Sly 2: Band of Thieves is a comic crime caper, action-adventure game designed exclusively for the PS2. Sly 2: Band of Thieves incorporates many of Sucker Punch's signature talents including award winning toon-shaded animation and art direction, visual style, immersive storylines, strong characters, and highly interactive worlds.

Starting today, Nevrax will begin a ten-day ramp-up of the closed "focus beta" test of The Saga of Ryzom, leading up to a complete re-opening of the Ryzom Beta on August 30th for a final testing period prior to the game's launch in September.

Twilight War: After the Fall will be a groundbreaking XORG (Extreme Online Roleplaying Game), with advanced graphics and an integrated FPS combat system, in the Post-Apocalyptic Science Fiction genre. Twilight War: After the Fall uses SpeedTree technology to populate the game work with hundreds of thousands of trees. Check out the freshly launched 'Twilight War: After the Fall' website.

ShellShock: Nam '67 depicts the true horrors of the Vietnam War for the first time in a video game. ShellShock: Nam '67 focuses on one man's experience of the most controversial war of modern times. You take on the role of a rookie soldier on his first tour of duty as he experiences the fear, chaos and atrocities of the Vietnam War.

WRC 4 allows fans to fully participate in the action of the WRC season, experiencing the thrill of all 16 WRC locations on 5 continents. Including more than 100 different stages - Point to Point, Super Special, Shakedown and Sprint Stages - WRC 4 allows the gritty, fast-paced realism of Rally to be faithfully recreated on PS 2.

From the developers of the hugely successful Time Crisis series, Crisis Zone is based on the classic arcade version with exclusive new features and levels for PlayStation 2 - most notably unique 'double gun-play' allowing players to choose whether to use one or two guns to blast their way to victory!

Available now from Digital Illusions and EA, the World War II Mod for Battlefield Vietnam brings three Pacific Theatre maps from Battlefield 1942 into the Battlefield Vietnam engine. But these aren't straight ports of the original maps. Instead, they make use of all of the upgraded features of the Battlefield Vietnam game engine. Read more for download links ...

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 :

• Half-Life 2 - Trailer
• Imperial Glory - Trailer
• GTA: San Andreas - Trailer
• Close Combat: First To Fight - Trailer
• Armies Of Exigo - Trailer
• ESPN NHL 2K5 - Trailer
• Cossacks II: Napoleonic Wars - Trailer

International software publisher DEEP SILVER and renowned UK games developer DEEP RED are delighted to announce at the Leipzig Games Convention, their collaboration on a ground-breaking new PC title, set for launch May 2005. Masters of 'world building' Tycoon games, DEEP RED are using their combined experience and creative talents to create one of the greatest ancient cities of all time, in 'Heart Of Empire: Rome'.

Developed by Traveller’s Tales, the new action platformer reveals a hilarious storyline that showcases the creative input of award-winning animation filmmaker Jordan Reichek of Perky Pickle Studios and introduces innovative features, including the ingenious pairing of Crash with his longtime nemesis Dr. Cortex in an unprecedented new dual gameplay mechanic.

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.

Boktai 2: Solar Boy Django is the second installment in the popular Boktai franchise bringing back one of the most innovative features to be implemented into a video game - the signature solar sensor technology, which incorporates natural sunlight into gameplay. Focusing more on role playing game (RPG) elements than the previous release, many new features have been added to Boktai 2 to help create an in-depth and exciting gaming experience.

Flat-Out is an adrenaline-inducing racing game with an exciting story line, spectacular crashes and a not-too-serious attitude in the best movie-like fashion. One of the 'Flat-Out' features is the "stunt" event where you race your car, and catapult the driver at a specific moment using him as a dart, bowling ball and other projectiles. Check the screens and have a good laugh...

Garage Games has released an updated demo for MaxGaming Technologies’ Dark Horizons: Lore, a fast action FPS style mecha game where the player’s stats will affect the outcome of the war and ultimately write the history of the Dark Horizons universe. This v1.11 demo features a new and enhanced interfaces, weapons, sound, maps and unlimited play demo on Windows and Mac. Read more for download links.

Pirates of the XXI Century is a new FPS in the works over at Eastern European developer DioSoft. Not much info is available at this point but Pirates of the XXI Century revolves around modern day sea pirates with action taking place on load, air, sea and even underwater. You will be able to play as either a member of Hong Kong’s triads, modern day pirate or soldier of US Special Forces and have use of about 30 weapons. Read more for details and screens...

Based on briefings and scenarios supplied by S.A.S. veterans, The Regiment is a tense, accurate simulation of close quarters combat. Lead four-man teams in assaults on terrorist strongholds. Rescue hostages held at gunpoint. Recreate the deadly climax to the Iranian Embassy Siege of 1980. Fight battles in Britain's corridors of power in a daring rescue at the Houses of Parliament or tackle the nightmare scenario of a terrorist takeover of a subway system. Read more for details and screens.

"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.

Metrowerks Corporation and Nintendo have signed an agreement and begun distributing a comprehensive tools suite for the creation of innovative, feature-rich games for the handheld Nintendo DS videogame system.

Ascaron has released a new beta patch for the UK edition of its RPG Sacred. This patch brings your retail game to v1.7 beta 38 and addresses various game balancing issues, game crashes, and several other tweaks (thanks 3DGamers). Read more for download links ...

Enthusia Professional Racing is a PS2 new racing game, developed by KCES, designed to bring all of the white-knuckle energy and thrill of car racing to life, Enthusia features groundbreaking gameplay mechanics, enhanced physics and pixel-perfect graphics to deliver an unprecedented racing experience. Read more for screens & trailer...

DreamCatcher Games today announced the long-awaited demo of Dungeon Lords will be available for download at the game's official site, http://www.DungeonLords.com, on September 1, 2004. Naturally, when the demo becomes available, we will also mirror it on our fileserver network.

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. Murder, false accusations and blood spilled in gladiatorial battles await those who seek an all encompassing epic when Shadow of Rome is released throughout North America in winter 2004.

Enlight has released a demo for their animal style management/sim title, Zoo Empire. No details as to what it features are available at this point. Read more for download links...

EA has released a singleplayer demo for Armies of Exigo putting you in command of the Empire in an epic battle against the Beast army. You and your army are the sole survivors of an air crash in the magical forests where evil lurks behind every corner. Seek out resources to build yourself an army of up to 200 units and defeat the Beasts army above ground and descend to the caverns below and encounter a mysterious enemy. To survive this incredible demo you must break the two seals that protect the entrance to the catacombs, defeat the beast army and survive the evils that await you in the world of Exigo. Read more for download links ...