In preparation for the launch of Nintendo DS in North America and Japan later this year, Nintendo today announces developments for the dual-screen, wireless, hand-held video game system. Nintendo DS, originally chosen as the code name, has been selected as the official product name. Read more to check out the new design!

"Monster Garage The Game" puts players on show host Jesse James' monster team and charges them with creating a custom machine in seven days, for $3000 or less. Activision Value has released one of their Trymedia" trial demo's giving you the chance to try out the full game for 2 hours, after which you must purchase a serial key to unlock the entire game.

Hell Forces is a classical FPS in which the main hero, Stephen Geist, is trying to find out, what has happened to his missing friend. During this search he is mired in a satanic conspiracy, and is trying to stop dread forces of Baphometh, the servant of Satan. Infernal legions are uncountable, but Stephen is not. Only with your help he can find out the truth and stop the invasion.

Merscom LLC today announced plans to publish WWII Fighter Pilot, an arcade-style flight combat game in which players battle for domination over the Pacific skies during World War II. WWII Fighter Pilot will be available for the PC in October 2004.

SR-71 Games announced today that it will publish Steel Saviour, a retro-style scrolling shooter with vivid Technicolor-style graphics and dynamic arcade gameplay. Steel Saviour is available for immediate download for $19.99 USD and a boxed retail version is planned to ship to stores in North America this fall. SR-71 owns the worldwide rights for Steel Saviour, which has recently been released to excellent reviews in Germany and Russia. Read more for info & details ...

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 :

• Knights Of The Old Republic 2: The Sith Lords - Trailer #2
• Rollercoaster Tycoon 3 - Trailer Pack
• Children Of The Nile - Trailer #2

Today Activision is having their annual Activate press day, and we have new material from a boatload of their titles. We're starting with :

• Rome: Total War
• Star Wars: Republic Commando
• Star Wars: Battlefront
• Knights Of The Old Republic 2
• Mercenaries
• DOOM 3
• Call Of Duty: United Offensive
• Call Of Duty: Finest Hour
• The Movies
• Tony Hawk Underground 2
• Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines
• X-Men Legends
• Dreamwork's Shark Tale

Electronic Arts has announced that the eagerly-awaited Medal Of Honor Pacific Assault demo is coming "in the next few days." It will be single player, one level, and over 400mb in size. When it is available, we will naturally offer it on our fileserver network.

Following the recent Lucasfilm title announcement of the Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith motion picture, LucasArts revealed today that it will release the Star Wars: Episode III video game on May 5, 2005, two weeks before the opening of the film.

Combining the best elements of simulation and arcade-style play, Juiced will feature more than 50 licensed vehicles; real-time modding with hundreds of authentic aftermarket parts; realistic car physics and damage; and online head-to-head play, including for the first time ever, "crew based" team racing. Read more for new screens...