Developed by Ubisoft's award-winning Red Storm studio, Ghost Recon 2 launches on next-generation consoles and PC this Holiday season. The game is set in the chaotic battlefields of tomorrow, and will offer gamers an insider's view of the way large scale conflicts will be fought in the near future.

The popular cart-racing series starring Nintendo characters is making its way onto the DS system. Not due until early December, here are some more new screens ...

Captured, conveniently forgotten, tortured, and left for dead, MI6 agent Andrew Sterling awaits execution in a Chinese prison. The story begins when a mysterious friend from his past rescues him, setting off a chain of events that could rock the very foundations of global security and wreak chaos on a worldwide level.

Well it seems Valve is giving hackers a piece of their own cake as not only did they, supposebly, leak a fake, non-working HL2 version, but now they have also banned over 20,000 people from Steam for attempting to pirate Half-Life 2 with the CD-Key 5J52E-FVKXV-882FQ-YJXRQ-DOD98. The forum thread also has word that Valve is working on a securROM fix for owners of the CD and DVD editions of the game who are unable to play due to overzealous copy-protection (thanks VE3D).

It's the year 2137. From a military training simulation a new kind of sport evolved: Arena Wars. The sport has attracted the greatest minds and the richest syndicates across the globe, each seeking to become legends in their own right, balancing strategy, speed and insidiousness. From many champions will rise one true power.

Vivendi has now released the UK edition of the new patch for 2015's Vietnam based FPS Men of Valor. This update brings your UK version of the game to v1.3 and addresses a bunch of single/multiplayer issues as well as Unicode fixes, rendering optimizations and a few other tweaks. Read more for download links ...

Electronic Arts has released the Medal of Honor: Pacific Assault mod developer's kit giving the mod community to go to town and create their own maps for EA Pacific's WWII based first-person shooter. This package requires you to have .NET framework installed, and includes MilkShape3D, but tutorials, samples and other docs wont be until the final version (thanks 3DGamers). Read more for details and download links ...

Trinigy today announced the release date for the newest version of the Vision Game Engine. On the 30th of November, the development kit with the version number 4.5 will be shipped to customers all over the world.

As expected LucasArts has released a new patch for Pandemic Studios' scifi shooter Star Wars Battlefront. This update brings your retail game to v1.11, adds the new Battlefront Bonus Mission entitled Jabba's Palace, and corrects a game controller mapping issue in the Key Configuration screen. Read more for download links ...

MTX: Mototrax features career mode through Motocross, Supercross, Freestyle and offroad events, backed by real-world racing teams and sponsors. Aspyr has released demo for Beenox's MTX Mototrax demo giving you a taste of the action by allowing you to race on the McKenna Rock outdoor racing track against 7 other computer controlled riders. Read more for download links ...

THQ today announced the development of Full Spectrum Warriorae for the PlayStation2. Developed through a collaborative effort between Pandemic Studios and Mass Media, the game's innovative design, complex artificial intelligence (A.I.) and advanced graphical prowess has been successfully transitioned to the PlayStation 2, pushing the hardware to its limits. Full Spectrum Warrior is scheduled to ship worldwide in early 2005.

Several people had been complaining about skipping gameplay and audio in 'Half-Life 2' and Valve's Erik Johnson confirmed that they have identified the cause of the problem and a fix is in the works and expected "no later than tomorrow."

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 yet another 70 or so new screens...

Ubisoft has released a new patch for 1C Maddox's World War II combat flight simulation Pacific Fighters. This update brings your retail game to v3.01 and addresses AI issues, adds damage model, graphics engine updates, 3D models, campaign fixes etc. This patch comes in 2 flavors, if you have the PF standalone edition, or IL2 + expansion packs. Read more for download links ...

DreamCatcher Games has released the first patch for Golem Labs' global domination strategy 'SuperPower 2.' This update brings your retail game to v1.2b and addresses a few minor issues such as a save game corruption problem, game crashes, and the billions of units appearing in combat bug. This version of the patch is suitable for the UK, German, Italian and Spanish editions. Read more for detailed fix list and download links.

STOLEN is an ultra realistic, third person, stealth-based, action game based around a high-tech female thief. Along with innovative high-tech stealth/robbery game actions and events, STOLEN also boasts some truly amazing technical and presentational features to give it a spectacular look that will captivate gamers.

The latest version of Gran Turismo 4 further demonstrates its mission to provide the most authentic driving simulation available in the marketplace. New features will extend above and beyond just pure automotive racing, providing a unique destination for automotive and PS2 enthusiasts to enjoy car culture in every dimension. Some more new screens ...

In Tales Of Rebirth, Namco's latest RPG, you will play as a swordsman in a world called Callegeia. Read more to check out some new screens ...

Shadow of Rome, an all-new action adventure game, transports players to one of the most perilous ages of man, an era when Caesar was hailed as the leader of the Roman Empire and whose sovereignty dominated all of western civilization.

With the inaugural Chase for the Nascar Nextel Cup series coming to a thrilling conclusion this past weekend, NASCAR fans will need something to keep them busy until the season resumes in February 2005. As the leading provider of steering wheels for PC and console entertainment systems, Logitech is pleased to bring the NASCAR experience into homes with the Logitech NASCAR Racing Wheel for PlayStation and the Logitech NASCAR Racing Wheel for Xbox, both currently shipping to retailers nationwide.

Redefining the destiny of the Fellowship like never before … Electronic Arts officially announced today that the highly anticipated real-time strategy (RTS), The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth has gone Gold and will ship December 6, 2004. Developed at EA's Los Angeles studio exclusively for the PC, The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth captures the epic battles from all three The Lord of the Rings films.

It's a busy shipping day over at Electronic Arts, as they announced the release of the latest highly anticipated video game in the James Bond series, GoldenEye: Rogue Agent.

Electronic Arts today announced that The Urbz: Sims in the City and Madden NFL 2005 for the Nintendo DS handheld game system have shipped to retail outlets nationwide. Tiger Woods PGA TOUR for the Nintendo DS will follow in December.

On the eve of the 41st anniversary of John F. Kennedy's murder, a dramatic new 'docu-game' is set to bring his tragic assassination by Lee Harvey Oswald to life for a whole new generation.

Starting today any Shadowbane Accounts that are reactivated will be added to the Throne of Oblivion Beta Test every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. This will occur until the Throne of Oblivion launches on December 7th. If an account is reactivated over or prior to this weekend, that account will have access to the Beta on Monday, November 22nd. If reactivated on Tuesday, the account will have access to the normal game servers immediately but not to the Oblivion Beta Test until Wednesday. To learn how to access the Beta Server with a valid account, simply visit the official community website and read the Open Beta announcement.