Paradox Entertainment and Pan Vision announce that they have entered a multiple-title publishing agreement for three of Paradox's upcoming titles for Sweden, Denmark, Norway and Finland. The first game will be released in the third quarter. The titles in the deal are Legion, Crusader Kings and Hearts of Iron. Pan Vision published several of Paradox's previous games, among them Europa Universalis and Europa Universalis II. Paradox games have done extremely well in the nordic market, and have a firmly established customer base.

Today there is a informative S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Oblivion Lost interview posted at BGN.be. There at BGN you will also find a new screen from the game. Here is a clip from the interview:

BGN: Will STALKER have elements of RPG or Adventure games ?

Oleg: Yes, both of these. We define the game as an adventure 3D action with elements of RPG and tactics. For example, player can collect artefacts and exchange them for weapons and equipment, and he is also to explore the constantly changing anomalous Zone, communicating with Zone creatures and other stalkers in the area.

Today on the GSC site there is a new wallpaper available for download from this futuristic arcade racer 'Hover Ace'. Bring it on.

Ubi Soft Entertainment, one of the world’s leading videogame publishers, today announced the development of a new game from The Settlers series by Ubi Soft’s German studio Blue Byte. This new episode is set for a worldwide release on computer and consoles. Recognized for its detailed graphics, hand painted textures, bright and happy colors, The Settlers’ universe presents a mixture of history and imagination, all spiced up with cartoon-like elements.

Slow news.. Well we all here at worthplaying is pretty buissy for today and next two coming days. Rainer just moved to California and will be back on Sunday, (PS Happy birthday Rainier DS); and on this side we got school graduations... Dont worry ill do my best to cover up the news mean while ;) Back to news.. Fights, dust, crowd, blood are waiting for you in the DEATHBOWL, the Imperial Arena ! You will find here the first images and the story of this well awaited RTS-Action game to be released in Autumn 2002. The Gladiators official website is still under construction; but check it out now and then to get more new screenshots and videos.

The official site for the FPS title, Day of the Mutants, from Techland is now available. The site includes some screens and some game features. I bet more will come in the future. Well, check it out here.

Rage, one of the UK's leading publishers and developers of entertainment software, is pleased to announce that is has launched a new website for its forthcoming aggressive inline skating title ‘Rolling’. The new site includes all the very latest screenshots, exclusive audio tracks, skater profiles and a developer diary. Regular updates and special interviews will also be appearing on the site over the coming months. Rolling is an athletic, fast and exciting entry into the world of aggressive inline skating and incorporates 18 of the world’s best skaters, including Cesar Mora (Aus), Fabiola da Silva (Bra) and Jon Julio (USA) across two of the most popular disciplines ‘street’ and ‘vert’. Check it out!

Today there is two new movies to grab. #1 is a 6MB small movie or 21MB high quality movie from ALTAR Interactive and their title, UFO: Aftermath. The second one #2 is from Tomb Raider: the Angel of Darkness, and its available in low rez. 7.7MB here and high rez. 19MB here!

ACT LABS Ltd. developers of cutting-edge unique gaming peripherals, today announced support of the Force RS Force Feedback Steering Wheel on the Sony PlayStation 2 along with EA Sports' new F1 2002 title. The multiple award-winning Force RS has been widely regarded by the hard-core sim-racing community as the leader in force-feedback controllers for the PC platform. Now with EA's F1 2002, PlayStation 2 users can benefit from the same force-feedback technology by simply plugging the Force RS' USB plug directly into one of the PlayStation 2's USB ports. Pricing and availability The ACT LABS Force RS carries a US MSRP of $139.99.

These screenshots feature an updated version of the Darkfall environment module. Interface turned off for your viewing pleasure.. The screenshots are taken close to the Human town Redburg like last time, and on the first screenshot you can see the Redburg Iron Mines facility in the distance. Also remember to drop by the Darkfall HoC on Stratics IRC #DarkfallHoC TONIGHT at 6pm PST (9pm EST). "The Darkfall Dev Team will be featuring in a Stratics sponsored House of Commons developer chat on June 13th at 6pm PST." Read more below for the screens!

