In fiscal year 2007 financial results released today, publisher Activision revealed that Splash Damage's upcoming multiplayer shooter Enemy Territory: Quake Wars is expected to release in the company's second quarter of fiscal year 2008. Given Activision's fiscal schedule, this suggests that the game will be released some time between the months of July and September of this calendar year.

Eidos Interactive has released the Tomb Raider Anniversary demo on Windows PC. Featuring a segment from Peru, players can download the 270MB demo direct from our download server completely hassle free, and without spending a dime. As one of the most successful games of all time, selling over seven million copies worldwide, the original Tomb Raider was widely credited for revolutionizing adventure gaming.

The Demo contains three racing types and three different tracks. Number 1 is the point-to-point racing, against-the-clock action that?s a hallmark of the series. The Colin McRae: Dirt demo (850 MB) pits you and your Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX against a testing Italian rally stage. This mode is also playable in multiplayer. Number 2 lets you test your nerve in off-road racing as you race against 9 fearsome AI drivers in a CORR class 1 buggy packing 650bhp. Number 3 take on the rally legend himself, Colin McRae, in a Subaru Impreza ? the race is on a twisting tarmac crossover track in Germany.

PowerColor, Cooler Master and Universal ABIT are in search of a challenger in Taiwan to take on Johnathan ?Fatal1ty? Wendel, the world?s best known professional video gamer, during COMPUTEX 2007. Is this guy human? Can he be defeated? PowerColor, Cooler Master and Universal ABIT want a worthy challenger to give him a run for his money. We will reward the challenger with 100,000 NTD (or about US$3000) if he or she can defeat Fatal1ty on June 5th.

In 1986 the world was stunned by the largest nuclear accident in history. Twenty years later, history incredibly repeats itself. But this time it?s no accident. An unknown force is causing the Zone around Chernobyl to extend its deadly, radioactive embrace. Is the Zone a new frontier with incredible scientific discoveries waiting to be found?or a Man-made Hell that could mean the Beginning of The End? It?s up to you to find out in S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Shadow of Chernobyl.

StarCraft II continues the epic saga of the Protoss, Terran, and Zerg. These three distinct and powerful races will clash once again in the fast-paced real-time strategy sequel to the legendary original, StarCraft. Legions of veteran, upgraded, and brand-new unit types will do battle across the galaxy, as each faction struggles for survival.

The second season of PurePwnage's show has began! The good fellows from PurePwnage.com have released a new episode of their awesome gaming show (Reminder: Boom Headshot!). Pure Pwnage is an Internet-distributed mockumentary series from ROFLMAO Productions. The fictional series purports to chronicle the life and adventures of Jeremy (played by Jarett Cale), a Canadian self-proclaimed "pro gamer". The creators of the show recently estimated their current viewer base to be well over three million.

Good morning? Yes! Because Capcom pushed two demos of Lost Planet through the internet. You need some food for your brandnew graphics board? Then just try the Lost Planet DirectX10 Demo (you need Windows Vista). All others can try the Lost Planet DirectX9 Demo. The demo contains two playable levels with awesome visual effects.

Cell Factor first appeared as a bundled demo when Ageia's PhysX cards launched. It was more of a proof of concept demo than anything else and illustrated what could be done to an arena-based first person shooter with a dedicated physics processing unit (PPU). Now you can the entire Cell Factor Revolution for free. It's also playable without a physX-Card. The Download weights about 880 Megabytes.

It is the result of a common passion... Player yesterday, creator tomorrow. Those who have been waiting for this mod for so long, It's here! Perfect Dark for Half-Life 2 has been released! This file is an Installation, excellent for people who are rather un-experienced, or just want to do it the easy way. Just warp to Perfekt Dark: Source Beta Download

Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare has now officially confirmed by Activision. And 'Modern Warfare' isn't just a name but a description of the battlefield scene too. Rumours now suggest that the game will allow the player to serve with the US Army, US Marine Corps. and the British SAS in a battle against Middle Eastern terrorists. Want to know more? Warp to Call of Duty 4 @ bit-techn.net.

The Float32 modification for S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernoby has been released this morning, which beefs up the already impressive graphics in GSC Game World's first-person shooter. This mod adds full reflection vector calculations, better bump mapping, real specular effects! All this detail improvement costs nothing in framerate and you will get 20% better framerate than before if not more! Shadows are soft and no longer jagged and the overall graphical quality has been vastly improved.

As promised, Electronic Arts has released a new retail patch for Battlefield 2142, bringing the futuristic multiplayer 3D action game by Digital Illusions to version 1.25. This patch adds increased security for EA account login, gameplay corrections, balance tweaks, multiplayer enhancements, bug fixes and more.

Are you a pro at Wii Sports bowling? Polish off Legend of Zelda last weekend? Need some new games for your Wii?
2007 has brought us a few more titles for Nintendo's hot new game system, and some of them have a little fun buried deep within them. Unfortunately, to get to it, you've got to dig through layer upon layer of clumsy, awkward use of the system's motion-sensing controls.
Is it worth the struggle? That depends on how badly you need to be entertained....... Wired has more.

While the editors of Games for Windows' official magazine may not be ready to drink the Vista-flavored Kool-Aid just yet, Microsoft is ready to give Vista early adopters a handful of reasons to pick up the latest OS upgrade ... err, at least they're ready to announce a date when you may want to plan on doing the picking up: May 8th. Yup, in eight weeks, Microsoft's Games for Windows Live service (doesn't roll of the tongue as easily as Xbox Live, eh?) and its inaugural title, Halo 2, will be available for Vista users..... Joystiq has more.

Welcome Back, Commander, to real time FMVs, fast action and smooth gameplay, with the classic old Command and Conquer feel. Not all of you may like strategy games, but Command and Conquer is one of the series that described the RTS genre, and it can never be forgotten. Needless to say, EA have made a fantastic job on this game!

Real-time strategy game fans will be happy to know that EA has released a demo of the upcoming Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars. The demo weighs in at a hefty 1.18GB, and it's available from both EA's site and Fileshack. TechReport

Just saw this in our forums and maybe it´s interesting for some people: This thread contains what everyone should know before they purchase the PC version of Resident Evil. Forums Btw, i heard some people are waiting for a Vista Patch for Codename Panzer One and Two.
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A free, fun and addicting pool game with two different game modes: easy and hard. The physics are nice, and the game has almost no glitches at all.

Little game for your lunch break Your mission is to rescue prisoners of war (POWs) from enemy territory. Fly your helicopter into one of the three hotzones and pick up the POWs and bring them safely back to your homebase. You must defend your helicopter against enemy air-to-air attacks from attack helicopters and defend your helicopter against enemy ground-to-air attacks from troopers on the ground. The difficulty of the game will increase with each level you advance. The last two hotzones in the game, will be unlocked as you advance in level. Please try to avoid shooting the POWs, this isnt Lemmings.