Activision, Inc. brings its highly acclaimed True Crime: Streets of L.A. console title to the PC. The new version will take the driving, fighting and shooting action online with all-new multiplayer features, as well as new weapons and unlockable characters when gamers have their chance to take on the L.A. underworld this spring. True Crime: Streets of L.A. for the PC has not yet been rated by the ESRB. Read more for screens & a few small trailers...

Ubi Soft has released the first patch for Rainbow Six 3: Ravenshield and Athena Sword. These update patches bring your Ravenshield retail game to v1.56, the Athena Sword retail game to v1.0 and closes the debug commands that were left unlocked in the previous updates, and fixes a couple of map and armor errors in the Athena Sword add-on. Read more for download links ...

Ubisoft today announced that Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Jungle Storm for the PS2 is available in stores now. Jungle Storm is the first Ghost Recon game to feature online gameplay for the PlayStation 2. Ghost Recon: Jungle Storm catapults players into battle as they control the Ghosts, an elite team of U.S. Green Berets, through single player or multiplayer campaigns filled with gripping realism and non-stop action.

Before the first official pitch of the 2004 Major League Baseball season crosses the plate fans can begin enjoying America’s favorite pastime, as Acclaim Entertainment, Inc.today announced that it has shipped All-Star Baseball 2005 for the Xbox. Coming soon for PS2, All-Star Baseball 2005 offers an array of new features this season, including online head-to-head play and downloadable rosters, FielderCam, BroadcastCam, analog-control batting, Spanish play-by-play and the exclusive T.W.I.B. (This Week In Baseball) Challenge.

Ubisoft today announced that CSI: Dark Motives is now available at retail stores for a suggested price of $29.99. The game is based on the hit CBS television series with an exclusive license from CBS Consumer Products. Rated "M-Mature," CSI: Dark Motives gives players the opportunity to solve a series of crimes with members of the CSI team.

Electronic Arts today announced that it has signed a European distribution agreement with KOEI Co., Ltd for the upcoming tactical action game, Samurai Warriors. Samurai Warriors is developed by Koei's internal development team Omega Force, the studio behind the award-winning Dynasty Warriors series, and is planned for release on the PlayStation2 in June 2004.

Chaos League is a fantasy sports game in which teams of nine players compete in a brutal field sport. Controlled using a real time strategy interface, the object of the game is simple: put the ball in the opponent's end-zone. The rules are equally simple: do it any way you can. And if that includes issuing commands such as 'stamp', 'facial kick' or 'ball of fire'... well, so be it. Just as long as you win. We had a chance to play around with an early build, read more for our first impressions ...

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 :

• Neuro - Trailer
• KillZone - Trailer
• Sudeki - Trailer
• Soldiers: Heroes Of WW2 - Trailer
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  We will update this throughout the day when new trailers become available. Read more for download links ...

Counter-Strike: Condition Zero has been released and is available now via Steam. Those who pre-ordered the game via Steam can begin playing by double clicking the CS:CZ icon in their Steam Games list. For those who own Counter-Strike, Valve is offering a special price of $29.95 to those who purchase the game via Steam (Note: This offer will end at 11:59 pm PST on April 1, 2004). For more details, please visit www.steampowered.com.

Breakdown is a science fiction thriller combining the best elements of shooters and fighters into a comprehensive first-person action/adventure game. Breakdown’s intense storyline is revealed through its high-end, real-time rendered graphics, bringing an unprecedented level of realism to the gameplay experience. The game features fierce hand-to-hand and weapons-based combat, challenging puzzles, surreal dream sequences, advanced A.I. and massive, detailed environments for exploration.

Monte Cristo Games, publisher and developer of numerous top selling titles, including Desert Rats vs. Afrika Korps, Emergency Fire Response and Pop Star Academy, has licensed SpeedTreeRT for use in "Medieval Lords," a title to be released in 2004.

