ECTS 2002 is over but it still drops in screens and facts. Today we collected a bunch of screens from PC and Console titles from Vivendi, and the shots are from following titles:

• Casino Empire (PC)
  
• Jurassic Park (PC)
  
• The Thing (PC)
  
• Empire Earth: The Art of Conquest (PC)
  
  
• Jurassic Park (XB)
  
• The Thing (XB)
  
• Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex (GC)
  
• The Thing (PS2)

In this frenetic, story-driven action game, players will seamlessly combine dynamic space and ground-based combat with exploration and investigation. Mace Griffin Bounty Hunter takes place hundreds of years in the future, where both human and alien settlers are rapidly colonizing the galaxy. The player will assume the role of an ex-Special Ops officer, Mace Griffin. Read more for some fresh screens and facts!

Fact sheets and new screens keep on dropping in today. This time we serve you with the fact sheet and new candy from following PC games, 'NOLF 2: A Spy in H.A.R.M.'s Way' and 'SWAT: Urban Justice'. Njoy!

Malice is due to release worldwide this November on both the Xbox video game system and the PlayStation2 computer entertainment system under the Sierra brand. 11 PS2 shots and 8 XBOX shots below!

Emperor: Rise of the Middle Kingdom brings city builders inside the Great Wall of China. Leaving the Mediterranean behind, the city-building series makes its first foray into the Orient and immerses the player in brand new surroundings. China has existed for over 4,000 years, but its 4,000 year history has been marked with new technologies and ideas replacing – or enhancing – the old. This is the world in which the player will take the reigns of leadership and take their cities through the twists and turns of Chinese history.

Five people who have changed their names by deed poll to that of a character in a video game in a unique marketing initiative have been revealed today. The five, comprising men and women, have all changed their identities to Turok, the hero character of a new game Turok Evolution being released by Acclaim Entertainment for PlayStation 2, Microsoft Xbox and Nintendo GameCube on September 6th. The new Turoks have completed the legal formalities and instead of being known as Ross Davison, Paul Frederick Codling, Matthew Grist, Andrew Ian Boughflower and Lheila Rebeccah Oberman, will simply be called Turok. Everything from their passports to their telephone bills will now carry their new identities.

Based on the hit TV series created by Academy Award winner James Cameron. With over 30 single-player missions and 6 unique post-pulse environments, players will step into Jessica Alba’s role as Max, crusading to find her sister and her fellow genetically-altered escapees.

More terror, more tension, more action. Aliens vs. Predator 2: Primal Hunt Expansion Pack continues the nail-biting terror and suspense from the award winning (Computer Gaming World’s Best Multi-Player Game of the Year and Best Action Game of the year) Aliens vs. Predator 2 based on the blockbuster films; Alien and Predator. Read more for 12 screens and the fact sheet!

Resident Evil 0 promises to amaze players with flawless animation, living environments and the best graphics in a video game ever! Created by Shinji Mikami, Capcom's master of horror, the Resident Evil series is now exclusive to Nintendo's GameCube system and ready to scare fans around the world.

Judge Dredd vs. Judge Death will feature a unique new storyline, but one that fits in perfectly with the continuity of the comic with a full cast of characters from the Judge Dredd stories, including Judge Anderson and the Dark Judges, and many of the famous Mega-City One locations.

'Die Hard: Vendetta' is a first person shooter (FPS) where tactics and stealth are as important as having a big gun and being a quick shot. With unprecedented character interaction, superbly rich environments and some amazing in-game cinematics, this game will explode Die Hard into the 21st century.

Microsoft Game Studios and Gas Powered Games announced that the Dungeon Siege Tool Kit is now available for download. The Dungeon Siege Tool Kit grants gamers the freedom to rework nearly every aspect of the Dungeon Siege world, making this best-selling title not only a game, but also a platform for those who wish to create their own spells, dungeons, and even their own entire worlds. In conjunction with the release of the Dungeon Siege Tool Kit, five more Siege University tutorials have been made available, bringing the total number of tutorials to 28.

Free Radical Entertainment and Eidos is giving away a free Timesplitters 2 PS2 Demo CD. Head over to the official Timesplitters 2 site and sign up. (US Residents Only)

Majorem Ltd. is pleased to officially announce that they are now taking initial registration forms from individuals interested in beta testing their upcoming massively multiplayer real-time strategy game 'Ballerium'.

3DGamers today tossed up a retail patch v1.2 for IL-2 Sturmovik, upgrading the World War II combat flight sim to version 1.2. This release offers four new flyable aircraft, ten new single-player missions and six new cooperative online missions.. There is also a new patch for Grand Prix 4, bringing this Formula 1 racing simulation by Geoff Crammond and Simergy to version 4.0. This release addresses nearly two dozen gameplay and technical issues.

We just recived some new screenshots from Activison and their XBox/PS2 title, Blade II. Blade II for the PlayStation2 computer entertainment system and Xbox video game system from Microsoft is the only action/adventure combat-fest that allows players to be Blade, the half-vampire, half-human superhero who lives to rid the world of vampires. 38 XBOX shots and 27 PS2 shots. Njoy!

Ubi Soft Signs an Agreement to Distribute Budget Games from Microsoft's Age of Empires, Flight Simulator and Midtown Madness Franchises, Among Others.. Full pressrelease below!

Vice City is a huge urban sprawl ranging from the beach to the swamps and the glitz to the ghetto, and is the most varied, complete and alive digital city ever created. Combining non-linear gameplay with a character driven narrative, you arrive in a town brimming with delights and degradation and are given the opportunity to take it over as you choose. Grand Theft Auto: Vice City is developed by Rockstar North and published by Rockstar Games "to be released for the PlayStation2 computer entertainment system on October 22, 2002".

Earlier this morning we tossed up 21 screens for the XBox version and yesterday some PC screens, now we bring you a huge gallery with PS2 shots. Take your time to load them all. Njoy!

Well even more PlayStation 2 screenshots keep on dropping in to us. This time we serve up ten new 'Legaia 2: Duel Saga' shots - now including English text, excitingly. 35 new shots of 'NBA Starting Five', from what we can work out, is probably a US-only title.