local orphanage from Boss Hogg's latest crooked scheme. With the help of the ever-popular Daisy Duke, Uncle Jesse and Cooter, the good ol' boys go up against the villainous Boss Hogg, his bumbling cohorts Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane and Deputy Enos in order to win the Hazzard County Derby.

Vivendi has released a beta version of the development kit for Irrational Games' sci-fi FPS Tribes: Vengeance. Included in this kit is source code that can be used to compile of all of the scripts used in Tribes: Vengeance. You can modify, extend and reference these scripts in order to create customizations, mutators and modifications (thanks 3DGamers). Read more for download links ...

Spyro must save the Dragon Realms from the Evil Red Dragon who has planted light-sapping Dark Gems all over the Dragon Realms in an attempt to capture and control the world. With the help of his allies, Spyro must seek out and destroy all of the Dark Gems to return the lands back to normal and to save the Dragon Realms from the evil dragon's tyrannical control.

Developed by Related Designs (previously known for America & No Man's Land), Castle Strike is a fast paced RTS game with a very detailed and authentic presentation of medieval Germany, England and France.

Trauma Studios might no longer be on the project since they got bought by DICE, but that does not mean the end of the BF1942 'Desert Combat' mod. A new Desert Combat Final client and win32/Linux server files are now available offering tons of game balacing, bug fixes, new/updated sound/texture, and several new vehicles. Read more for download links and get those servers ready!

Space Rangers 2 is a mix of intense space RPG laced with 3D RTS action planetside. 200 years after the first chapter of Space Rangers, a new, even more dangerous threat arises in the galaxy. A key planet in producing war androids has become self-aware with their own intellect and force of will, bent on conquering the galaxy one planet at a time.

Zuzzexx has put up the product page for FOC Development Group/Reality Pump Studios' RTS World War II: Panzer Claws II revealing info & screens from. 'Panzer Claws II' depicts the struggles of armoured and mechanized units in a World War II scenario. All missions take place in Europe between 1941 and 1944. The game spans the German attack on the Soviet Union through to other important battles on the Eastern Front, operations in France and Italy to the German offensive in the Ardennes.

The Adventure Company has released the first patch for Revistronic's adventure game WANTED: A Wild Western Adventure. This update brings your English retail game to v1.1 and addresses a few bugs and video card incompatibilites (thanks 3DGamers). Read more for details fix list and download links ...

After UbiSoft's last Far Cry v1.2 patch snafu, UbiSoft's Kurtis Buckmaster has posted a message in the official UbiSoft forums about the upcoming v1.3 patch. I guess that means they won't bother with the previous version anymore and just move on to the next. No specific release date has been mentioned, but it is lead to believe it will be available in the next 2 weeks. Read more for a detailed fix list.

Blizzard has released yet another new Warcraft III map, this time called "Echo Isles"... Map info: "Though these islands are surrounded by deep and treacherous waters, they have seen little peace. Many of the creatures dwelling here are refugees from the war. They have nothing left to lose. Don't expect a warm welcome." This is a Small map and the suggested no. of players is 1v1. It is based on the "Lordaeron Summer" tileset. Go download it here!

"Dungeon Siege II" returns players to the beautiful fantasy land of Aranna, but it is a land scarred by civil war, where the lines between good and evil are blurred. Players must lead an elite battle party against Valdis, a vicious marauder determined to return the world to order, no matter the cost. "Dungeon Siege II" promises to set a new standard in role-playing games by combining an intriguing story-line with intense real-time party combat and cutting edge 3D graphics.

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.

WWII's Pacific theater was the backdrop for some of the most famous aerial battles in history. In places like Midway, Guadalcanal and Iwo Jima, allied fighters and bombers went head-to-head against the air power of the Japanese empire. Pacific Fighters provides the opportunity for players to experience the realistic action, intense flight combat and immersive gameplay of WWII's Pacific air war.

In Bad Boys: Miami Takedown, a new drug has emerged in Miami, and its use is spreading fast. As key members of the Tactical Narcotics Team (TNT), players take on the roles of either Mike Lowrey or Marcus Burnett and must stop the highly organized cartels that are flooding the market with this new drug. Players need to move fast to make sure the TNT cops are not DOA.

Creature Conflict: The Clan Wars boasts an extensive single player campaign, where gamers get to chose which clan they are going to control and start the process of total domination – engaging in battles with the other clans and their leaders. Creature Conflict: The Clan Wars also supports a multiplayer mode: team up with friends on a single PC or across a LAN or internet connection and take on all rivals in a last animal standing competition!

Koei announced today that Samurai Warriors Xtreme Legends has gone gold and is set to ship to North American retailers on Tuesday, November 9th, 2004 with a suggested retail price of only $29.99.

id Software released the SDK for their sci-fi FPS DOOM 3, allowing the mod community out there to go to town and bring on the mods. No specific details as what is included or requirements are available at this point. Read more for download links ...

SEGA has released a demo for Sports Interactive's football management simulation Football Manager 2005. This demo is time limited (six months in game) and feature complete, English language only but does not include sounds, logos, player facepacks etc. Read more for download links ...

'FIFA Street' is a combination of arcade action blended with the culture of freestyle street football. By removing the rules from the simulation football experience, 'FIFA Street' exposes the heart of the world's beautiful game, on-the-ball flare and individual style.

Devil May Cry 3 unfolds an earlier chapter in Dante's history, before the original Devil May Cry, to the fateful clash between Sparda's twin sons, divided by the divergence of their chosen paths. Take a peek at these new screens...

Revealed by Sega Europe a few weeks ago, SEGA today announced plans to publish Tenchu: Fatal Shadows in North America this February, exclusively on the PS2. SEGA has partnered with K2 studios, developer of the critically acclaimed Tenchu: Wrath of Heaven (released in 2003 for PS2), and From Software to continue the legacy of the flagship franchise.