Atari Classics Due For DS

Atari will release Retro Atari Classics, a collection of old-school arcade video games, for the Nintendo DS, the company announced. More...

Warner Delays Matrix Online

Warner Brothers Interactive Entertainment announced that it will delay the release of The Matrix Online, a massively multiplayer online game co-published with Sega of America, to spring 2005 from its original January launch date. More...

Riddick Ready For PC

Vivendi Universal Games told the GameSpot Web site that it has shipped a "developer's cut" of its hit first-person-shooter game The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape From Butcher Bay for the PC. More...

Xbox Knights Ships

The Xbox version of LucasArts' Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords video game has shipped to retailers, with a PC version due in February 2005, the GameSpot Web site reported. More...

Warcraft Shatters Records

Blizzard Entertainment's World of Warcraft game broke first-day sales records in North America, making it the most successful PC game launch in history. More...

EA Ships Exigo

Electronic Arts announced that it has shipped Armies of Exigo for the PC. More...

Classic Fantasy Title Ships

Nintendo announced that it has shipped Final Fantasy I & II: Dawn of Souls for the GameBoy Advance. More...

Half-Life 2 Pirates Busted

Game developer Valve has suspended the online accounts of nearly 20,000 people who tried to access the online Half-Life 2 site without paying for it, the GameSpot Web site reported. More...

Advent Shadow Comes To PSP

Majesco announced the development of Advent Shadow, its first title for the upcoming PSP hand-held gaming device. More...

Singer, Diesel Create Game

X-Men director Bryan Singer is partnering with Vin Diesel's Tigon Studios to create an original video game franchise, the first time Hollywood talent of this caliber has become involved in a game not based on a movie or television series, according to The Hollywood Reporter. More...

Classic Atari Games Released

Atari announced that it has released Atari Anthology, featuring 85 classic Atari arcade and other video games available for the first time for the PlayStation 2 and Xbox. More...

Gamers Get Half-Life 2 Early

Several copies of the highly anticipated sequel video game Half-Life 2 have made their way into a few gamers' hands days before the official Nov. 16 release date, the GameSpot Web site reported. More...

Halo 2 Ships And Hits Big

Microsoft's Bungie Studios is releasing the highly anticipated video game Halo 2 on Nov. 9 for the Xbox, and customers have already reserved 1.5 million copies of the game, an industry record, the Seattle Times reported. More...

EverQuest II Ships

Sony Online Entertainment announced that EverQuest II, its massively multiplayer online role-playing game sequel, has shipped to North American retail stores. More...

Tron 2.0 Ships For Xbox

Buena Vista Interactive announced it has shipped Tron 2.0: Killer App for the Xbox, a console version of the PC game Tron 2.0 that was released last August, based on the 1982 SF movie Tron, the GameSpot Web site reported. More...

Jim Carrey, in England to promote Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events, had to evacuate his hotel on Dec. 16 because of a fire, wire services reported. "I think it's a good sign," the unharmed Carrey reportedly said. "The movie's all about fire and disaster, ... and suddenly, my house [away from home] is burning down."

Academy Award-winning director Robert Zemeckis (Back to the Future, The Polar Express) has been selected by the Visual Effects Society's board of directors to be presented with the organization's highest honor, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

The British satellite TV network Sky One has purchased all U.K. rights to NBC's canceled computer-animated series Father of the Pride, which will premiere next year, Variety reported. NBC is owned by NBC Universal, which also owns SCIFI.COM.

Warner Brothers and Imax Corp. signed a deal for an Imax release of Tim Burton's upcoming fantasy film Charlie and the Chocolate Factory to coincide with its regular, theatrical release on July 15, 2005, Variety reported.

Warner Home Video and DC Comics will release Justice League Unlimited: Saving the World, a DVD set featuring three episodes of the animated JLA TV series, on Feb. 15, 2005, with a suggested retail price of $14.97.