Konami today announced that Ys: The Ark of Napishtim for the PlayStation 2 has shipped to retail stores nationwide. It is the sixth game in the multi-million selling series and is Japan's most popular role-playing game (RPG) for PC CD-ROM.

Today Ubisoft announced that America's Army: Rise of a Soldier will be available in summer 2005 for the PlayStation 2 and the Xbox. Ubisoft and the U.S. Army are working together to develop a new and unique experience for console gamers that features all the action-packed realism that players have come to expect from the America's Army game brand.

Epic has released a new patch for its sci-fi FPS Unreal Tournament 2004. This patch brings your retail game to v3355 and addresses the usual slew of bug fixes, network enhancements, and gameplay tweaks. This new patch is compatible with the ECE Bonus Pack. Read more for detailed fix list and download links ...

Due to the amazing number of requests and feedback NCSoft received when they announced the US sign-up last week for the upcoming beta test, the Auto Assault beta registration has now been expanded to allow sign-ups from around the world. Sign up for your free PlayNC account or sign in with your existing one. Once you’ve logged in to PlayNC, you can follow the link provided to sign up for the Auto Assault beta. There will be both US and European betas for Auto Assault, though exact dates have not yet been released. Watch the official Auto Assault website for more details as they’re available.

Already revealed a few days ago through these screens, BattleBorne Entertainment today announced the development of the studio's second game 6GUN (working title). 6GUN is a third person modern tactical-action game being designed for the PS2, Xbox and PC platforms. The title will be ready in 2006.

Opening Day has come early as Electronic Arts announced today that MVP Baseball 2005 has shipped to retailers nationwide and is available in stores under the EA SPORTS brand.

Conspiracy Entertainment today announced that they have been approved as a PSP publisher for the North American territory. The company is currently looking for licenses and developers on this platform, and no release dates are available at this time.

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 :

• S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl - Realism Trailer
• The Moment of Silence - Trailer #7
• Splinter Cell Chaos Theory - Lighthouse Trailer

Get behind the wheel and be ready to live numerous driving experiences in Los Angeles; choose your car to be fully customized: add loads of new tuning elements either on the body or in the mechanics of your car. Thus its behavior will change and evolve providing you with an always in-evolution sensation and appropriation feeling of your car. Once on the streets, drive freely wherever you want!

Zombies is a FPS/survival/horror game, under development at French Krysalide. The game features 20 hours of intense gameplay, 11 levels to test your survival instincts, 20 weapons and 12 sidekicks. Zombies is expected in Q1 2005 for PS2, Xbox, and PC. Read more for details & screens...