Iridon Interactive is pleased to announce that the official website for its original Game Boy Advance action puzzler, Turbo Turtle Adventure, has been launched. The website contains new screenshots, movies, and information. Future updates will include hints and tips, interviews with the development team, and much more. Turbo Turtle Adventure for the Game Boy Advance will ship in the US during October 2002, courtesy of Majesco Games, Inc. (European release date TBD).

Majorem Ltd. And The Stratics Massively Multiplayer Gaming Network are pleased to announce a dev-chat with the developers of Ballerium, the Massive multiplayer strategy game. The Chat will be held on September 17th at 7PM GMT in #BalleriumHoC on the Stratics IRC servers. Topic this evening will be "General Discussion". They will also be discussing the games current development status as well as the upcoming Beta test so make sure to join them that evening! Read more for server list!

Microsoft Game Studios announced today that it is currently developing a massively multiplayer online role-playing game in conjunction with Level-5 Inc., tentatively titled “True Fantasy Live Online" that is compatible with the Xbox online gaming service, Xbox Live. "True Fantasy Live Online" will utilize broadband and voice chat features to provide an online gaming experience only possible on Xbox Live. This game will be shown to the public at Tokyo Game Show 2002 starting on September 20, 2002. Check the first screens!

The UNITY Operatives have uncovered several internal confidential memorandums and phone taps revealing that Sierra and Fox Interactive are planning to release the highly anticipated No One Lives Forever 2: A Spy in H.A.R.M.'s Way Demo sometime in the next week! All UNITY Operatives in training have had the chance to face off with the H.A.R.M. Ninjas while overcoming a treacherous tornado on the recent mission to Ohio. All UNITY Operatives in training will have to get ready for the three new levels and be prepared to face even more dangerous H.A.R.M. foes. UNITY Headquarters are expected to receive additional details and will transmit to all UNITY operatives in training. Be on the lookout for more details on how to get your hands on these confidential levels!

The countdown to launch has begun! EA announced today that the massively multiplayer online role-playing galaxy, Earth & Beyond, has gone gold and will ship to stores in North America Sept. 24. The game is being developed by Westwood Studios and will be published by Electronic Arts under the EA GAMES brand.

Rocky Balboa vs Apollo Creed in the 1976 academy award winning movie, Rocky, is one of the all-time greatest movie fights of all time. In the movie, the underdog, Rocky takes the champion, Apollo Creed, the distance, and as everyone knows, Creed wins by decision. Now gamers, can rewrite history in the upcoming Rocky game for PS2/Xbox/GameCube and GBA, and see if they have what it takes to go up against Creed, Clubber Lang and Ivan Drago. Following are new Rocky screenshots of Rocky I vs. Apollo I -- the game's fights are just as brutal as the film, thanks to the Rocky game's real-time bruising technology. What Rocky game would be complete without blood, sweat and a few black eyes?

Official chat with ALTAR Interactive on September 19th! That's right! Thursday the 19th of September there will be an official chat with two representatives of ALTAR Interactive. Jiri Rydl and Martin Klima will join in the unofficial #UFO: AFTERMATH chat room. They will visit from 21-23 CET (+1 because of summer time). While there they will answer all reasonable questions about UFO: AFTERMATH, and any other questions you may have... If you want more info about the event check this place...

Although the game is delayed that does not prevent is from showing you some new Shadowbane screenshots now does it? ;) First look of the Aracoix and Irekei races. Also, screenshots of the Elvish City and the Temple of Flame. Njoy!

Fileplanet is now offering the eagerly awaited Heroes of Might and Magic IV multiplayer (via network or TCP/IP) patch, nearly six months after the initial game release of Heroes of Might and Magic IV. You can get the Heroes IV US 1.0 to 2.0 here or the Heroes IV UK 1.3 to 2.0 here. Install instructions can be found here.

