Activision, Inc. confirmed today that the company is currently in development on the fourth product in the Tony Hawk's Pro Skater franchise, one of the largest brands in interactive entertainment. The game, which is being created by premier developer Neversoft Entertainment, will feature the signature gameplay, top-rated skaters and intuitive controls that have made the franchise a critical and commercial success. The title is slated for release in fiscal year 2003.

Microsoft today announced that Age of Mythology, Ensemble Studios' latest real-time strategy game, will be available in September of 2002. Age of Mythology is set in a mythological past when heroes battled monsters of legend, and gods intervened in the affairs of mortal men. To celebrate this announcement, Microsoft is unveiling a movie that showcases the ancient Norse civilization. The AVI is available for download here.

More Box-bashing stats from across the pond.

Total North American shipments of NINTENDO GAMECUBE(TM) have now reached 1.1 million, with more than 800,000 sold through in the U.S., Canada and Latin America markets.

Infogrames sended over some extra screens from Test Drive overdrive showing us three renders and some car pics for the mandatory "Here are all the cars" box-out.

Jason Tush has made a blood pak to replace the grey smoke that comes out of the bodies with red smoke. Find out more about this great pak over at the official site for Medal of Honor: Allied Assault.

Raw power versus legendary performance in high-impact street racing mayhem. Rocket through crowded cities, opponents and the law on your tail, in the ultimate test of man and machine. Test Drive is reborn with more racing action and thrills than any Test Drive seen before. You can take the wheel but can you take the challenge? Welcome to the unique thrills of TD overdrive, available from Infogrames on PS2 in March 2002.

Feel the heart pounding in your chest, the adrenaline surging through your veins as you race at 175 miles per hour down a busy street, one eye on the road as you swerve to avoid traffic, the other in your rear-view mirror at the pursuing police cars. Welcome to the unique thrills of TD overdrive, available from Infogrames on Xbox in March 2002. Enjoy!

The next generation of cereal box promotion is coming to a store near you. From January to October 2002, across 13 European Countries, 26 million Kellogg's cereal boxes will feature mini-games from the top selling Infogrames' software range. "Plastic dinosaurs have had their day"

Sony sended over eight pics of an unlikely Suzuki roadster and 12 shots of racing-modded metal. Check out the screens below!

A new version 1.70 update of the Strike Force UT is now available for download on Strike Force Center. This new updated version is 64 Mb to download and includes seven new maps, a bunch of weapon changes and improvements. You find it here.

Well doesn't happen to much this Sunday but there is some pretty nice reviews out there to check out.. We bring up a few review links here: MGON has posted up a review of Arabian Nights, HomeLan checked out Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds, BlueSmoke tossed up a review from S.W.I.N.E. and Video Game News reviewed Dark Age of Camelot.

From the official site of Pool of Radiance: Attention, Pool of Radiance Collector's Edition owners - share with us your most exciting moment playing Pool of Radiance on your PC and become eligible for a set of role-playing books with an approximate retail value of $90. Contest runs December 14, 2001 through January 31, 2002. Find out more here!

Fishtank Interactive and game developer Nival Interactive announced that registration for the first official "Etherlords(TM)" tournament is now open. Find out more and register for the first worldwide online Etherlords tounament on the official site! "Players can register until December 19, 2001."

Ragnarok Online is a Massively Multi Player Online RPG, produced by using a vast structure of background and set-up from the original of 'Ragnarok', written by Myoung-Jin Lee. It is considered an RPG style game, emphasize communal interaction. Check out the official site here.

There aint so much new news on the gamefront this weekend so far, so we grabbed the Medal of Honor: Allied Assault demo and played around with it a while. The game "demo" looks pretty awesome and we also snapped some screens from it that you can check out below!

Take a look at these screens that GameSpyDaily tossed up from Ultima IV: The Dawn of Virtue, a remake of Richard Garriott's ground-breaking RPG that made him a household name. It should be noted that this game is not endorsed by Electronic Arts.

LucasArts have relaunched the official ObiWan web site. On the site there is some new screens and some other new information. ObiWan is due for release on the Xbox soon.

Breed is a cutting-edge science-fiction shoot-‘em up, which skilfully blends addictive, accessible, free-roaming gameplay with cutting-edge, state-of-the-art technology to expand not only the gameplay potential, but also the player’s perceived freedom within the game world.

Oddworld: Munch's Oddysee - Vykkers Labs, the most profitable airship-based global pharmaceutical conglomerate on the continent of Mudos, recently unveiled their new "Test a Fuzzle" technology at Vykkerslabs.com. Try out Vykkers Labs' most popular products on your virtual Fuzzles today at Vykkerslabs.com.

Microsoft updated the Links Course Converter to support Windows XP in addition to making the three St. Andrews Courses (Old, New, and Jubilee) available for download. Grab 'em today at the Links 2001 site.