NIS America announced today that Makai Kingdom: Chronicles of the Sacred Tome for the PS2 has shipped to North American retailers and is in stores now. Makai Kingdom is developed by the core team that brought gamers Disgaea: Hour of Darkness. Forget about all the strategy RPGs you have ever played before, Makai Kingdom redefines and sets a new standard for the genre.

Nippon Ichi’s latest strategy game is a return to their roots – sort of. Makai Kingdom breathes new life into the Phantom Brave engine by adding in elements from their classic Disgaea. Now you can enjoy the Free Movement system along with true turn-based gameplay. A lot of old favorites from past games are back, with the addition of the new TEC stat, vehicles to pilot, facilities to build, and a host of completely new character types.

Last year, you rose from the “minor leagues” of the WWE to become not only one of its top Superstars, but the World Heavyweight Champion. Maybe it was too much success too quickly. Maybe you were just not ready to carry the target on your back that comes with being a champion. Or maybe you were simply betrayed. Whatever the reason, you lost the title and now must find your way back to the elusive path of vindication. This time around, the path will be even more difficult as the line between friend and foe is not always clear. This time around, trust no one…

Electronic Arts today announced plans to co-publish Namco's Dead to Rights: Reckoning for the PSP. Delivering the series' trademark non-stop, hard-boiled action and a gritty cop storyline, Dead to Rights: Reckoning, developed by Rebellion in the UK, is planned for release on the PSP in the winter of 2005.

In the game, players enter the world of Narnia, a land frozen in a 100 year winter by the evil powers of the malevolent White Witch. In order to end this frigid captivity and free his people, the mighty lion Aslan invokes an ancient prophecy. It will become the destiny of four siblings from our world: Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy Pevensie to work together and use their unique combat skills, weaponry and abilities to defeat the Witch and her armies to save Narnia.

Namco announced today that Dead to Rights: Reckoning has shipped to retail outlets throughout North America. Developed by Rebellion in the UK, Dead to Rights: Reckoning is a third person action game featuring frantic cinematic action, an original hard-nosed cop storyline and wireless multiplayer shootouts for up to four players.

The latest in the line of Nippon Ichi strategy RPGs that began with La Pucelle and brought Disgaea to the US is about to hit. Makai Kingdom merges the devilish humor of Disgaea with the free-roaming gameplay of Phantom Brave, and throws in a host of new gameplay options like vehicles, buildings, and a whole new class of offensive weaponry.

The Dead to Rights series finally makes its move to the PSP, with an all-new storyline set before the events of the original game. Dead to Rights: Reckoning brings the fast-paced action of an intense FPS into portable form, with wireless multiplayer and a gripping single-player campaign.

The Chronicles of Spellborn is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game set in the Enclave of the Five Sacrifices. Developed by Dutch studio Khaeon Games, previously known for Alpha Black Zero, Spellborn uses the Unreal 2.5 Engine. Read more for details ...

The game tells the story of Riddick's dramatic escape from the previously inescapable triple max security slam Butcher Bay, home to the most violent prisoners in the universe. Several weeks after the US patch, Vivendi has released Euro patches for Starbreeze's action game. This update brings your European/German retail copy to v1.1 and resolves some problems for newer Nvidia video cards, updates some model assets, and allows the use of gamepads (thanks 3DGamers). Read more for download links ...

Namco announced today that Dead to Rights: Reckoning has gone gold. A brand new adventure created exclusively for the PSP, Dead to Rights: Reckoning features a new selection of hard-hitting moves and disarms, an original storyline and wireless multiplayer action for up to four players.

