Obscure is Hydravision Entertainment's upcoming survival horror game where all the action centres around a group of three students, trapped in an eerie school, where the teachers have been performing obscene experiments on their classmates. Check the freshly launched Obscure website or read more for some new 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.

In this inspiring adventure based on The Polar Express movie, players will take an extraordinary ride through eight exciting chapters. A mysterious Conductor shepherds players aboard the train and onto a journey to meet Santa Claus at the North Pole. Along the way, they will meet memorable characters from the film including the Girl Know-it-All, Lonely Boy, the Hobo, Smokey & Steamers and the Elves. Read more for details & screens ...

"MechAssault 2: Lone Wolf" continues the massive destructible environments, intense combat and addictive online multiplayer gameplay that gamers have been praising since "MechAssault" first hit Xbox. Continuing in the 31st century, "MechAssault 2" allows gamers to encounter entirely new experiences in the epic BattleTech world. This third-person action/shooter game defines immense destruction taken to another level, as each environment in the game's five worlds is fully destructible.

The genre of Ex Zeus is that of a heavy action mech based 3d shooter. The player has a choice of controlling 3 different robots, "Sofia" a male robot with average speed and shield protection, "Calista" a female robot with a high speed but low shield protection and "Dynamis" a heavy "male" robot with low speed but high shield protection. These three robots are leaders of a special squadron team having been called into an "invaders alien" destruction scene.

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 :

• Mortal Kombat: Deception - E3 2004 Trailer
• Rollercoaster Tycoon 3 - E3 2004 Trailer
• Doom III - E3 2004 Trailer
• Call Of Duty: Finest Hour - E3 2004 Trailer
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Ground Control 2 : Operation Exodus takes place during the year 2741 AD, roughly 300 years after the events in the original game. The democratic and freedom caring Northern Star Alliance (NSA) is being hard pressed by the warmongering Terran Empire. The war has recently entered a new stage; a brutal and deadly ground war, as the Empire has managed to land their first troopships on the last NSA controlled planet – Morningstar Prime.

Check out the following new screens from THQ's 2004 E3 lineup:

• Jimmy Neutron Boy Genius: Attack of the Twonkies (GBA/PS2)
• Destroy All Humans! (PS2/Xbox)
• Fairly Odd Parents Shadow Showdown (GBA/NGC/PS2/PC)
• Full Spectrum Warrior (Xbox)
• Hot Wheels Stunt Track Challenge (PS2/Xbox)
• The Incredibles (NGC/PS2/Xbox)
• LEGO Knights' Kingdom (GBA)
• Nicktoons EyeToy (PS2)
• Power Rangers Dino Thunder (NGC/PS2)
• The Punisher (PS2/Xbox)
• S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Shadow of Chernobyl (PC)
• Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War (PC)
• WWE Day of Reckoning (NGC)

Check out the following new screens from Tecmo's 2004 E3 lineup:

• Dead or Alive Ultimate (Xbox)
• Fatal Frame 2 (Xbox)
• GunGriffon (Xbox)

Today we have more screens for SNK's 2004 E3 lineup. Check the following new screens for :

• The King of Fighters 02/03 (PS2/Xbox)
• KOF: Maximum Impact (PS2)
• Metal Slug Advance (GBA)
• Metal Slug 4 / 5 (PS2/Xbox)
• SNK vs. Capcom: SVC Chaos (Xbox)

Today we have more screens for Sega's 2004 E3 lineup. Check the following new screens for :

• Altered Beast (PS2)
• Amazing Island (NGC)
• Astro Boy (PS2)
• Blood Will Tell (PS2)
• ESPN NBA 2005 (PS2/Xbox)
• ESPN NFL 2005 (PS2/Xbox)
• ESPN NHL 2005 (PS2/Xbox)
• Football Manager 2005 (PC)
• Headhunter: Redemption (PS2/Xbox)
• NHL Eastside Hockey Manager (PC)
• Otogi 2 (Xbox)
• OutRun2 (Xbox)
• Samurai Jack: The Shadow of Aku (NGC/PS2/Xbox)
• SEGA SuperStars (PS2)
• Spikeout: Battle Street (Xbox)
• Warhammer Online (PC)
• Worms Forts Under Siege (PC/PS2/Xbox)

Today we have more screens for SCi's 2004 E3 lineup. Check the following new screens for :

• Conflict: Vietnam (PS2/Xbox/PC)
• Midway (PS2/Xbox/PC)
• Galleon (Xbox)
• Richard Burns Rally (PS2/Xbox/PC)

Today we have more screens for Sammy Studios' 2004 E3 lineup. Check the following new screens for :

• The Shield (PS2/Xbox)
• Darkwatch (PS2/Xbox)
• Guilty Gear Isuka (PS2)
• Iron Phoenix (Xbox)
• Spy Fiction (PS2)

Buka has released a new patch for G5 Software's action/helicopter sim, Fair Strike. This update brings your retail game to v1.04 (only for North American version) and adresses some multiplayer issues, the usual fixes & tweaks but also adds camera options, better joystick control, logging, etc. Read more for details & download links ..

