They have extended the Global Operations beta test to the UK now as well .. previously only people in the US were/are accepted but i guess they changed their minds (or they didnt have enough testers ;)

Never before has a video game offered such depth and innovation: Herdy Gerdy's epic adventure features unique gameplay mechanics that are integrated within a vibrant world with its own delicately balanced eco-system and a rather unusual population.

UK Games Service Multi Player Zone ltd have launched their most exciting and innovative product yet!
This comes in the form of a brand new game browsing and launching product called MPZ Servers. This is a full, free, no downloads required game finding and connecting tool like no other.

A new console for the Premier Manager franchise, and a new experience in football management for you. Reworked from scratch, this newly designed title offers a groundbreaking football management experience to rejuvenate the genre and give gamers a fully immersive emotional experience – away from statistic tables that have become synonymous within the genre.

With the official start to the 2001 holiday season just two weeks away, Acclaim Entertainment, Inc., a leading global video entertainment software developer and publisher, is prepared to make shopping for video game enthusiasts even easier this year with 20 titles available across all of the next-generation hardware platforms.

THQ Inc. today announced that it has entered into a letter of intent to acquire Rainbow Studios, a leading creator of digital entertainment. The acquisition is subject to the satisfaction of certain conditions, including the execution of definitive documents.

Havok has signed a deal with Eidos Interactive's Ion Storm Austin studio (ISA) to provide real time physics. Ion Storm will be building on the go-anywhere, do-anything theme of Deus Ex and Thief in their next releases to allow even greater interactivity with all objects in a scene. Havok physics will work alongside the ISA-modified Unreal engine in both titles. The freedom to engage the game in an unpredetermined way will be a hallmark of using the Havok physics engine.

Activision let us know today that the upcoming game Star Trek Armada II has gone Gold. The game will start to be shipped to stores nationwide in the US on November 13, and should start showing up on store shelves the day after.

There is two new movies from Take 2 and there upcoming game Mafia released today. Head over to Take 2 in Germany to grab these movies.

Several games gone GOLD today.. The games is as follow: Gorasul (PC), IL-2 Sturmovik (PC) and Etherlords (PC).