Yuke's is working on a SmackDown game that will add new features and bring enhanced graphics to the series. WWE SmackDown! vs. Raw will combine characters from the WWE's Smackdown! and Raw franchises. Expected release date is holiday season 2004.

Gamers can now join an exclusive investigative team and become experts in the science of crime detection with Cold Case Files from Activision Value Publishing, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Activision.

"Forza Motorsport" gives Xbox gamers who are passionate about cars and racing the opportunity to own, customize, and race their favorite cars in a realistic driving simulation. From sport compacts to LeMans prototypes, players use earnings from hundreds of races to buy upgrades and aftermarket parts so they can transform real production cars into high-performance race cars.

Packed with new features, Dragon Ball Z: Budokai 3 is the third in the successful PlayStation 2 series developed by DIMPS, and promises to be the ultimate DBZ fighting experience on next-generation consoles. Read more for another helping of screenshots ...

Namco's 'Ace Combat 5,' shipping exclusively for the PlayStation2 in Fall 2004, is the newest installment is the most explosive title yet in the unparalleled 'Ace Combat' series. Developed by Namco Limited in Japan, 'Ace Combat 5' is set to soar as Namco’s fifth installment of the Air Combat/Ace Combat series.

NVIDIA today announced that add-in boards based on NVIDIA GeForce 6600 graphics processing units (GPUs) are available immediately at www.gameve.com and www.buyextremegear.com.

Atari has announced the newest addition to the Deer Hunter franchise has shipped to retail stores nationwide today. Deer Hunter 2005 represents the most robust hunting experience for the series to date with stunning new graphics, exotic new locations, realistic animal behavior and multi-player gameplay.

Codemasters has released the Colin McRae Rally 2005 multiplayer demo featuring the Peugeot 206, a Swedish and German stage with varying weather condtions. Read more for download links...

Experience the first console RPG set in The Lord of the Rings universe in The Lord of the Rings, The Third Age. Travel in the wake of the Fellowship in a unique structure that allows players to explore their own path while periodically intersecting the major events of New Line Cinema’s film trilogy.

The non-linear plot saves the established facts of the war beginning and allows to lead to the Victory any of three sides: USSR, Germany and Allies (GB and USA). The game recreates the real structures of all participants' armies, uses the real arsenal, equipment and military techniques.