JoWood today released the first patch for their simulation game, Industry Giant 2. The patch v1.1 is less than 2MB to grab and " it repairs all known errors " (that's all information we have!) You find it here!

Games Domain has a playable demo of Batman Vengeance available giving you the chance to try out Ubi Soft's comic-based third-person action game. A whopping 140mb for this one and no details on what's included ... Get it HERE.

Irrational Games has released a patch for their superheroe RPG, Freedom Force. Download the Freedom Force patch and enjoy new features, fixes and upgrades. v1.1 features skirmish play, allowing players to test their hero recipes in customized scenarios. Pit your skills against the game's advanced A.I, battling either random or pre-generated foes in three modes of play. The patch also features game balance tweaks and bug fixes.

Warfare, strategy and field engineering has never been improved in any age of humanity as much as they did over the short period of the Second World War. The most expensive and the most extreme changes occurred at the navy. Midway is a real-time 3D tactical/strategy game that adapts the naval battles of the Second World War. It introduces how the naval warfare changed during WW2 - from the dreadnaughts protecting the memory of Battle of Jutland to the forerunners of modern carriers. The player may control different vessels in real or hypothetical naval battles. The fleet comprises ships, captains, officers and crew of different abilities. In order to achieve victory, an effective team should be forged.

SEGA Sports' acclaimed arcade and Dreamcast tennis franchise makes its multi-platform debut this summer on the PS2. Choose from 16 internationally ranked men's and women's tennis players to compete in singles, doubles and even mixed doubles matches! The World Tour Mode lets you create and train your players, sign unique doubles partners and enter a host of prestigious tournaments.

Today we also received 17 quite dark Gothic II screenshots, and, refreshingly, not a Marilyn Manson t-shirt in sight. Read more below for the candy!

An illegal street racing game. As in, it's about illegal street racing. You're allowed to buy it and everything. Beam Breakers is one of the most original and breath taking racing games ever created due to the superb combination of innovative 3D racing where AntiGrav cars overtake from all sides and the super-fast vehicles can reach almost half the speed of sound. Check out 14 screenshots with a resemblance to that bit in The Fifth Element.

Today we bring you a bunch of screens from diffrent JoWooD games.. Seven new Arx Fatalis shots. And just to warn you, one of them's of a big spider. Five K.Hawk Survival Instinct shots of the back of some girl's head. Ten Archangel screenshots, some of which - calm down - include topless males. Njoy!

Jim Scott, Managing Director at Play X Europe, today exclusively announces that his Play X Europe Group is expanding, with a new venture into the publishing world with the launch of a new label – Oxygen Interactive. Scott, a veteran of the Industry since the late 80’, first marked the games industry with his Beyond Belief label back in 1988, developing and publishing games for the Spectrum and Commodore.

Westwood Studios is currently looking for a few good starship pilots (well, actually a lot of pilots) to hop in and help them test their upcoming online role-playing galaxy , Earth & Beyond. If you are accepted into their beta test, you will get a free, first-hand look at the first online role playing galaxy. After creating your own starship, you'll blast off and will soon be trading, exploring, and fighting alongside thousands of other players. "Sure, that sounds fun," you say, "but what's the catch? Find out HERE"

Well it's Sunday and there aint much news to toss up today.. Anyway we got some links to post up, so read on..

Review mix

• F1 2002 (PC) on GGMania
  
• Soldier of Fortune II (PC) on CanadianGamer
  
• Gran Turismo Concept (PS2) on NLGaming
  
  Interview mix
  
  
• Breed (PC) on U.S.C. Darwin
  
• Ultima Online: Age of Shadows (PC) on GameSpy
  
  Preview mix
  
  
• Hegemonia: Legions of Iron (PC) on Homelan
  
• Fahrenheit (PC) on Ferrago
  
• Far Cry (PC) on 3DAvenue
  
  Screenshot mix
  
  
• Battlefield 1942 (PC) on XGR

You ever wonder what goes on during the development process, how the game you're currently playing came into it's current incarnation, what steps were taken by the team, what changes were made? Want to know what you might have been playing? Here you are. Now be very thankful that you aren't. Read the full story over at 3DActionPlanet..

Unreal Fortress (UnF) is a total conversion modification of Epic Games' Unreal Tournament. This new (107MB) version went live this morning and is available for download at the official UnF site!

Voodooextreme got some new screenshots posted for this upcoming MMORPG, Neocron (our recent posted screens is available here). The open beta test will begin early August, and the game is due out Q4 of this year. At the same time they posted 3 screens from the upcoming 3D strategy game, Soldiers of Anarchy and some screens from Big Huge Games upcoming historical based real-time strategy game, Rise of Nations.

What do you get when a design team composed mostly of designers who worked on GoldenEye 007 for N64 set out to create a first person shooter for Nintendo GameCube? You get TimeSplitters 2, and you're very happy to get it. Due to be released this September, TimeSplitters 2 challenges players to blast their way through time at a glorious 60 frames per second. Awesome four-player action coupled with a serious single-player adventure should put TimeSplitters 2 at the top of your hit list.

Novalogic now tossed up the official Delta Force - Black Hawk Down site and it includes new screenshots, wallpapers, screensavers and information on the forthcoming multiplayer beta test. Here is a clip from their posted FAQ:

When is the beta available?

The beta will be available for download from Wednesday July 31st until Wednesday August 7th. It will be playable until Wednesday August 14th.