Out of Hell 24 May 2004

Our article section was updated these days with E3 2004 impressions of Prince of Persia 2, Playboy The Mansion, Sunflowers - Knights of Honor / Paraworld and Bet on Soldier. The Van Helsing review and two new previews, Warlords Battlecry III and The Suffering (PC version), are now available as well. Other news:

Sony Computer Entertainment Inc announced that for the first time ever in the game console history, PlayStation and PS one hardware achieved a remarkable cumulative worldwide shipments of more than 100 million units as of May 18th, 2004. PlayStation title lineup boasts over 7300 titles as of end of March 2004, with cumulative software shipments reaching over 949 million units around the world.

200.000 Guild Wars accounts were created during the E3 2004 event, making this title one of the five largest online games in North America and one of the ten largest online games in the world, announced NCsoft

DoubleJump Publishing, Inc., in conjunction with Atlus U.S.A., Inc.,announced a special offer for fans who purchased Disgaea: Hour of Darkness - all gamers who send in the registration card enclosed with their copies of Disgaea after May 25th, will receive, free of charge, an exclusive mini-art book. This book contains 8 pages of art never before released in the US, from Disgaea’s original artists. This offer is poised to coincide with the May 25th re-release of Disgaea, as well as promote the release of DoubleJump Books second edition of their sold-out official strategy guide for Disgaea. Offer valid while supplies last.

The Unit Showcase of the official Knight of Honor website features stats regarding the Trebuchet and the Ballista, informed us Sunflowers

Combat Mission: Afrika Korps has been licensed by the Australian Government, Department of Defence "to aid Officers in historical education", announced Battlefront.com. This version will include a multimedia presentation on the Battle for Crete (Greece will be added as a playable theater) and it will not be available commercially.

Aspyr announced they will publish Shrek 2 for Macintosh - for details, click here.

A Need for Speed Underground fansite, NFSUnlimited, is organizing a competition in creating the best looking tuner car in the game. "The prize for the winner is a Logitech MOMO Racing wheel provided by Logitech! Everybody with PC version of NFSU is eligible in this competition!" Competition will start on June 1st and last until June 25th.