DreamCatcher has just released a new patch for SuperPower bringing GolemLabs world simulator game to v1.3. The patch fixes and tweaks numerous things in the game aswell as adding custom modifications from Eclzeastes (which is probably the reason why its 37mb!). Read more for a detailed fix list and links where to grab it.

The world's most successful football franchise returns to classic form by focusing on the fundamentals of football. FIFA Football 2003 provides an immersive, authentic experience driven by an ALL NEW game engine. This is football gaming that lives by the rules of the real sport and absorbs the users in a world of detail and culture. FIFA is TOTAL FOOTBALL. Today we serve up a boatload of screens for the Pc, PS2 and Xbox version .. njoy!

NovaLogic releases the Delta Force: Black Hawk Down Official Multiplayer Demo, the demo features one multiplayer level and includes day and night settings. The demo is playable over the NovaWorld Games Network and via LAN. The 60 MB file is available on this NovaLogic Downloads Page which has a list of mirrors. Or grab it directly off 3DGamers.

UPDATE NovaLogic sends word that there is an updated version of the Delta Force Black Hawk Down Demo available that removes the NetQuartz ezpad technology that's been causing problems. Update 11 can be apply by clicking the "update game" button. Word is "once this update has installed, consumers will then be able to uninstall the ezpad technology and play with the demo as normal. To fully uninstall ezpad, right click on the ezpad icon on the task bar, and select quit, then uninstall the software via the ADD/REMOVE Programs option in the control panel."

Ariush just let us know that the official site for Devastation, www.DevastationGame.com is now open, and we have released three brand-spanking new screenshots of this next-generation Unreal engine powered game. Devastation is a cyber-punkish FPS set in a technology dark age in the near future. A handful of huge corporations control the remaining technology, and command a ruthless force of Pacification Squad troopers who terrorize the citizens of the various territories. The only law is martial law in this future, but you and a group of "disloyalists" have banded together and formed a resistance.

JoWooD Productions is proud to announce official details for the official Add On for the critically acclaimed Industry Giant II which is scheduled for a UK release on 29th November for PC CD Rom. Read more for details and some new screens ...

3DGamers tossed up a playable demo of Conflict: Desert Storm, the new squad-based tactical shooter by Pivotal Games. The demo contains an intro video and one full single-player mission. You find it HERE!

Indie Games producers, 'The Online Games Company' are announcing a new look and redesign for their massively popular 'Legends of Terris' client software. Due to be launched mid December, the new download boasts many new features.

Unreality tossed up a Chat Log with Epic Games Mark Rein. The time was spent answering a whole bunch of questions regarding UT2003. Here is a clip:

How big is the demo, and how many mirrors are expected to mirror the installer upon release?

I think we have about 200 mirrors lined up thus far! The demo is about 100Mb.

Do you have any ideas for any official/unofficial downloadable/buyable expansion packs for UT2k3 in the near future up to 6 months from now?

We expect to release some extra content but we don't have exact plans and NO we won't be charging for it.

"Kakuto Chojin" is a gritty street fight. Dark, edgy and mysterious battles take place in dark alleys and on rain-soaked rooftops. Combatants fight with raw emotion using their own styles. There is nothing cute, comical or cartoon-like about these battles. It's a life-or-death battle for survival. When a fighter strikes, his or her opponent will know it. "Kakuto Chojin" represents the next level in street-fighting realism.

GGMania got a chance to chat with Freedom Games' co-founder Eric Young as he answers a few questions regarding to G.I. Combat, soon-to-be-released 3D real-time strategy game that covers the intense hedgerow battles of Normandy, France from D-Day to Patton's breakout across France in 1944. He graciously filled them in on many details in this G.I. Combat interview, which is accompanied by three new screenshots.

CDV Software Entertainment UK is today cracking open the vodka to celebrate the publication of this week's Charttrack sales figures, which show that Cossacks, its classic real-time strategy game, has just sold its 100,000th unit in the UK and therefore qualifies for a coveted Silver Award from the European Leisure Software Publishers Association (ELSPA).