Guilty Gear X2Reload, now with Xbox Live support, revives the fighting tournament designed to find humans skilled enough to thwart the Gear threat. Take over 20 playable fighters, with 6 outrageous new characters. Use electrifying new moves and features, like Psych Burst, Faultless Defense, the all-new Burst Gauge system and more. Devastate your opponent with an arsenal of eye-popping, jaw-dropping moves and combos, including trademarks like Overdrive Attack, Gatling Combo, Roman Cancel and signature Instant Kills for each character! check out the freshly launched website.

Developer and publisher Paradox Entertainment announced today that the strategy game Crusader Kings has gone gold and will ship to retail stores on September 21, 2004. The game has been rated E for Everyone and has a SRP of $39.99US.

As King, it is your duty to lead your people in their struggle to raise your kingdom from its humble beginnings to a position of power and prestige. War, diplomacy and a burgeoning economy are the means by which you increase your power and expand your influence. Check out the latest screenies ...

'Outlaw Golf 2' will be even more raunchy with all new courses, new characters (and old favorites), golf cart stunt driving, enhanced AI and controls, and an all new way to beat up your caddie to regain your composure. Check out the details on a couple of available game modes, Baseball and Bingo Bango, so you'll know what to expect when the game releases this October.

Codemasters' Club Football 2005 range is pulling on an additional set of colours when the famous black and white stripes of Newcastle United join the unique football game range. Codemasters confirmed today it has secured the rights to publish Newcastle United Club Football 2005, the club's official video game.

Medabots Infinity will give players the opportunity to create their own Medabots and fight in thrilling Robattles! A third-person action-RPG that takes place in 2022, Medabots Infinity will enable kids to own their very own specialized high-performance robots called Medabots.

Rome: Total War is the next generation in epic strategy gaming from the critically acclaimed and award winning Total War brand. The aim of the game is to conquer, rule and manipulate the Roman Empire with the ultimate goal of being declared as the "Imperator" of Rome. Activision organized a press event this week to give us the opportunity to get an in-depth look, and here are our first, second, and third impressions ...

Bringing together an all encompassing fighting title, Street Fighter Anniversary Collection will be comprised of Hyper Street Fighter II, a blend of the previous Street Fighter II editions which will incorporate the character variations and features found throughout the series, and the arcade smash hit Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike.

In Megaman X Command Mission, Mega Man must infiltrate Giga City Island to thwart the evil plans of the Liberion Army who have initiated a riot on the isle. Check the new screens...

Electronic Arts and A&M Records released details today on plans to have world renowned, multi-platinum selling musical group The Black Eyed Peas provide and produce the soundtrack to the videogame and their likenesses as characters for the highly anticipated The Urbz: Sims in the City.

SCi Games Ltd. is pleased to announce Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment has awarded SCi Games the license to publish the forthcoming videogames for CONSTANTINE, which are being developed by Bits Studios and are based on the upcoming Warner Bros. Pictures film due in February 2005.

Step into the boots of a U.S. Marine and drive the Imperial Japanese Army from the Pacific in Medal of Honor Pacific Assault from Electronic Arts. Developed by EA Los Angeles, creators of the award-winning Medal of Honor series, Medal of Honor Pacific Assault immerses players in an authentic WWII experience, and will be available for the PC in the winter of 2004.

Half-Life 2 pre-loading begins to Steam account holders today. Over the coming days, those who have selected the pre-loading option will have encrypted Half-Life 2 files delivered to their PC. No purchase is required to pre-load HL2, but is required to activate the game. Purchase options will be released soon. Then, the moment the game is made available, those who have pre-loaded and purchased Half-Life 2 via Steam will be authenticated and ready to start playing.

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 :

• Stolen - Trailer
• Area 51 - Trailer
• Scaler - Trailer Pack
• Battlefield 2 - E3 Wall Trailer
• Sacred Underworld - Trailer #2
• Prince of Persia 2 - Trailer #3

The Chains of Promathia expansion pack brings a new chapter to the story of Vana'diel , providing brand new missions and quests while expanding the world to previously unseen areas. Fabled legends will also be realized in Chains of Promathia. As the mysteries of Vana'diel are unraveled, additional secrets will be discovered in this intricately designed expansion.

The Mushroom Kingdom has hosted tennis tournaments before, but never one as explosive as this one. The wild multiplayer action of the smash Nintendo 64 hit, Mario Tennis, returns with even more powerful shots and new, character-specific power-ups guaranteed to make for the craziest matches ever!

Fire Captain ignites the 3D Real-Time Strategy genre with the fire and rescue scene. Players are challenged to keep their cool as they manage a squad of elite firefighters in a variety of fast-paced, unpredictable, and explosive emergency scenarios. Set in and around a metropolitan city along the U.S. west coast, fire chiefs command fire squads and vehicles to extinguish flames and save victims in five single player campaigns with increasingly complex missions based on real-life events and three multiplayer modes.

NovaLogic has released a new patch for their multiplayer shooter Joint Operations: Typhoon Rising. This update brings your retail game to v1.3.1.15 and adds NILE compatibility, DirectX 9.0c support, collision issues, improves performance and the usual bug fixes and game tweaks. Read more for a detailed fix list or download links..

Midway held their summer press event last week, and here are some screens from the titles that were presented:

• Shadow Hearts: Covenant
• Area 51
• NARC
• Unreal Championship 2: The Liandri Conflict
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 The sequel to Dark Fall: The Journal, the title offers more than 50 realistic pre-rendered locations to explore in a startling ghost story weaved with multiple chilling subplots. Players will come across an original cast of characters as well as observe and interact with spectral beings in this adventure thriller.

Featuring the groundbreaking ability to assume the identity of any character in the game as well as providing a refreshing mix of stealth and pure action, Sammy Studios' "Spy Fiction" establishes a new benchmark for gameplay in the genre. Check out this exciting batch of new screens ...

Midway Games today announced plans to bring the latest iteration of it's world-renowned Mortal Kombat fighting game franchise, Mortal Kombat: Deception, to the GameCube in the first half of 2005.

Techland's Xpand Rally demo features two cars (each with two different paintings) and three different tracks. Players will have two game modes to choose: Simulation and Arcade. The Xpand Rally MP Demo enables you to adjust main components of the car. Due to this feature the player is not only able to have the car match the road conditions, but also to his individual preferences. The Demo lets you to host an Internet or a LAN game.

Atari has forged links with Microsoft to publish the PC version of the renowned tennis simulation Top Spin. Atari Germany has released a Top Spin demo allowing you to play one full set either as Pete Sampras or Gustavo Kürten. Read more for download links...

Wings of War puts gamers in the cockpit of over 25 Allied and German aircraft in massive air battles and bombing runs across the vast landscape of war torn Europe. Players will take on hordes of enemy aircraft in detailed planes or take control of anti-aircraft guns mounted on trains, zeppelins, boats and more.