Did you enjoy dropping quarters in arcade machines to play arcade classics and fighting games? Don't you wish you could do the same thing at home on your game console or PC? Gamers from all over the world got a chance to do just that this week at the Electronic Entertainment Expo in Los Angeles. Crowds fought for a chance to play the X-Arcade, an authentic game controller that has set the game industry abuzz with it's multi-platform capability and industrial design.

The Playstation 2 gets it's first taste of real fighting with UFC: Throwdown! Slamming with real fighters and real fighting, UFC: Throwdown debuts on the Playstation 2 with exclusive real UFC fighters, increased realistic gameplay elements and the most in depth game modes to date for any fighting/wrestling game. Ships on 6/4/2002. New PS2 screens below!

Vulcan Software let us know that episode five of the Valhalla Classics is finished! It's called the 'Servants Hall' and is the first episode set in the period known as Before The War. This time you play the evil (and grumpy) character called 'The Lord Of Infinity', he can be described as a blend of Clint Eastwood and Marvin 'The Paranoid Android' (from 'Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy')... but as with the little prince (from episodes 1 to 4). Find out more here.

Slow Sunday, but anyway Blizzard now offers you a new New Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos Wallpaper. Adorn your desktop with this new Orc wallpaper! Grab it here!

Universal Interactive tossed up the sites for Bruce Lee and The Thing. The sites includes screens, videos, gameinfo and much more. Go check them out x-box fans!

Dreamcatcher tossed up new sites and updated a bunch aswell for games they showed at E3. Following sites is now available/updated and loaded with new screens, videos and much more:

AURYN QUEST - GORE - THE PHARAOH'S CURSE - CURSE OF ATLANTIS - THE OMEGA STONE - IRON STORM - CURSE - HAEGEMONIA - SPIRITS & SPELLS - HARBINGER - STEALTH COMBAT - FUEL - AGASSI TENNIS GENERATION.

Activision, Inc. and Raven Software's powerful and intense action game, Soldier of Fortune II: Double Helix has shipped to retail stores nationwide. The sequel to the award-winning Soldier of Fortune, Soldier of Fortune II: Double Helix drops players into the ranks of America's elite covert troops in a gritty and intense battle for survival. Soldier of Fortune II: Double Helix is currently available on North American store shelves for a suggested retail price of $49.95. The game is rated "M" for MATURE (content suitable for persons ages 17 and older) for animated blood, violence and gore by the ESRB.

The official site for Morrowind now offers two new plugins for Morrowind. The first one is called Area Effect Arrows, and features Aradraen the fletcher and her specialty arrows. The second plugin, Bitter Coast Sounds, adds sound effects and dragonfly creatures to the game.

Believe it or not but Project3 FINALLY has released their multiplayer demo for their "eagerly" anticipated New World Order first person shooter. I'm downloading it as we speak .. read more for links where ot grab it as i'll be addin links as we cruise along ...

UPDATE: More links added and some solutions for people that having problem to run the game.

A few weeks ago Raven released their initial Jedi Knight II tools for the mod community and today they let us know they have updated their package to version 2. Read more to get a detailed list and links where to grab the goodies!

Infogrames, Inc. announced today that "Test Drive" the latest title in its Atari line-up, is now available for Sony's PlayStation2 and is shipping soon for the Xbox. The game's stunning visuals and arcade handling are complemented by the new story mode to ensure a power-packed ride. Featuring more than 20 beautifully modeled licensed sports cars and a blockbuster soundtrack of thumping driving music from DMX, Ja Rule, Saliva and others, "Test Drive" promises to outshine, outwax and outrace the competition.

Have you ever dreamed of stepping into a famous player’s shoes, playing on the centre court or having your winning shot applauded by a jubilant crowd? For those of you who want to try your luck on the courts this summer, US OPEN 2002 will give you access to the most prestigious tennis courts in the world. Check the screens !

Today Shrapnel Games announced a multi-game partnership with Breakaway, Ltd, Games Divsion. This partnership will launch the The Greatest Battles Series and bring the best in war games to the market, the first of which is Austerlitz: Napoleon's Greatest Victory.

Microsoft Corp. announced the release of beta version 1 of the Microsoft® DirectX® 9.0 API, the latest version of Microsoft’s suite of multimedia application programming interfaces. Beta 1 features Microsoft’s innovative new high-level shader language (HLSL), a powerful new programming model that offers the easiest-to-use graphics creation toolset for developers.

Infogrames is working on a pinball game, "Akira Psycho Ball", for the PS2. So here we have a few (rather fuzzy) screens of what it looks like. No specific details nor a scheduled release date is known yet, but we will keep you posted.

Fresh from a hit unveiling at E3, Codemasters today reveal new screens from "World War II: Frontline Command", the forthcoming real-time strategy epic for PC, being developed by The Bitmap Brothers.

UPDATE: Codemasters was so nice to send us another 7 additional screens to the previously posted. Enjoy!

At 3 p.m. EST on Saturday, June 1st, Blizzard’s very own Bill Roper will return to the airwaves as a guest on The Gaming Files radio show. Bill will be discussing the upcoming international release of Warcraft III as well as offering some tidbits about World of Warcraft. The show will air on WXBH AM 1190 in upstate New York, and it’s also available over the Net at www.wxbh.com.

Today we received 38 tiny screens from Capcom and their upcoming horror game for GameCube, Resident Evil 0.. Check them out!

The official Project Nomads website is now online! The website for this award winning action adventure ("Game of the Show" at the ECTS 2001), comes up with fantastic graphics and offers plenty of screens and artwork. There are also more details of the story, features, FAQ and more.

CDV have been inundated with requests to release the first ingame sequences. The really impatient ones among you can now download a first in game movie (German/English)! The in game sequences of the pre-alpha version feature a clip of a typical mission, from the take-off up to the landing, and of course, they also show the required combats, landing crafts, tanks, and GRUNTS. The in game movie is available in two formats: as MPEG (37 MB) to download under gamesweb.com and as streaming RealVideo at CDV.