LucasArts announced that Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords for the Xbox has gone gold and will be in-store on December 6, 2004.

CCP announced today that its free EVE Online expansion pack 'Exodus' is now available for download. 'EVE Online: Exodus' contains new tools that allow powerful players to manage very large political structures like alliances, which can contain thousands of players each. By formalizing the gathering of player corporations into player alliances, along with tools sets to allow these massive entities to control territory, the current underlying power structures will be more visible to players.

The town of Stormhaven and the Chiktar and Slith Tar hives are the next areas that adventurers will be needed to assist in fighting the famine. Evil eye dominators have been spotted around these areas every few hours when their regenerative powers are the strongest, commanding the now enslaved chiktar and slith tar races to begin an all out assault on Tunaria. Read more for details ...

In 'MX vs. ATV Unleashed,' players will power through all-new environments and event types, choosing from a variety of new vehicles. A redesigned monster truck, powerful sand-rail and raised 4x4 golf karts will meet ATVs, dirt bikes and bi-planes to compete in massive free-world environments featuring hill climbs, machine challenges and short track races. The game's career mode will allow gamers to choose from the top professional ATV and Motocross riders.

Galactic Civlizations Deluxe Edition brings together the original award-winning, turn-based strategy ‘Game of the Year’; Galactic Cvilizations and the Altarian Prophecy Expansion Pack into one gameplay-packed box.

Walk of Game, the first physical landmark honoring the icons and pioneers of the videogame industry, today announced its list of 2004 inductees: Shigeru Miyamoto (creator of Mario Brothers and Donkey Kong) and Nolan Bushnell (creator of Pong and founder of Atari) were selected in the Lifetime Achievement category.

Blizzard today announced that "World of Warcraft," its eagerly awaited massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG), is now available in North America, Australia and New Zealand. With a monthly subscription, players can experience the epic adventure of the "Warcraft" series in an immersive and continually evolving online environment.

Activision Value announced today that it has shipped its newest release, American Chopper, based on the phenomenally successful Discovery Channel series of the same name. Available now for the PS2 for a suggested retail price of $29.99, American Chopper has been rated "T" for Teen by the ESRB. The game will be available for the Xbox in early December.

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 :

• Act of War: Direct Action - Trailer
• Ghost Recon 2 - GR 1 vs. GR 2 Trailers (2)
• Sid Meier's Pirates! - 'Making of' Trailers (2)
• World Of Warcraft - Behind the Scenes Trailer

SCi announced that they have signed a distribution deal with Midway to bring two of its upcoming titles to the US market. Both Constantine and Battlestations: Midway will be distributed in North America by THQ, Constantine is expected on PS2 and Xbox in early 2005, while Midway is scheduled for summer 2005 on PC and consoles.