Electronic Arts and urban music and lifestyle powerhouse Def Jam have begun shipping Def Jam FIGHT for NY to retailers nationwide. The title is available for the PlayStation2, Xbox and GameCube under the EA GAMES brand.

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 :

• Scarface - Trailer
• GodZilla: Save The Earth - Trailer
• Hearts Of Iron 2 - Intro Movie
• X-Men: Legends - Launch Trailer
• Halo 2 - Summary Trailer
• Medieval Lords - Defend Trailer

Merscom LLC today announced a development and publishing agreement with Sylum Entertainment for "WWII Tank Commander", a military arcade-style action game for PC. Take command of a Sherman tank in General Patton’s Fourth Armored Division as you destroy enemy armor and infantry, escort Allied convoys, rescue hostages, and help free Europe from Nazi rule.

Monte Cristo Games and Focus are wroking on a sequel to last year's strategy game Fire Department (known in the US as Emergency Fire Response). Fire Department 2 will feature a lot of improvements and new features such as multiplayer capabilities, better AI, control over a larger amount of units, improved graphics, 5 campaigns and of course more realism.

RollerCoaster Tycoon 3 will feature all-new 3-D graphics and the ability to virtually "ride the rides", but will also allow players to design amazing fireworks displays that can be choreographed to the music of their choice. In addition, RollerCoaster Tycoon 3 will also include the ability to assign music to rides in the park, new realistic day and night cycles, a park lighting system and various weather effects.

Def Jam Fight For NY challenges players to step into the shoes of a ruthless street fighter battling for control of the hip-hop underground. The game features an all-new fighting engine including weapons, interactive environments, 40 characters and five unique fighting styles.

Ubisoft announces today that it has decided to release all platform versions of the highly anticipated Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Chaos Theory simultaneously in March 2005. This will allow players on Xbox, PlayStation2, GameCube and PC to discover at the same time the latest blockbuster from the Splinter Cell brand, whose quality will be over the top as a result of the additional development time.

Build your own movie studio and make films to capture the world’s imagination. Start filming in the break-neck 1920s and rewrite history as you pioneer the great cinematic advances. Be the first to introduce talkies, colour, animation or computer-generated special effects. Pick the scripts you want to shoot, design and construct the sets and hire the director, the crew and the stars.

CDV has released the first update patch for Stormregion's 3D RTS Codename: Panzers. This update brings your retail game to v1.09 and repairs problems in multiplayer mode and also prevents cheating while playing online. Read more for download links ...

TriSynergy and Nevrax confirmed today that Nevrax’s graphically stunning MMORPG The Saga of Ryzom has begun shipping to retailers throughout North America, and will be in stores across the U.S. and Canada this week. The North American servers will go live later today.