Encore has just let us know that while the majority of the press corps was attending last week's E3, Surreal's action/horror "The Suffering" has quietly gone gold and is expected in stores May 28th. Merely announced a few weeks ago, you can already check our in-house The Suffering preview if you want to find out more about it ...

Today we have more screens for Novalogic's 2004 E3 lineup. Check the following new screens for :

• Joint Operations: Typhoon Rising (PC)
• 'Black Hawk Down' (Xbox)

Ubisoft is committed to offering the best Xbox LIVE experience as possible. Today, the next Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Pandora Tomorrow Auto-Update has been released. A number of features have been improved and a few bugs have been fixed. This Auto-Update will give gamers an even greater pleasure in playing than it already has. Please note that the leaderboards will be cleared next week, once Microsoft's tournament is over. In the coming weeks, new downloadable content will be available that will extend and heighten the Splinter Cell experience. Read more for details on the new features...

Today we have more screens for Namco's 2004 E3 lineup. Check the following new screens for :

• Dead to Rights II (PS2/Xbox)
• Death by Degrees (PS2)
• Time Crisis: Crisis Zone (PS2)
• Tekken 5 (All)
• Tales of Symphonia (NGC)
• Baten Kaitos (NGC)
• Ace Combat 5 (PS2)
• Smash Court Tennis Pro Tournament 2 (PS2)
• I-Ninja (GBA)
• kill.switch (GBA)
• Ms Pac-Man Maze Madness (GBA)
• Pac-Man World (GBA)
• Xenosaga Episode II (PS2)

The game that introduced stealth gameplay is back. Ion Storm has implemented a new 3rd person cinematic action view as well as the classic 1st person perspective from the previous Thief chapters. Breaking and entering, stealing, sabotage, combat, assassination, and setting up ambushes - tasks master thief Garrett is well equipped to perform.

Gathering and TimeGate Studios are pleased to announce that they are accepting applications for a public beta test of their upcoming real-time fantasy strategy game Kohan II: Kings of War. The application process will begin on Tuesday, May 18, 2004 at 12:00 p.m. CST and will close at 12:00 a.m. CST on Monday, May 24th. At the same time, Atari's beta test page also offers you the chance to sign up for another TimeGate Studios title, Axis & Allies, which will start June 1.

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 :

• Playboy: The Mansion - E3 2004 Trailer
• Crash Twinsanity - E3 2004 Trailer
• Spyro: A Hero’s Tale – E3 2004 Trailer
• Men Of Valor - E3 2004 Trailer
• Call Of Duty: United Offensive - E3 2004 Trailer
• The Sims 2 - E3 2004 Trailer
• Bet On Soldier - E3 2004 Trailer
• MoH: Pacific Assault - E3 2004 Trailer
• Dungeon Lords - E3 2004 Trailer
• Chaos League - E3 2004 Trailer
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The story begins as an unidentified paramilitary force infiltrates a multi-billion dollar aerospace compound. The government responds by sending in Special Forces, but loses contact as an eerie signal interrupts radio communications. When the interference subsides moments later, the team has been literally torn apart. As part of a classified strike team created to deal with threats no one else can handle, your mission is simple: Eliminate the intruders at any cost. Determine the origin of the signal. And contain this crisis before it spirals out of control.

Today we have more screens for Midway's 2004 E3 lineup. Check the following new screens for :

• Mortal Kombat: Deception (PS2/Xbox)
• NARC (PS2/Xbox)
• Area 51 (PS2/Xbox)
• Psi-Ops: The Mindgate Conspiracy (PS2/Xbox)
• Shadow Hearts: Covenant (PS2)
• Midway Arcade Treasures 2 (NGC/PS2/Xbox)

Today we have more screens for Majesco's 2004 E3 lineup. Check the following new screens for :

• BloodRayne 2 (PS2/Xbox/PC)
• Advent Rising (Xbox/PC)
• Ultra Bust-A-Move (Xbox)
• Mighty Beanz Pocket Puzzles (GBA)
• Cartoon Network Block Party (GBA)

On May 11th, 2004, Konami unveiled their E3 2004 lineup in a pre-show, held at the Los Angeles Public Library and Auditorium for a select audience of industry journalists. Of course we were present and got to check out various of the upcoming Konami titles, without the stress of the actual show. We have impressions for :

• Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater
• Neo Contra
• Silent Hill 4: The Room
• WWX: Rumble Rose
• Enthusia Professional Racing