Based on the December 2002 movie from Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Movies, follow the Wild Thornberrys from majestic settings of the Serengeti to the proper streets of London. After an incident in Africa puts Eliza in grave danger, she is sent off to boarding school in London. Upon hearing about an evil plot by poachers to capture the wild elephants of the Serengeti, she escapes back to the wild to stop the catastrophic event and faces her biggest challenge yet. With her ability to speak with animals, Eliza gets help from her favorite chimp Darwin. But will Eliza get back to Africa in time to stop the poachers? Take a ride full of action and suspense with the Wild Thornberrys!

Got Game Entertainment, publisher of video games for PC and other platforms, today announced that upcoming PC action game, Tsunami 2265, will ship August 5, 2002.

Square Co., Ltd., (Square) and Disney Interactive today announced the all-star voice cast for KINGDOM HEARTS, the 3D action role-playing game for the PlayStation2 computer entertainment system. The player will assume the role of the lead character, Sora, voiced by Haley Joel Osment ("The Sixth Sense," "A.I. Artificial Intelligence"). Osment will lead an all-star voice cast, which includes David Gallagher ("Seventh Heaven") as Riku and Hayden Panettiere ("Ally McBeal," "Remember the Titans") as Kairi. KINGDOM HEARTS will also feature the voice talents of Sean Astin ("The Lord of the Rings," "Rudy"), Lance Bass (member of *NSYNC), David Boreanaz ("Angel," "Valentine"), Mandy Moore ("A Walk to Remember," "The Princess Diaries") and Christy Romano ("Even Stevens," "Kim Possible"). In addition, many of the original film star voice actors are reprising their role for this project.

Tomb Raider composer, Nathan McCree has been appointed to design and develop the music and sound for ‘Breed’, the cutting-edge science fiction shoot-‘em up, and debut game of Brat Designs Ltd. Nathan who is most well known in the computer games industry for his work at Core Design (in particular Tomb Raider 1, 2 and 3) is teaming up with an ex Core colleague and graphic designer Jason Gee, now director and co-founder of Brat Designs Ltd.

Blizzard Entertainment, a studio of the games division of Vivendi Universal Publishing, announced today that Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos, the eagerly awaited sequel to the company’s #1-selling series of games, has gone gold. With record-breaking initial orders of 4.5 million copies, the game will be available at retail outlets worldwide in multiple languages beginning on July 3, 2002.

JoWooD Productions proudly announces the release of the critically acclaimed strategy game World War III - Black Gold at the new, tempting price of only £19.99.

Sierra Entertainment, Inc., a studio of Vivendi Universal Games, today announced that they have signed an agreement with Super Happy Fun Fun, Inc. to develop a game for several game consoles in 2004.

Bill Gates' buys into the British motor industry as Titus is set to release Lotus Challenge on Xbox this September. Petrol heads who have already joined the next generation of console gaming will be able to get their hands on Lotus Challenge on Xbox when it is released this September by Virgin Interactive.

Tetris Worlds places the player in a universe where Tetris is played in different ways on six different planets. Test your Tetris skills in the most popular versions of Tetris, or the latest cutting-edge variations, such as Hot-Line Tetris, Cascade Tetris and Fusion Tetris.

In one corner stands the immortal Hulk Hogan. In the other stands the Undisputed World Wrestling Champion Triple H. Tensions mount, but suddenly Y2J’s music blares as he enters the arena and grabs the mic. Fans boo and chant “has-been”! Backstage, The Great One gets ready to layeth the smacketh down while Mr. McMahon sits with his personal assistant Stacy Keibler. It’s SmackDown! as you’ve never seen it before for the PlayStation 2. All-new Superstars, enhanced season mode and more matches then ever.