Today Global Star Software announced that they have gone gold with their upcoming Roller Coaster Simulator for the PC platform, World's Greatest Coasters. This exciting new 3D simulation will feature 5 of the greatest roller coasters on the planet, as well as a virtual coaster workshop in which players can build and experience their very own thrill rides, and challenge themselves in the scenario-based game mode.

Shadowbane is much more than a game. It is the culmination of years of work and sacrifice by the developers, fans, and publishers who believe in the same vision of a dynamic and evolving world, an environment where everyone who touches the world changes it, and is changed by it. Read more to check some One-on-One Shadowbane video interviews with the people and personalities behind the Shadowbane phenomenon. These are the men and women of the Shadowbane revolution. Also check out some brand new screenshots ...

World War II Wednesday has come around again. Read more to check the latest screenshots for Hearts of Iron and World War II Online Mac Edition.

EA ships NASCAR Thunder 2003 for the PC. Featuring 69 NASCAR drivers and 175 different car skins, NASCAR Thunder 2003 also offers the deepest NASCAR simulation with real driving physics and the ultimate NASCAR garage to develop the optimal car setup for each track. THQ Inc. released Hot Wheels Bash Arena for PC. Hot Wheels fans will be able to experience the speed, power and performance of Hot Wheels in this ultimate crash and smash, demolition derby-style game for kids. THQ also shipped Red Faction II for the PS2. And to top it all off Black Label Games announced today that it has shipped "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring" for the PS2 to retailers nationwide. TDK let us know that Robotech: Battlecry for the GameCube and Robotech: The Macross Saga for the GBA are on their way to store shelves. Atari shipped the biggest fighting game ever, Godzilla: Destroy All Monsters Melee for the GameCube, to retail stores this week in a worldwide launch of nuclear powered monster mayhem. Read more to get more details, we slapped all the press releases together ...

Directly from the EA press event in NY, here are some more goodies for you to enjoy. We will update as the candy keeps flowing in ... So far we got:

• The Sims (PS2)
  
• The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (PS2)
  
• The Sims Online (PC)
  
• The Simpsons Skateboarding (PS2)
  
• Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit 2 (PC)
  
• SimCity 4 (PC)
  
• Island Xtreme Stunts (PS2)

Publisher Strategy First and Developer Freedom Games are happy to announce that G.I. Combat, the Real-Time Strategy war game, has gone gold. And since it’s another World War II Wednesday here, read more for 12 new screenshots for G.I. Combat.

Head back behind enemy lines with Lt. Jimmy Patterson in Medal of Honor Frontline. In this installment of the smash-hit Medal of Honor series, Lt. Patterson returns and must use the confusion of the real-world offensive Operation Market Garden to infiltrate the German frontline and steal the HO-IX flying wing, an experimental Nazi weapon so powerful that it could turn the tide of World War II. 4 new screens ... njoy

James Bond 007: NightFire promises to take players higher and deeper than ever before in terms of locations and gameplay. As Bond, players will operate in the high altitudes Austrian Alps and a zero-gravity space station as well as underwater in the South Pacific in order to defeat the evil criminal mastermind Rafael Drake, who is bent on ruling the world. Today we have a few Xbox and PC screens, including some character art .. njoy

Set during the last year of the war in Europe, June 1944 to May 1945, the Medal of Honor Allied Assault Expansion Pack gives players a sense of the courage it took to parachute behind enemy lines during Operation Overlord, halt the German counter offensive during the Battle of the Bulge, and engage the Germans as they desperately try to defend their capital, Berlin. Some new screens for you to enjoy ...

Take the wheel of a flying car and don't be late for a second term at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets! Based on J.K. Rowling's second book in the worldwide best-selling series, players face a magical multitude of new challenges and mysteries as the famous "Boy Who Lived". Today we serve up some fresh screens from the Gameboy Advance, Xbox and Gamecube versions .. Njoy!