Rag Doll Kung Fu, a wild new experience from designer Mark Healey, is available now for pre-load. This adventure features a wide collection of single and multiplayer games, plus outlandish cut scenes inspired by classic Kung Fu cinema. To pre-load your copy, please visit www.steampowered.com.

Think of it as Hot Coffee, but without all of the lawsuits and sex. Looks like some goofy Nintendo programmers slipped an Arwing fighter from Starfox into Ocarina of Time.

Kotaku

Ubisoft has released a teaser trailer of Splinter Cell 4 that gives you a sneak peak at Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell's next geneneration online experience. You have no idea what's coming...

TeamXbox

Electronic Arts has now released a new retail patch for Battlefield 2 to bring the popular 3D multiplayer action sequel by Digital Illusions to version 1.03. This update adds the Wake Island 2007 map, new server browser features, a nickname prefix feature, a BFHQ compare function, improved mod support, HUD & map enhancements, a dozen gameplay tweaks, a large number of bug fixes, and more. As before, the patch is accompanied by corresponding Unranked retail servers in the usual Win32 and Linux flavors.

This time around a Team Xbox poster claims that Halo 3 will come on two discs. The first disc will be home to a single player mission twice the size of the first two games put together. The second disc will have a much more detailed and customizable multiplayer game.

After the success of the original Dungeon Siege, Gas Powered Games has some pretty big shoes to fill with Dungeon Siege II. Does it live up to its predecessor? Find out what Jakub thinks in today's review!

FiringSquad

id Software?, Raven Software and Activision, Inc. have confirmed Earth?s invasion of Stroggos with the announcement that QUAKE 4? PC has entered manufacturing and will begin shipping to retail stores nationwide on Tuesday, October 18. The long awaited sequel to QUAKE II®, QUAKE 4 enlists gamers in the role of Matthew Kane, a member of the Earth Defense Force?s legendary Rhino Squad, to penetrate deep into the heart of the Strogg war machine and engage in a series of heroic missions to destroy the barbaric alien race.

Control the destiny of an entire world. Use your powers to look after your people, perform miracles, and extend your influence.Your followers will pray to you to make them rich, harm their neighbors, or simply make their lives easier. Whether you choose to listen is up to you.

NGOHQ

AMD is now hosting the newly released 64-Bit version of UT2004. Both the client and dedicated server versions are available for download. If you have one of those super-fancy rigs definitely download this immediately!

I've prepared a Call of Duty 2 Demo Tweak Guide to provide descriptions of the in-game settings, as well as a range of advanced tweaks including full details of the major command variables you can use in the console.

Before the release of Rag Doll Kung Fu (slated for the 12th), Steam is set to receive a visual overhaul. Erik Johnson, in an e-mail to the hlcoders mailing list, had this to say about the upcoming overhaul.

CS-Nation

Videogame copy protection that jams your CD drive? Welcome to the 21st Century.

Tom's Hardware Guide

The multiplayer demo for F.E.A.R. has been released, allowing you to try out the online side of the imminent supernatural first-person shooter by Monolith Productions. This demo contains a (Team) Deathmatch level called Factory and a Capture the Flag map titled Facility, playable on the Internet by up to 16 players. Both maps also support slow-motion and (Team) Elimination modes, and a dedicated server is included as well.

We've updated our Call of Duty 2 demo look with more information. There were some what seemed to be irregularities in a few benchmarks that have now been cracked. The game automatically adjusts image quality in regards to bump mapping and mip mapping at the very least, depending on the card's memory, the game resolution, etc. Right now, only the X800XL 512MB card runs at automatically at the highest visual quality at 1600x1200 with 4XAA and AF enabled, the others do not and the 7800GTX runs quite handicapped in visual quality you will see. Screenshots, new conclusion, and more so check it out.

The cover is pretty and all, but the back of the box art says 64 players online?

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Ridge Racer 6 does incorporate the three stage nitrous meter (x1, x2, x3) that was featured in the PSP version of Ridge Racers, but aside from that, everything feels very typical of previous versions. The HUD displays a map along the upper left hand side of the screen, while the current and previous lap times decorate the right.

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Register now for a free playable demo of Dragon Quest VIII! It's easy; just provide your mailing address and answer a few questions, and we'll do the rest. Help us spread the word by getting a friend to sign up for a demo and receive a super-cool clear slime figurine!

We bring you the scoop on the Public Beta for one of fall's most anticipated PSP titles, including details of online play and screenshots.

PSPworld

Electronic Gaming Monthly's October 2005 magazine reveals some interesting tid bits about the future of the ambitious God of War franchise. [ Link]

Activision has released the playable demo for Call of Duty 2, offering the first opportunity to try out the World War II first-person shooter sequel in production at Infinity Ward. This is a single-player demo that contains one mission situated in El Daba, Egypt, where you're tasked with destroying four artillery guns.