The World Cyber Games is the biggest international game event, where the gamers selected through national preliminaries pit their skills against others for their countries. Similar to the Olympics, the World Cyber Games is a competition for the honor of countries, and citizenship of the pertinent country is required to participate in it. The 1st World Cyber Games will be held in Korea as was the World Cyber Game Challenge last year. Approximately 430 players from 37 countries will be there. Event Period starts: December 5, 2001. Take me there!

I just noticed over at Voodooextreme that Liquid Entertainment is working on a new expansion pack for Battle Realms. Ed Del Castillo "the front man" recently revealed during the course of a chat session over at Gamers.nl. Here is a spot from the chat:

[goodieman] are you thinking about an addon?

[castillo] we are already working on the Expansion Pack to Battle Realms called Winter of the Wolf. and we are also working on Battle Realms 2.

TVG let us know that Take 2 Interactive today announced the PC version of the hit PlayStation 2 game Grand Theft Auto 3 will ship for PC during April of 2002. It may seam a little far away but hopefully the developers will have time to tweak the game for maximum performance on the PC.

A new Enhancement Kit 1.5 is now available for the Real Time Strategy game, Real War. This new kit is 5.46 Mb to download and got a bunch of improvements. Here are a few: four additional new skirmish maps, additional "stars and stripes" camouflage, improved sea pathing and much more! Head over to the official site for all information and download this beauty..

Nintendo of America reported today that, based on direct communications with its retailers, its new NINTENDO GAMECUBE(TM) home video game console has reached sales of nearly 600,000 units in America in 15 days, or an average of 27 per minute -- nonstop -- since its November 18th introduction.

It's official. The full retail version of Medal of Honor Allied Assault is scheduled to ship on January 22, 2002. Until then, gamers can get a taste of the action by playing the single player demo, which is available on Computer Gaming World's February demo disc or by pre-ordering the full game at Electronics Boutique or GameStop stores.

Acclaim today shipped the wrestling game, Legends of Wrestling for the PlayStation2. Get in action and fight against Hulk Hogan, Kamalla, Terry Funk, The Von Erichs, Brett Hart, Sabu, Rob Van Dam and many others. Check out the Legends of Wrestling pressrelease here. You will also find a nice contest here! // Thanks to GameSpyDaily.

Fishtank Interactive announced today that S.W.I.N.E, an innovative real-time animal strategy game, has shipped to stores. In a world of barnyard creatures run amok, peace-loving rabbits must strategize to rise up and defeat the arrogant pigs that have invaded their borders.

Shrapnel Games, and developer Malfador Machinations, announced today that their newest game Space Empires IV is GOLD. From the pressrelease: Space Empires: IV is widely considered the grandest Space Empire Building 4X game of all time, the winner of numerous awards and accolades from the online and print media. Now take your SEIV experience to a whole new level with Space Empires IV GOLD! Additional details and ordering info are located at shrapnelgames.

"The Story of Tamamayu 2" is the sequel to "The Story of Tamamayu" that was released in winter 1999 for PlayStation and inherits the same world setting. The title was released in Summer 2001 in Japan and has been in development by the same team who worked on the first Tamamayu. "The Story of Tamamayu" sold more than 200,000 units in Japan and it is still keeping a good sales record in Japan as a best hit series.

Ubi Soft did send over nine new shots of what looks decidedly like an RPG. Release is set for March 2002. Looks damn good.. Njoy the screens!

Enjoy single and multiplayer fun with the twisted humor, classic game-play and barmy arsenal you have come to expect from a Worms™ series game. That's right, the Worms™ have returned for a brand new outing and for the first time, you play in real-time - and in 3d!

Gameswire let us know that Sega of Japan is starting to produce Dreamcasts again.. Here is a snip from the article: Sega of Japan looks all set to blow the cobwebs off its Dreamcast plant, in order to re-start production of its formerly deceased console. Full story here.

Ubi Soft today announce exciting developments for EverQuest®, the world's #1 multiplayer online game. In an unprecedented move, it has been decided to coordinate all countries with a simultaneous GLOBAL release date of Monday 3 December for the latest installment. Everquest: Shadows of Luclin. This is in direct accordance with customer demand.

Black Isle Studios, the award-winning RPG (role-playing game) division of Interplay Entertainment Corp. and leading console game developer Snowblind Studios announced today that Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance for the PlayStation2 computer entertainment system has shipped to retail. This innovative game features a distinctive blend of action and adventure set in the most popular Dungeons & Dragons campaign setting, the FORGOTTEN REALMS.

Radica Games Limited and Group Lotus PLC have today announced that they have entered into an exclusive European and North American licensing agreement, which will see the Lotus logo on an exciting new range of console driving accessories.

Worldwide, broadswords are being sharpened, shields given a new lick of Brasso and beards excitedly fluffed as word spreads that Might and Magic, one of the most highly-acclaimed fantasy RPG series in computer gaming, is about to be given its ninth life with the release of Might and Magic IX in March 2002.

Publisher Project Three Interactive today announced that its stunning first person shooter "New World Order" is once more getting the hardware support the game deserves.

A bunch of screens showing us a new bike game called "Moto XXX" (naked chicks on bikes?) from a developer called Sunderland. Expected to be released on GCube, PC, PlayStation2 and Xbox. UK publisher seems to be DarkBlack. No dates available yet.

Crazy PR stunt time. This time it's a poster where their clothes wash off in the rain. They sure get the attention they aimed for ... Mission Accomplished! Njoy the babes ;)