Dolphins, elephant seals and jellyfish are swimming into cyberspace. Microsoft Game Studios today announced it will launch "Zoo Tycoon: Marine Mania," an expansion pack for use with the "Zoo Tycoon" PC game, in October 2002. "Zoo Tycoon: Marine Mania" is an entertaining and engaging game for the entire family, with more than 20 aquatic creatures including sea otters and octopuses, additional zoo-enhancing objects such as aquatic shows and marine scenery, and 10 new scenarios to test players’ zoo-building skills. For all you fishy people out there, check the 4 first screens ...

PC and Xbox conversions of the popular PlayStation 2 adventure Shadow of Memories will herald the new European studio's arrival. As a showcase of KOE R&D's talent, however, the PC and Xbox conversions will also offer a graphically enhanced version of Konami's stunning tale of time travel and the repercussions of changing fate.

The clock is ticking. Can Cate avert a nuclear holocaust and simultaneously keep herself out of H.A.R.M.'s way? The countdown begins with the debut of the teaser site for No One Lives Forever 2: A Spy in H.A.R.M.'s Way (tomorrow, July 31st, at 9:00am PST and the first No One Lives Forever 2 trailer available for download. The sequel to the award winning The Operative: No One Lives Forever (continues the adventures of super spy Cate Archer, pitting her once more against H.A.R.M. and the ever-present threat of global catastrophe. Head on over to the official website, download the trailer (available in several formats/qualities) or check the screenshots.

Publisher Strategy First and developer Object Software are pleased to announce that the action RPG Prince of Qin has gone gold. At the same token Strategy First is also pleased to announce today that Celtic Kings, the highly praised real-time strategy game, developed by Haemimont Games, has gone gold.

Jowood just let us know that they have have just released a new World War 3 Update Patch. This upgrades your WW3 Black Gold to v1.2 and mainly seems to address a few LAN/Inet fixes and tweaks. Read more for detailed fix list and links where to grab it.

Dreamcatcher just let us know that they have released a fresh new patch for their recently release 3D FPS "Gore". The patch/bonus pack upgrades your Gore to v1.48, includes 3 new maps (Steps of Cygnus, Coal Miner's Slaughter, Shafted), adds several new features and fixes lots of bugs. Read more for detailed fix list and links where to grab it...

A new beta patch for Neverwinter Nights is now available for download. This new patch fix following bugs: Fixed Intellect Devourer not spawning in certain cross-version save games. Fixed Skill lists disappearing. Fixed 3 memory leaks. "WARNING: This is Beta code. This software is NOT supported by BioWare nor Infogrames"

Strategy First, Paradox Entertainment and Slitherine have announced that a new patch v.1.0.6 for their hit strategy title Legion will be released in August. The new patch not only fixes minor bug issues, but also adds exciting new features to the game's already winning gameplay. Among the changes and additions are two brand new campaigns – one based in Hispania and the other in a surprise setting with new never-before-seen units and buildings.

Set against the backdrop of WWII, Return to Castle Wolfenstein plunges players into a maelstrom of action, espionage and covert operations, as an American soldier tasked with infiltrating the heart of Nazi Germany and stopping the darkest plans of the Third Reich. Throughout the game, players are locked in combat with waves of Nazi storm-troopers, undead Teutonic knights and the twisted products of genetic experimentation. Return to Castle Wolfenstein further draws the player into the nightmare with advanced artificial intelligence (AI), photo-realistic character and environment textures, revolutionary effects, and an immersive story that unfolds before the player like a movie. Some screens from the Playstation2 version and from the Enemy Territory addon for the PC... Njoy!

Built on id's revolutionary new 3D graphics engine, DOOM III draws players into the most frightening and gripping 3D gaming experience ever created. DOOM III is currently in development for the PC by id Software. Check out these 2 blistering new screens ...If you are wondering what the GameBoy Advance version looks like .. have a gander as well...

Want to know the Top 10 Reasons Why Konami's New Contra Advance: The Alien Wars EX for GameBoy Advance Will Blow You Away? Read more and check the screens!

Activision is bringing the high-speed, high jinx of the best-selling Wreckless :The Yakuza Missions video game series to the PlayStation2. The title, which has remained a top-selling game on the Xbox™ sales charts, takes mission-based driving action to new heights with platform specific features including free-roaming interactive environments, more cars to drive, a variety of sub-mission objectives that unlock game-enhancing cheats and a multiplayer mode for head-to-head action. Wreckless :The Yakuza Missions is expected to ship this fall.

Activision send us some screens for "X-Men: Wolverine’s Revenge" for the PlayStation2, Xbox and Nintendo GameCube, as well as "X-Men: Next Dimension". Check them out and Njoy!

Inspired by Hong Kong action films, the game lets players assume the role of tough-as-nails detective Nick Kang, bent on settling a personal vendetta with the L.A. underworld. As Kang, players will be able to dispense their own personal brand of justice through automotive combat, a variety of rib cracking martial arts moves and the business end of dual 45s. Check the brand new 6 Xbox screens!

The world's best skateboarding game reinvents itself to give users the real life experience of a hardened amateur skater. A completely new career mode and Go Pro theme compliments the same elements that have made Tony Hawk's Pro Skater a phenomenon. Players will claw their way up through the amateur ranks to prove themselves in the professional world of skating. Check the new screens .. 3 for each platform.. Njoy!

Just noticed over at Blue's News that Codemasters has now released the playable demo of Operation Flashpoint: Resistance, available for download from FilePlanet. The download size is unknown as this point, but the demo contains two new missions not included with the retail version of Bohemia's tactical shooter add-on, and "In one you'll play as the commander of an infantry squad and in the other as a member of the squad. Your mission is to neutralise the enemy forces in a small area of the new island." (Thanks Blues)

Activision, Inc. is setting a new course for the popular Starfleet Command franchise with the announcement of Star Trek Starfleet Command III for the PC. A tactical starship simulator, Star Trek Starfleet Command III will be the first title in the game series to take place in the Star Trek: The Next Generation timeline. Star Trek Starfleet Command III is expected to be available Autumn 2002.

RALLY FUSION: Race Of Champions pushes off-road racing to the brake-screaming, mud-slinging limits by combining incredibly realistic physics, action, damage, cars and tracks with explosive visuals. Players must put their driving skills to the ultimate test as they battle it out for the Race of Champions crown. Check out these 30+ awesome adrenaline pumping screens!

The country’s top boarders will join wakeboarding pioneer Shaun “House of Style” Murray for a world-class line-up in Activision, Inc.’s upcoming Shaun Murray’s Pro Wakeboarder video game. The title, which will give gamers a taste of the insanely daring athleticism and lifestyle of the sport, will be available this holiday season for the PlayStation®2 , the Xbox, Nintendo GameCube and Game Boy Advance.

The newest installation in the acclaimed stealth ninja series, Tenchu 3: Wrath of Heaven delivers the most realistic, stealth-based, ninja-action/adventure game ever. Coming to the PlayStation2 computer entertainment system, Tenchu 3: Wrath of Heaven features impressive new stealth attacks, an enhanced fighting engine, new weapons and tools, larger levels, improved character animations and new multiplayer options.