THQ Inc. today announced that development on its highly anticipated action title, Red Faction II for the PlayStation2 is complete. Created exclusively for PlayStation 2 by THQ's Volition studio, Red Faction II is the sequel to one of the best-selling and most critically acclaimed original game franchises of 2001. Featuring an enhanced Geo-Mod™ engine that allows players to strategically alter and destroy the game environment in real-time, Red Faction II builds upon the experience of the original game with non-stop action, highly detailed graphics, new multi-player options and an engaging storyline. Red Faction II is scheduled to ship on October 16.

Robin Hood – The Legend of Sherwood arrives on store shelves on November 5, but today Strategy First and Gigex are giving you the chance to play it by downloading the never before seen demo! Read more for details and links where to grab it ...

A few days ago the 3DO Company announced its High Heat video game playoff simulation results. Last year at this time, High Heat accurately predicted the Arizona Diamondbacks World Series victory over the Yankees. This year, according to the average results of 15 playoff simulations, the Yankees will return to glory. The Yankees won the World Series in 53.33% of the simulations (8 times) while the Giants won 26.67% (4 times). Not coincidentally, High Heat also predicted before the 2002 season began that the New York Yankees would be named World Champions in October, defeating the San Francisco Giants. Losing 3 games in a row in a best of 5 series, the Yankees have been DISQUALIFIED.. They are OUT of here! 'High Heat Major League Baseball 2003' predicted it dead wrong. The Angels (coincidentally MY team!) whooped Yankee ass today! GO ANGELS!

The top athletes in BMX biking will soon be treating gamers to their own brand of riding with the release of Activision, Inc.’s highly anticipated Mat Hoffman’s Pro BMX2 for the PlayStation2, the Xbox and the Nintendo Game Boy Advance. The game launch coincides with Mat Hoffman’s historic performance at this year’s 2002 ESPN Summer X-Games, where he pulled off the first-ever “no-handed 900°” (two and one half rotations while airborne). Njoy the PS2 screens...

Highland Warriors, a new 3D RTS game scheduled for release fall of 2002, brings together the great battles between Scotland and England with some of the most innovative gaming technology available today. ATLAS, Highland Warriors’ new gaming engine, can show up to 200,000 polygons simultaneously without a loss of performance for highly realistic graphics and advanced playability. Added to the game’s real-time shadows, artificial intelligence and a freely rotating camera with full zoom, players are a part of the action like never before. Today we show off the intro for the game... (thanks 3DGamers).

EA Sports has just released a playable demo of their upcoming football sim, FIFA Football 2003. The demo lets you play the game for a few minutes, amatch between Real Madrid and Arsenal. Read more for links where to grab it ...

Noticed on FileShack there's been some UT2003 goodies today. First off, the Unreal Tournament 2003 stand-alone server for Windows and Linux have been released. You will need to get a cd-key from Epic to run it. And also the original Unreal Tournament 2003 3DStudio MAX character source files are being offered on PolyCount. They were created using 3D Studio Max R4 with Character Studio so you'll need that in order to play around with them.

Sam "Serious" Stone has a whole mess of bad guys to waste, and fortunately for planet Earth he has the immense firepower to pull it off. Today we scored some screenshots hightlighing the devastating weapons available in SERIOUS SAM, coming NOVEMBER 12 exclusively to the Xbox. Njoy!

O.R.B. is a visually stunning 3D Real-Time strategy game that pits the forces of two races against each other in a desperate struggle to control the resources they need to expand their empires. O.R.B. stands for Off World Resource Base and what happens in the “Off World” is the stuff that dreams or nightmares are made of. Within the multiple systems are the precious resources that both planets desperately need to thrive. The stage has been set for a battle to control the solar system. While the two races play a deadly game of hide and seek in the asteroid belt, they are unaware of a predatory alien menace that threatens the entire solar system. Some new screens AND a new trailer!