Los Angeles, a raging U.S. hotbed of illegal street racing is home to convoluted freeways, runaway egos and shattered aspirations. In the first phase of the official Midnight Club II website, we invite you to access one of the three expansive cities you'll be conquering on route to becoming an international street racing champ. Familiarize yourself with local highways and back roads. Get tipped off on new features and techniques you'll be able to use to polish your competitive edge, including power sliding and massive strategic jumps. Peek into the lives of some of the LA members of Midnight Club; the confident local stalwarts, soon to be little more than street gravel left in your treads. The official site launch features 20 first-look screenshots, 4 intense videos highlighting LA street racing vehicles, a wealth of information, and the premiere of the Los Angeles Midnight Club II teaser-trailer. Upcoming phases will feature Midnight Club II's additional urban racing locales, Paris and Tokyo. Go check it out!

In conjunction with the launch of Xbox Live, the broadband service for the Xbox, Atari has shipped the hotly anticipated game, Unreal Championship to retail stores this week. Exclusively for Xbox, Unreal Championship is the latest addition to the award-winning and top-selling Unreal franchise, known for its intense first-person action, fine-tuned gameplay and awe-inspiring graphics.

Ultima Online unleashes its most aggressive expansion pack ever, Ultima Online: Age of Shadows. Experience vast new lands to settle, exciting new professions to master, a custom house building tool, the biggest UO dungeon ever, and much more! Explore the new huge landmass, Malas, and find a place to call your own. Then use the custom house design tool to create your dream abode. Find adventure in the largest dungeon in all of UO as you confront gruesome new monsters and subdue them with powerful spells you have never before cast. Your UO character can now become as individual and unique as his or her real life counterpart! Get ready for a new level of customization and personalization. Lead the life you were born to live! Check out the new screens ...

Termite Games and Project3 Int. have just released the first patch for their just released team-based first-person shooter, New World Order. This upgrade brings your retail game to v1.1 and addresses a bunch of bug fixes and adds some gameplay tweaks and multiplayer improvements. Read more for detailed fix list and links where to grab the goods ...

Newly formed Jaleco Entertainment has revealed it has secured the publishing rights to the GBA game Jazz Jackrabbit. This action platformer is the next evolution of the Jazz Jackrabbit license. The Austin based development team “Game Titan” has incorporated 4-player features to it’s “Tournament Mode” that will support single cartridge as well as multi-cartridge play. The game is expected to ship fourth quarter. Today we serve up a bunch of screens as well as 5 trailers, showing off some in-game action. Read more for the goods!

Battle Engine Aquila, developed by Lost Toys and published by Atari, is a fierce and frenetic shooter that puts players at the helm of the most advanced war machine ever created ­ the Battle Engine Aquila. The Battle Engine features an impressive and visually stunning arsenal of pulse cannons, micro missiles, spread bombs and much more, each critical to prevailing in the game’s continuously evolving warzone. The Battle Engine Aquila website has tons of screenshots, trailer and other goodies ...

Today we receive an update on the IGI2 beta test progress (I-Series LAN parties), some screens, the first music track, and just to make you jealous, a Timberland map walkthrough, just so you know what you are missing out on. Beta phase-two code will soon be available and we will bring you more updates. Read more for all the juicy details!

Rayman 3 Hoodlum Havoc will feature many brand new game elements. Its action adventure format will be familiar to many fans but advanced combat will form the heart of this latest installment. Rayman will have new movements and powers including, The Power Fist, Grapple and Super Helicopter, and he will certainly need them as he comes up against over 20 powerful enemies, including the savage Hoodlum tribe. The new Tactical Arcade Combat System will ensure players use their brains, as each enemy has specific strengths and combat strategies, and will only be defeated by the correct fighting techniques. Today we have a little Rayman trailer named 'Wanna kick Rayman Lesson 007', read more and find see what its all about...

UbiSoft has just informed us that their eagerly expected cel-shaded first person shooter, XIII, has been delayed until Q3 2003. This delay is for ALL platforms and is to ensure that the title gets the appropriate attention and ensure that it has the highest quality UbiSoft strives for. In the meantime they will add new features for each specific platform and introduce new game play elements.