Square Enix and Disney Interactive, a publishing label of Buena Vista Games announced today that Kingdom Hearts Chain of Memories will ship to retailers nationwide on December 7th, in time for the holiday season.

Electronic Arts today announced that The Urbz: Sims in the City has shipped to retail outlets worldwide under the EA GAMES brand. Following the record-setting launch of The Sims 2, the development team at the celebrated Maxis studio today launched The Urbz: Sims in the City, the newest entry into the award-winning franchise for the PS2, Xbox, GameCube and GBA. The Nintendo DS version will ship on Tuesday, November 16, as a launch title for the new handheld system.

Wish's highly-scalable server cluster infrastructure allows the game to support tens of thousands of simultaneous players in a single shared world. Wish is the first massively multi player online role playing game that truly tells a story, and lets player actions have lasting implications on the world. Wish developer Mutable Realms informed us that the beta test has been postponed from its original Dec.1, 2004 start date to Januray 1st, 2005. Reason for the delay : "There are still known bugs that need to be fixed, and we need more time to polish several aspects of the game."

Bioware today announced the launch of its new BioWare Online Store, as well as the availability of Premium Neverwinter Nights Modules for immediate download. These modules are new professionally developed adventures that expand an already extensive Neverwinter Nights library. Three Premium Neverwinter Nights Modules will be available for purchase immediately at the BioWare Online Store.

Aspyr Media, Inc. today began shipping MTX: Mototrax, which will arrive in stores by November 15th. MTX: Mototrax is licensed from Activision and was developed for Mac and PC by Beenox Studios.

In Wings Over Vietnam, players fly campaigns through some of the most highly defended areas of North Vietnam. Third Wire Productions has released a new maintenance patch bringing Wings Over Vietnam on par with Strike Fighters: Project 1 SP3. Read more for download links ...

Mercenaries is a revolutionary third-person combat-action game that delivers the next level of free-form gameplay in massive interactive environments. The game gives players the opportunity to take on the role of a soldier for hire in an open-ended world. Read more to check out the new screens...

Driven by a hatred of crime bordering on insanity, Frank Castle became The Punisher, a one-man army whose mission goes far beyond revenge. Taking on the city's high-powered crime lords, he wreaks havoc on the corrupt with methods reserved for those on the wrong side of the law. "The Punisher" video game represents the best of over 30 years of "Punisher" comic books and depicts some of the grittiest storylines in the Marvel Universe. Check these new screens ..

Third Wire Productions has released a new patch for its combat flight sim Strike Fighters: Project 1 improving gfx card compatibility, and the usual slew of game tweaks and bug fixes.In order to install this you "need" to have SP2 installed first. Read more for download links ...

In an interview with The Hollywood reporter, LucasArts president Jim Ward revealed that Petroglyph is working on a previously unannounced RTS title set in the Star Wars universe. Here's a snip : "I think there's a bright future there for games based on these new properties as well as original "Star Wars" games like a new real-time strategy PC game that Petroglyph is developing for next year."