Majesco is proud to announce that BloodRayne will begin shipping to stores Tuesday, October 15 - two full weeks prior to the titles original release date! "BloodRayne is an intense action/horror game with a sexy, lethal, supernatural heroine, Agent BloodRayne". Earlier (October 01) announcement here.

Capcom has announced a new title for PS2, Chaos Legion. The game is based on the serial of the same name which runs in the popular Japanese fantasy anthology Dragon Magazine. Though it has the look of a 3D action title, producer Yoshinori Ono describes it as a "fantasy opera," with some RPG elements, different in style from the Resident Evil, Onimusha, or Devil May Cry series. American gamers can look forward to it sometime in 2003. It's to be released in Japan next spring. Stay tuned for more info soon! (thanks ps2.ign)

Ubi Soft Entertainment, one of the world's leading videogame publishers, recently announced a deal with Warner Bros. Consumer Products to develop and publish games based on The Dukes of Hazzard television series. Cutting-edge technology will fuel the Duke's General Lee, as the classic TV cult favourite hits next generation consoles in Autumn 2003.

NBA LIVE 2003 allows players to get into the action and live their dreams of NBA superstardom. Totally enhanced gameplay brings the physical, fast-paced action of the NBA to life, while all-new animations and audio deliver the awesome drama and emotion of the NBA experience. In NBA LIVE 2003 players feel the action like never before and make their hoop dreams come true... Today we tossed up two new screens!

The official VIETCONG site is online now and provides you with all the info for the thrilling action game VIETCONG. You can find news, story details, features, screenshots, and more..

A few days ago the 3DO Company announced its High Heat video game playoff simulation results. Last year at this time, High Heat accurately predicted the Arizona Diamondbacks World Series victory over the Yankees. This year, according to the average results of 15 playoff simulations, the Yankees will return to glory. The Yankees won the World Series in 53.33% of the simulations (8 times) while the Giants won 26.67% (4 times). Not coincidentally, High Heat also predicted before the 2002 season began that the New York Yankees would be named World Champions in October, defeating the San Francisco Giants. Losing 3 games in a row in a best of 5 series, the Yankees have been DISQUALIFIED.. They are OUT of here! 'High Heat Major League Baseball 2003' predicted it dead wrong. The Angels (coincidentally MY team!) whooped Yankee ass today! GO ANGELS!

The top athletes in BMX biking will soon be treating gamers to their own brand of riding with the release of Activision, Inc.’s highly anticipated Mat Hoffman’s Pro BMX2 for the PlayStation2, the Xbox and the Nintendo Game Boy Advance. The game launch coincides with Mat Hoffman’s historic performance at this year’s 2002 ESPN Summer X-Games, where he pulled off the first-ever “no-handed 900°” (two and one half rotations while airborne). Njoy the PS2 screens...

Today, Saturday October 05, we start up a new GIVEAWAY! This time we are proud to be giving away 5 XBOX Hunter The Reckoning copies, 3 long sleeve Hunter t-shirts and 2 Eve Online messenger bags .. Sign up HERE for our GIVEAWAY.

Today Capcom updated their Japanese site with a new trailer from their sequel to the action-orgy game, Devil May Cry.. The .mpg trailer is 17MB to grab, showing of some ingame action (enemies - bosses - locations - moves) and runs for 1min 53seconds.. Read more for links! (thanks EvilAvatar)

Today we serve up a gallery with screens from Sega and following games:

• ToeJam & Earl III (16 XB Shots) "an irreverent blend of action, risqué comedy"
• Panzer Dragoon Orta (15 XB Shots) "fighting/action"
• Shinobi (5 PS2 Shots) "Ninja action/adventure"!

The Neverwinter Nights development team will be online and chatting with interested fans in an open moderated chat event Thursday, October 10th 8pm(EDT), 6pm(MDT), 5pm(PDT). Here's the chat details:

• IRC Client:
  
• Server: chat1.ign.com
  
• Port: 6667
  
• Channel : #neverwinter

A festival of gore awaits you in House of the Dead III, so grab your shotgun and head into the depths of an apocalyptic nightmare the likes of which have never been seen before.. Check out 25 new screens!

Star Wars Jedi Outcast is a dynamic action experience that continues the saga of the once-powerful Jedi Knight, Kyle Katarn, as he struggles with the power – and dangers – of the Force. Through a multitude of complex and richly detailed Star Wars environments, players face a variety of powerful enemies and once again fight for the Rebel cause. Armed with the power of the Force and an arsenal of weapons, including a Jedi Knight's signature lightsaber, players hold the fate of the Star Wars galaxy and the destiny of Kyle Katarn in their hands.. Read more for some screens!

Strategy First is looking for a 3D animator to create animation for games, under the art direction of the Lead Artist / Animation Lead. Meeting project / department milestone and deadlines, as set by the production department and project leads is a must. You should have the ability to adapt easily to an animation style that is set by the Lead Artist / Animator.

The Elder Scrolls III: Tribunal, IS an expansion pack for its critically acclaimed RPG, The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind.. In Tribunal, a ruthless new king has taken the throne of Morrowind, while an aging god drifts deeper into madness. Into this chaos you are thrust, with deadly assassins close behind you and Morrowind's uncertain future ahead. Your journey will lead you to Mournhold, capital city of Morrowind, to the Clockwork City of Sotha Sil, and through massive, epic-sized dungeons. The Elder Scrolls III: Tribunal is scheduled for release this November. It will be distributed in North America by Bethesda Softworks, and in Europe by Ubi Soft Entertainment.

FilePlanet subscribers can now sign up for the James Bond 007: NightFire Beta Test! The beta will cover the multiplayer aspects of the game, including Deathmatch, Team Deathmatch, and Capture the Flag.. (thanks EvilAvatar)

Highland Warriors, a new 3D RTS game scheduled for release fall of 2002, brings together the great battles between Scotland and England with some of the most innovative gaming technology available today. ATLAS, Highland Warriors’ new gaming engine, can show up to 200,000 polygons simultaneously without a loss of performance for highly realistic graphics and advanced playability. Added to the game’s real-time shadows, artificial intelligence and a freely rotating camera with full zoom, players are a part of the action like never before. Today we show off the intro for the game... (thanks 3DGamers).

EA Sports has just released a playable demo of their upcoming football sim, FIFA Football 2003. The demo lets you play the game for a few minutes, amatch between Real Madrid and Arsenal. Read more for links where to grab it ...

Noticed on FileShack there's been some UT2003 goodies today. First off, the Unreal Tournament 2003 stand-alone server for Windows and Linux have been released. You will need to get a cd-key from Epic to run it. And also the original Unreal Tournament 2003 3DStudio MAX character source files are being offered on PolyCount. They were created using 3D Studio Max R4 with Character Studio so you'll need that in order to play around with them.