Have you ever dreamt of creating your own character and admiring it in your favourite game? Stop dreaming! The first official Neocron skin contest has just started in the community forum of the eagerly-awaited MMORPG. Prove your creative abilities and design cool skins for a Private Eye, Spy, Tank or Psi-Monch. As first prize for the best skin you’ll win a Neocron Beta Account and have your skin included in the final game!!!

Wanadoo and Antik Games have just signed an agreement by which Wanadoo will publish and distribute Pax Romana, the new strategy game from Antik Games, throughout the world. The game is due for release in the winter of 2002

You own your own Armored Core Unit and you’re always looking for ways to earn hard cash to buy upgrades and weapons. Do you want to tell the Earth Government that the Corporations have also been calling for your services? Don’t think so. Let them handle the political stuff, you’re just interested in getting the best missions from the highest bidder – it doesn’t matter who signs the cheque – right Raven! Yesterday we announced Metro3D's latest product, today we bring you 20+ screens ...

HomeLAN chats with Contraband Entertainment talking about Abducted, their upcoming sci-fi action game for the PC/Mac & Xbox. Gaming Groove has a new Q&A with Jeff Tunnell of GarageGames talking about Realm Wars, their multiplayer fantasy action game. RPGVault has a new Q&A with Liu Yu Bin and Liu Gang of Object Software talking about their upcoming action-RPG Prince of Qin. Action Vault has yet another Q&A with Vince Desi of Running With Scissors talking about their upcoming Unreal engine powered FPS Postal 2. GameSpyDaily serves up a G.I. Combat Q&A talking with Freedom Games's Eric Young about their upcoming WWII themed RTS title. HomeLAN chats with Red Storm's Deke Waters talking about The Sum of All Fears, the upcoming tactical shooter based on the Tom Clancy novel and the upcoming movie. GameSpy has a small Q&A with Turbine Entertainment CEO Jeff Anderson talking about some aspects of Asheron's Call 2, the upcoming sequel to their massively multiplayer RPG.

Capturing the intrigue, danger and heroism of Allied escape attempts from POW camps during World War II, this is the experience offered by Codemasters ' Prisoner of War, a new kind of escape adventure game coming to PlayStation 2, Xbox and PC. Its gameplay delivers a tense 3rd person adventure where the player's bravery, stealth and cunning will ensure Stone wins the day. A few new screens and the packshots, so you know what to look for this summer!

TimeGate Studios, Inc. and Strategy First, Inc. announced today that the Special Awards Edition of Kohan: Immortal Sovereigns (KIS) has shipped and is now in stores nationwide at a suggested retail price of $29.99 US.

Play a great demo of the sequel to the hit WWII based RTS title, Sudden Strike. In this demo you play through a single-player mission set in Japan along with a multi-player map that pits Japan, the U.S.A. and Russia against each other. Unfortunatly only Fileplanet seems to have this one at the moment .. grab it here (57mb, registration needed)..UPDATE : Also available on GAMESPOT! we will post more links when they became available ... Watch out for a Sudden Strike II preview SOON!

BAM! Entertainment announced that it is releasing its first game for the PS One game console, based on the hit Cartoon Network series, Dexter's Laboratory. Developed by Scotland's Red Lemon Studios, Dexter's Laboratory: Mandark's Laboratory will be available at retail beginning this week. BAM! Entertainment's previous Dexter's Laboratory game, Deesaster Strikes, for Game Boy Advance, has already achieved great commercial success in the U.S. and internationally.

Get ready to lace up your high-tops and drive the lane when Activision introduces Street Hoops for the PS2/Xbox. This gritty street-style basketball game will take players to the most notorious neighborhood courts in 10 U.S. cities as they compete for street cred and bragging rights on the blacktop. Some new PS2/Xbox screens.

Microsoft announced a strategic promotional movement with leading brands in sports, music and consumer products categories to promote the Xbox. Microsoft has entered into a multipartner program for spring and summer, teaming Xbox with synergistic and prominent brands intended to propel the Xbox brand and system into the lifestyles of video game players everywhere. Key alliances include the multicity Pop Disaster Tour, featuring blink-182 and Green Day; the Number One Parts Inc. (NOPI) drag racing series; Pepsi's new SoBe soft drink, Mr. Green; the Association of Volleyball Professionals (AVP); Vans extreme sports; and Zumiez, a chain of youth-oriented apparel stores.