Hey everyone, I thought it was time I got my SWAT gear on and explained my little delay in the squad. I’ve been waiting about 3 years for SWAT4 to come out, after playing one of my favorite games of all times – SWAT3 until it practically rotted away All of the tactical SWAT gamers were waiting for a very long time for Sierra to announce their next game; at the time – SWAT: Urban Justice. They released screenshots and movies, even a website, but it just never happened. We were immensely dissapointed, and I was really quite annoyed. Attempts at contacting Sierra were useless,...

The promised demo version of Half-Life 2 is now available as a hefty 751 MB download. The demo premiered on the ATI website, and mirrors can now be found on 3D Downloads, 3D Gamers, 4Players.de, ActionTrip, AusGamers, Boomtown (registration required), Computer Games, FileFront, Filerush (torrent), FileShack (registration required), Fragland.net, Gameguru Mania, Gamer’s Hell, GameSpot DLX (registration required), and Worthplaying.

Hip Interactive scores European distribution rights to Namco’s racer on PC 12:57 Namco’s Street Racing Syndicate, yet another pretender to the illegal street racing/mod-your-car-till-it-drops throne, is cruising into Europe, Hip Interactive announcing today that it’s scored distribution rights for the PC game on these shores. Billed as “one of the most realistic street racers ever to grace the PC”, the title has been developed by Eutechnyx and boasts over 40 licensed cars – with parts – from 15-plus real manufacturers with closed-circuit and open-city races...

This SF Gate story says stacks of new releases for hungry video game enthusiasts mean it’s boom time for an industry now even bigger than Hollywood. The $10 billion video game industry, which generates more revenue than Hollywood, has never released so many highly anticipated blockbuster titles in a single season. It started in August with the game title Doom 3, followed by The Sims 2 in September, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas in October, then Halo 2, Metroid Prime 2: Echoes and Half-Life 2 last month. In November, sales of video games rose to $849 million, an 11 percent increase from the...

With the Doom 3 Expansion pack being announced early October, more details about it have finally been revealed. from PlanetDOOM More Expansion Details 09:32 PST | Cyric Gattsu dropped us a line to let us know that the January issue of Game Informer magazine has a bit more information on the upcoming DOOM 3 expansion, Resurrection of Evil. Here are some bits of info grabbed from it but be warned there may be a spoiler or two: * RoE takes place two years after the events in DOOM 3 * You play as a different marine this time around * Sent to assist Dr. Elizabeth McNeal in investigating a strange beacon...

Age of Empires 3; The New Age Cometh. Rumor has it that there is a new AOE in the making. Nothing much seems to have been confirmed, but it sounds promising! from PlanetAgeofMythology GameSpot Says AoE3 Isn’t a Rumor 18:17 | Gx_Xiphoid On its rumor feature, GameSpot says that Age of Empires 3 is more than speculation now given the clues put out by Ensemble Studios and its magazine coverage. There’s no new information here, but GameSpot predicts Christmas Eve will be the day that ES will officially announce the game. RUMOR #5: Microsoft-owned Ensemble Studios is preparing to announce...

GTA: San Andreas has been announced by Rockstar for its rightful platform, the PC. It will be released next year on June 7th. Not that it matters, but its been announced for the xbox as well, to be released on the same date. You can learn more about GTA: San Andreas from their website here

Call of Duty v1.5 patch (CoD_1.5_Patch.exe) from: activision / size: 37.0 MB / posted: 16-dec-2004 / 8,078 downloads on gamespot about: The 1.5 patch for Call of Duty includes a new multiplayer map titled Tigertown – a small town located in Normandy, France which has been partially destroyed by heavy artillery. The environment is designed for Search and Destroy as American Airborne forces push their way up the town’s hillside to knock out a Flak88 and Tiger tank heavily guarded by the German Waffen SS. The 1.5 patch also includes new commands for enhancing scripting, mods and tournament...