To demonstrate the game's authenticity, Codemasters has released seven "compare and contrast" images. All the images feature the actual in-game car and track models, next to photography of their real life counterparts.

PS®2 owners will soon be able to hang ten on the same gnarly curls that until now, only Xbox® owners have enjoyed. Infogrames, Inc., a global publisher of interactive entertainment software, announced today that the genre-defining action sports game, TransWorld Surf™, will make its PS 2 debut in Spring 2002. Falling under the newly reinvented Atari brand, TransWorld Surf for PS 2 will include an exclusive new location and multiplayer mode as well as updated surfer licenses.

Yesterday we gave you the facts ... today we bring you seven bloody screenshots. This is a promising looking Mortal Kombat clone from Activision. The game takes the intense 3D fighting action of the well-known franchise to new heights with new characters, new arenas and new special attack moves that are exclusive to the this version. Njoy

Advanced Columns reinvents the smash puzzle game with new modes of play. The Princess has searched all over her family castle for the missing Spirit Stones that fill in the royal crown. She can only find four of the magical gems so she enlists the aid of her friend Milshe, an apprentice magician, and their friend Lote, a young alchemist.

Just a reminder for all you folks out there.. Tomorrow Friday at 2:00 PM EST, the official single-player demo for 'Return to Castle Wolfenstein' will be available for download.

Once again EA tossed up a new gameplay movie from Medal of Honor: Allied Assault.. This movie comes in 2 formats, Low rez 1.5 meg and a High rez 4 meg. Head over to the official site for these ones.

Game Publisher Akaei can today announce that they are to publish Solaris 104, an “Old School” arcade side scrolling shooting action Game for the PC. Solaris 104 beautifully combines a classic genre with the latest ingenuity in today’s technology. Solaris 104 will be available in Quarter One 2002.

Sky Sport’s revolutionary online football management game, Sky Sports Football Manager, has now successfully launched, giving would-be Alex Fergusons and Mike Bassetts everywhere the chance to manage their favourite club and compete against thousands of other hopefuls for major cash prizes, season tickets, trophies and the coveted Sky Sports Football Manager of the Year award.

From the fevered imaginations of Cool Beans Productions and the UK’s finest comic creators comes WRESTLING WARS, a no-holds-barred futuristic spin on the ever-popular “sports entertainment” genre.

The central hub of Codemasters’ web presence has received a major overhaul with an advanced and enhanced site. An innovative attraction of the site is "Code M", Codemasters’ new privileged subscriber community – and membership is free.

3DO Europe today announced the release of Army Men RTS, bringing the popular real time strategy genre to the Army Men brand for PC and PS2 in March 2002. Developed by Pandemic Studios, widely-acclaimed for titles such as Dark Reign 2 and Battlezone II, Army Men: RTS is a deep and strategic adventure without the intimidation of other RTS games.

You may not be able to plant a Donkey Kong Daffodil or a Mario Marigold, but soon you can grow a flower named after a brand new Nintendo franchise right in your own backyard.

Croteam just released a small fix for the recent released demo, The Second Encounter. This 'fix' is for people that run a dedicated server. Here is a spot from the article:

So, we are releasing the FIX for the scripts needed to run dedicated servers for the SSam:SE Demo. This fix is ONLY for those who are running dedicated servers. IF YOU DON'T PLAN TO RUN A DEDICATED SERVER, YOU DON'T NEED THIS FIX. Head over to Croteam for full story and download!

Starting in March 2002, the Extreme Ghostbusters are preparing for a battle against ectoplasmic invasions in “Extreme Ghostbusters Code Ecto-1” on Game Boy™ Advance!

Scheduled for release in early 2002, the game is currently in development for PlayStation 2, PC and other next generation platforms at independent game studio Wide Games. Gameplay continues to evolve with strong adventure gameplay mechanics making for a tense and suspenseful playing experience.

Activision today confirmed that it has secured the North American publishing rights to Bloody Roar for the GameCube. For its North American release, the game, titled Bloody Roar Extreme in Japan, will be renamed to Bloody Roar: Primal Fury. The game will have five single-player modes and two two-player head-to-head modes. Release is set to Spring 2002.

I just received a mail with the story.. There is now 2 new Return to Castle Wolfenstien Skin Mods available on planetentropy. The mods are named Topless Elite's and Nude Elite's.. No need for a vivid imagination with names like THAT eh? We grabbed a few screens from the Topless Elite's mod. Check them out and you will also find the links there.. Explicit material, may offend or arouse certain viewers.. you have been warned ;)

VoodooExtreme just tossed up the story that the official Global Operations website just got re-launched. There will be 16 new screens and some other new media avaliable on the site.

Well we just HAD to download the 'Serious Sam: Second Encounter' demo and play around with it.. We pulled out our shotgun and made some early in-game screens. So far so good;) Check out the screens below. Njoy!

The Free Form Mode mod, by Particle Systems, lets you to continue where the game ended, with all your cargo, ships, systems, and trades as they were at the end of the game. It also adds the ability to manually jump between the two clusters, and gives you trades for some advanced weaponry, so you can explore and pirate as you wish, and get any items you may have missed while playing through the game. Head over to independencewar.com to download it.