Rocky Legends will let players experience the pummelling action and untold backstories that lead up to the events chronicled in the blockbuster Rocky movies. Read more for new screens & trailer.

Atari today announced that the highly anticipated Forgotten Realms: Demon Stone, an action game set in the popular Dungeons & Dragons world created by Wizards of the Coast, is now available at retail outlets nationwide. Demon Stone for the PlayStation2 is retailing for an estimated price of $49.95 and is rated "T" for Teen. Demon Stone is expected to become available for the Xbox and PC.

SCEA announced the launch of Sly 2: Band of Thieves, a comic crime, action-adventure designed exclusively for the PS2. Created by Seattle-based developer, Sucker Punch Productions, Sly 2: Band of Thieves builds upon team-based thievery, immersive storylines, highly interactive environments and features cel-shaded illustrated rendering technology, innovative character designs and variety of gameplay.

THQ and Nickelodeon today announced that The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron Boy Genius: Attack of the Twonkies for the PS2, GameCube and GBA has shipped to retail outlets throughout North America. A television movie with the same storyline will air on Nickelodeon on November 11, the same week it releases for home video/DVD.

Dreamcatcher has released a patch for People Can Fly's FPS, Painkiller. This update brings your retail game to v1.3.5 and updates all scripts and engines for full compatibility with 1.35 Editor and Tools. The patch also addresses a few minor security fixes and changes. Read more for download links and details ...

Today, Majesco shipped Guilty Gear X2 #Reload for the Xbox to retailers nationwide. Available for a suggested retail price of $19.95, Guilty Gear X2 #Reload features Xbox Live support, offering players head-to-head competition, real-time global rankings, and community support of voice and friends.

Prince of Persia: Warrior Within features a deep, mysterious storyline starring a darker, edgier Prince who is vigilant in his quest to unseal his mortal destiny. Read more for further details and some screens ...

TimeGate Studios delivers a breathtaking world of magical splendour, heroic deeds, and fearsome enemies with Kohan II: Kings of War, a fantasy-based real-time strategy game. Presented in beautifully rendered 3D, Kohan II: Kings of War allows gamers to lay siege to enemy cities, explore fantastic realms, fight strange creatures, and build a world-spanning empire.

Sony Online today announced that EverQuest: Omens of War, a new expansion for the incredibly popular PC MMORPG, EverQuest, is now available. This expansion takes advantage of a new, next-generation graphics engine that allows players to experience the new areas of the game in unprecedented graphical splendor.

Activision has announced that Call of Duty: United Offensive has shipped to retail outlets nationwide. The highly anticipated expansion pack to Infinity Ward's Call of Duty brings the cinematic intensity of the brand to unprecedented heights with more action than ever before.

Project: Snowblind is a the first-person action shooter putting you in the role of an elite super soldier, fighting on the front lines of a near-future war using unique weapons, abilities and high-tech gadgetry that inject depth and variety to gameplay. Currently in development by Crystal Dynamics, Project: Snowblind places unique emphasis to its intensive multiplayer and online play modes and will be available for the PS2, Xbox and PC this Winter.

The clash between the popular characters of SNK and CAPCOM comes to the Xbox. This time SNK takes the baton from the previously released "Capcom vs SNK" to again bring players the dream match of fighting games, all with the unique SNK touch. An incredible clash of 36 characters from world famous SNK and Capcom franchises such as Fatal Fury, Samurai Shodown, The King of Fighters and Street Fighter.

Spy Fiction is a fully 3D stealth-action game combining exciting espionage action with a thrilling storyline. Spy Fiction delivers a brand new experience with the ability to steal identifying characteristics and assume the identity of any character in the game.

S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl brings to life the actual Chernobyl terrain in the year 2012 - six years after a mysterious second explosion rocks the landscape. As a "stalker" exploring the vast "Exclusion Zone" to procure artifacts for the black market, players must survive mutant creatures, dangerous anomalous areas, competing "stalkers" and a military charged with quarantining the 30 square kilometer area.

A Dreamcatcher Europe community rep has put a post in the official forum that we can expect a new Painkiller patch later this week. Even though it is for the French version, we expect the English version to be available at the same time. People Can Fly is finalizing the v1.35 patch which will include the usual bug and crash fixes, but also the dedicated server update, and more importantly, the PainED SDK editor so people can start modding away. A full fix list is promised for tomorrow, and we will of course have the patch on our fileservers as soon as it becomes available.

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 :

• Evil Genius - Trailer
• Knights Of Honor - Intro Movie
• Crashday - Trailer
• Call Of Duty: United Offensive - Trailer (2)
• Children Of The Nile - Trailer #6
• Still Life - Trailer #2

Take an adventure as Pitfall Harry, the daring, risk-taking explorer who laughs in the face of danger. Featuring over 50 levels of fast-paced action and puzzle solving adventures, the game challenges players to swing, fight, climb and crawl through eight types of treacherous South American environments including lush jungles, dark tombs, ancient Aztec ruins and glacial mountains.

Microids is working on an all new murder/adventure game "Still Life". Using an updated Syberia engine, "Still Life" lets you play the role of FBI agent Victoria McPherson. Situated in Chicago, you are on the heels of a serial killer, much like your grandfather did 60 years earlier in Prague (Microids' Post Mortem). By means of flashbacks and timewarps, you will travel to locations like Eastern Europe to interrogate suspects, or North America, to scrutinize dead bodies.

Def Jam Fight For NY has gone gold for the PS2, Xbox and Nintendo GameCube. The game will ship to retail stores nationwide on Monday, September 20, 2004. Def Jam Fight For NY thrusts players onto the mean streets of New York amidst a brutal battle for control of the city’s hip hop underground. Featuring a cast of more than 40 hip hop artists and celebrities, players will come face to face with dozens of hip hop’s biggest names in the game, including Busta Rhymes, Ludacris, Ice T, Lil’ Kim, Method Man, Redman and Snoop Dogg.

Epic has released a new patch for its sci-fi FPS Unreal Tournament 2004. This patch brings your retail game to v3323 and adds once again bug fixes, fixes game crashes, balancing, tweaks for the Onslaught mode, demo recording, engine, mod support and plenty more. Read more for detailed fix list and download links ...

Eidos today announced the development of the first-person action shooter Project: Snowblind. The game puts players in the role of an elite super soldier, fighting on the front lines of a near-future war using unique weapons, abilities and high-tech gadgetry that inject depth and variety to gameplay. Currently in development by Crystal Dynamics, Project: Snowblind places unique emphasis to its intensive multiplayer and online play modes and will be available for the PS2, Xbox and PC this Winter.

Terrorist Takedown puts you on the front line in the war on terror as a soldier in the US Army. Operate Apache and Huey helicopters, Hummers, heavy machine guns, rocket launchers and more as you strike at known terrorists. In 16 heart-pounding missions you must defeat the terrorists and protect our homeland. Check the freshly launched website, or read more for a few new screens...

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...

Premier Manager has gone through a major overhaul culminating in improvements throughout the game, including a new slick and intuitive interface, improved tactics, and transfer system, and a host of new features. Read more for further details and screens ...