As announced Activision has now released the promised patch for their WW2 based FPS Call Of Duty. This upgrade will brings you retail game to v1.3 and features 2 new multiplayer maps (Neuville and Bocage), as well as server browser enhancements, sniper rifle scope fixes and cheat exploits. Read more for details and download links ...

As was announced several weeks ago Ubisoft & Cyan Worlds have now released the first free expansion pack for Uru: Ages Beyond Myst, the next chapter of the Myst franchise and the most immersive and ambitious Myst experience ever created. The first expansion pack for Uru: Ages Beyond Myst is titled "To D'ni" and consists of content that was largely to be released in the form of Uru Live service that was shelved in February 2004. Read more for details and download links ...

NCsoft Corporation has updated beta testing plans for its highly anticipated online computer game, City of Heroes created by San Jose-based, Cryptic Studios. For the next two-and-a-half weeks, NCsoft will be inviting customers who have purchased the City of Heroes pre-order box into the beta test. All customers who have registered their pre-order box accounts will be included in the beta by April 7, 2004.

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. Read more for the first screens ...

EA announced an exclusive worldwide publishing agreement with start-up indie development studio, Castaway Entertainment for its new action-RPG. Comprised of members credited with titles such as Diablo, Diablo II and Diablo II: Lords of Destruction expansion pack, Castaway is beginning to staff up to produce this major title.

A few weeks ago THQ Inc. announced that it had entered into an exclusive multi-title Nintendo Game Boy Advance co-publishing agreement with SEGA Europe Ltd. THQ will co-publish three titles based on the popular Sonic the Hedgehog franchise, including Sonic Pinball Party, Sonic Battle, and Sonic Advance 3. Read more for some new screens ...

Sony Computer Entertainment Europe (SCEE) and Guerrilla are delighted to announce the signing of a deal that will see Guerrilla, creator of the highly-anticipated Killzone game for PS2, develop games exclusively for SCEE and Sony platforms from now on.

"Midnight Nowhere" from Buka Entertainment, Tri Synergy and developed by Saturn Plus is a graphic adventure that places you in the middle of a twisted mystery where the police are nowhere close to being able to explain the slaughtered bodies that litter the streets. The epidemic of brutality has grown so large that the leaders of the city have requested the army’s help. The only thing they’ve proven good at is cordoning off the town and praying that one of theirs isn’t next.

Electronic Arts today announced a worldwide publishing agreement with celebrated game designer Chris Taylor of Gas Powered Games. The two companies have partnered to create a Real-Time Strategy (RTS) game for the PC. The new title is slated for release in 2006. Financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed.

JoWooD Productions Software AG will handle worldwide publishing and marketing of videogames based on MGM Television's hit science-fiction series, "Stargate SG-1." As part of the agreement, Australian developer Perception PTY Ltd. will develop videogames based on the current TV series "Stargate SG-1," and any spin-off series such as the upcoming "Stargate: Atlantis." Perception PTY licensed the rights to develop "Stargate SG-1" videogames from MGM Interactive, a unit of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios, Inc.

Announced almost 3 years ago, Resident Evil 4 is giving us another glimpse at what we can expect from Capcom's gamecube exclusive title. Resident Evil 4 will further probe the carnage-filled complications caused by the zombie-spawning T Virus and its creator, the sinister Umbrella Corporation. While there is still no specific release date, it is expected to be released Q4 2004, in the meantime enjoy these new screens ...

Thrones and Patriots adds a multitude of new features to Rise of Nations, introducing six new nations, a wide variety of new single player campaigns, more than 20 new units, new wonders and an innovative new Government feature. With the new Government feature, any nation, old or new, can choose exactly how to be governed, which has far-reaching effects on how units perform in various situations. All-new single player campaigns will allow gamers to control the course of history during historical events that changed the world. Read more for a batch of new screens ...

Viewed from a third person perspective players must take turns using the available time, energy and weapons to defeat the enemy. With unique line of sight AI and fully destructible environments no two games are ever the same. Add to this a team of characters each with different skills and you get a game of infinite possibilities and compulsive playablity.