Vivendi and Irrational Games today announced a North American agreement which grants VU Games exclusive distribution rights to Freedom Force vs. the Third Reich.

Five years ago Carl Johnson escaped from the pressures of life in Los Santos, San Andreas...a city tearing itself apart with gang trouble, drugs and corruption. On his return to the neighborhood, a couple of corrupt cops frame him for homicide. CJ is forced on a journey that takes him across the entire state of San Andreas, to save his family and to take control of the streets.

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 :

• Face Of Mankind - Trailer
• FIFA 2005 - Trailer
• Tribes: Vengeance - Trailer
• Conflict Vietnam - Trailer #2

Jowood has released the first patch for Wing Simulations' multiplayer shooter SÖLDNER: Secret Wars. This v29354 adds a new Bone Mountain map, a new M4 Sopmod weapon M4 Sopmod, various game optimizations, disables fog in the Commander mode, bug fixes and plenty more. Read more for details and download links ...

Eidos announces that, after being announced for the PC earlier this year, Championship Manager is to appear on Xbox and, for the first time ever, PlayStation 2. Championship Manager 5, the latest installment in the series being developed by Gusto Games, will be released in spring 2005 on both formats.

Creature Conflict: The Clan Wars is the new action packed turn based 3D-cartoon combat game from Mithis Entertainment, a game that has already got the industry talking. What would you expect when you can arm a monkey with a nuclear bomb! Due to a slight increase in the time needed to produce the game everyone is hoping for, the new release date for Creature Conflict: The Clan Wars has been set for the 4th February 2005.

Licensed by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, The Dukes of Hazzard: Return of the General Lee is a humorous action racing game that combines a mission-based adventure and arena-style driving. The Dukes of Hazzard: Return of the General Lee will be available for the PlayStation2 and the Xbox in October 2004. Read more for the latest batch of screens ...

Climax has updated its job listing page, looking for a new 'VP of Business Development & Director of Business Development', where it was revealed that several new titles are in the works such as Sudeki 2. "Climax is developing a wide range of games for leading publishers including: Codename Avalon, ATV Fury III, Sudeki 2, Moto-GP 3, The Final Option, Hot Wheels, Delta Force: Black Hawk Down, Tron 2.0, Dragon Wars and other exciting projects yet to be announced."

Matrix Games and Vicious Byte are pleased to announce the release of the new version 1.2 update for the highly rated tactical turn based mech game Titans of Steel: Warring Suns. The 1.2 update includes 41 fixes, 57 additions and changes as well as three new semi-official campaigns. Read more for download links ...

Matrix Games and Adanac Command Studies has released a new patch for Adanac Command Studies. This update brings your retail game to v2.2 and includes Range check errors and a forced march rest bug as well as the addition of enemy dots on the jump map. Counter stacking alignment has also been improved to make reading ratings on the right side of the counter easier when other units are adjacent.