Midway today announced the newest addition to the company's Midway Arcade Treasures franchise, Midway Arcade Treasures 3. The third installment in the successful Midway Arcade Treasures series, Midway Arcade Treasures 3 follows in the wake of million unit seller, Midway Arcade Treasures and the 2004 holiday hit, Midway Arcade Treasures 2.

While it has been known for some weeks now, there has not been an official announcement, until today. CDV Software announced today that Codename: Panzers, Phase Two, the sequel to CDV's critically acclaimed WWII real-time strategy title, Codename: Panzers, Phase One, is in development for the PC and is scheduled to invade U.S. retail stores in June 2005. Read more for details and screens ...

THQ and Relic Entertainment today announced the expansion pack to their critically acclaimed real-time strategy hit Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War. Featuring a deeper single player experience and even more intense Dawn of War action, Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Winter Assault will also include a brand new, fifth race - The Imperial Guard. Read more for the first screens...

Webzen has signed the worldwide online game publishing rights to All Points Bulletin (APB), the first online game developed by David Jones, the creator of the multi-million unit selling video game, Grand Theft Auto, and his UK-based game development company, Real Time Worlds.

The highly anticipated continuation to the Matrix film trilogy, The Matrix Online will begin unveiling a story full of twists and action when the game is released in March in United States and April in Europe. The massively multi-player online game co-published by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and SEGA has been in beta testing for months and features many of the original talent from the films.

Mastiff today announced they will publish Pump It Up, the hot dancing game storming through Latin America, the UK, France, and Korea, for the PS2 and Xbox. The arcade version of Pump It Up was recently featured in two national commercials and has appeared on television shows such as Steve Harvey's Big Time and The George Lopez Show.

Atari today announced that this holiday season, it will return to the universe of "The Matrix" with a new game that lets players assume the role of actor Keanu Reeves' lead character Neo and relive his most important and memorable scenarios from the complete film trilogy, including the original film.

IMC today announced a brand new real time strategy game on behalf of a veiled international known development team. Based on the historical background of Spartans' high culture, there will appear huge ancient battles on your screen, enabled by a brand new stunning 3D engine. Read more for details and the first screens ...

Sony Computer Entertainment Europe announced the June release of 'Brave: The Search for Spirit Dancer.' Developed by Edinburgh-based VIS entertainment, 'Brave: The Search for Spirit Dancer' is an action-adventure video game exclusive to the PS2.

Rising Star Games is set to release a new take on third-person action adventures with the beautiful hack-and-slash epic Swords Of Destiny. Heading for the PS2 in the summer, Swords of Destiny is further example of Rising Star's commitment to bringing quality Japanese software to the European market. Read more for details and screens ...

Jesper Kyd, composer whose credits include soundtracks for the Hitman series, Freedom Fighters and the cinematics for Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory, today announced he has partnered with Nile Rodgers’ Sumthing Else Music Works record label and Sumthing Distribution to release the original soundtrack from the video game Robotech: Invasion.

Ubisoft today reveals three additional titles currently in development for the Nintendo DS.

• Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith (spring 2005)
• King Kong (holiday season 2005)
• Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Chaos Theory

Atari announced today that Tycoon City: New York, a PC game that challenges players to "make it big" in Manhattan, is in development and scheduled to ship during the Holiday 2005 season. In Tycoon City: New York, players become moguls by constructing and customizing hundreds of businesses and famous landmarks anywhere and anyway they want in a bustling simulation of New York City. Players must create and improve their businesses to outclass the competition, and become rich and famous in New York City.

DreamCatcher Games today announced that it will launch Painkiller: Black Edition, a limited edition package for its best selling franchise Painkiller on DVD ROM. Available in March 2005, the special DVD set will include both the award winning original version and its expansion pack "Battle out of Hell" in a collector's box. This Special Edition will feature high quality packaging and each copy is uniquely numbered.

Konami of Europe announced Crime Life: Gang Wars, a free roaming crime based beat em up. Mixing action and strategy elements within a gritty, detailed storyline to explore modern-day urban gang culture, the player is cast as a small-time homie who must work their way through the ranks to become a gang leader. Read more to check out the first screens and ingame trailer...

Ubisoft today announced that not just one but two Rayman titles will launch simultaneously in March 2005: Rayman DS and Rayman: Hoodlums Revenge for Game Boy Advance. both Rayman titles will be available at the manufacturers suggested retail price of $29.99.

The game that started it all is back and badder than ever! Graphically improved and developed with NovaLogic’s latest game engine, Delta Force: Reloaded not only enhances a proven winner, but adds to it, offering seasoned Delta Force fanatics and FPS fans new to the franchise, a fresh perspective on the game that broke the mold in modern combat FPS games. Over 70 levels of combat to test your CQB and long range engagement skills as a Delta Force Operator.

Atari announced today that a wet, wild and totally soaked new expansion pack to RollerCoaster Tycoon 3 will ride into stores this June. RollerCoaster Tycoon 3: Soaked!, the first expansion pack to RollerCoaster Tycoon 3 will let players create and control their own water parks for the first time. Read more for details and the first screens ...

Capcom today announced Gyakuten Saiban (working title) for Nintendo DS, the first in the popular court room battle series from Japan to be released in the US. While the series' previous three entries appeared on the Game Boy Advance system in Japan, this marks its debut on the Nintendo DS. Not everyone is innocent until proven guilty!

Phantagram today announced that a sequel to Kingdom Under Fire: The Crusaders is currently in the works for Xbox. Produced by Phantagram and developed by Blueside, Kingdom Under Fire: Heroes will feature greater approachability and major enhancements in action and online elements over the predecessor. Henry Lee, who led the creators of Kingdom Under Fire: The Crusaders in Blueside, will also direct Kingdom Under Fire: Heroes.

Megaman Battle Network 5 will be released in two versions- Team Protoman and Team Colonel for the GBA. Free the internet once and for all from the cyber menaces that await Megaman, his pal Lan and friends as players experience the most exciting ‘Battle Network’ adventure yet. Building on the prior Megaman Battle Network games, the Protoman and Colonel versions will be distinctly enhanced with different enemies, characters, souls and battle chips.

Capcom today announced Beat Down: Fists of Vengeance for PS2 and Xbox. Set in the seedy underbelly of Las Sombras, players are immersed in an urban setting ruled by a criminal underworld of power, greed and corruption. This intense, urban action game features a twisting storyline filled with betrayal, warring cartels and hard-hitting battles. Players must use their wits and depend on their fists above all else, as they seek vengeance against their enemies. Beat Down: Fists of Vengeance includes multiple modes, diverse gameplay and an open format that offers players a high level of freedom.

Without Warning, developed by CiRCLE Studio, founded by the Tombraider series creators, is a highly charged action shooter set against the backdrop of a brutal terrorist siege of a U.S. based chemical plant. The story takes place over a 12 hour period, during which players will experience the events from the vantage point of six characters that are caught up in the crisis situation.

RattHunter is a traditional first-person shooter set in a hi-tech environment. It does not push the envelope or bring something fresh to the genre, since we feel that there is little place for innovation in today's action games market. It is, however, solid, polished and smart. Developers lay the emphasis on original ideas in visualization and gameplay design.

Matrix Games announced today that they have signed Koios Works’ latest title in the Tin Soldiers series, Julius Caesar. Using the same general play style of Tin Soldiers: Alexander the Great, Julius Caesar makes massive improvements to the graphical engine along with numerous game changes to correctly mimic the change in armies and army tactics for the time period.