Last year, you rose from the “minor leagues” of the WWE to become not only one of its top Superstars, but the World Heavyweight Champion. Maybe it was too much success too quickly. Maybe you were just not ready to carry the target on your back that comes with being a champion. Or maybe you were simply betrayed. Whatever the reason, you lost the title and now must find your way back to the elusive path of vindication. This time around, the path will be even more difficult as the line between friend and foe is not always clear. This time around, trust no one…

Clownkeep has update its website with the news that The Chronicles of Ny, its multi-episodic fantasy RPG, has been cancelled. Every episode was about 10-15 hours game time with a sprawling story that took place in a frontier province of the Great Kingdom of Ny, and was going to entertain, thrill and leave the player excited about upcoming episodes, allowing you to continue the character you had developed. Reason for the cancellation was rather vague : "there comes a point when life comes at you hard... and despite your passions, you have to get your priorities straight."

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe is inspired by the upcoming highly anticipated motion picture from Walt Disney Pictures and Walden Media. The games will launch this holiday season in conjunction with film's release.

Fonix Speech announced an agreement to continue to deliver Fonix voice command technology to the Xbox 360. Fonix Speech is an integrated communications carrier providing telecommunications services and value-added speech technologies

Square Enix today announced plans for the Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles series to be developed for the Revolution, Nintendo's next-generation console currently in development.

Set before the events of both Universal Pictures' The Chronicles of Riddick and the 2000 breakout hit Pitch Black, the game tells the story of Riddick's dramatic escape from the previously inescapable triple max security slam Butcher Bay, home to the most violent prisoners in the universe. Vivendi has released the first patch for Starbreeze's action game, bringing your retail copy to v1.1, although no specific details as to what it fixes are available (thanks 3DGamers). Read more for download links ...

EA today announced its robust line-up of videogame titles for the upcoming E3 taking place in Los Angeles May 18-20, 2005. The show also marks the world debut of EA's next- generation games which will appear both on the show floor and in the exclusive "Next Gen Lab," by invitation only.

A few weeks ago we ran a story that John Woo's Tiger Hill Games' is working on five new titles, revealing three at the time (ShadowClan, Burglar & Sinner). Today Majesco announced Demonik, a new horror-action game under development at Terminal Reality, co-published by Tiger Hill and written by nobody less than Clive Barker. More details during E3, no doubt ...

CDV has released the first patch GSC World's 3D RTS Cossacks II: Napoleonic Wars. This patch brings your retail game to v1.1 and addresses a game speed issue on computers with low RAM, fixes a problem with pack horses pathfinding, resolves a buffer overrun issue, map balancing in Skirmish mode, multiplayer improvements & stability, etc. Read more for download links ...

CDV today announced that Cossacks II: Napoleonic Wars has shipped to North American retail outlets. Cossacks II will put gamers in control of one of six 19th-century nations as they wage war, secure alliances and work to economically and militarily defeat their opponents to become the dominant European power.

Cossacks II will put gamers in control of one of six 19th-century nations as they wage war, secure alliances and work to economically and militarily defeat their opponents to become the dominant European power. With an enhanced 3D graphics engine, more than 150 unit types and a realistic troop morale system, "Cossacks II: Napoleonic Wars" will challenge armchair emperors to prove their mettle as they fight historical and historically inspired battles on an epic scale. This demo features an intro movie, 2 tutorials, 2 missions and a skirmish map. Read more for download links ...

Expected spring 2006 in Japan, Onimusha: Dawn of Dreams is situated in 1598 and will have several new features and additions over previous titles, such as a new camera system, updated graphics and optimized gameplay mechanics. While no specific info, or announcement, is available yet, here are the first screens ...

The latest Famitsu issue has the first details for Capcom's newest title in the Onimusha series. Expected spring 2006 in Japan, Dawn of Dreams is situated in 1598 and will have several new features and additions over previous titles, such as a new camera system, updated graphics and optimized gameplay mechanics. Last week Capcom put a countdown clock on its Japanese website, indicating an announcement was coming Saturday. Whether this was meant for Onimusha: Dawn of Dreams is not clear at the moment. More info to follow....

CDV today announced that Cossacks II: Napoleonic Wars has gone gold and is scheduled to ship in North America on April 26. Cossacks II will put gamers in control of one of six 19th-century nations as they wage war, secure alliances and work to economically and militarily defeat their opponents to become the dominant European power.