In anticipation of tomorrow's v1.2 update patch, EA has released an updated Win32 dedicated server for Digital Illusions' 3D action game Battlefield Vietnam. This release includes three new maps (Operation Cedar Falls, Saigon - 1968, and Fall of Saigon), support for the WWII Mod maps, new spectator options, a console enhancement, and some bug fixes (thanks 3DGamers). Read more for details and download links ...

After is was mistakingly released, and pulled shortly thereafter a few weeks ago, Enlight has now "officially" released the Scrapland demo featuring a single-player mission as you encounter the Crazy Gambler, and also two multiplayer maps (The Forbidden Zone and The Great Data Base.) Read more for download links ...

In celebration of the upcoming release of Prince of Persia: Warrior Within, Ubisoft announces a pre-sell program: pre-order Prince of Persia: Warrior Within and receive a collector’s edition art book featuring 36 pages of art and developer commentaries.

As we mentioned a few days ago, Activision has released the first patch for Creative Assembly's 3D RTS Rome: Total War. This update brings your retail game to v1.1 and addresses many issues with multiplayer dealing with game stability, performance and some synch issues. You must download the patch to play online. You cannot continue to play online with unpatched versions of the game. Read more for download links...

"Space Interceptor: Project Freedom", previously known as Project Earth 2, is a space combat game that offers adrenaline pumping gameplay coupled with stunning graphics. Merscom has released a demo featuring a training mission in a virtual arena, and a 'Protect The Copernicus' single-player mission. Read more for download links ...

Atari today announced the launching of the official website for RollerCoaster Tycoon 3, the eagerly awaited PC title from Frontier Developments.

Atari announced the forthcoming European release of Duel Masters: Sempai Legends for Sony's PS one console under license from Hasbro Properties Group and following the announcement of the title for Game Boy Advance. The title will be released for PS one across Europe on 26 November 2004.

Kien is an action/platform game with RPG elements. The player's task is to complete an epic, non-linear quest in a fanstasy-inspired world, helping the two young heroes in their challenge to defeat the Powers of Evil. P.M. STUDIOS today announce officially that his GBA game KIEN is looking for a new worldwide publisher.

In a remarkably short period of time, Got Game Entertainment has achieved a North American retail distribution channel rivaled only by long-established game publishers, as well as established a reputation for an innovative, mass market audience approach to game promotion. Now, the publisher is ready to use its recipe for success to bring even more games to market and, in that regard, is seeking new properties.

EA has updated the official Battlefield: Vietnam website announcing that the new v1.2 patch for Battlefield Vietnam will be released tomorrow, October 7. The new v1.2 patch mainly fixes various game balancing issue and game tweaks, but most noteably is the inclusion of a brand new Spectator mode. Read more for details ...

Global Star Software today announced that Conflict: Vietnam is currently available in retail stores throughout North America for the PSt2, Xbox and PC. Conflict: Vietnam transports the Conflict series from the deserts of the Middle East to the jungles of Vietnam.

Fireglow team is now developing a next generation game engine (codename: Sudden Strike Next7) and the first game based on this engine , which now is officially named 'Sudden Strike III: Arms For Victory'. Fireglow plans to develop several other games based on this engine in different setups related to war conflicts.

Another day, another batch of game trailers were released. Instead of giving them all their own posts, we grouped them, and so far there are trailers for :

• GTR: The Ultimate Racing Game - Trailer #2
• Oddworld Stranger - Cinematic Trailer
• Fire Department 2 - Trailer
• Resident Evil 4 - TGS & Mikami Gameplay Trailers (3)

A few months back we revealed Phenomic was working on another addon for Jowood's successful RPG Spellforce. Today the first details are starting to trickle in as 'Spellforce: Shadow of the Phoenix,' scheduled for a November release, will feature two new units and buildings, as well as allowing you to further upgrade your heros to level 50. An all new singleplayer campaign will be added, but also 25 new multiplayer maps, 15 of which are dedicated to coop play (a feature which was added in the previous Breath Of Winter expansion).

Tensions will rise as Fatal Frame 2 on Xbox boasts a new mode that allows the player to move through the lost village in the first person view. What you cannot see will scare you even more than before during this mode as the player experiences limited sight leading to higher insecurities and an increased feeling of vulnerability in the most terrifying Fatal Frame mode to date.

Set in the evocative land of ancient Egypt, Children of the Nile is the first and only strategy game where citizens who behave like real people are your primary resource. As their leader, you must build a place in which they can live and work, establishing a relationship of trust and cooperation which you then leverage to build a lasting civilization, and bring it to its cultural peak.

In Tribes: Vengeance's single-player campaign, gamers become immersed in a roiling galactic thriller. Throughout the game, the player catches glimpses of other, interrelated stories that are unfolding behind-the-scenes. In addition, gamers are given the opportunity to experience the full scope of the single-player story through multiple viewpoints and characters.

Sly 2: Band of Thieves breaks the rules of convention and truly immerses gamers into a world with no laws or boundaries. It's an exciting new adventure that charges gamers of all ages, skills and interests with a fun, uninhibited playground right at their fingertips.

In 'Katamarii Damacy' you start off with a small “katamari,” but with every level he completes, the “katamari” can quickly grow from a fraction of an inch to a monstrous mass in no time. The bigger the player’s “katamari” grows, the larger the objects the player can amass along the way -- ranging from playing cards and people to ocean liners and entire stadiums!

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. Follow Larry's hilarious exploits and misadventures in the wackiest college story since Animal House.

Epic Games has release the new dedicated server for the retail version of Unreal Tournament 2004, allowing people who do not have the retail game to host a multiplayer server. This new v3323 edition contains all the Editor's Choice content. You can get your required cd key right here. Read more for download links ...

It's time to pick up those apartment keys and meet the new roomates! Today Singles: Flirt Up Your Life for PC is shipping to stores! Start exploring the lives of two young roommates as they meet for the first time and begin living together in their new apartment.

Atari has released a demo for Timegate studio's 3D WWII based RTS Axis And Allies featuring 2 tutorial missions, the Battle of Stalingrad single-player mission, and a 4 player random map generator enabling LAN and online skirmish action. Read more for download links...

Codemasters announced today that its acclaimed racing simulation game, ToCA Race Driver 2, has shipped to North American retail outlets for the PlayStation 2, complete with online play.

Volkswagen AG and TDK Mediactive Europe have entered into a worldwide cooperation agreement. The partnership will allow the masses worldwide to experience Volkswagen vehicles virtually, as part of a computer game. This racing game will be marketed as World Racing 2 and is being developed in the studios of racing software specialist Synetic to run on current next generation game consoles and PC. Read more for details ...